Miles Sampa, Kapata’s Bid to Discredit GBM Flops
Patriotic Front Central Committee members Miles Sampa and Jean Kapata staged a bad cop good cop act in Kasama as they sought to dilute the impact of the resignation of Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba as Defence...
View ArticleEx-Convict Re-arrested for Murder
An ex-convict in Luangwa Compound in Lusaka has been re-arrested after stabbing a man a few days after being released from custody. The three-time violent crimes convict has been identified as Jeremiah...
View ArticleMazabuka Man Arrested for Counterfeit Notes
A 39-year-old Mazabuka resident has been arrested for being in possession of K13, 000 counterfeit notes. Siyambi Ndonji was nabbed in Nangweshi village of Sioma District in Western Province and was...
View ArticleFather Killers Sentenced to Death
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced to death two brothers for murdering their father. The duo Adam and Dennis Bweupe hacked their father to death after he refused to apportion part of his farmland in...
View ArticleGBM Visits his Supporters in Prison
Former Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba yesterday visited his six detained supporters in Kasama and urged them to stay strong in the face of political persecution. Mwamba, who described the detention...
View ArticleCity Market Bus Drivers Stage Protest
Bus drivers at Lusaka’s City Market this morning staged a protest against the council’s decision to increase the loading fee in city market per trip for their bus. The Lusaka City Council has slapped...
View ArticleOpinion: Lessons from Miles Sampa Vs Zambian Watchdog War
Today, we all watched as events unfolded after the Hon. Miles Sampa, MP, Deputy Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry in the Government of the Republic of Zambia dared the Zambian Watchdog, a private...
View ArticleEconomist Prof Saasa Opposes INDECO Re-birth
Economic consultant Oliver Saasa says the re-introduction of the Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO) needs to be properly thought out. President Michael Sata in his New Year address said in...
View ArticleExpect No Bumper Harvest – Request Muntanga
Kalomo Central Member of Parliament Request Muntanga said there was no way Zambia could record a bumper harvest given the chaos in the agriculture industry. Muntanga said the late delivery of inputs...
View ArticleLivingstone Police Arrested 69 Over New Year
Charity Katanga The police in Livingstone arrested 69 people over the New Year period. Chaotic scenes of celebratory crowds took the city centre by storm as police struggled to maintain law and order....
View ArticleGBM Sees Good Business and Political Prospects in 2014
Former defence minister Geoffrey Mwamba says his political and business prospects are bright in 2014. Speaking to Qfm News in a telephone interview from Kasama, Mwamba says all is well with him and...
View ArticleAudio: Listen to Sata’s Promise to Radio Stations
There are only three days covered into the New Year – 2014 – so far and this reminds us that days are fast approaching to the next Presidential and General Elections in 2016. By September this year,...
View ArticleFood Suppliers Feel the Sting of PF Infighting
Some food suppliers to the government have complained that they have been pushed out of business because of their alleged links with embattled Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Bwalya...
View ArticlePF Faces Tough Challenge in 2016 Elections – Deputy Secretary General
Patrotic Front (PF) deputy Secretary General Bridget Atanga has said the ruling has a major challenge of the winning the general elections in 2016. Atanga, who was speaking from the Copperbelt where...
View ArticleStop Dictatorship, YALI tells Sata
Young African Leadership Initiative has advised President Michael Sata to tone down on his alleged dictatorial stance in governing the country. YALI Executive Director Andrew Ntewewe said in the two...
View ArticleShan’gombo Farmers Refuse to Apply Fertilizer
Farmers in Shan’gombo District of Western Province have refused to apply fertilizer ton their crops claiming it wears down soil. Agriculture Extension Officer Mwamba Zulu said only 14 out of 1000...
View ArticleChikwanda ‘Resignation’ Sends Sata in Panic Mode
President Michael Sata’s power base is looking increasingly fragile after Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda threatened to resign last week. Chikwanda, who has internally voiced his displeasure at...
View ArticleUPND Says Constitution Final Blow on PF Power
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says the Patriotic Front stance on the constitution has proved the final nail in their political survival. UPND Vice President Dr Canisius Banda...
View ArticleFr Lungu Says New Constitution a Must
Zambia Episcopal Conference General Secretary Father Cleopas Lungu says it is not Zambians that originated the promise of delivering a people driven constitution by the Patriotic Front in 90 days but...
View ArticleJudiciary Confirm Deputy Chief Justice Retirement
Judiciary spokesperson Terry Musonda has confirmed that Acting Deputy Chief Justice Florence Mumba has retired and will leave officer at the end of this month but disputed this was in connection to...
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