Zambia to get a new oil refinery in 2016
Australia’s Maysen and Borowski Claymont Joint Venture (MBCJV) and Phoenix Materials and Constructing Company have signed a joint venture (JV) to build an oil refinery worth US$1.6bn in Zambia The...
View ArticleForum for female traditional leaders to be held in February
About thirty female traditional leaders are expected to attend a forum for female traditional leaders as advocates of peace that has been set to take place from Sunday the 2nd of February to 5th of...
View ArticleAU calls for transformation of Africa’s Agric sector
The African Union Commission has called for the transformation of the agriculture sector on the continent in order to spur development. QFM’s David Bweupe reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that...
View ArticleZambia can learn from others through APRM- Mukata
DEPUTY Minister of Justice Keith Mukata says Zambia can draw lessons from countries that have made strides in public finance management and youth empowerment under the African Peer Review Mechanism...
View ArticleZambia’s annual rate of inflation rise by 0.2 percent
Zambia’s annual rate of inflation as measured by the all items Consumer Index (CPI) has risen by o.2 percent from the December 2013′s 7.1 percent to 7.3 percent recorded January this year. Out of the...
View ArticleNew timber regulation coming
GOVERNMENT says that it will soon embark on a comprehensive programme and implement new timber regulation aimed at curbing illegal charcoal trade. Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental...
View ArticleNawakwi challenges govt to state how BOZ is sustaining the treasury
Opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi has challenged the Patriotic Front (PF) government to clearly state how the treasury is being sustained with the alleged poor...
View ArticleSACCORD counsels PF on GBM resignation calls
The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has urged members of ruling Patriotic Front (PF) to follow their laid down procedures when it comes to matters of...
View ArticleChoma receives textbooks for the new local language curriculum
CHOMA District has received about 2,500 copies of grade one text books for implementation of the new education curriculum on local languages. Government recently launched a new curriculum in which...
View ArticleKabanshi urges affordable human settlements finance
LOCAL Government and Housing Minister Emerine Kabanshi has called for increased financing of human settlements and legislative frameworks to promote the provision of adequate and affordable housing....
View ArticleGrade 11 student allegedly raped and beaten by a group of men.
A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD grade 11 pupil of Linda Secondary School in Livingstone has allegedly been raped and beaten by more than five men. The victim, who sustained a swollen head and complained of severe...
View ArticleMourner crushed to death while waiting for a relative’s body from a mortuary
CONFUSION broke out in Ndola yesterday on January 27th when a man who was among some mourners waiting for a relative’s body from a mortuary died after being hit by a minibus which was involved in a...
View ArticleMacha Secondary School kitchen burnt to ashes
THE kitchen block at Macha Secondary School in Choma containing property worth over K300, 000 has been reduced to ashes after a fire swept through it in the early hours of yesterday. The cause of the...
View ArticleZRA was not consulted on Kasumbalesa border facility design
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says it was not consulted in the process of awarding a cancelled tender to Baran Investments of the United Kingdom under the Public Private Partnership (PPP)...
View ArticleRTSA to start re-examination of PSV driver flouting rules
THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) will soon embark on an exercise to re-examine public service vehicle (PSV) drivers that are in a habit of flouting road traffic rules. RTSA senior public...
View ArticlePresident Sata’s Facebook : 31/01/14 Southern Province road construction
Good Morning Dear Friends, Today, Before I depart for the final day of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit, I wish to share with you our Government’s progress on the...
View ArticleAwarding of mining license in lower Zambezi an injustice -ZLA
Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) has added its voice to calls by different stakeholders that government reverses its decision on the awarding of a mining license in the lower Zambezi national park. In a...
View ArticleUPND women in Lusaka call on Stella Libongani to resign
The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) women in Lusaka have called for the resignation of Inspector General of Police, Stella Libongani, for alleged failure to run the police...
View ArticleStatement on funds saved from subsidies confusing – Mulongoti
Opposition People’s Party Leader Mike Mulongoti has observed that the statement by Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda that there no funds being saved from the removal of subsidies on Maize and Fuel...
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Volunteering helps Zambian settle in New Zealand
Imagine if you arrived in Auckland with little understanding of New Zealand culture or the job market. What would you do? Mt Roskill man Stephen Mulonda says what made all the difference to him was...
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