LAZ Oppose Premature Calls on Rupiah’s Immunity
The Law Association of Zambia has opposed calls demanding the lifting of fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda’s immunity so he could face prosecution describing the move as premature. Minister of...
View ArticleCholera Break-out Fears at Evelyn Hone Increase
According to this evening’s Radio Phoenix news, there are reports that eight more Evelyn Hone College students are suffering from severe diarrhea. This follows the death of one student from suspected...
View ArticleRiots Break Out at UNZA
University of Zambia students are rioting at the main campus on Great East Road in the capital Lusaka. Zambia Reports has gathered information that the students have blocked the main Great East Road...
View ArticleSakeni Claims “No PF Hand in Kabimba, GBM Case”
Chief government spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni has rubbished assertions that government influenced the Anti-Corruption Commission’s decision to clear justice minister Wynter Kabimba and his Defence...
View ArticleHichilema: I’ve Worked Hard for My Wealth
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has told President Michael Sata that he has worked hard for his life since he was 25 years old. Responding to President...
View ArticleKabimba Embraces Cuban Socialism
Following a visit by a Zambian delegation to Cuba this past week, Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba has taken a confrontational stance against Washington by stating his government’s “permanent...
View ArticleSata Asks PF Members To Resist Corruption
President Michael Sata has asked PF members to be united in the fight against corruption, social injustice and inequality. Sata, in a statement released by his special assistant for press and public...
View ArticleKabwe College Suspends 50 Protesting Students
The Kabwe Institute of Technology has suspended over 50 protesting students on disciplinary grounds. Confirming the Institute principal confirmed the development when Kabwe district commissioner...
View ArticleKaunda Working on His Memoirs
First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda says he has been working on his memoirs since 2007. Speaking when he received a US$50,000 (about K250 million) grant from Airtel today, Kaunda said the...
View ArticleCCZ Praises Seizure of Collum Mine
The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has commended the government for cancelling the mining licences of the Collum Coal Mines Industries Limited. Mines Minister Yamfya Mukanga on Wednesday said the...
View ArticleZambia Ready for UNWTO – Scott
Vice President Guy Scott says that the country is prepared to host the 20th United Nations World Tourism Organisation(UNWTO) General Assembly to be co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe in August this year....
View ArticleSata Drops Lubinda from Cabinet
President Michael Sata has dropped foreign affairs minister Given Lubinda from Cabinet and notified Parliament of the development therefore relegating the Kabwata lawmaker to the backbench. Parliament...
View ArticleSakeni and Amsterdam Clash over ‘Idiots’
A war of words has opened up between officials of the ruling Patriotic Front party and Robert Amsterdam, an international lawyer who advises the former President Rupiah Banda and the Coalition for the...
View ArticleBe Tolerant, Storella ‘Cleverly’ Advises Sata
An influential diplomat, Mark Storella, has cunningly advised President Michael Sata to be tolerant and not turn Zambia into a rogue state applying is counsel through the character embedded in two of...
View ArticleSakwiba Defends Amsterdam on “Useful Idiots”
Lusaka lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says government, its sponsored NGOs and The Post have deliberately distorted a statement by international lawyer, counsel for former president Rupiah Banda, to suit their...
View ArticleSADC Should Intervene in Zambia
In response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Zambia marked by repeated arrests of opposition figures, intervention in the judiciary, and violations of the constitution, the Southern Africa...
View ArticleBeef Exports Damaged by Disease
Zambian beef production and sales to the country’s lucrative export markets have been hit by outbreaks of diseases, curbing crucial and potential revenue generation for the country’s economy. Zambia is...
View ArticleSata Shuns Congo Peace Treaty
President Michael Sata will not attend the signing ceremony of the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) government and the M23 rebels this Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
View ArticleMPs Grill Government Over Bloating PF Cabinet
Vice President Guy Scott had a tough time in parliament today explaining why the PF government had backtracked from its campaign promises to reduce the size of Cabinet. Chipangali MMD member of...
View ArticleTrial of Former Media Officials Adjourned
The state today could not present witnesses in a case where former information permanent secretary Dr Samson Phiri and others are accused of using public funds towards media activities because the...
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