Hichilema’s Treason Trial ‘A Political Witch Hunt’ – Mmusi Maimane
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has described Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema’s treason trial as “a political witch hunt by an increasingly threatened President [Edgar] Lungu”. A magistrate ruled on Thursday that Hichilema was to go on trial for treason charges at the High court. Hichilema and his party tweeted the news. ( See the […]
Ministry of Health, Lusaka City Council Differ Over 980 Deaths
Government has refuted the recent statement by the Lusaka City Council (LCC) that the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) recorded 980 deaths in three weeks. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Dr. Kennedy Malama says the 980 deaths announced are not the patients who died at the UTH in three weeks stating that the University Teaching Hospital has […]
Zambia Police Arrest 40 Nortec Students for Riotous Behaviour
Police in Ndola have arrested 40 students from Nortec for riotous behaviour. Of the 40 arrested, 36 are male and the rest are female. The arrests followed protests at the college triggered by rumours that management had hiked tuition fees. The protest at Nortec College started on Wednesday with the students engaging in running battled […]
Zimbabwe Govt grants NRZ project status . . .Recapitalisation exercise subject to various incentives
THE Government has granted National Project Status to the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)’s $400 million recapitalisation programme subjecting the project to various incentives till its completion. Speaking at NRZ’s pre-bid conference on Tuesday, Finance and Economic Development permanent secretary Mr Willard Manungo said in order to show full support and to ensure smooth implementation […]
Hichilema’s Motorcade Action Was Foolish – Zambian Presidential Spokesperson
Presidential spokesperson Amos Chanda says Hakainde Hichilema’s actions to obstruct the presidential motorcade was not only careless but foolish. Featuring on Al-jazeera, ‘The Stream’ online interview show last night, with panelist PMRC Executive director Bernadette Deka, social commentator Laura Miti and Hichilema’s press secretary Brian Mwiinga who cried out that Chanda was using dictatorial language. […]
‘Humble’ President Edgar Lungu Spends Night in Chilubi Ramshackle
President Edgar Lungu at the weekend spent a night at a rather worn-out guest house on Chilubi Island in his continued tour of the northern parts of the country. There is no history of a Head of State spending nights on the poorly developed island, but President Lungu beat the odds. He seemed to have […]
Nigerian Government commends Dangote Cement self-sufficiency feat
The Federal Government has officially confirmed that Nigeria has attained self-sufficiency in the production of cement and is now an exporter of the commodity, ascribing the feat to Dangote Cement which spare headed the backward integration policy introduced by the government. Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who leads a team of the […]
Desai Law Group,Leading Botswana law firm joins ALN alliance
Desai Law Group (DLG), one of Botswana’s largest law firms, has today joined ALN Africa’s foremost legal alliance, as its member firm in Botswana. DLG was established by prominent Botswana corporate lawyer Rizwan Desai who wanted to create a firm that would be defined by its modern approach and characterised by placing clients’ needs first […]
Botswana Country Profile
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. Also Formerly known by its British protectorate name Bechuanaland. It adopted its new name Botswana after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since its independence botswana has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections. […]
ALN, the leading alliance of independent top tier African law firms, confirms new member in Mozambique
Leading Mozambican firm, ABCC (formerly SCAN Advogados) has joined ALN as of 1 February 2017. ALN Chairman, Dr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, welcomed the new addition stating: “ALN will continue to expand across Africa. ALN’s strategy is to build a strong integrated pan-African network uniting like-minded individuals and working towards a common goal of connecting Africa […]
