Government owed mining companies K5.25 billion in VAT refunds as at 8th December, 2015. Finance Deputy Minister Christopher Mvunga has told Parliament in response to a question by Mazabuka Member of Parliament that among the mining companies owed is Kansanshi Mine plc which is owed K1.89 billion, KCM which is owed K1.24 billion and Mopani Copper Mines K1.69 billion. Mr. ...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini today ruled Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili out of order for using insulting language in Parliament. In his ruling on a point of order raised by Monze central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu who wanted to find out whether Mr. Kambwili was in order to use insulting words in reference to ...

Parliament has approved K14.9 billion in supplementary estimates covering the financial year 2015. The supplementary estimates were approved after 107 Members of Parliament voted in favour against 40 who voted against the estimates with one member abstaining. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda who presented the supplementary estimates told Parliament that there have been significant movements in some of the fundamental macroeconomic ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has as at 3rd December, 2015 registered one million, four hundred and twenty four thousand, nine hundred and eighteen (1,424,918) new voters. ECZ Public Relations Officer Raphael Phiri in a statement made available to QFM News says the commission has during the same period updated particulars of 1,350,012 voters. Lusaka and Southern provinces have recorded ...

Japan has offered to help Zambia overcome the current electricity deficit by investing in research to ascertain which alternative sources of energy it would invest in. This was discussed during a meeting at State House today between President Edgar Lungu and the visiting Japanese Prime Minister’s Special Envoy, which touched on various issues including the current power deficit, economic development, ...

French police have identified the third attacker at the Bataclan during the Paris attacks, Prime Minister Manuel Valls says. Mr Valls did not name the man, but did not dispute reports naming him as French national Foued Mohamed-Aggad, 23, from Strasbourg. Ninety people were killed at the Bataclan in last month’s attacks. All three gunmen who attacked the venue wearing ...

Ryaad Norodien will make his first start for the u23 national team in the CAF u23 Africa Cup of Nations as coach Owen da Gama made just one change to the team that defeated Tunisia 1-0 in the previous match of the competition. Norodien takes the place of Siphelele Ntshangase who starts from the bench. South Africa takes on Algeria ...

Midfielder Nathan Sinkala has urged the Zambia under-23 players that will be selected for 2016 Caf African Nations Championship (Chan) duty to redeem themselves in Rwanda. Zambia’s Chan team has over seven first-team players who were part of the Under-23 team in that sides’ flopped outing at the ongoing under-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. The under-23 team exited ...

A woman has sued Kendrick Lamar for $1 million because of a botched meet-n-greet. A woman paid $350 for a VIP backstage encounter with the rapper, but the woman said that the rapper’s management upgraded the deal. The new meet-n-greet price was then $10,000 for three minutes. The fan, Whitney Larkin, apparently upset somebody from K-Dot’s crew and they ended ...

Oprah Winfrey has interviewed many spiritual thought leaders in her career, but there is one in particular who had a profound impact on the media mogul long before she ever had any kind of platform or public persona. That man is Wintley Phipps, a gospel singer and pastor that Oprah met back when she was a young reporter. Since the two ...