Ferro Alloys, a manganese processing plant in Kabwe has with immediate effect closed its plant indefinitely, rendering 200 workers jobless. Company Commercial Executive Katimba Chisanga has told QFM News today that the closure has been necessitated by the recent increase in the electricity tariffs. Mr. Katimba says all the 200 workers have been laid off and that the plant will ...

The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) in Lusaka has called on the Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) to pay teachers who have started marking Grade Nine Examinations today their allowances. PROTUZ Lusaka Province Chairperson Nelson Zulu tells QFM News in a statement that the union has been receiving complaints from teachers marking these examinations that they are not paid ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cautioned consumers in the country against falling victim to buying substandard and defective products as the festive season mood heightens. CCPC Public Relations Officer Hanford Chaaba says it is during this period that unsuspecting consumers are duped into buying what seems to be affordable, only to later discover they have purchased defective ...

The Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has arrested twenty one (21) notorious poachers in Chama District in Muchinga Province. ZAWA Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe has told QFM News that the 21 will appear in court soon. Mr. Kalembwe says the operation which was conducted over the weekend led to the recovery and confiscated 7 muzzle loading gun, one shotgun, one ...

Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda says it is irresponsible for some employers not to invest in the prevention of hazards their employees face. Mr. Shamenda says government will not take kindly to such attitudes. He says it is saddening that despite government’s best efforts to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses, some employees see the need to make huge ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says government should not proceed with the amendment to the presidential running clause to give power to the President to fire the elected Vice President. In a statement to QFM News today, YALI President Andrew Nthewewe says he is cognizant that that the Ministry of Justice Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula and Kasempa Member of Parliament ...

A Vatican judge trying five people over the leaking of secret documents has agreed to let some of Pope Francis’s senior advisers be defence witnesses. Officials who could be called include his Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin. Those on trial include two journalists who published books detailing alleged financial mismanagement at the Vatican, and three members of a papal commission ...

Schools in Beijing are to close and outdoor construction to stop after the Chinese capital issued its first “red alert” over smog levels. The red alert is the highest possible, and has not been used in the city before, the state-run Xinhua news agency says. Authorities expect more than three consecutive days of severe smog. Cars with odd and even ...

The South African u23 national team is well aware of the huge task that is facing them, as they will take on Algeria in the semifinal of the CAF u23 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The match will be played at Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal on Wednesday, 9 December 2015 with a 20h30 kickoff (18h30 local time). En ...

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said he was worried about the impact manager Jurgen Klopp was having at his old team’s great rivals Liverpool. “I’m worried about him because the one thing United don’t want is Liverpool to get above us,” said Ferguson, the most successful manager in Premier League history. Klopp, who led Borussia Dortmund to two Bundesliga ...