The opposition UPND says reports suggesting that the government intends to export electricity amidst continued load-shedding in the country are a sign of misplaced priorities. The UPND is of the view even neighboring countries to which Zambia exports electricity are expected to consider the blackouts that the country has been experiencing as a national disaster. UPND Copperbelt Provincial Women’s Chairperson ...

Sub-Chief Natende of the Bwile people of Chiengi District, Katele Kalumba has described critics that have referred to him as a PF cadre as imitations of English golems. Sub-Chief Natende says he would rather be a Northern PF cadre, as he has been said to be, than an imitation of an English golem whose brain is only a fraction of ...

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid has announced a clampdown on security after an attack on a holiday resort in which 38 people were killed. He said army reservists would be deployed to archaeological sites and resorts. About 80 mosques accused of “spreading venom” will close within a week, he said. Authorities say most of the victims in Friday’s attack near ...

Patriotic Front Senga Hill Member of Parliament Kapembwa Simbao says the challenge of poor road infrastructure in his constituency will soon be a thing of the past. Mr. Simbao says this is follows the procurement of a grader for his constituency. He has told Qfm News that the work that will be done by the purchased grader will be supplemented ...

Hope for Human Rights Executive Director Smart Chanda has encouraged Zambians to know and understand their rights. Mr. Chanda notes that the challenge in Zambia is that very few people take their time to research on human rights and that all they know is that they are entitled to their rights without understanding their right in depth. Mr. Chanda adds ...

Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Joseph Katema has praised traditional leaders for their efforts in combating child marriages. Dr. Katema says traditional leaders have shown total commitment in supplementing government’s efforts in ensuring that child marriages are stopped. He states that many are the times when traditional leaders have stood up to protect the girl child from being married off ...

Government has been advised to reduce the number of missions abroad as part of rationalizing expenditure in the revised 2015 national budget. Chairperson on the Expanded Parliamentary Committee on Estimates, Highvie Hamududu has observed that the world is changing and Zambia should follow suit with how big economies are downsizing on foreign missions. Mr. Hamududu does not think Zambia needs ...

Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) President Charles Milupi says maneuvers to defer the 2016 general election to 2022 are a complete waste of the Judiciary’s time. Mr. Milupi adds that such maneuvers amount to abuse of the judicial process because they are totally unattainable. He has told Qfm News by telephone that this is because the country’s constitution ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says Rainbow party president Wynter Kabimba should check himself first before accusing the ruling party of habouring corrupt elements. Mr Chama has told QFM News that Mr Kabimba’s formation of a political party is aimed at protecting himself from some hidden agenda. He says it is Mr Kabimba who has been flashing out monies ...

Sepp Blatter says he has not resigned as Fifa president. The 79-year-old Swiss was thought to have ended his 17-year reign on 2 June amid claims of corruption in world football’s governing body. But, according to Swiss newspaper Blick,  Blatter told a party at a Fifa museum: “I did not resign. I put myself and my office in the hands ...