Guy Scott Claims PF Induced By-Election Clocks K17 Billion Overrun
Vice President Guy Scott has revealed that the Patriotic Front has so far overshot the by-elections allocation by K17 billion although parallel information from the Ministry of Finance show the ruling...
View ArticleAttempts to Block Online Media Attract International Attention
Attempts by the Patriotic Front government to block online media in Zambia has attracted the attention of a United States-based organisation – Committee to Protect Journalists – that has documented...
View ArticleHeadman Katele Goes Home after Bail is Granted
The Lusaka High Court has granted bail to former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba and his co-accused persons pending their appeal hearing in the Supreme Court. This is in a matter in which the four had...
View ArticleMukwita, M’membe’s Boy at Daily Mail, Talks Rupiah’s Passport
Anthony Mukwita, the deputy editor-in-chief at the Zambia Daily Mail, has made it a point to write any trash against former president Rupiah Banda as along as it is spewed by his saviour Fred M’membe...
View ArticleMulongoti Speaks on Rupiah Banda’s Passport
People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti says the cancellation of former President Rupiah Banda’s diplomatic passport is tantamount to convicting him outside the courts of law. Commenting on President...
View ArticleZambians Run Risk of Having PF Driven Constitution – Dr Banda
United Party for National Development vice president Canisius Banda says Zambians were running the risk of having a PF driven constitution and not one driven by the people. Banda said the PF top...
View ArticleOpinion: PF Setting Stage for Anarchy
It all starts like this, ignore one court order, ignore another, before long there will be extra judicial killings and this will be a normal occurrence in this country. Elias Chipimo jr is right,...
View ArticleStudent Riots Persist as Evelyn Hone Erupts
Evelyn Hone College students this morning rioted over the Patriotic Front government’s scrapping off of bursaries from the institution. The students who had thought their public support for the removal...
View ArticleKalu, Zambians Oppose Kambwili’s Name for New stadium in Lusaka
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Kalusha Bwalya says the 50,000 capacity stadium under construction in Lusaka should be called ‘Heroes Stadium’ and not Gabon Disaster Heroes National...
View ArticleOpinion: A Shame List of PF Bigots
President Michael Sata’s appointment of women to leadership positions on face value appears a noble undertaking but a quick scan through his Zambia police appointees makes sad reading. Madam Stella...
View ArticleRobert Amsterdam Wins Legal Award for Pro Bono Africa Case
Former President Rupiah Banda’s lawyer Robert Amsterdam has been nominated for an award by the magazine The American Lawyer in recognition of a pro bono case he won involving a United Nations employee...
View Article70 Hone Students Arrested, Trail of Destruction after Riots
Over 70 Evelyn Hone College students have been arrested by police following a riot over government’s withdrawal of bursaries and also the union’s allegedly selling out to the Patriotic Front...
View ArticleMMD Aborts Chibesakunda Demonstration
The opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy has opted not to go ahead with their planned demonstration against the illegal occupation of office by acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda. Party...
View ArticleTruck Runs over Woman on Kabwe Road
One person has died on the Kabwe-Kapiri Mposhi road after being run over by a truck. Police deputy spokesperson Munganga Chanda said the unnamed woman was run over by a truck that was being repaired....
View ArticleRegional Body Defends Journalists Hamasaka, Zyambo
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) expresses alarm at the arrests that occurred on the 9th of July 2013 of two journalists suspected of running the Zambian Watchdog, a Zambian online news...
View ArticleNevers Refuse to be Intimidated on Chibesakunda
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy president Nevers Mumba says he will not be intimidated over his calls for acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda to resign. Dr Mumba says threats of contempt of...
View ArticleSakeni Fails to State the Law on Rupiah Banda’s Passport
Patriotic Front chief government spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni has responded to the challenge by Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) who asked authorities to state the law used to revoke fourth...
View ArticleLeaked Document Claims President Sata Met with Assassins
President of Zambia Michael Sata is alleged to have held a meeting with a group of Lebanese assassins for hire for unknown reasons. The revelations were made in an article published in the U.K....
View ArticleMMD Make Fresh Application for Card Renewal Exercise
The opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy has re-applied to the police for a permit to hold a card renewal card exercise in Lusaka. Deputy Secretary General Chembe Nyangu said the MMD, as a law...
View ArticleWoman Throws New Born Baby in Ngwerere Stream
A woman in Lusaka’s Chilulu township has dumped newly born baby in Ngwerere stream immediately after giving birth. The baby that was found by passer-bys around 09:00 hours floating on the water with a...
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