Sata Is Not a Dictator – Shamenda
Speaking during a Labour Day event earlier this week, Minister of Labour and Social Security Fackson Shamenda on Wednesday shocked the audience by claiming that former United Party for National...
View ArticleFAZ Wants to Host 2019 Africa Cup
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Kalusha Bwalya says the country is determined to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals. Zambia is one of six countries interested in hosting Africa’s...
View ArticleTaima Quit MMD Over Personal Debt
Sources within the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) say Richard Taima resigned as Solwezi East Member of Parliament to join the ruling Patriotic Front due to billion he owes the Citizens...
View ArticleFuel Hikes: Ripple Effect Prompts Reaction
The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has declared the decision to increase local bus fares by bus operators as illegal and void. The bus fares were increased as a result of fuel prices that went...
View ArticlePost Newspaper Vendors Pressured Over Falling Sales
Tough competition from other newspapers has forced The Post Newspapers to instruct their vendors to stop selling other papers and just be available exclusively selling the one paper. According the...
View ArticleFather Bwalya Vows to Brave PF Hostility
As the Patriotic Front continues to line up sponsored cadres to harass Father Frank Bwalya following his jumping out of PF boat the outspoken activist says he is not scared of the consequences of his...
View ArticleDeliver on Campaign Promises, Chipimo tells Sata
National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo junior has challenged President Michael Sata to live up to his campaign promises and reject any further defections of opposition Members of...
View ArticleDon’t Demonise Opposition – Church
The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has advised the Zambia Police Service to stop demonizing leaders from the opposition political parties in the country. EFZ executive director Pukuta Mwanza...
View ArticleFODEP Flips; Praises PF
McDonald Chipenzi, the executive director for the Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP), participated in a press conference on Sunday, May 5, organised by The Alliance for Good Governance in which...
View ArticleBwalya Defection Splits Post and State House
Cracks are emerging between State House and their propagandists, The Post Newspaper, following the decision by Fr. Frank Bwalya to leave the fold of the ruling party and join politics. Fr. Bwalya last...
View ArticleZambia’s Wasteful By-Elections in Perspective
By and large, Zambia’s political landscape has in the recent past witnessed a rise in number of preventable and unwanted by-elections especially at parliamentary level. The recent Mufumbwe,...
View ArticleBritish Press Highlights PF Repression
An article published in today’s edition of the Financial Times (UK) highlights growing concerns among Zambia’s opposition of the increasing repression of rights by the Patriotic Front (PF) government...
View ArticleKambwili Confirms PF Obsession for By-Elections
Sports minister Chishimba Kambwili has confirmed the PF government’s by-election obsession by saying they are budgeted for. Kambwili, who in a moment of lapse, shocked the gathering in Kafulafuta that...
View ArticleMMD Demand Guy Scott’s Resignation for Hate Speech
The opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has demanded the resignation of republican vice President Dr.Guy Scott over his remarks that likened South African President Jacob Zuma to the...
View ArticleKambwili Accused of Illegally Occupying Golf Course Land
Some Luanshya residents have asked President Michael Sata to tame Roan Member of Parliament (MP) Chishimba Kambwili’s illegal occupation of land belonging to Luanhsya Golf Club. The residents have...
View ArticlePF Makes Cash Donations in Feira
The ruling Patriotic Front party is already campaigning heavily in Feira preparing for the upcoming elections. Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba was doing the rounds in Kafulafuta over the weekend,...
View ArticleWhy the Diaspora’s Voice Must Be Heard – Nevers Mumba
REMARKS BY DR NEVERS MUMBA, PRESIDENT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY AT THE AFRICAN UNION 6TH REGION DIASPORA SUMMIT 2013. TORONTO, CANADA, 3rd MAY 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am greatly...
View ArticlePolice Run Out of Fuel During Clashes with Taxi Drivers in Choma
Police in Choma today fought running battles with taxi drivers when word went round that some suspects, believed to have killed one of their colleagues, had been apprehended. The officers, however, ran...
View ArticlePolice Seal-off UNZA as Student Set Fire in Protest
Police in Lusaka have sealed-off part of Great East Road after University of Zambia students set fire and stoned motorists in protest of reported increase in tuition fees. It is the second riot the...
View ArticlePresident Sata’s Personal Helicopter Use
Sources within State House speaking with Zambia Reports have complained over increased instances of President Michael Sata’s family improperly using government helicopters for personal travel. The...
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