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Technical Committee to Chart Way Forward on Constitution Tomorrow
A leading civil society organization has said President Michael Sata’s silence on the constitution is fuelling speculation. And the Technical Committee on the Constitution is set to meet tomorrow to...
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Opinion: Why Mumba Malila Is Wrong on Masebo Tribunal
William Harrington, a private citizen of Zambia wrote the Chief Justice of Zambia requesting that a tribunal be instituted to probe the activities of a cabinet minister. Hon. Sylvia Masebo is alleged...
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Chongwe Development Funds Allegedly Stolen
Patrotic Front (PF) officials in Chongwe constituency are scheming how to shield a corrupt official in Kapwayambale ward who has plundered over K40, 000 Constituency Development Funds (CDF)....
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PF Will Not Produce a Fair Constitution – Saunders
Political activist Dante Saunders says Zambians must forget about a good constitution under the Patrotic Front (PF) government. Speaking in an interview, Saunders says he PF government had shown a...
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Wild Animal Kills Prominent Choma Farmer
Prominent Choma farmer Peter Greene has died after being attacked by a wild animal. The 84 year old Greene who has been an agricultural pillar in the area in the post Independence era is said to have...
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More Nurses Join Strike as Action Spreads
Nurses at the Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital have joined their colleagues at the University Teaching Hospital by downing tools following government’s failure to meet their demands. The nurses at the...
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MMD Disowns Musokotwane’s 50+1 Remark
Movement for Multi Party Democracy President Nevers Mumba has watered down the statement by party chairperson for finance Situmbeko Musokotwane about opposing the 50 plus one vote. Mumba who spoke...
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Zambia’s Food Security Compromised, says Nevers Mumba
Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) president Nevers Mumba says the late delivery of inputs will jeopardize the food security of the country. Dr Mumba said the Patriotic Front...
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PF’s Appetite for Loans Keep Growing
The Patriotic Front’s appetite for borrowing is getting bolder with Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda presenting a motion to Parliament to allow for the increase of the amount outstanding. Chikwanda...
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Hikaumba Cautions PF Against Aggression on Nurses
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions president Leonard Hikaumba says government’s threats against striking nurses have only helped aggravate the situation. Hikaumba said the strike action that has entered...
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Sata Has Disappointed Zambians, says Mulongoti
People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has charged that President Michael Sata has disappointed Zambians who thought he would bring change to the country. Mulongoti told QFM News in an interview that...
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Sikota says Scott is Vague on Constitution Copies
Opposition United Liberal Party (ULP) president Sakwiba Sikota says he is still not convinced with government’s explanation on the directive for the technical committee drafting the constitution to...
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Police Seal of PF Battleground in Lusaka
The Zambia Police has sealed off the Patriotic Front Lusaka District office a day after ruling party cadres had re-opened it. The office, located in the Central Business District, has been the boiling...
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Nurses Defiant, Strike Continues
Defiant striking University Teaching Hospital nurses have continued with their strike action. The strike action has now entered day five with no solution in sight as government has refused to meet the...
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Mangani Upset with Bonny Tembo in Petauke
The ruling Patriotic Front in Eastern Province says it is disturbed by the long term presence of former Anti Voter Apathy President Bonny Tembo. Eastern Province PF chairperson Lameck Mangani said...
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Nurses in Kasama Join Strike
Nurses in Kasama have joined their counterparts in some parts of the country in striking over irregularities in pay structure and also improved conditions of service. The nurses convened a meeting with...
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PF Mansa Victory Confirms Tribal Voting
Operation Young Vote chairperson Guess Nyirenda says the recent victory by the Patriotic Front in the Mansa Central by-election confirms Zambia’s voting on tribal lines. Nyirenda said the pattern was...
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TIZ says PF Is Failing to Fight Corruption
Transparency International says the Patriotic Front government has fallen short in their fight against corruption. TIZ President Lee Habasonda said the accusations of corruption against each other...
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Malila Injunction Baffles Gen Miyanda
The purported appeal by the Attorney General of Zambia to halt the Masebo Tribunal is unconstitutional and is highly irregular as it contradicts or opposes current public policy. I therefore call upon...
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Opinion: Give Nurses Their Dues
There seems to be a certain sense of contentment by the government with the on-going strike action by nurses. Government does not seem bothered by the status quo. It seems to be business as usual with...
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