Chipata Police Arrest PF Cadres
The police in Chipata, Eastern Province have arrested five Patriotic Front cadres and charged them with conduct likely to cause breach of peace. The cadres were demonstrating against the suspension of...
View ArticleKambwili Names Zambia’s Modern Swimming Olympic Pool After the Failed “PF 90...
After the Patriotic Front (PF) failed so miserably to deliver their much hyped 90 day projects, it seems the government is still reeling from the disgraceful embarrassment. During the election campaign...
View ArticleKachingwe’s Injunction Hearing Against Nevers Mumba Set for Today
Lusaka High Court judge Jane Kabuka will today hear the injunction filed by expelled MMD national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe to restrain party president Dr Nevers Mumba from performing his...
View ArticleKalaki’s Korner: Who Let the Dogs Out?
The following article was authored by Satirist Roy Clarke I was sitting having a peaceful breakfast when Bang Crash through the front door came two large grandsons. ‘Hello Grandpa!’ they laughed, as...
View ArticleNawakwi Joins Country-wide Condemnation of Kabimba’s Primitive Behaviour at ACC
The president for the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) Edith Nawakwi condemned ustice Minister Wynter Kabimba’s refusal to be interviewed in privacy by the Anti Corruption...
View ArticleSata Worried by Power Generation Shortages
President Michael Sata has directed the Zambia Electricity supply corporation (ZESCO) to establish mini power hydro stations that could subsidize the country’s huge power deficit. Speaking when he...
View ArticleMMD Crisis a Test Between Grassroots and Party Elites
If the events of Saturday December 1, 2012 at the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) secretariat in Lusaka are anything to go by, then it is clear the former ruling party has pressed the...
View ArticlePower Dynamos Teen Voted Zambia’s 2012 Footballer of the Year
Power Dynamos teenager Mulenga Mukuka is Zambian Footballer of the Year 2012. Mukuka, who recently earned senior national team call ups, was outstanding for the 2011 champions who however did not win...
View ArticlePF Among One of the Most Corrupt African Governments – Report
The 2012 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has shown that the Patriotic Front (PF) government is one of the most corrupt in Africa. Speaking at the launch of the report today, Transparency...
View ArticleSata’s Meddling in Road Projects a Cause for Concern
Since seizing control of Zambia’s Road Development Agency (RDA) this past September, President Michael Sata has publicly interfered in construction projects on several occasions, raising concerns over...
View ArticleHigh Court Defers Kachingwe’s Injunction Against MMD President Never Mumba
MMD president Dr Nevers Mumba has argued that expelled party national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe has no right to petition him because he is no longer a member of the party after being expelled...
View ArticleZambian Minister Relieves Ordeal of a Crash Landing Experience
Muchinga Province minister Charles Banda is relieved after surviving an aircraft crash landing in Muchinga provincial capital, Chinsali. Narrating the incident, Banda said the passengers did not...
View ArticleJustice Minister Defends His Unprofessional Conduct at Anti Corruption Offices
Justice minister Wynter Kabimba has hit back at people and organisations criticising him over his conduct when he was summoned for questioning by the Anti Corruption Commission on Monday over...
View ArticleSata Warns Anti-Corruption Wing against Embarrassing Minister of Justice
President Michael Sata has warned the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) against embarrassing his ministers by publicizing cases they are investigating. Speaking when he swore in Rollen Mukanda as ACC...
View ArticleSata Creates Seven New Districts Without Parliamentary Approval
President Michael Sata has with immediate effect created seven more new districts. The newly established districts are three in Western Province namely Nkeyema, Limulunga and Mwandi. Others are Luano,...
View ArticleHenry Kapoko, Relative of President Sata, Dodges Corruption Charge
The Lusaka Magistrate court has acquitted Henry Kapoko of seven charges of theft by public servant amounting to K374 million. Kapoko who was last week acquitted of stealing over K7 billion from the...
View ArticlePower Outage Interrupts State House Ceremony, Prompting Tirade
Persistent power outages this morning interrupted a swearing-in ceremony at State House causing President Michael Sata to lose his cool and shout at his Principle Private Secretary Francis Chalabesa....
View ArticlePresident Sata Tells Education Minister, “You look like a Bandit”
President Michael Sata has likened education minister John Phiri to a bandit because of his totally shaven head. Totally shaved heads gained popularity among men in the 1980s and since then, the hair...
View ArticleZambia to Send Back Congolese Refugees Displaced by M23 Rebels
Home Affairs permanent secretary Maxwell Nkole has said government will soon repatriate Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees that were displaced during the fight between the M23 rebels and...
View ArticlePF Cadres in Lusaka Launch Land Grabbing Operation
Patriotic Front (PF) cadres have started an operation where they are using force to grab land from legal owners in Lusaka’s Chalala area. The cadres have mobilised themselves to grab land from Zambians...
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