Still Fighting Over Kabimba, PF Looks to Rowland Msiska
Senior Members of the Patriotic Front (PF) trying to resolve the succession dispute between the anti-Wynter Kabimba and pro-Wynter Kabimba camps have now floated Dr. Rowland Msiska who is the Secretary...
View ArticleABZ Calls for Action on Depreciating Kwacha
The following press statement was distribution by the Alliance for Better Zambia (ABZ) today: SCOPE: It is folly to think that sound monetary policies alone will solve the problem of the weakening...
View ArticleMalawi a Warning Sign to PF, says FDA
The following press release was issued by the Forum for Democratic Alternatives (FDA) Party. We congratulate Prof. Peter Mutharika on his electoral victory in the just ended Malawian tripartite general...
View ArticleRedaction Concerning Hot FM
Earlier today Zambia Reports published an article entitled “Police Interrogate Hot FM Presenters.” The article contained factual errors and has been removed from our website. It has been confirmed by...
View ArticleWere Zambian Police Bribed by Mahtani to Disobey Court Orders?
Corruption is nothing new to the Southern Africa region, and certainly Zambia is no exception to the trend. What is interesting, however, is the increasing cases of corruption of public organs as part...
View ArticleFQZ Lays Off 520 Workers
According to a report published on Bloomberg, First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM) is going to cut 529 jobs from the Kansanshi mine. The company stated that the workers will be affected after Canada’s...
View ArticleFather Bwalya Adds Voice to ‘Collapsing’ Kwacha
Alliance for a Better Zambia President Father Frank Bwalya has added his voice to the ongoing discourse about the depreciation of the kwacha saying merely appealing for strong fiscal discipline is...
View ArticleKambwili Directs Venom at Times of Zambia
Acting Labour Minister Chishimba Kambwili used his brief return to the ministry he was removed from to misdirect his venom towards Times Printpak Board of Management whom he has directed to pay the...
View ArticleAnti-Kabimba Crusade Resurfaces in PF
The anti Patriotic Front Secretary General crusade in the ruling party is back with youths once again demanding the removal of the Justice Minister from his position. The youths led by former district...
View ArticlePolice Raze over 100 Houses in Kitwe’s Mindolo
Police in Kitwe’s Mindolo Township have razed down over 100 houses in an operation that was conducted at the crack of dawn. The operation that also had on board the council police left hundreds of...
View ArticleFDD says Guy Scott is Being Economical with the Truth
Forum for Democracy and Development, FDD, spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says vice-president Guy Scott is being economical with the truth on the issue of Konkola Copper Mines. Mwanza says Scott has...
View ArticleSata Advised to Stop Treating Ministers Like Personal Servants
Former Secretary to the Cabinet Sketchley Sacika says President Michael Sata should avoid treating ministers like they were his personal servants. Sacika said President Sata should know that he can...
View ArticleMabenga Counsels Kaingu, Chituwo
Former MMD chairman Michael Mabenga has advised the Michael Kaingu led faction to be more conciliatory in their tone if they still want to remain in the ruling party. Mabenga said the Kaingu and...
View ArticleMISA Officials Visit Hot Fm
The Media Institute of Southern Africa has visited privately owned Hot FM radio station and encouraged the station to soldier on in the face of hostilities. Hot FM has come under the spotlight...
View ArticleOpinion: Sata and the Problem of Many Hats
Life can be very simple if you just get yourself a hat, because a hat establishes your identity. If you have forgotten your identity and can’t remember who you are or what to say, putting on your hat...
View ArticleFIFA Nears Conclusion of Qatar Corruption Implicating Kalusha
World Soccer governing body FIFA expects to conclude investigations into allegations of corruption in the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in which FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya has also been...
View ArticleOperation Clean Up
In the eighties, law enforcement agencies led by the Zambia Police used to carry out random raids in Lusaka and some Copperbelt towns like Kitwe and Ndola. They were aimed at ridding notorious...
View ArticleKCM and Resource Nationalism Risk in Zambia, Part II
In my last column, I explored some of the political history of statist economic policies toward foreign investors in the mining sector, a conversation which has been prompted by the recent calls for...
View ArticleOpinion: Of Bans, Blacklists & Bola 7
By the time you read this, the allegation that 30 football association past and present presidents in the CAF zone received bribes to vote for Qatar to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup would be old news....
View ArticleUS Envoy Continues to Concern over PF Violence
The United States government has expressed concern by the pattern of violence among political cadres and harassment of those who disagree with government policies. Speaking during the commemoration of...
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