Film producer Valeria Richter, who has part of her left foot amputated, says she was stopped at the Cannes Film Festival for not wearing high heels. She told BBC 5 live red carpet officials pointed at her shoes and said: “No, no, this won’t work, you can’t get in like this.” Ms Richter, who was eventually allowed in, spoke after ...

UPND Livingstone District Spokesperson Nato Halwabala has called on party members in Southern Province not to allow the defection of party vice president Richard Kapita to the ruling PF affect their morale. Mr Halwabala says the UPND is an institution that cannot be destabilized by the departure of one individual. Mr. Halwabala has told Qfm News from Livingstone that much ...

A Clergyman has called on church mother bodies to spearhead dialogue between government and concerned stakeholders over the constitution. Kafue’s Faith Impact Ministries Pastor in Charge Moses Phiri says it is worrying that both government and other concerned stakeholders such as opposition political parties and the Grand Coalition have failed to reach consensus on the constitution making process. Pastor Phiri ...

The Zambia Weights and Measures Agency (ZW&MA) has assured farmers across the country that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) scales to be used during the crop marketing season have been thoroughly verified by the agency. Public Relations Officer Diana Ngula has told QFM News in an interview that farmers should therefore have confidence in the scales the FRA will use ...

The Judicial and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (JAWUZ) says it has put on hold plans to strike over the long period of time for negotiations for improved conditions of service. JAWEZ General Secretary Vincent Makondo has told QFM News that his union has received an invitation from government to chat the way forward concerning the negotiation for improved conditions ...

Jason Gillespie will hold talks with England director Andrew Strauss in the next 24 hours over the vacant head coach’s position. The 40-year-old Yorkshire coach has spoken to Strauss on the phone and will now sit down to discuss the role. England want a successor to sacked coach Peter Moores before the Ashes. Gillespie told BBC Sport on Tuesday that ...

The University of Zambia (UNZA) statutory and contractual debt has accumulated to K2.3 Billion as at 31st March, 2015. This is as a consequence of government’s failure to meet the 100 percent funding for the University’s gross personal emoluments budget as prescribed in the country’s policy on funding for higher education. UNZA Vice Chancellor Stephen Simukanga has disclosed that currently ...

Five of the world’s largest banks are to pay fines totalling $5.7bn (£3.6bn) for manipulating the foreign exchange market. Four of the banks – JPMorgan, Barclays, Citigroup and RBS – have agreed to plead guilty to US criminal charges. The fifth, UBS, will plead guilty to rigging benchmark interest rates. Barclays was fined the most, $2.4bn, as it did not ...

Migrants found by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been rescued by Indonesian fishermen. A BBC reporter who reached the boat says it is filthy and insect infested. The engine broke down last week. In a significant change, Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants stranded in the Andaman Sea. ...

Zambia Prison Service says the Tuberculosis prevalence rate has remained high in prisons with about five thousand inmates currently on TB treatment. Zambia Prisons Service Director for Health Services Dr. Chileshe Chisela has attributed the congestion in prisons to the high TB cases. Dr Chisela has told Qfm News that the prisons authority is in this regard working tirelessly to ...