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“Judge Me By My History”: Interview with MMD President Nevers Mumba
This extensive interview was conducted with Nevers Mumba, President of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), on Friday 16 November 2012, exclusive to Zambia Reports. You’ve been president of the...
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Sata Meets Chiefs to Solicit Support Pending By-Elections in their Areas
President Sata on Monday met chiefs, mostly from North Western province, to solicit support after he pressurised MMD MPs from the region to quit and create room for by-elections. The PF is seeking to...
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Hunt for Successor 28: Zambia, a nation of chained Form Fives
We, Form Fives a.k.a. Grade 12s are a people chained, facing the lit walls in the darkness of our own country. On the walls we watch our fantasies and desires. We see ourselves with a lot of money, one...
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Litunga Bows to ‘K42 Billion Bribe’ to Stop Barotseland Secession
Lozi king, the Litunga, and his Barotseland Royal Establishment (BRE) leadership are being accused of receiving K42 billion in bribes from the PF government to compromise the region’s resolve to...
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Zambian Soccer Researcher Challenges Kalusha Bwalya’s 50 Goals Career Record
Football researcher and archivist Jerry Muchimba takes a look at the top five Zambian capped players and goal scorers. Surprisingly Kalusha Bwalya doesn’t make it into the top 5 capped players but...
View ArticleDismmised Chief Kalindawalo Speak Out
Senior chief Kalindawalo of the Nsenga people of Eastern Province whose recognition was revoked by President Michael Sata has said it was unfortunate that government acted without full knowledge of the...
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Parliament Bans PF Convict Hamiyanze
The Zambian parliament, through Speaker Patrick Matibini, has banned convicted PF fraudster Opper Hamiyanze from stepping on Parliament buildings during the life of this session. This follows...
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Mealie Meal Shortage Hits Zambia, Prices Sky-Rocket as Copperbelt Queue
A shortage of mealie meal, Zambia’s staple food, has hit the Copperbelt Province prompting the price of the commodity to rise in 48 hours. For the first time since the last eight years of Dr Kenneth...
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PF Hijacking Parliament, says Elias Chipimo
Zambian opposition leader Elias Chipimo Jr has accused the PF government of hijacking parliament through maneuvers by President Michael Sata to create 10 by-elections next year. President Sata has...
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PF: Patriotic Front or Paya Farmer?
The failure by the Patrotic Front (PF) government to run a smooth crop marketing programme for the 2011-2012 season is among the evidence that this regime has failed the agriculture sector in Zambia....
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Kalaki’s Korner: Flushed
‘The news is over, switch it off!’ said Sara ‘Half a minute,’ I said, ‘something else is coming up!’ ‘The screen is completely blank,’ Sara sneered. ‘No,’ I said, ‘I can definitely see something. Look...
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Chikwanda UrgesTransparency At Government Procurement Body
Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda has called for transparency, efficiency and zero tolerance to corruption at the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA). Speaking when he officiated at the...
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Hichilema says PF Gives 30 MPs K100 Million Each to Ditch Opposition
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has accused the PF government of planning to cause about 30 by-elections in the country. Hichilema, the UPND president, has told QFM news that his party is...
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UPND Members Charged with Controversial Murder of PF Cadre in Rufunsa
Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police Joyce Kasosa has announced that five UPND officials who were arrested in connection with the death of a PF cadre Menyani Zulu have since been charged with murder....
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President Sata Happy with Path to One-Party State
After coming under heavy criticism for his wasteful style of politics which may cause an unprecedented 30 unnecessary by-elections in a coveted plan to make Zambia a one-party state, President Michael...
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Critical Water Shortage Hits UTH as Child Bearing Mothers are Turned Away
Disaster is looming at Zambia’s major hospital, the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), in Lusaka after erratic water supply has forced the institution to limit operations of the maternity section and...
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Kabimba Denies Creating PF-Friendly Judiciary
The justice minister Wynter Kabimba has denied he was creating an environment where justice will only favour Patriotic Front (PF) members in Zambia. Debating the 2013 budget for his ministry in...
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Work Stoppage at Zesco Continues
Some employees at the country’s electricity supply company, Zesco, have continued with their work stoppage which entered second day Wednesday pressing for improved conditions of services. It took...
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News in Briefs: MMD’s Kachingwe Admits Patronising President Sata
MMD national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe has vowed not to leave the party amid speculations that he is planning to defect to the ruling Patriotic Front. Briefing the press on Wednesday, Maj...
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Zambian Captain Racing for BBC Player of the Year Award
The five candidates for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2012 award have been revealed. Yaya Toure has made the shortlist for the second consecutive year and he is joined by his Ivory Coast...
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