Minority Shareholders of ZCCM Want Listing
ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (MLZAM) is under pressure from minority shareholders to boost transparency in the management of Zambia’s state-controlled mining-investment company and list on a regulated...
View ArticlePolice Dares UPND over Chawama Rally
The Police in Lusaka has threatened to take action if the United Party for National Development (UPND) goes on with its planned May 26 public rally in Lusaka’s Chawama township. This follows the...
View ArticleMutembo Nchito Snubs LAZ
Zambia’s Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito on Friday May 24, 2013 failed to show up before the Law Association of Zambia, LAZ, disciplinary committee. The hearing was prompted by a...
View ArticleZambia, Namibia Engage in Practice Match
The local Chipolopolo boys will this afternoon be accorded a final chance to impress national coach Herve Renard when they face Namibia away in Windhoek in an international friendly. Renard has pledged...
View ArticleDr Banda Responds to Booing of Sata at AU
Opposition United Party for National Development second vice president Dr Canisius Banda says the booing of President Michael Sata at the African Union underscores the desperate need for Zambia to...
View ArticleMiners Brace for Job Cuts on the Copperbelt
There is growing anxiety among miners on the Copperbelt following an announcement that there will job losses from the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). The miners have said that President Michael Sata, the...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Zambia Needs a Statesman, not a Thug for President
Rupiah keeping fit at a gym in Lusaka. Picture by Brebnar Changala Wherever fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda is today, he looks back and obviously prides in the respect with which he held the...
View ArticleHigh Court Orders Release of UPND Cadres
The Lusaka High Court has quashed Magistrate Mischeck Ngambi’s revocation of bail for five UPND cadres who were arrested for participating in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Director of...
View ArticleUPND Mobilise 500 Youths for Chawama Security
With the Zambia police remaining adamant on denying the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) a permit to hold the Chawama rally, the party has mobilized over 500 youths to provide...
View ArticlePF Confirms Militia Disguised as NGO
The ruling Patriotic Front in Lusaka has confirmed reports it is training militia but disguised its response as a Non-governmental organisation based in Lusaka’s Longacres area. Zambia Reports recently...
View ArticleMwinilunga Man Bites Python, Survives after Rescue
A Zambian truck driver who was forced to kick, bite and stab his way from the clutches of a giant python, said Friday he was lucky to be alive. Kelvin Katoka, 25, unknowingly ran into the giant snake,...
View ArticleKalusha Praises Zambia for Namibia Goalless Draw
With three weeks before Zambia returns to World Cup duty, Herve Renard’s local boys who are seeking to make part of the June qualifiers settled for a goalless draw against Namibia. FAZ president...
View ArticlePolice Block Opposition Rally at Chawama
Over 500 police officers have sealed off Chawama Grounds, the venue for the planned United Party for National Development (UPND) rally to air their views on the Patriotic Front (PF) government’s...
View ArticleGlobe-Trotting Kaseba in Malaysia
The globe trotting Zambian First Lady Christine Kaseba is in Malaysia on one of her now routine international trips that have made her a rare sight in the country. Dr Kaseba has been on a globe merry...
View ArticleVJ Opposes Wholesale Subsidy Removal
Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga says he does not support the wholesale removal of subsidies on critical commodities like mealie meal and fuel as has been done by President Michael Sata’s...
View ArticleABZ Cautions Fodep’s Chipenzi
The opposition Alliance for a Better Zambia (ABZ) has cautioned forum for democratic process (FODEP) Executive Director Macdonald Chipenzi to stop attacking their president Father Frank Bwalya. ABZ...
View ArticleAfter Calling Fr Bwalya Mad, Kambwili Says Mpombo is Like a Fly
Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) national youth chairman Chishimba Kambwili has now said George Mpombo is like a housefly on the political scene after calling popular Catholic priest Father Frank Bwalya...
View ArticleMunkombwe Dishes Out K50 Notes
Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe dished out K50 notes at a political rally at Kazungula’s Ngwezi area saying he was spreading the benefits of the removal of fuel and mealie meal subsidies....
View ArticleLusambo’s Spirits High Following Violent Attack
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) youth coordinator Bowman Lusambo has said he is not shaken by a recent violent attack against him by a PF militia, reinstating that his spirits are high after...
View ArticlePF Reject Windfall Tax Proposal
The Patriotic Front government says it has no intention of introducing the windfall tax that compels mining firms to up their tax remittance during boom periods. Chief government spokesperson Kennedy...
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