The ruling PF has accused the UPND President Hakainde Hichilema of mocking students at University of Zambia and Copperbelt University. PF Media, Publicity and Committee Member Sunday Chanda tells QFM News in a statement that it is unthinkable that a man who seeks to win the hearts and minds of students can reduce their grievances and start mocking them openly. ...

The Zambia Center for Inter Party Dialogue (ZCID) has opposed pronouncements by government that it may consider taking back to Parliament the Grade 12 constitutional clause for revision. Chief Government Spokesman Chishimba Kambwili says government may consider taking back to Parliament the Grade 12 constitutional clause for revision stressing that this will be dependent on reaching consensus among stakeholders who ...

The opposition UPND has applauded the electoral commission of Zambia (ECZ) for their decision to allow political parties to verify the new voters roll and most importantly to allow independent auditors to also do the verification. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the dialogue between the ECZ and political parties should continue. Mr. Kakoma points out that the Formation of the ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Kitwe District has called on the Ministry of Higher Education to consider reopening the two closed Universities. Kitwe PF District Spokesperson Christopher Kang’ombe says his party in Kitwe has listened to the cries of the students and their concerns and the party wishes to appeal to the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Michael Kaingu to ...

Kasempa District has been hit by fuel storage and that it is now four days that the district has had no fuel at the only filling station. According to the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Weekly Brief made available to QFM News, the shortage of fuel in the district has prompted local fuel vendors to hike the commodity price to ...

The Bank of Zambia working with the Zambia Police have discovered some counterfeit K100 and K50 notes in circulation. BOZ Head of Communications Kanguya Mayondi in a statement says the counterfeit notes are scanned copies of original banknotes bearing various serial numbers and have a smooth surface compared to genuine banknotes. Mr. Mayondi explains that the smoothness of the fake ...

The Opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has written to the speaker of the national assembly to find out whether parliament approved the recently contracted loan from the African Development Bank (ADB) for the rehabilitation of the Chinsali to Nakonde road. FDD National Deputy Secretary Kaluba Simuyemba has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that the amended constitution ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called on Government and co-operating partners to help provide adequate funding to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to enable the Commission conduct the 2016 general elections with utmost integrity and transparency. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza tells QFM News in a statement that his organization is saddened to note that the elections ...

Operations Young Vote (OYV) says the PF government especially under the current regime has been very cosmetic in dealing with the welfare of the students in all institutions of higher learning and particularly the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the Copperbelt University (CBU). OYV Executive Director Guess Nyirenda says while OYV does not subscribe to the riotous behavior by the ...

Government says it has successfully distributed over 20 tractors worthy K350, 000 each and full farming kit to rural female farmers under the Agricultural Development Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) programme. Gender and Child Development Deputy Minister Dorothy Kazunga has explained to QFM News that the ministry is also expected to distribute 20 more tractors this year to female farmers. Ms ...