The country has a total of 600, 433 metric tonnes of maize stocks to last up to August this year, according to a verification conducted by the Inter-Agency Teams constituted by government in all provinces. And Government says it will only allow the export of maize and maize products after meeting domestic demand and if there is a surplus. Speaking ...

Entertainer, producer and reality television star David Gest has died in a London hotel aged 62, a statement from his friend says. Gest, who is a former husband of singer Liza Minnelli, died at the Four Seasons hotel in Canary Wharf. His friend and ex-bodyguard Imad Handi confirmed the news in a statement. American Gest was best known in the ...

PF Mandevu Constituency Chairman Joseph Tamba has charged that opposition political parties are losing relevance to the country’s political dispersion because of the way they are providing checks and balances to the government. Mr. Tamba says the opposition is there not only to provide quality checks and balances, but also to provide solutions to challenges facing the nation. He says ...

Another coalition partner of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced it is quitting, dealing a further blow to her bid to stave off impeachment. The Progressive Party (PP) said most of its 47 MPs would vote for Ms Rousseff to be impeached. Last month the PMDB, the largest party in Brazil’s governing coalition, also voted to leave. Ms Rousseff, who ...

Manchester City are into the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time after Kevin de Bruyne’s late strike sealed a thrilling win over Paris St-Germain. After a 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris last week, the tie remained in the balance in Manchester thanks to Sergio Aguero’s missed penalty for City in the first half. The home side had ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is hoping that Parliament will address the submissions it made to the house which include those pertaining to the implementation of the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) before parliament is dissolved. CSPR Information and Communications Officer Maxson Nkhoma says the nation still has high poverty levels which require serious efforts to address. He ...

All People’s Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni has called for an end to politics of insults and character assassination. The APC Leader says the use of unpalatable language by politicians against each is making the general public to lose confidence in politicians. Mr. Msoni tells QFM news via telephone that it is unacceptable for some leaders to continue using undemocratic ...

Young Africa Leaders Initiative (YALI) has opposed the suggestion by some stakeholders who are calling on government to suspend the holding of the Referendum alongside the 2016 general election. YALI Governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization is aware that some civil society organizations want government to suspend the National Referendum on the Bill of Rights. Mr. Mwanza says unless ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has charged that the country’s education sector has progressively and consistently retrogressed to alarming levels. Ms. Nawakwi says this is as a result of the PF Government’s failure to walk the talk with regards the Education sector. She says the education sector is in a state of disaster needs serious attention. ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has advised against prolonging the ban on the export of maize government announced last week. ZNFU Executive Director Ndambo Ndambo says prolonging the ban could jeopardize the supply contracts local traders have entered into with players in other countries. Mr. Ndambo says this could make it difficult for players in those countries to trust ...