Confusion in Fertiliser Distribution Continues
Confusion in the fertilizer distribution exercise has continued with Nyiombo Investments boycotting transporting the commodity in Lusaka Province. Nyiombo, who were handed the tender to supply the...
View ArticlePF Picks Moses Chilando for Katuba
The ruling Patriotic Front has named local businessman Moses Chilando as their candidate for the February 25 Katuba Constituency by-election. Chilando was picked after Saturday’s Central Committee...
View ArticlePolice Arrest 4 Barotse Activists
Police in Mongu have arrested four Barotse activists following continued demands for session of Western Province. The quartet have been arrested and detained at Mongu Central Police cells. Among those...
View Article‘Unstable’ Sata Drops Information PS While on Official Trip to US
The Ministry of Information will get its sixth Permanent Secretary in two years after President Michael Sata removed Charles Zulu from the ministry. Zulu, who has travelled out of the country, has been...
View ArticleFr Bwalya Loses Key Member
The Alliance for a Better Zambia has suffered its first major setback since forming an alliance with three other opposition political parties with its secretary general Erick Chanda ditching the party....
View ArticleCSO Wants Chief Justice Before Kabimba Tribunal
Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has said acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda should be compelled to testify in the judge Evans Hamaundu led tribunal. Tayali said the tribunal’s...
View ArticleKabimba is Mentally Bankrupt, says UPND Official
Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba’s racial slur against United Party for National Development President Hakainde Hichilema has angered the opposition party. Kabimba who last year said...
View ArticleShakafuswa Gets UPND Nomination
The Opposition UPND has picked former Finance Deputy Minister Jonas Shakafuswa as its candidate for the February, 25 parliamentary by-election. Shakafuswa who served as MP for Katuba from 2001 to 2008...
View ArticleHamaundu Sub-poenas Leonard Banda
The Judge Evans Hamaundu led tribunal has subpoenaed Patriotic Front losing candidate for Petauke Central Leonard Banda to testify in the on-going probe against Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba. When...
View ArticleSata Gives Broadcaster Muyamwa National Mourning
President Michael Sata has declared three-days of national mourning in honour of veteran broadcaster Charles Muyamwa, who died in Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday last week. The Head of State who is...
View ArticleLightning Kills 4 in Kafulafuta
Four people have died in Kafulafuta after being struck by lightning. The quartet comprises mother Harriet Mushimata, her daughter and two grandchildren. The house is said to have caught fire after...
View ArticlePF Confusion: Mulenga Sata Wants Chuumbwe Out
Confusion in the ruling party has continued with some Lusaka District officials resurrecting calls to have provincial chairman Geoffrey Chuumbwe removed from his position. District Information...
View ArticleKatuba Nominations On Today
Nominations for the Katuba Parliamentary by-election will take place today with six political parties unveiling their candidates. The ruling Patriotic Front is fielding Moses Chilando while the UPND...
View ArticleGerman Experts in for RATSA Machine
German experts are in the country to have a look at the controversial vehicle testing machine for the Road Transport and Safety Agency. RATSA Executive Director Zindaba Soko said another batch of...
View ArticleFertiliser Crisis the Worst Ever – Farmers
The Zambia Small Scale Farmers Association have voiced their concerns over the fertilizer distribution exercise saying it has been the worst the country has experienced in the recent past. Organization...
View ArticleLeave PF, Scott tells GBM
Vice President Guy Scott has breathed out the Patriotic Front anti Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba sentiment by telling the Kasama Central lawmaker to resign to avoid being hounded out of the ruling party....
View ArticleShakafuswa Draws Multitudes at Nomination
Katuba Constituency residents have got a slice of what they will be voting for on February 25 during the by-election that occurred as a result of the death of incumbent Patrick Chikusu. Political...
View ArticleAlliance Here to Stay – Fr Bwalya
Newly formed Alliance for opposition political parties in Zambia members have insisted that their grouping is going to last and shame its critics. Alliance spokesperson Father Frank Bwalya said the...
View ArticleLivingstone CSOs Reject New NGO Act
Civil Society Organizations in Livingstone have vowed not to register under the controversial new Non Governmental Organization Act. CSOs spokesperson Norman Mubita said the NGOs from Livingstone had...
View ArticlePF Decision Making Worrying – JCTR
Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection says government’s continued shunning of professional advice in decision making is worrisome. JCTR Executive Director Father Leonard Chiti said Lands Minister...
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