Sakeni to Resign Due to Health
Spokesperson for the Patriotic Front government Kennedy Sakeni is expected to resign due to poor health, PF insiders have revealed. ‘South African doctors have certified him unfit to perform his duties...
View ArticleOpposition Calls for Corruption Probe of Masebo
Pressure on the acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda to appoint a tribunal to investigate Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo over corruption and abuse of office allegations is mounting. Lawyers working...
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Banda’s Former Chief of Staff Testifies in Trial
The trial of former President Rupiah Banda opened its third day of proceedings on Wednesday, with former Chief of Staff at State House Austin Sichinga called as a witness by Director of Public...
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Sichinga Hits Back at Lungu on Maize Exports
Agriculture minister Bob Sichinga has hit back at Home Affairs Edgar Lungu’s decision to reverse the ban on the export of Maize 48 hours after he had effected. Lungu whilst acting as President...
View ArticleDelays in Lukulu Election Results Raise Tensions
Following Tuesday’s by-election vote in Lukulu in Zambia’s Western Province, many opposition groups are on high alert for possible vote fraud by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), as the Electoral...
View ArticleChoma Celebration Turns into a PF Rally
During a visit this week to Southern Province, Zambian President Michael Sata went on a renewed attack against the opposition, foreshadowing upcoming parliamentary by-elections in the Sinazongwe and...
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UPND in Landslide Lukulu Election Victory
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has scooped the Lukulu West by-election by a wide margin handing ruling Patriotic Front a massive defeat in the remote Western Province...
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Auditor Move in at Zambia Railways
Auditor General Anna Chifungula says her office has moved in to probe happennings at the troubled Zambia Railways Limited which is already under investigations by the Anti Corruption Commission. The...
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Health Workers on Demand
Government has set aside KR 31 million rebased for the recruitment of more health workers, and a further KR 41 million kwacha rebased under the Ministry of Community Development Mother and Child Health...
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Auditors Storm Zambia Railways Limited
Auditor General Anna Chifungula says her office has moved in to probe happennings at the troubled Zambia Railways Limited. Zambia’s state-owned railways company has into controversy in the past number...
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Stop Using Chiefs for Political Pressure – UPND
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Chairman for Elections Ackson Sejani says that the culture of parading chiefs by politicians to politically pressure villagers should come to an...
View ArticleU.S. Amb. Calls on Zambia to Protect Gay Rights
US Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella has said that the United States believes the human rights of all people including gays and lesbians must be protected. In an interview on human rights to coincides...
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Opinion: Life on Planet Fred
If you have previously read editorial comments in The Post newspaper predominately written either by the owner Fred M’membe or Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito, you’ll have an idea or...
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Rupiah Banda Trial: Witness Says Mwanawasa Initiated Oil Deal
On the fourth day of hearings in the trial of former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda, a witness testified before Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Joshua Banda that according to discussions in various...
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UPND is Not Tribal – Dr Canisius Banda
Respected physicians Dr Canisius Banda has finally been unveiled as a UPND member saying the party had done well under difficult circumstances. Dr Banda who is immediate chairperson for health in the...
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Prison Congestion Worrying
Hope for Human Rights has expressed worry over the congestion at the condemned prisoners’ section at Mukobeko Maximum prison in Kabwe. Executive Director Smart Chanda stresses the need for the ministry...
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Violence Free Poll Cheers CSO
The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has commended political parties that took part in the April 23 Kapiri Mposhi and Lukulu West Parliamentary by-elections for being peaceful during and after the...
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Hichilema Calls for Full Probe at Zambia Railways
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has implored the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to thoroughly investigate allegations of corruption leveled at the...
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Rampant PF Corruption Haunting Sata
Former Patriotic Front PF Lusaka province chairperson Davies Chama says party Lusaka province Chairperson Geoffrey Chumbwe should consider stepping down in view of allegations that he personalized 31...
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Honouring George Kunda
It is just a little over a year since George Kunda, Zambia’s Vice President from 2008 to 2011, passed on. Many will remember him for speaking in capital letters but those that knew him even closer and...
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