Reform Party Was Dissolved before Nevers Mumba Became MMD President, Says...
It is mischievous for anyone to insist that Dr. Mumba is still president of Reform Party when the Electoral Commission of Zambia and Registrar of Societies is aware that the party was dissolved in...
View ArticleGovernment Defends Kaunda’s Partisan Activities
Government has refuted allegations that it is dragging Former Republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda into partisan politics. Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni said government holds Dr....
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Zambia’s Christopher Katongo Happy to be Among the Greatest After BBC Honour
Newly crowned BBC 2012 African Footballer if the Year Christopher Katongo says it’s good to be recognised among the greatest platers on the continent. Katongo was presented with the award in Lusaka on...
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Power Struggle Raises Corruption Questions among Zambia’s Ruling Party
This article was originally published by Think Africa Press. Corruption is often cited as one of Africa’s greatest ills, but it is also often used as a tool of intimidation in domestic political...
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Mulongoti’s Apology Tour
If Mike Mulongoti’s apology for supporting President Michael Sata during last year’s general elections is anything to go by, then one can safely say that the people of Zambia are in real trouble, as...
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Wynter Kabimba Advised to Respect Former President Rupiah Banda’s Honours on...
Opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) President Fred Mutesa has urged Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba not to be personal on the Honorary Prize for African Democracy awarded to...
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Namulambe Claims to be Smarter than Journalists on Budget Issues
Former Mpongwe member of parliament Gabriel Namulambe claims he understands the national budget better than online journalists criticising him for creating an unnecessary bye-election by defecting from...
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Kabimba’s “Lubinda Must Go Mission” Gains Momentum
Patriotic Front (PF) Kabwata Constituency has demanded the immediate removal of area Member of Parliament Given Lubinda as their representative. In a petition in Lusaka yesterday, Kabwata Constituency...
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Justice Minister Threatens to Shut Down NGOs
Justice minister Wynter Kabimba has announced today that the Patriotic Front government will close down any NGOs that are championing aspirations of foreign governments. Speaking in Choma where he was...
View ArticleMagistrate Adjourns Dora’s Abuse Of Office Case
The case in which former Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya is facing two counts of abuse of authority of office scheduled for continued trial today failed to take place due to an...
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MMD Blasts False Report in State Owned Media
MMD Members of Parliament have rebutted a Zambia Daily Mail story of yesterday that quoted party President Nevers Mumba as having admitted that 30 of his MPs were planning to defect to the ruling...
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Police IG Refuses To Grant Opposition Rally Permit
The Inspector General of police Stellah Libongani has refused to grand a permit to the opposition political parties who are planning to hold a combined rally in Lusaka. MMD, UPND, ADD, ULP and ZDDM...
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Conman Swindles Zambian Agriculture Minister of K1 Million
A conman has swindled agriculture minister Emmanuel Chenda out of K1 million cash (about US$200). Chenda, who confirmed the scam, said the conman phoned him in the morning claiming to be Lusaka’s St...
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Zambian Government Criticised Over Blocking of Opposition Rally
Following reports that the Zambian government of President Michael Sata intends to block an upcoming rally by a large coalition of opposition parties, the Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights...
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Kabimba Accused of Hiring Kabwata PF Cadres to Rise Against Lubinda
A suspended Patriotic Front official says party cadres who have petitioned Secretary General Wynter Kabimba to have Kabwata Member of Parliament Given Lubinda removed are hired. Davis Chama, a former...
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Deported Zambian Businesman’s Wife, Miriam Simwaya, Applies for Judicial Review
The wife of deported businessman Abdul Rwigara Simwaya, Miriam has applied for judicial review against the deportation of her husband in the Lusaka High Court. This follows government’s decision to...
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Kalaki’s Korner: Army Worms Take Over
This article was authored by satirist Roy Clarke on his weekly blog, Kalaki’s Korner. ‘Will you not have a drop yourself?’ I asked Sishuwa Sishuwa, as I poured myself another stiff brandy. ‘I’ll stick...
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Lubinda Is Not Indispensible, says Kabimba
Justice Minister and Secretary General of the Patriotic Front Wynter Kabimba has made comments to the press today that Foreign Affairs Minister Given Lubinda is “not indispensable in the ruling party.”...
View ArticleOpposition Vow To Forge Ahead With Mtendere Rally Despite Rejected Police Permit
Five opposition political parties who’s permit to hold a combined rally was rejected by police, have vowed to go ahead with the public meeting in Mtendere compound this weekend. The Inspector-General...
View ArticleKambwili Defends Lubinda
Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili has said the ruling party is sitting on a time bomb by allowing youths in Kabwata to denounce senior party leaders like Given Lubinda. Featureing on a Radio Phoenix...
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