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The National Council for Construction (NCC) has at the close of 2015 registered a total of 5000 contractors operating in Zambia. NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota says this is an increase of 1000 more contractors to the 4000 that were registered in the year 2014. And Mr. Mushota has disclosed that in the year 2015 his Council undertook a skills ...

The ruling PF says it looks forward to seeing FDD President Edith Nawakwi arrested as she recently claimed its government’s plot to put her behind bars for helping farmers. PF Central Committee chairperson for information Frank Bwalya says if Ms. Nawakwi does not however get arrested she should also be honorable enough to apologize for her claims. Father Bwalya says ...

Zambians have been called upon to pray for the success of President Edgar Lungu’s assenting to the Constitution Bills on Tuesday the 5th of January this week. People in the Country are being urged to do so keeping in mind how big the event to assent to the Constitution Bills will be in the life of their Country’s multiparty Democracy. ...

President Edgar Lungu has directed ZESCO to with immediate effect revert back to the old electricity tariffs which were hiked late last year. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has confirmed the development this afternoon. Mr. Chanda has disclosed to Qfm News by telephone that the directive was to be effected on 1st January last ...

Prepaid meters fitted in residential Houses in Kafue District are reported to have expired and created a water crisis in the area. The prepaid meters which are a property of the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) are said to have expired on Friday the 1st January last week. Information reaching Qfm News suggests that there has been no water ...

Speculative pricing by market players has been cited as the factor that is driving Zambia’s inflation. Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba has observed that this speculative pricing is being propagated despite market players in all industries knowing what the real costs are. Dr. Kalumba has however suggested that amidst this pricing practices government can still on the other hand reign ...

Government has been advised against assuming that amendments made to the Country’s constitution will resolve the issue of the Barotseland Agreement of 1964. Opposition MMD president Nevers Mumba does not believe the issue of the Barotseland Agreement will end by simply assenting to the Constitutional Bills that have been passed by Parliament. Dr. Mumba is of the view that much ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has observed that it is the responsibility of the Church to lead the crusade towards peaceful general elections this year. Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says the churches with their unique position should prevail on members who are supporters of the various political parties to put Zambia first in their politicking. Reverend Mwanza has called ...

President Edgar Lungu is confident that he will get at least 71 percent of the votes during this year’s general elections. President Lungu says he is thus not worried about his re-election this year because he is aware Zambians are solidly behind him. He says this is given what he has done in the country from the time that he ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says it does not believe the issue of the Barotseland Agreement can be resolved by Zambia’s amended Constitution. Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says this is because clauses that could have made this possible have been left out from amendments that have been made to the republican constitution. Mr. Cheembe ...