Arrogance of the Worst Kind
When Mutembo Nchito did a ‘donchi kubeba’ on the Lucky Mulusa-led Parliamentary Select Committee set up to ratify his appointment as the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, he must have known exactly...
View ArticleConfusion Mars Kabimba’s Trip to Chipata
SCORES of Patriotic Front (PF) members on Tuesday night verbally abused the party’s Eastern Province chairperson Lameck Mangani and threatened to beat him for allegedly being treacherous and working...
View ArticleConstitution Making Process Has Lost Direction
Youth Vision Zambia says the constitution making process has lost direction given that any minister in the Patriotic Front government can make statements. Organization chairperson Amos Mwale said it...
View ArticleMMD to Contest Mangango
MMD president Nevers Mumba says his party will field a candidate in Mangango Constituency when the by-election is held next month. Mumba said calls by district officials that they back the opposition...
View ArticleParley Summons Were Misplaced, says Hichilema
United Party for National Development, UPND, leader Hakainde Hichilema says he would never have appeared before the parliamentary select committee that had been constituted to question him and other...
View ArticleSaki Sends PF Jibe for Attempt to Block Hichilema’s Mindolo Donation
Lusaka lawyer Sakwiba Sikota has taken a dig at the Zambia Police for embarrassingly attempting to block the UPND from donating 600 bags of mealie meal to the displaced families of Mindolo East. Police...
View ArticleGuy Scott Ignorant on Constitution – Batuke Imenda
United Party for National Development, UPND, national coordinator Batuke Imenda has charged that Vice-President Guy Scott displayed massive ignorance of constitutional making processes in the country...
View ArticleVIDEO: Prof Nkandu Luo Mistakes Boko Haram for Obama
CHIEFS and traditional affairs minister Prof Nkandu Luo recently got embroiled in a faux pas during an address to Lusaka residents protesting the abduction of over 200 Nigerian girls when she referred...
View ArticleNchito’s ‘Animal Farm’ Hearing
The Lusaka Magistrate Court today heard that allowing Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito to prosecute his business ally Fred Mmembe on contempt of court charges would be like playing the...
View ArticleNevers Visits Mindolo Victims, Donates Blankets
MMD president Nevers Mumba spent time with the over 400 displaced families of Kitwe’s Mindolo Township where he donated blankets to aid them from the freezing cold. Mumba said that government had...
View ArticleNevers Calls for Arrest of Mindolo Councilor
The following press release was distributed by the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD): Nevers Mumba tours Mindolo demolished houses, calls for immediate arrest of Councilor behind the disaster MMD...
View ArticleFlashback: Mahtani on Trial for Forgery
Many people often forget how important the election of President Michael Sata was for his #1 campaign financier Rajan Mahtani. Not only did the victory of the Patriotic Front (PF) party put an end to...
View ArticleKabimba Suspends Mangani
Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has suspended Lameck Mangani, leader of the PF’s Eastern Province Executive Committee, with immediate effect. Mangani was appointed by President Michael...
View ArticleRecord Bond Yields Attract Investors to Zambia
A rally in Zambia’s kwacha, the world’s second-best performing currency this month, and record high yields are attracting foreign investors back to the nation’s Treasury bills, according to a report...
View ArticleLetter: Empathy for Displaced Victims in Mindolo North
Dear Editor, I am wondering why no one is giving sufficient coverage to the displaced people in Mindolo North. This is supposed to be the biggest story in Zambia right now. Pictures of the affected...
View ArticleECZ Propose to Increase Parley Seats from 150 to 235
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has written to government on the need to amend the current constitution to facilitate the increase in the number of constituencies in the country from 150 to...
View ArticleKabimba Surrogates Preparing PF after Sata
Patriotic Front (PF) National Chairperson Inonge Wina has dismissed suggestions that the ruling party would crumble in the event President Michael Sata relinquished the leadership of the party. Wina,...
View ArticleDon’t Be Fooled Twice by PF Promises – MMD Youth Chairman
The following statement was distributed by the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) youth chairman: As MMD Youth, we wish to send a strong word of caution to our fellow youth that as we approach...
View ArticleZambia Energy Exports Increasing
Zambia is set to become an important regional energy supplier, according to The Africa Report. A series of new power plants to come on line this year will make the country’s electricity production...
View ArticleMan ‘Rapes’ Aunt while Uncle is Watching Brazil Match
The excitement of the World Cup soccer finals in Brazil has turned into grief and anger for a couple in Lusaka, where a 20-year-old man raped his 39-year-old aunt as his uncle was glued to the...
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