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The fuel supply situation in Lusaka is slowly returning to normal with a number of filling stations beginning to receive supplies. This comes after fuel tanker drivers called off the strike that had caused an acute fuel shortage in the country. A check by QFM News at selected service stations this afternoon found fuel tanker had started delivering fuel,with long ...

The erratic fuel supply has persisted in Lusaka despite the strike by fuel tanker drivers, which caused an acute shortage of fuel having come to an end. A check by a QFM News crew at selected filling stations around the capital city found most service stations without the commodity, while those which had fuel had long queues of motorists. Some ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi says Zambians have realized that her party is the only political party that gives them hope. She says Zambians are looking for a government that is supportive to them. Ms. Nawakwi says there is a lot of misery in communities not just in rural areas, but in urban areas as well. ...

Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has announced his resignation from the ruling Patriotic Front effective today. In a statement posted on his facebook page today, Mr Sampa says his decision is as a result of intolerance, hate, vengeance and violent conduct towards party members; including those who supported him at the Kabwe convention in 2014. He says as a ...

Patriotic Front Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has likened the opposition UPND to a hot air balloon which he says will burst on 11th August. He says the ruling party is therefore not bothered by what he has termed as inactive defectors joining the opposition party. Mr. Bwalya says this is because the people the UPND is embracing are those the ...

President Edgar Lungu is confident he will win the August 11th presidential election in the first round of voting contrary to claims by some people that he will not win in the first round. He says he has gained a lot of support from the people. Speaking when he addressed a rally at Independence Stadium in Choma District this afternoon, ...

President Edgar Lungu says the country only has maize stocks to last up June this year. He says this means the country will be compelled to import maize from other countries. Speaking when he met with Chiefs Monze,Chona, Hamusonde and Chieftainess Choongo in Monze district last evening, President Lungu says government plans to import maize from South America considering that ...

All People’s Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni has advised fellow political party leaders to refrain from prematurely declaring themselves winners of the August 11th General Election. Mr. Msoni says this is recipe for anarchy. Mr. Msoni believes that the declaration of victory by some political party leaders even before the elections are held is unnecessary and ill-timed. The APC Leader ...

    Republican President Edgar Lungu says the inclusion of the 50% plus one vote clause in the constitution will enable all political parties to work together. Speaking in Chikankata district when he addressed Residents after inspecting infrastructure projects in area today, President Lungu, however, said that some political party leaders will be consigned to the bench forever after the ...

      Former Republican Vice President Lupando Mwape has joined the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND). And Mr. Mwape who supported President Edgar Lungu in the 20th January 2015 presidential election says the country is in intensive care under the PF Government. He says the ruling party does not deserve to be returned to power in the ...