The National Council for Construction (NCC) has cautioned that it will not hesitate to downgrade or remove under forming contractors from the register. NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota says the council has noted that some local contractors have not performed well as expected and thus the need for them to improve. Mr. Mushota says before downgrading them or removing them ...

The Ministry of Health says it is doing everything possible to ensure that the health facilities are stocked up with HIV test kits. Ministry acting spokesperson Dr. Tasila Pitters explains that the stock out of HIV test kits, the ministry did an assessment countrywide and found that some facilities were overstocked while some had low stocks thus the provincial medical ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Kitwe District has charged that the large turnout of people in the district for a rally yesterday shows that the people still believe in the PF. PF Kitwe District Chairman Christopher Kang’ombe tells QFM News via telephone that the people have demonstrated that they still believe in the works of the Patriotic Front as a ...

Lunte MMD Member of Parliament Felix Mutati has called on genuine MMD Members to renew the bond that connected them way back in 1991. And the Lunte lawmaker says the former ruling party is not dead as there are still members who have the vision of driving it forward. Speaking when he addressed MMD officials and members in Choma District, ...

At least 14 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish motorway between the cities of Barcelona and Valencia. Most of the 57 people on board the bus were students on the Erasmus programme who were returning to Barcelona after a trip to a fireworks festival. Photographs from the scene show a white roofed ...

Zambia Redemption Front President Kelly Walubita has encouraged young people to identify leaders who will be able to address the challenges that they are facing. Mr. Walubita says come August 11th 2016; young people should not vote just because they have been promised something but vote on merit. He points out that promising can be one thing and fulfilling the ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says political cadres should not be blamed for the increasing levels of political violence in the country but political party leaders. The organization states that in the history of the nation, violence has been rampant in the last four to five years saying it should be stopped immediately. CSPR Information and Communication Officer ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says he is aware that President Lungu is planning to expel all the students that were merely asking for their Meal allowances from both the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University. Mr. Hichilema says his position is that, no student should be expelled for simply asking for what is absolutely their entitlement like meal allowances. Mr. ...

Twenty One Zimbabwean Nationals have been arrested by Zambian Police for illegally fishing in Zambian waters on Lake Kariba. Last year eighty Zambian Nationals were arrested by Zimbabwean Police for illegally fishing in Zimbabwean waters on Lake Kariba and were detained at Kariba Police station in Zimbabwe and they appeared in court. Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has confirmed the ...

There’s one topic off limits when interviewing Arnold Schwarzenegger: Donald Trump. The former Governor of California walked off-set during an interview on Australia’s “Weekend Sunrise” program Saturday morning after being asked to opine on possible Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “This is an interview that I only do about fitness and health, not about politics or my relationships,” Schwarzenegger told ...