A Land Activist Elijah Kasonso has encouraged government to strengthen land policies so that councillors are not involved in illegal land allocation. Mr. Kasonso says it is worrying that for so many years the nation has been grappling with this challenge of councillors selling land illegally. He says Zambia has the capacity to deal with this challenge once and for ...

A Lusaka based clergyman, has advised UPND Vice President for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba not to use this situation for politics but use it for seeking God’s ways and means salvation. In an open letter to Mr. Mwamba, Bishop Haggai Mumba says as a prophet, God has given him this task of speaking to him over his current situation. Bishop Mumba ...

Veteran Politician Vernon Mwaanga says it is unacceptable to have a country where political leaders hate each other so much that they cannot even sit down in one room to talk to each other for the sake of the country. In a statement made available to QFM News today, Dr. Mwaanga says the quest to retain power or gain power ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called on the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini to allow members of parliament who have allegedly been expelled by their political parties but have challenged their expulsion in court, to attend Parliamentary business until their cases are determined by the courts. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza says the amended Constitution ...

The Bemba Royal Establishment (BRE) has refuted media reports indicating that Paramount Chief Chitimukulu has sent a delegation to Lusaka to protest over the arrest and decision by the police to deny UPND Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba bond. BRE Spokesperson Washanga Impika Shalubemba says Paramount Chief Chitimukulu has not sent anyone to protest over the arrest of Mr. Mwamba. Washanga ...

President Edgar Lungu has reaffirmed that he will continue to uphold the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation. Speaking during the church Service to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the founding of the Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) at the Olympic Youth Development Centre today, President Lungu says he is not ashamed to do so. President Lungu says Zambia ...

Diplomats accredited to Zambia have been advised to stay away from active politics by respecting and observing the Vienna Convention on the Conduct of Representatives of foreign governments in countries they serve. PF Information Committee Member Brian Hapunda says diplomats should stay away and stop middling in the internal affairs of the country. Mr. Hapunda says diplomats must work towards ...

Government has been called upon to respect the international convention on civil and political rights. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says it is unacceptable and painful to see how these rights of citizens in the country are being trampled upon by the authorities. Mr. Mapani the international community is aware of the situation in the country ...

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has assured that his ministry has been monitoring the outbreak of yellow fever in Angola and has heighted surveillance. Dr. Kasonde notes that they have continued with case based laboratory surveillance in all provinces particularly in the provinces bordering Angola. He says so far no case of yellow fever has been reported in Zambia. Dr. Kasonde ...

Charlie Sheen has revealed in stunning court documents that he is $12 million in debt, and is asking a judge to reduce his monthly $55,000 child support payments to ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, for their twin sons Bob and Max, 6. In a sworn declaration, Sheen states, “My income has changed significantly since the agreement for child support was entered into ...