More than 2,500 Police officers will be deployed in Lusaka for the purposes of maintaining law and order as the country commemorates its Jubilee tomorrow Friday, October 24th. Police acting Spokesperson Esther Mwaata-Katongo has disclosed to Qfm News in a statement that part of the officers will be deployed in and around Heroes stadium and on lodging areas where foreign ...

Government has finally released the long awaited final draft constitution. Acting Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula tabled the draft constitution document in parliament today to coincide with the country’s golden jubilee which falls tomorrow. However the road-map for the constitution making process which one of the demands of the stakeholders has not been presented Dr Simbyakula says the release of the ...

Government has been called upon to tell the nation the where exactly President Michael Sata has gone to have his medical checkup. Operation Young Votes (OVY) Executive Director Guess Nyirenda says this will help stop any speculation with regards where exactly the President has gone to have his medical checkup. Mr Nyirenda says the people of Zambia are concerned that ...

National Restoration party President Elias Chipimo junior says Zambia’s Golden Jubilee is not about the Patriotic Front, but about something far greater. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka today ahead of tomorrow’s commemoration of the country’s 50 years of independence, Mr Chipimo says it would be a grave mistake for the opposition to turn their backs on the sacrifice of ...

MMD President Nevers Mumba has demanded that the PF government gives the Zambian people their freedoms back in line with the biblical declaration of Jubilee as the country commemorates 50 years of independence. Dr Mumba says Jubilee entails returning all possession taken away from individuals and ensures that not a single person is oppressed by another. He says the country ...

Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota has been named the most powerful figure in the art world. Sir Nicholas topped ArtReview magazine’s annual Power 100 list for helping Tate “punch above its weight in the global network of influence”. He has been the Tate’s director since 1988 and oversaw the opening of Tate Modern in 2000. The gallery, in a former ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has appealed to Acting President Edgar Lungu to take advantage of the powers vested in him to release the final draft constitution. ZCSD Executive Secretary, Lewis Mwape has told QFM News in an interview that Mr. Lungu promised to release the final document during Independence week, and that it is an added advantage ...

Canada’s prime minister has insisted his country will not be intimidated, after a gunman rampaged through parliament before being shot dead. Stephen Harper described the attacker as a terrorist and promised to “redouble” anti-terror efforts. The gunman, named as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, shot and killed a soldier at an Ottawa war memorial before entering parliament. On Monday, a Muslim convert killed ...

Youths for Transparency and Integrity (YTI) has charged that unions supporting Mopani Copper Mines management’s directive for all workers at mining firm to use of English within the company premises are toothless. Speaking in a telephone interview with QFM News, YTI Executive Director Bright Muchima says the new rule introduced by Mopani Copper Miners is draconian. Mr. Muchima says Mopani ...

Chief Chisunka of the Aushi speaking people in Mansa District, Luapula Province has urged fellow tradition leaders to formulate customary laws that will protect the girl child. Chief Chisunka has told QFM News in an interview that he has formulated eleven customary laws to deal with parents forcing their children into early marriages. The Traditional Leader says the measures he ...