Chituwo Blasts Defecting MMD Members
A leading member of Zambia’s main opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) says the government is encouraging opposition legislators to defect to the ruling party by appointing them to the...
View ArticleMahtani Preaches to Prisoners; Mumba Blocked
On Monday Pastor Mumba was blocked from delivering Christmas gifts and preaching to inmates at Kanfisa state prison. Meanwhile PF party financier Rajan Mahtani today visited the same prison and...
View ArticleMMD Cadres Clash at Secretariat
Movement for Multiparty Democracy supporters loyal to party president Nevers Mumba’s camp and others from expelled national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe today clashed and exchanged bitter words...
View ArticleACC Investigates Drunk PF Councilor
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating PF councillor Chikutano Nkhoma who was recently detained by Ethiopian authorities for failure to settle an alcohol bill at Sheraton hotel for...
View ArticleZambian Police Becoming Armed Wing of PF – Lawyer
By arresting opposition leaders and spreading misinformation, the Zambian police are acting as “the armed wing of the Patriotic Front,” says London-based lawyer Robert Amsterdam in a press release....
View ArticleCoalition Worried with Abuse of Citizens
The Zambia Rainbow Coalition (ZRC) has observed that the continued abuse of the Public Order Act by government is a serious threat to the fundamental freedoms of citizens. Following the arrest of MMD...
View ArticleZambia in SA Without Sunzu
Zambia’s Chipolopolo arrived in South Africa to begin preparations to defend the Africa Cup of Nations title but without key defender Stophilla Sunzu who is reportedly struck by a bolt of malaria. Team...
View ArticleSata Warns MMD Ministers Against Funding their Party
President Micheal Sata today warned MMD MPs serving as deputy ministers in the PF government not to use their positions to organise the former ruling party. The President said this when he swore in...
View ArticleMalupenga Chases Journalists From State House Function
Information and broadcasting permanent secretary Amos Malupenga today chased journalists from covering a swearing-in ceremony at State House on grounds that they were not smartly dressed. After the...
View ArticleMopani Gives Zambian Miners Pay Rise
Glencore International PLC (GLEN.LN) unit Zambian copper-and-cobalt producer Mopani Copper Mines’ workers will get a 10% pay rise next year. The deal, effective January 2013, ends months of...
View ArticleAngola, Zambia make “Early Birds”
Angola and the defending champions Zambia are the first of the African Nations Cup competitors to arrive in South Africa for the tournament, almost a full three weeks before the kickoff of the...
View ArticleUNZA Don Down-Rates PF Leadership
A University of Zambia lecturer Alex Ng’oma, who is PF aligned, has expressed disappointment with the ruling party saying the country will not achieve meaningful development if the current political...
View ArticleChinese Firm Gets $200 Million Road Project
The Road Development Agency (RDA) has awarded a K1.1trillion (US$206,962,966.38) contract to China Henan International Corporation for the Mansa-Luwingu road design and construction. Work on the...
View ArticleTeenagers Arrested in Gruesome Murder
Two teenage boys have been arrested in connection with the murder of Lusaka taxi driver Matthew Chipili. Chipili, 20, had his facial skin peeled off, his left eye gouged out and gullet removed last...
View ArticleFormer First Lady Sues ACC
Former First Lady Thandiwe Banda has sued the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over the allegedly unlawful seizure of apartments belonging to the Mpundu Trust Limited on Leopards Hill Road in Lusaka....
View ArticlePresident Sata Considering Food Price Controls
According to a report on state radio quoted by Reuters, the Zambian government is considering re-introducing price controls on its staple maize meal to protect consumers from food inflation. The price...
View ArticleZambians Ill-Prepared for New Currency – Shamenda
Labour and Social Security minister Fackson Shamenda says he is not happy with the Bank of Zambia (BOZ )’s sensitization programme on the rebased kwacha throughout the country. And Mr. Shamenda says...
View ArticlePrice Controls Are Not the Answer for Mealie Meal Crisis
Sata doesn't seem to understand how the market worksThe post Price Controls Are Not the Answer for Mealie Meal Crisis appeared first on Zambia Reports.
View ArticleGovernment Borrows K65.5 billion from China
The PF government has signed a K65.5 billion loan with the government of China meant to fight poverty. Speaking when he signed the deal today, Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda said the funds will...
View ArticlePublic Order Act is Okay, Police Chief
Zambia’s Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani has expectedly backed the archaic Public Order Act saying she has no problem with the oppressive piece of legislation in its current form....
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