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Chikwanda Scheduled to Present Budget This Afternoon
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda is this afternoon expected to present the national budget in parliament. Chikwanda, who has lain low amidst a smear campaign against him from Fred M’membe’s Post...
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Chipolopolo Arrive in Niger after Surviving Six-Hour Delay in Lusaka
Chipolopolo have arrived in Niger ahead of tomorrow’s Morocco 2015 Africa Cup qualifier in Niamey. After a six hour flight that involved a stopover in Kinshasa, Zambia finally rolled into the Diori...
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Former ZAF Commander Sakala LA Slapped with 5-Year Sentence
Former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Lt. Gen. Andrew Sakala 64, has been sentenced to five years in prison with hard labour for theft by public servant involving K1.5m (K1.5b old currency). Gen....
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Zambians Have No Trust in Anti-Corruption Commission – Saunders
Political Activist Dante Saunders says no Zambian of sane mind will believe the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) clearing of three senior government officials of graft as genuine. Saunders said...
View ArticleFormer Kitwe Mayor Accused of Defilement
A 15-year-old girl this afternoon (10/10/14) testified in the Kitwe magistrate court how she was allegedly defiled by her uncle in 2012. This in a case Former Kitwe Mayor Divo Katete is charged for...
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Chikwanda Delivers Budget
2015 BUDGET ADDRESS BY HON. ALEXANDER B. CHIKWANDA M.P, MINISTER OF FINANCE, DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER, 2014 1. Mr. Speaker, I beg to move that the House do now resolve...
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UNZA Students Take Bursaries to Street Protests
University of Zambia students have continued agitating for an increase in the number of bursaries for students and briefly took to the Great East road this morning before police moved to quell the...
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Niger Threaten Zambia’s 2015 AfCON Dream
Zambia make their first visit to Niger this weekend in search of their first victory in the 2015 Africa Cup Group F qualifiers. The two sides debut meeting on Saturday in Niamey could make or break...
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Sata’s Secret Excursion in Lusaka
President Michael Sata made a rare excursion to several locations in Lusaka yesterday afternoon, a State House source informs Zambia Reports, but it wasn’t to report to his office for work. The Zambian...
View ArticleNGOCC Reacts to Budget
The following press release was distributed by the NGOCC: The Non Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC)has welcomed the National Budget presentation for 2015 by the Minister of...
View ArticleABZ Reacts to Budget
The following statement was circulated last night by Alliance for Better Zambia (ABZ) President Frank Bwalya: Apart from the timely political statements the minister of finance made in his budget...
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Copperbelt Miners Upset by Poor Governance by PF
Miners on the Copperbelt have expressed anger and disappointment at the poor handling of the mining sector in the province, accusing the government of having neglected the local people who direly need...
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Mahtani Backs Shamenda’s Confrontation with Dangote – Source
The latest twist in the unfolding confrontation between Zambia’s Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda and the Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote involves the alleged foul play by a local cement competitor...
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Kitwe Residents Riot Accusing PF of Failing Them
Police in Kitwe’s Wusakile Township yesterday morning fought running battles when residents of Chamboli and those from Wusakile township run amok accusing the ruling Patriotic Front government of...
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Sakwiba Satirises Zambian Political Comedy
Lusaka lawyer Sakwiba Sikota has made light work of the Zambian political scene by satirically laying out the complexities of the goings on in Zambia. Sikota has laid out the unpredictability of the...
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Zambians Upset after Chipolopolo’s Goalless Draw against Niger
Zambians have come out strong calling the Football Association of Zambia names after it carried an article on it’s facebook page headlined “Zambia Keeps Afcon Hopes Alive With Goalless Draw” following...
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Frustrated M’membe: PF Is Most Indisciplined Party Ever
Discredited Post Newspaper owner Fred M’membe has continued manifesting his frustration after losing power base in the ruling Patriotic Front branding the party he once referred to as the best thing to...
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Zambia’s Generals – Guilty or Not Guilty?
When former Zambia Army (ZA) Commander Lt. Gen Wisdom Lopa and the former Zambia National Service Commandant Maj. Gen. Anthony Yeta were acquitted by Local Court Deputy Director Wilfred Muma sitting as...
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Chipimo Predicts Widespread Strike Action over Wage Freeze
National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo Junior has charged that he foresees crippling strikes next year if government maintains its stance on wage freeze. Chipimo notes that...
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Prof Saasa on 2015 Budget
Economic consultant Professor Oliver Saasa says the 2015 budget will only make sense to Zambians if there are effective monitoring mechanisms. Professor Saasa said that the soaring huge borrowing like...
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