Masumba’s Judgment Day
Sports Deputy Minister Stephen Masumba will today be sentenced after being found guilty of forging an accounts diploma. Masumba, 31, who was on Monday found guilty by the Lusaka Magistrates Court, has...
View ArticleFirst Alliance Employees Unpaid for One Year
First Alliance Bank employees have gone for one year without being paid their salaries. The Zambia Union of Financial and Allied Workers Union says it has tried to engage management over the matter but...
View ArticleUTH Oxygen Machine to be Fully Functional Dec 10
The new Oxygen plant at the University Teaching Hospital is expected to be fully functional by December, 10. UTH Public Relations Manager Mwenya Mulenga said the plant had been assembled and will be...
View ArticleMasumba Slapped One Year Sentence
Sports deputy minister Steven Masumba has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour for a criminal activity in which he used a NIPA diploma he did not earn to get a job. Masumba was...
View ArticlePF Scared of 50+1 in Draft Constitution
The Patriotic Front government is petrified by the 50+1 majority vote provision in the final draft constitution and has hatched schemes to extend the constitution making process for yet another year so...
View ArticleMasumba Sentenced to One Year Imprisonment
The Lusaka magistrate court has sentenced Sports deputy minister Stephen Masumba to 1 year inprisonment with hard labour. Masumba, who is also Mufumbwe MP, has however been granted K10, 000 bail in his...
View ArticleSata Takes A Dig At His MPs in Luapula
Amidst the heat of the campaign in Mansa Central Constituency President Michael Sata has taken a dig at his Members of Parliament for lack of development in the election experiencing area. President...
View ArticleECZ Postpones Zambezi West, Vumbwi By-Elections
The Electoral Commission of Zambia has postponed the Zambezi West and Vubwi Constituency by-elections following the prolonged court challenge. The nominations for the two by-elections were initially...
View Article11, 000 Pigs Have African Swine Fever
The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that 11, 000 pigs have been affected by the African swine fever. Deputy Minister in charge of Livestock Luxon Kazabu said 5, 000 pigs will need to be...
View ArticleDoctors Recommend Third Postmortem for Slain PF Cadre
The Residents Doctors Association has called for a third postmortem of slain PF cadre Moses Simwelu to conclusively deal with the cause of his death. Association President Doctor Waison Munga said a...
View ArticlePF MPs Sleepy, Mbulakulima is Shining, Says Sata
President Michael Sata was at it again this time calling Patriotic Front Members of Parliament coming from Luapula Province sleepy. During a public rally at Muchinka grounds in Mansa President Sata...
View ArticleBritish Envoy Demands People Driven Constitution
The British government has voiced its concerns over the constitutional impasse between the government and the Technical Committee on the Constitution saying the matter should be resolved speedily....
View ArticleDrought Fears Allayed
The Zambia Meteorological Department has allayed fears about a drought in the 2013/14 rainy season. ZMD director Jacob Nkomoki said the country was expecting above to normal rainfall. “The systems...
View ArticleState Police at Chitimukulu Palace Worries SACCORD
The Southern Africa Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes says the continued presence of state police at Chitimukulu’s Palace is worrying. Executive Director Boniface Chembe said...
View ArticleMasumba Must Resign, says Msoni
It would be absolutely shocking for any known political convict whether on bail or not to continue behaving like nothing really happened. Any serving Minister found guilty as charged and subsequently...
View ArticleLions are Praying for Me – Masebo
Embattled tourism minister Sylvia Masebo says the lions she protected from extinction in Zambian game parks are praying for her in the wake of a tribunal set up to investigate her corrupt activities....
View Article‘Criminal’ Masumba Fired
President Michael Sata has with immediate effect revoked the appointment of Hon. Stephen Masumba as deputy minister in the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The Head of State thanked Hon. Masumba for the...
View ArticleMansa Goes to the Polls Today
The die has finally been cast for the Mansa Central parliamentary by-election today as 88, 943 registered voters take to the booths to elect their next representative. The Mansa Central Constituency...
View ArticleZED Doubts National Airline Pronouncement
Opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development says it is difficult to believe the Patriotic Front government that they will build a national airline next year when the country has been battling...
View Article90 Days Flop Haunting PF
The 90 days campaign promises have continued to haunt the ruling Patriotic Front with Home Affairs Minister Edgar Lungu being the latest to mouth something under pressure in parliament yesterday. Lungu...
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