Bus Drivers in Mazabuka District of Southern Province today protested over what they have termed as unfair arrests by the police service. And Southern Province Police Commissioner Born Kapeso has confirmed the development to QFM News that the drivers were protesting at the office of the District Commissioner due to alleged arrests. Mr. Kapeso says the bus drivers were peaceful ...

About 400 asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have received humanitarian assistance from the Zambia Red Cross Society in the last few days. The humanitarian assistance includes Food aid and Non Food aid such as blankets, mosquito nets and immediate medical support. Zambia Red Cross Society Communications and Public Relations Manager Bruce Mulenga tells QFM News ...

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has disclosed that it tested and sampled 7,892 local and imported products against the targeted 7, 3000 products. And the institution has appealed to local manufacturers and food processors both small and large to make product testing a priority in 2017. ZABS Head of Marketing and Public Relations Hazel Zulu says this is in ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has disclosed that as of 9th December 2016, 381,723 vehicles were registered at the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) out of which 308,881 had matching records on asycuda systems used by the authority while 72,842 had no matching records on the system. ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda during a press briefing this morning says ...

The Zambia Cooperatives Federation (ZCF) says it purchased about 15,000 tons of maize during this year’s maize purchasing season. ZCF Director General James Chirwa says the federation decided to reengage into the maize purchasing activity this year after having been absent from the operation for 20 years. He says the organization did this for the sole purpose of trying to ...

Swansea City have sacked Bob Bradley after only 85 days in charge of the Premier League club. Monday’s 4-1 home defeat by West Ham was Swans’ seventh in 11 games since Bradley took over on 3 October and leaves them on 12 points, above bottom club Hull on goal difference. Bradley was the first American to manage a Premier League ...

The film industry and fans around the world have been paying tribute to the US actress Carrie Fischer, who has died, aged 60, after a cardiac arrest. She was best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars series. “She was our great and powerful princess,” said Stars Wars’ creator George Lucas. “She will be missed by ...

The attack on Pearl Harbor shaped the lives of Japanese-Americans long after World War Two ended. As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Hawaii, the internment and treatment of Japanese-Americans during the war continues to resonate in today’s political landscape. When US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood together in Hiroshima in late May, they made ...

Opposition UPND says it will remember 2016 as year in which Zambia lost direction. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party thinks that in the year 2016 all institutions of governance in the Country had ceased to function professionally. Mr. Katuka notes that this is evidenced by how such institutions like the Zambia Police which is supposed to protect ...

A Human Rights Lawyer Moono Mapani has cautioned Labour Minister Joyce Simukoko against threatening institutions that are mandated to protect and promote human rights in the country. Mr. Mapani says the decision by Ms Simukoko to take the matter to President Edgar Lungu over the findings by the Human Rights Commission on the Horse Shoe Restaurant workers abuse report should ...