Onus is On MMD – Chituwo
Opposition Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) vice-president Brian Chituwo says the onus is on the former ruling party to give hope and stop members from leaving the former ruling party. Dr...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Journalist and Block Access to Website
The Zambia Police on Tuesday night abducted a third freelance journalist Wilson Pondamali based in Kabwe on suspicion he was contributing articles to the online newspaper Zambian Watchdog. Pondamali...
View ArticlePF Cadre Blocks Chipimo from Radio in Kasama
A ruling Patriotic Front cadre, claiming to be a big fish in Northern Province’s Kasama, has blocked opposition National Restoration Party leader Elias Chipimo Jr from featuring on Radio Mano to...
View ArticlePF Hooligans Block Nevers Mumba from Radio Mano
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) president Nevers Mumba has also been blocked from speaking on Radio Mano in Kasama by ruling Patriotic Front hooligans, hours after his National Restoration...
View ArticleMinister Wants Illegal Land Allocators Prosecuted
Local Government minister Emerine Kabanshi has urged the local authorities to prosecute people involved in illegal allocation of land. Kabanshi said this at the Local Government Association of Zambia...
View ArticleHosts Zambia in Cosafa Final, Face Zimbabwe
Zambia waited for penalties to beat South Africa 5-3 after a goalless 120 minutes in regulation and extra time in the 2013 Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola....
View ArticleMMD Lawmaker to Walk 170 Kilometres in Protest Over Subsidies
Solwezi Central Member of Parliament Lucky Mulusa has announced that he will embark on a walk from Chingola to Solwezi in protest over the removal of subsidies by President Michael Sata and the...
View ArticleMealie Meal Prices Contine to Rise
The retail price of mealie-meal has been increased by about K5 after millers hiked the cost of the staple food by K2 on account of the removal of fuel and maize subsidies. Prices for a 25kilogram bag...
View ArticleMedia Body Unsettled by PF Failure to Table Access to Information
The Media Liaison Committee has expressed disappointment with government’s failure to table the Access to Information Bill during the current session of Parliament. Committee Chairperson Mickey Mumba...
View ArticleGuy Scott Suffering From Political Dementia – Simusamba
United Party for National Development (UPND) deputy secretary general Kachunga Simusamba says Vice-President Guy Scott is suffering from political dementia. This comes in the wake of Dr Scott’s...
View ArticlePF War on Watchdog Backfires, Grounds State House Website
In an ill quest to cripple the Zambian Watchdog and other online publications critical of the Patriotic Front government,the Chinese imported but finished technology has backfired and ended up blocking...
View ArticleAFP: Third Persecuted Journalist Charged for “Possession of Military Document”
A Zambian freelance journalist was charged Wednesday with possession of restricted information, in a latest crackdown on media workers critical of the government, his lawyer said. According to...
View ArticleProflight Aborts Livingstone Bound Flight after Fault
A Livingstone-bount Proflight Zambia plane Boeing 737-200 carrying 75 passengers yesterday aborted its flight after developing a mechanical fault a few minutes after take-off at Kenneth Kaunda...
View ArticleBloggers Protest Watchdog, Zambia Reports Blocking
A sizeable group of people calling themselves Zambian bloggers yesterday converged at the Freedom Statute in Lusaka to protest the blocking of two critical websites – Zambian Watchdog and Zambia...
View ArticleLAZ Ask Mulusa to Compile Dossier on Mutembo Nchito
The Law Association of Zambia has advised Solwezi Central Member of Parliament Lucky Mulusa to make submissions on the possible action against director of public prosecutions, DPP, Mutembo Nchito. LAZ...
View ArticleZambia, Zimbabwe Battle for Cosafa Prize
Zambia’s quest to join Zimbabwe on the most decorated Cosafa Cup winners list today goes on the line as Herve Renard’s lads face Klaus-Deiter Pagels’ Warriors at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola....
View ArticleHosts Zambia Win 4th Cosafa Title
Zambia finally put up a convincing performance to end an eight year Cosafa drought at Ndola’s Levy Mwanawasa Stadium with a 2-0 win over defending champions Zimbabwe. Ironically it was the Warriors...
View ArticlePesercuted Journalist Joins 170 Kilometre Protest Walk
Mulusa Persecuted journalist Thamos Zyambo this afternoon joined MMD Solwezi Central MP Lucky Mulusa and Zambezi East legislator Sarah Sayifwanda on his 170Km solidarity walk from Chingola to Solwezi....
View ArticleRupiah Banda Comeback Campaign on Course
The Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has started collecting signatures ahead of its scheduled launch of the Rupiah Bwezani Banda Come campaign. ZDDM president Edwin Sakala has disclosed that so...
View ArticleDiscredited PF Cadre Nkomeshya Lectures Female Journalists
Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo the second of the Soli people of Chongwe District has told female journalists in the country to be more factual in their reporting. Chieftainess Nkomeshya says...
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