Ruling Northern Province MMD vice Secretary Jairos Simunyola says time has come for Zambians to realise that the opposition in the country cannot offer better leadership to the MMD. Mr. Simunyola said this in Kasama today when he receieved 32 opposition Patriotic Front (PF) members who defected from their party to joing the MMD. He thanked the [...]

Livingstone mayor Joram Mwinda is likely to be reinstated today (Friday) following a directive from the ministry of local government. Mr. Munyinda was suspended early this week by a special resolution of councillors following his being investigated for raping an unidentified woman. The nameless woman has reportedly withdrawn the complaint from police a move that angered the local [...]

Former Finance and National Planning minister Ng’andu Magande says Republican President Rupiah Banda should not tell him to keep quite over the sale of ZAMTEL. On Wednesday, President Rupiah Banda said Mr Magande should not talk about the privatization of Zamtel because he failed to do anything to save the company from collapse when he was [...]

Speaker of the National Assembly Amusaa Mwnamwaambwa has ordered Communication and Transport Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa to update Parliament on the stage at which the privatisation of Zamtel has reached. An Mr. Mwanamwambwa has ordered infomation minister Ronnie Shikapwasha to issue a ministerial statement on the reported beating of journalists. Mr Mwanamwambwa said that it was imperative that [...]

Police in Lusaka say they have not made any arrests regarding the murder of Cyclone Hardware & Construction owner Sajid Itowala. Police spokesperson Bonnie Kapeso told the Watchdog that the matter is under investigation. He declined to give further details. “No we haven’t made any arrest. The status is that the matter is under investigation,” Said Mr. [...]

Republican Vice President George Kunda says the agricultural and commercial show provides a platform for the ccountry to show case its economic progress to the international community. He further said the show encourages companies to raise their standards and production efficiency, which in turn contributes to Zambia’s economic competitiveness. “Government attaches great importance to the [...]

Zambian Swimmers have continued to exceed expectations at the ongoing Rome World Swim Champs. Zain Jordan smashed the Zambian Record for the 100 metre with a New time of 52.92 secs. In the same event, Mark Thompson won his heat and reduced his ‘Personal Best’ time by 3.26 secs. Jade Howard continued her record breaking spree by setting [...]

Outgoing Irish Ambassador to Zambia Bill Nolan has advised government to accelerate the implementation of its diversification programme in order for the country to over its economic challenges. Ambassador Nolan said Zambia has reached a turning point where it needs to develop other sectors of the economy to remain competitive on the international stage. He was speaking [...]

Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata has claimed that first lady Thandiwe Banda is drawing a salary from government despite having resigned as a teacher. Mrs Banda was working as a teacher in Eastern province before she moved to State House as wife of the current president. But Mr. Sata today told journalists that there is evidence to [...]