The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has added its voice in accusing the ruling PF of having passed the motion to AMEND the Republican Constitution in Parliament for selfish reasons. YALI does not think the ruling PF could have supported the motion which was moved by its Mwansabombwe Member of Parliament Rodgers Mwewa if there was no element of greedy ...

President Edgar Lungu today led Service Chiefs and foreign diplomats in laying wreaths at the Cenotaph in Lusaka in remembrance of world wars’ fallen heroes. President Lungu who arrived at Cenotaph at 10:45hours in the morning was received by Vice President Inonge Wina and speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini. Otherwise that were present are Chief Justice Irene Mambilima, ...

The opposition MMD has promised to remain robust in rendering checks and balance as government rolls out the Country’s national development plan for the next five years. MMD National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says his party is particularly interested in seeing the path in which the government will lead the Country to economic gains. Mr. Nakachinda says his party is to ...

Government has been advised to realize that Zambia’s economic recovery depends more on formulating prudent economic policies. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) thinks that Country’s economy can put out from its current status if government comes up with consistent and predictable policies. YALI president Andrew Nthewewe says with such policies it may not even be necessary for government to ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the success of the 2017 national budget depends on hard work. Mr. Mutati says this is especially when all stakeholders accept the fact that the Zambian economy is going through a hard time. Speaking last night during a Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) 2017 budget analysis dinner last night in Lusaka Mr. Mutati says ...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati has unveiled a K64.5 billion 2017 national budget representing 27.7 percent of GDP. Presenting the proposed budget in Parliament today, Mr Mutati says K42.94 billion will be financed through domestic revenues,K2.23 billion through grants from cooperating partners and K19.33 billion through debt financing from domestic and external sources. He has proposed to allocate a total of ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) says it expects 2017 national budget to be presented in Parliament today to speak to country’s agenda of economic recovery. EAZ president Chrispin Mphuka says his association wants to see measures in the national budget that will return the country to economic to stability. Dr. Mphuka has told QFM in an interview that this ...

Billy Bob Thornton is opening up about his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie as the 41-year-old actress is in the midst of a divorce from Brad Pitt. The 61-year-old actor married Jolie, who is 20 years his junior, in 2000 after the two met on set of the 1999 movie, “Pushing Tin.” They separated in June 2002 and divorced the ...

Protests have been held for a second night in several US cities after the election of Donald Trump as president – but with smaller crowds. They were mainly young people saying a Trump presidency would create deep divisions along racial and gender lines. However police in Portland said they were dealing with vandalism and aggressive behaviour. In response, Mr Trump ...

Senegal coach, Aliou Cisse, has described his side’s 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier Group D Day Two clash away to South Africa a “prestigious match” in African football. The former Teranga Lions captain told the media that the two teams should help give a good image of African football when they face off in Polokwane, about 300 km from Johannesburg ...