Archive for June, 2009

The United Party for National Development (UPND) extra ordinary general assembly has approved the recommendation by the National Management Committee(NMC) to have four Vice Presidents. The Four Vice President will be in charge of Administration, Economics, Politics and Gender. In a statement to ZANIS in Lusaka today, UPND Chairperson for ... Full story

Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe has ... Full story

The Southern African Railways Association (SARA), will hold this year’s Multilateral Workshop in Zambia to be hosted by Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ) tomorrow at Hotel Inter-Continental. The two day annual gathering brings together railway companies in the SADC region aimed at improving the performance of the Corridor Management ... Full story

Officials of the Ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) in Mwembeshi Constituency in Mumbwa District have called for a better and transparent method in the distribution of relief food in the Constituency. MMD's Mwembeshi Constituency Secretary Ronald Lweendo has appealed to the District Disaster Mitigation Management Unit (DMMU) to ensure that future relief distribution exercises are subjected to stringent scrutiny to curb anomalies. Mr. Lweendo said this ... Full story

A 33 year old Kitwe Local Courts officer Monday appeared in the magistrate court for mention in a case in which he is alleged to have committed incest with ... Full story

Former Local Government and Housing Minister Sylvia has denied allegations of corruption in the procurement of 100 hearses,150 constituency vehicles, boats and utility trucks And Mrs. Masebo has challenged her successor, Benny Tetamashimba to state clearly the people that involved in the purchase of the 100 hearses at a cost of US$2.9 million. Ms Masebo has however, describe the move taken by Mr.Tetamashimba to call her and ... Full story

University of Zambia (UNZA) lectures have gone on strike. The Lecturers and Researchers resolved to go on strike starting today, Monday June 29, 2009. The University of Zambia has just opened for ... Full story

Some gemstones miners in the Copperbelt province have lost huge sums of money due to the alleged wrong geological survey data they got over the mining areas which government allocated to them. Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Ndola today, Emerald and Semi-precious stones Miners Association of Zambia (ESMAS) general secretary, Victor Kalesha said the miners had invested heavily on mining areas that had little ... Full story

On 24th June 2009, Lusaka Lawyer John Sangwa complained to the Judicial Complaints against Chief Justice Ernest Sakala and Judge Chulu the judge in charge of the Lusaka High Court. He accused the two of violating the judicial code of conduct. Below is the letter lawyer Sangwa ... Full story