Mpulungu’s Isoko Primary School Head teacher Ivor Mwewa has bemoaned the shortage of teachers and desks at the school. Mr. Mwewa explains that the school only has 10 teachers against 735 pupils who have to share 84 desks. He has however, expressed happiness that the school has been connected to the electricity grid which he says will help pupils especially ...

Patriotic Front candidate for the anticipated Kasama Central by-election Kelvin Sampa says he will have boring campaign now that incumbent Geoffrey Mwamba has opted not to defend his seat. Mr. Sampa says he was looking forward to facing Mr. Mwamba in the by-election. He says he will now go to sleep as he does not think Mr. Mwamba’s daughter who ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says the Patriotic Front Government’s continued domestic borrowing is crowding out local businesses by driving up interest rates for loans. Mr. Hichilema says while President Edgar Lungu’s acknowledgment of the importance of increasing access to banking services for stimulating business activity and development is welcome, the President must recognize that his government’s actions have had a ...

Zambia’s Copper production is projected to be around 700,000 tonnes this year and next year before rising to 1 million tonnes in 2018. Ministry of Mines Permanent Secretary Paul Chanda has told Reuters that this is because the pricing of copper has been consistently low and some mines have halted production. Mr. Chanda says copper production is expected to increase ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says it is impossible for the ruling party to lose the forthcoming elections. Mr. Chama has since dismissed Rainbow Party Leader Wynter Kabimba’s assertion that it would be easy to defeat the ruling PF in the August 11th elections. He has advised Mr. Kabimba to accept that he has failed in his political career ...

Mark Rylance has been nominated for an Olivier theatre award, just hours after winning his first Oscar. He is up against Adrian Lester, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kenneth Branagh and Kenneth Cranham for best actor. Productions of Gypsy and Kinky Boots lead the nominations with eight and seven nominations respectively. The Olivier Awards, which celebrate their 40th anniversary this year, will be ...

The Nigerian Football Federation and former national team coach Sunday Oliseh have traded insults following the latter’s resignation. Oliseh quit on Thursday, blaming contract violations and unpaid wages. On its website the NFF said it “categorically denies the allegations” and accused Oliseh of not reciprocating the respect it showed him. “We find it strange that Mr Oliseh waited to receive ...

An aid convoy has reached one of several besieged towns in Syria, as the UN takes advantage of a partial truce brokered by the US and Russia. The UN and its partners are stepping up deliveries of food, water and medicine, and plan to reach more than 150,000 people over the next five days. They hope to help 1.7 million ...

Political analyst Neo Simutanyi says the continued violent clashes involving the opposition UPND and ruling Patriotic Front cadres ahead of August 11th general election is a sign of desperation. Dr. Simutanyi notes that both the opposition UPND and ruling PF are in fact indicating that neither of them will concede defeat in the August elections. In an interview with Qfm ...

Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won his first Oscar for survival epic The Revenant, after six nominations. He was named best actor at the 88th Academy Awards, with Brie Larson named best actress Oscar for Room. Spotlight took home the best picture Oscar with Mad Max: Fury Road picking up the most awards of the night, with six accolades. Mark Rylance ...