Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has expressed disappointment at the substandard works exhibited by a contractor on one of the Health Posts in Katete district. Mr. Kasolo said there was lack of supervision from the Local authority to ensure quality works were done under the Constituency Development Funds (CDF). He was speaking when he officially opened a two day ...

The Operation Young Vote (OYV) has expressed worry that people in Solwezi District of North Western province appear to be disengaged with regards the referendum on the Bill of Rights. OYV Executive Director Guess Nyirenda has told Qfm News from Solwezi that his organization has taken note that people do not actually know what is going on. Mr. Nyirenda says ...

All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has advised opposition leaders contesting this year’s general election against bring the republican presidency into disrepute. Mr. Msoni says being a candidate in an election is not a license for anyone to criminally show disrespect to the person holding the office of republican president. He states that in a democracy, there should be ...

Government has refuted media reports suggesting that China-Geo the contractor engaged to work on lots 1 and 2 of the Solwezi-Chingola Road has abandoned construction works. Works and Supply Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says the contract with China Geo has not been cancelled and therefore the contractor cannot abandon the works. In an interview by telephone from Chingola, Mr. Mukanga has ...

Nature Conservancy Zambia has called on government to come up with a fast track court to deal with wildlife crimes so that they are persecuted expeditiously. Country Director Dr. Victor Siamudaala says there is need to stop wildlife crime in the country and advance wildlife conservation. Speaking during a panel discussion on Zambia’s economy focusing on wildlife and tourism in ...

Police in Milenge District of Luapula Province has arrested a secondary school teacher for raping a 16 year old grade ten pupil. Luapula Province Commissioner of Police Hudson Namachila confirmed the development to ZANIS in Milenge today. Mr. Namachila said officers apprehended and formally arrested Morgan Nyanga of Milenge Boarding Secondary School this morning for raping a minor. He said ...

The five-time Grand Slam winner has been banned by the International Tennis Federation for using a prohibited drug. Murray told BBC Radio 5 live that Sharapova’s punishment made it clear “that there’s not going to be any hiding place for drug cheats”. Roger Federer said he supported a “zero tolerance” stance against doping. Sharapova, 29, was provisionally banned in March ...

   Lisa McInerney has won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction with her debut novel The Glorious Heresies.Her book details how a messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland’s post-financial crash society. Head judge Margaret Mountford presented McInerney with £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine – the Bessie – at London’s ...

Sir John Major and Tony Blair warned a vote to leave the EU will “jeopardise the unity” of the UK as they campaigned together in Northern Ireland. They suggested a Leave vote may re-open Scotland’s independence issue and put Northern Ireland’s “future at risk” by threatening its current stability. But Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said support for the peace ...

President Edgar Lungu has dismissed rumors that he is unwell and has been flown to South Africa for medical attention. President Lungu dismissed the rumors when he appeared on a live ZNBC TV interview this morning. He says it’s unfortunate that some people are spreading false reports about his health. And PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has described as malicious ...