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Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu has announced the reopening of the two public universities which were closed in February following students’ unrest. Dr. Kaingu has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that the Copperbelt University will reopen on 17th April, 2016, while the University of Zambia will reopen on 24th April, 2016. He says this is after managements at the ...

MMD founder Member Gaston Sichilima has announced the suspension of party president Nevers Mumba. Mr. Sichilima who served as deputy minister in six different ministries including in the office of the vice president under the MMD government has told QFM in a walk-in interview that he has further given Dr. Mumba seven days in which relinquish his position as President ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has opposed the decision by the Electoral Commission of Zambia to settle for Al Ghurair printing and publishing of Dubai as the printer for ballot papers for the August 11 elections. Mr. Hichilema has accused the ruling Patriotic Front of planning to rig the elections by printing ballot papers in Dubai. Speaking when he received defectors ...

Police in Lusaka this morning picked up a body of a man believed to have been murdered by suspected criminals who broke into the bar he was guarding. Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga-Chanda has told QFM News that the deceased was found dead inside Uncle D’s bar in Matero which he was guarding.   She says the man who has only been ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has charged that Zambia will be doomed should the ruling Patriotic Front win the forthcoming elections. UPND National youth Chairman Likando Mufalali says the ruling party lacks alternative policies. Mr. Mufalali says the country’s economy risks collapsing if the ruling party returned to power after the August elections. Mr. Mufalali says Zambia ...

Government has been called upon to pay more attention to issues of cyber crime. Information Communication Technology consultant Daniel Mwamba Zambia like any other Country in the World should not lag behind with regards to cyber security. He says this is especially that cyber security has become a new frontier in which major Countries world over are investing resources to ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has encouraged Zambians to turn to God in prayer in view of the road traffic accidents and ritual killings the country is experiencing. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says prayer is one powerful weapon Christians can use to fight any evil weapon formed against them. He says it is sad that lives are being ...

Acting Auditor General Ron Mwambwa is confident that with the amendments made to constitution were his office has been given enhanced powers , the nation will see an improvement in the way public funds are managed. Mr. Mwambwa tells QFM News that the Auditor General’s Office will closely collaborate with the Director of Public Prosecutions in ensuring the prosecution of ...

Special Assistant to the President for project implementation and monitoring Lucky Mulusa has hinted that he will facilitate the entry of a fourth mobile phone service provider on the market in view of the poor services and the high cost of communication by the three existing mobile phone operators in the country . MTN Zambia, Airtel Zambia and Zamtel are ...

Economist Noel Nkhoma has attributed the rebounding of the Kwacha to the limited local currency in circulation. Mr. Nkhoma explains that with the Bank of Zambia stopping open market operations, it is indirectly asking the banks to offload their dollars on the market to be able to get the kwacha so as to meet the market operations. He has however ...