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Zambia police quiz journalists on national security leaks

Zambia police quiz journalists on national security leaks

Lusaka – Zambian police said they had questioned two journalists at a newspaper that published a story illegally drawn from classified documents about a graft investigation of a presidential aide, who was subsequently cleared. The Post Newspaper, which employs the journalists, said the affair demonstrated the government could not tolerate a free press. Police spokesperson […]

Rainbow Predicts More ‘Suffering’ for Zambia: Banda

Rainbow Predicts More ‘Suffering’ for Zambia: Banda

The Rainbow party says Zambians should brace themselves for more suffering under the PF government and that the increase in fuel prices is just a tip of the iceberg. Rainbow party Spokesperson Goodson Banda in a statement says it is a pity that a party that was voted on a campaign of lower prices, lower […]

Edgars Retail Store Managers Get Suspension

Edgars Retail Store Managers Get Suspension

Two managers at Edgars Retail Store in Lusaka have been placed on indefinite suspension following allegations of sexual harassment by other employees. Sources have confirmed that country manager Oliver Simunika and administrative manager Macmillan Mulenga have been suspended by their head office in South Africa pending investigations. Labour minister Fackson Shamenda earlier vowed to address […]

Evans Fends Off Coup in Southern Province

Evans Fends Off Coup in Southern Province

Lawrence Evans, the Patriotic Front (PF) Livingstone Central Member of Parliament, has warned party members in Southern Province to end intra-party squabbles because the ruling party risks losing elections in 2016. Lawrence was slapped with a shocking suspension last week by lower organs of the party but it was quickly lifted by PF southern Province […]

Lungu determined to supply maize to his mentor Mugabe

Lungu determined to supply maize to his mentor Mugabe

Last month we exposed a scam in which Edgar Lungu had rubbished Vice President Inonge Wina’s directive to FRA not to export maize so as to avoid a looming food shortage in the country due to poor rainfall this season and PF’s bad agricultural policies which saw delayed payment of farmers. Lungu is determined to […]

Edgars manager goes too far – Sexual harassment

Edgars manager goes too far – Sexual harassment

LUSAKA — The country manager for Edgars Retail Store has been named to be at a centre of a sex scandal together with some senior managers at the South Africa’s chain store. According to sources, Oliver Simunika is entangled in the sex scandal being accused of soliciting sex from prospective employees and employed females whether […]

Peace, security vital for sustainable development

Peace, security vital for sustainable development

LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka — GOVERNMNET says peace and security are key ingredients to sustainable development. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Panji Kaunda said Government has a vision of creating a safe and secure Zambia for continued development. Speaking when he received furniture worth K28,000 from MTN-Zambia for the Zambia Police Service in Lusaka yesterday, Colonel […]

I have no brains: Lungu

I have no brains: Lungu

President Edgar Lungu on Saturday told Masaiti residents that he does not have wisdom of his own and that he begs for knowledge from ordinary people, which has made him a successful President. Addressing a rally ahead of tomorrow’s parliamentary by-election, President Lungu said he could not travel from Lusaka to tell the residents that […]

Kambwili and his big mouth

Kambwili and his big mouth

Hon. Chishimba Kambwili is a politician with a lot of fire-like energy and will to do things. He has been a force to reckon with when it comes to propagating political ideologies in this country. Following him from opposition PF during the tenure of the defunct MMD, you see a man who with Willie Nsanda […]

South African Businessman Nabbed For Corruption In Zambia

South African Businessman Nabbed For Corruption In Zambia

Durban — A Durban man was arrested in Zambia earlier this month for allegedly offering US$9 100 (more than R100 000) to a Zambian buyer to secure a business deal. According to a statement on that country’s Anti-Corruption Commission Facebook page, uMhlanga businessman Suman Panday, 38, was arrested in Lusaka and charged for alleged corrupt […]

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