Sata’s Health: Is he Now Clearing the Air?
On the occasion to mark the 2013 Labour Day celebrations President Michael Sata said a lot of incoherent things, perhaps that is his trademark. Like he has done several times before in the last few...
View ArticleAndrew Banda Writes Sata on Increased Load-Shedding
A former diplomat has written President Michael Sata to remind him on the increased Zesco power cuts also known as load shedding which the Patriotic Front, PF, promised to end in ninety days of...
View ArticlePF Youths Gang up Against Fr Bwalya
The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) youths in Lusaka have warned former ZESCO Limited board chairperson, Frank Bwalya to stop verbally attacking president Michael Sata. PF Provincial Youth Publicity and...
View ArticleGuy Scott’s Loose Mouth: A Disaster in Waiting
If Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Zambians were “backward” and poured scorn on the fact that we are “beggars”, what would be the general reaction? And what if Jacob Zuma, the President of...
View ArticlePF Negligence Causes Death of Premature Baby at UTH
When we raised the lack of oxygen and shortage of water at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) – the country’s biggest referral hospital – we were called all sorts of names. The idea was to stop us...
View ArticleBiting Fuel Prices Draining the Poor
We have a problem with the following words attributed to Energy Minister, Yamfwa Mukanga. If it is true this is the way Mukanga and his Government are going to treat matters that directly affect our...
View ArticleJoin Politics, Sakeni tells Fr Bwalya
Government says Father Frank Bwalya is free to join the political arena and aspire for presidency. Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni says Zambia is a democratic nation and anyone is free to...
View ArticleStorella Comments on Freedom of Information Bill
The United States government says it is pleased with the pace of the Zambian government towards the enactment of the Freedom of Information bill. U.S Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella says there is...
View ArticleFour Magistrates Stay away from Chanda Chimba, Ronnie Case
The case in which former Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Ronnie Shikapwasha and his co-accused person are facing charges of diversion of public funds has been allocated to magistrate...
View ArticleIs Prof Chirwa Attempting to Flee via Livingstone?
Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) suspended chief executive officer Clive Chirwa has now been spotted in the resort town of Livingstone. Sources have seen the Professor at two separate locations in...
View ArticleZANU-PF Denies Guy Scott’s Mugabe Comment
Following Guy Scott’s controversial interview in the Guardian this week, the ruling party of Zimbabwe has come forward to deny any plans or desire on behalf of President Robert Mugabe to retire....
View ArticleRogue PF Official to Form New Party
Former Patriotic Front supporter Father Frank Bwalya has finally announced that he will form his own political party following his resignation, complaining that President Michael Sata and the ruling...
View ArticleLAZ Sternly Warns PF Government Lawyers
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has moved to show where real legal power lies by warning government advocates never to forget they are bound by the body’s Code of Ethics. Speaking during the Second...
View ArticleSakeni Confirms Times of Zambia Salary Woes
Information minister Kennedy Sakeni has publicly acknowledged the government owned and Patriotic Front controlled Times of Zambia workers have gone two months without pay, clearly exposing its union...
View ArticleTry Damage Control, Dr Ngoma tells Guy Scott
A political scientist has observed that there is need for Republican Vice President Guy Scott to do damage control to the South African government following remarks referring its citizens as “backward”...
View ArticleOpinion: Guy Scott and His Weird Comments
In 1992/93 when Guy Scott was fired as Minister of Agriculture, by The Late Dr Frederick Chiluba, we took the firing with a pinch of salt. We had not yet been established as an institution, but we were...
View ArticleDamage Control: Envoy Ducks Guy Scott’s Remarks on South Africa
Zambia has assured South Africa the countries will continue to have close ties following reports of insulting anti-South African remarks by Zambia’s Vice President Guy Scott. Zambia’s High Commissioner...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Decide Judge Chikopa Tribunal
The Supreme Court has set May 9 this year as the date for judgment in a matter in which the Lusaka High Court halted proceedings of a tribunal appointed by President Michael Sata to investigate the...
View ArticleKambwili Abandons Live Radio Program
Sports minister Chishimba Kambwili has this morning abruptly abandoned a live radio programme after being put on the spot to defend the ruling Patriotic Front’s governance record. One of the...
View ArticlePress Freedom Day Turns Into Propagandists’ Ball
On Friday May 3rd, journalists and supporters of freedom of expression across the world celebrated International Press Freedom Day. In France, the NGO Reporters without Borders celebrated the event...
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