Opinion: Kalusha and the FIFA Wars
The troubles of FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya just don’t seem to be going away. Just when the dust surrounding his take on match appearance fees on the recently played high profile international matches...
View Article‘Police Road Blocks Aimed at UPND in Kaoma’
The United Party for National Development in Western Province says intensified police roadblocks in Kaoma is aimed at intimidating the opposition ahead of the August 19 Mangango by-election. UPND...
View ArticleMasumba High Court Judgment Set for Sept 29
The Lusaka High Court has set September 29 as judgment for convicted former sports deputy minister Stephen Masumba. Masumba was on 28th November, 2013 convicted of obtaining pecuniary advantage by...
View ArticleMulusa, Four Others Get MMD Re-Adoption
The opposition MMD has kept faith in its members whose seats were nullified by the Supreme Court by re-adopting them after the court ruled that they could re-contest their seats. Party National...
View ArticleSata a No-Show at Central Committee Meeting
Chaos and confusion again ensued Zambia ruling Patriotic Front party today, when President Michael Sata convened a Central Committee meeting for the party, but then failed to attend at the last minute....
View ArticleRufunsa Cries for Rufunsa over K1.3 Million Stolen CDF
RUFUNSA member of Parliament (MP) Kenneth Chipungu has demanded that the Ministry of Local Government and Housing sources the K1.3 million Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which has allegedly been...
View ArticleSeriously Kalaki: Censorship and the Climate of Fear
Last week Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda told the unions not to ‘scream through the media’ if they wanted their concerns addressed. The unions, of course, have been protesting against the...
View ArticleZambia Bans Visitors from Ebola Hit Countries
Zambia has taken the drastic step of banning people from the four Ebola affected West African countries from entering the country. Health Minister Dr Joseph Kasonde has announced the move was done in...
View ArticleSADC Awaits Sata Next Week
President Michael Sata’s hibernation will be on the spot again next week during the Southern African Community Heads of State summit set for neighbouring Zimbabwe. The Head of State, who has delegated...
View ArticleCivil Servants Presence in Mangango Causing Violence – FODEP
The Foundation for Democratic Process says the presence of civil servants campaigning for the ruling party in Mangango constituency is responsible for the violence reported in the area. FODEP Executive...
View ArticleDoubts Surround Mahtani’s Finance Bank Listing Plans
Rajan Mahtani, the chairman of Finance Bank, made an exciting announcement this week, as the state media Times of Zambia and Zambian Daily Mail both published articles announcing that the financial...
View ArticleKapita Condemns Mangango Violence, Blames PF for Importing Lusaka Cadres
Opposition United Party for National Development, UPND, vice-president Richard Kapita has asked police to arrest the ruling Patriotic Front cadre imported from Lusaka to Mangango for political...
View ArticleOpposition Writes Pope to Pray Zambia
The opposition Zambian Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has written a letter to the Catholic Church at the Vatican in Rome, Italy to plead with the Church to pray for Zambia to save it from joining the...
View ArticleYALI Re-Appear with Push for Constitution
The Young African leaders Initiative (YALI) has demanded that government gives reasons why Cabinet is delaying to table the final draft constitution. Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba recently disclosed...
View ArticleEbola Entry Ban against International Health Regulations
Opposition United Party for National Development UPND vice president for politics Canisius Banda has observed that government’s decision to ban entry for people coming from countries where Ebola has...
View ArticleA Draw Could Send Nkana to CAF Semi-Finals
Zambia’s Nkana could make the last four of the CAF Confederation Cup with only a draw in their last match against Sewe Sport of Ivory Coast. This is after the Zambian champions defeated the giants of...
View ArticleGrading Zambia’s Presidents: Levy Mwanawasa
This special opinion series by Reasonata aims to prompt discussion over the evaluation of the performance of Zambia’s five presidents. Earlier editions reviewed the performances of President Kenneth...
View ArticlePF Disowns Battered Cadre, Allege UPND Attempts to Abduct its Mangango Candidate
Ruling Patriotic Front Mangango by-election campaign member Gabriel Namulambe has disowned the party cadre who was among those ferried to Western Province and attempted to set a bridge ablaze but was...
View ArticleMagande Urges Guy Scott to Share Notes on US-Africa Summit
The opposition National Movement for Progress (NMP) has called on Vice President Guy Scott to tell the nation what sort of benefit Zambia has accrued from the US-Africa summit which he attended in...
View ArticleObama Photo Shoot with Scott Great for Zambia, says Kalaba
Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says Zambians should be proud that Vice President Guy Scott was positioned near United States President Barack Obama during the United States Africa Heads of State...
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