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DPP Causes Adjournment of Rupiah Banda Trucks Case
The Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito caused another adjournment Tuesday July 30, 2013 in the matter Zambia’s former President Rupiah Banda is charged with concealing gratification...
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Bandits Rob Zambia Breweries Cashier in Chipata
Three armed bandits on Monday snatched K195, 000 cash and a K55, 419 cheque leaf from a Zambian Breweries PLC cashier in broad daylight in Chipata, Eastern Province. The bandits snatched the money from...
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MMD and UPND to Partner for Sept 5 By-Elections
Major opposition political parties MMD and UPND have indicated that they will not contest against each other in the September 5 round of parliamentary by-elections. According to MMD president Nevers...
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Human Rights Body Oppose Immunity Legislation for Chiefs
The Human Rights Commission has opposed government’s plans to introduce legislation to bar subjects from taking traditional leaders to court. Human Rights Commission chairperson Samuel Kasanka said the...
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Foreign Heads ‘Shun’ Agriculture Show in Zambia
The Patriotic Front governement’s jinx with foreign heads of state to grace national events has continued with no foreign leader coming to officiate at the Agricultural and Commercial show. After...
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Kabimba Should be Defending ECZ – Magande
National Movement for Progress (NMP) has echoed the condemnation of Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba over his recent attack on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). NMP president Ng’andu Magande...
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Kalaki’s Korner: 2023
‘This is Stephen Cole on Al Jazeera. For our weekly Africa Interview we go over to Sulaka, the capital of Zombieland, to talk to the famous government propagandist Kibamba Chanyama. Welcome to the...
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Zimbabwe Candidate Hopes Mugabe Will Follow Zambia’s Democratic Example
One of the opposition candidates participating in the ongoing Zimbabwe presidential elections has lauded Zambia for setting a strong democratic example for the region, which should be cheered for...
View ArticleDespite Victory, MMD Cites Unfair Aspects of By-Elections
According to a statement circulated yesterday by the President of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Dr Nevers Mumba, the opposition party is concerned over the actions of the police and...
View ArticleMISA Zambia Demands Release of Jailed Journalist
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has demanded the immediate release of detained Kabwe-based freelance journalist Wilson Mpondamali. Mpondamali, who was discharged from Kabwe General...
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UPND MP Abandons PF Post Fearing Dejection
Opposition United Party for National Development Kalabo Member of Parliament Chinga Miyutu has resigned his deputy ministerial position in the Patriotic Front government. And Patriotic Front Southern...
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Electoral Body Reject PF Attempts to Block Siliya
The Electoral Commission of Zambia says it cannot bar a candidate whose seat has been nullified without evidence of conviction. And Director of Communications in the office of the MMD president Muhabi...
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Shamenda Still Talking PF By-Election Defeat
Government ministers have continued to explain away the recent opposition parties’ success in by-elections by clarifying it at every opportunity. Acting government spokesperson Fackson Shamenda forgot...
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Journalist Mpondamali Released from Jail
Police in Kabwe have been forced to release journalist Wilson Pondamali by a magistrate court. The Zambian Watchdog reports that Mpondamali, who was discharged from Kabwe General Hospital on Wednesday...
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AMC Launches New Marketing Magazine
The African Marketing Confederation (AMC) – the pan-African umbrella body established to represent the continent’s various marketing bodies, associations and organisations – has launched its own...
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ZCCM-IH Minority Shareholders Warn of PF Mismanagement
Zambia’s largest state-owned copper mining interest ZCCM-IH has been accused of poor governance and ineffective management by the Patriotic Front (PF) government by minority shareholders, including the...
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Stop Witch Hunting – Church tells PF
The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) says the Patriotic Front’s poor performance in the just ended by-elections is a sign that people are losing confidence in the government because of the...
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President Sata Departs Zambia – Report
President of Zambia Michael Sata has reportedly departed from the country again on an international flight of an unknown destination. Reports of the sudden unannounced departure were first published by...
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Sata Shakes Up Police Command
President Michael Sata has shaken up part of the police command promoting Lombe Kamukoshi to Deputy Police Commissioner and also elevating Director of Criminal Operations Malcom Mulenga as commissioner...
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PF Youths Continue Attacking ECZ
Patriotic Front youth have continued their assault on the Electoral Commission of Zambia with Lusaka Province youth chairperson Kennedy Kamba telling a PF meeting that they will be forced to hound out...
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