Commerce Minister Felix Mutati has declined to sign the interim Economic Partnership agreement with the European Union (EU). Zambia was supposed to sign the interim EPA with EU together with Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar on Saturday. But Mr. Mutati who is in Mauritius where the signing took place is said to have declined at [...]

President Rupiah Banda has urged local companies in Swaziland to be highly competitive and improve their productivity in order for them to compete favourably on the world market. President Banda said countries now lived in an increasingly open and integrated global economy where they were faced with the challenge posed by business competition. The President [...]

Preparations are near conclusion for ‘Celebrate Libya’, one of Africa’s biggest ever events, in Tripoli Saturday. The grand celebration will then set in motion a week-long series of festivities for the world to enjoy. Libya appears to be striving not only to outdo any of its earlier Al Fateh revolution anniversaries, but perhaps ANY event [...]

United National Independence Party (UNIP) acting secretary general Alfred Banda has resigned. Reverend Banda says there is a lot of intimidation in the party by party president Tilyenji Kaunda and vice Njekwa Anamela. Rev Banda has since called for a national congress to elect new office holders. He said he won’t join any other party.

President Rupiah Banda has a greed to stay a little bit longer in Swaziland  in order to watch the reed dance. President Banda told the queen mother of the Swazi Kingdom that he was happy with the warm welcome he and his entourage received and agreed to stay a bit longer to witness the Reed [...]

The civil society is still too confused to react to the law that was passed to regulate them. Email intercepted by the Watchdog highlights the level of confusion in the NGOs. Besides, some NGOs have turned on others accusing them of betrayal. One NGO head complained that the NGO that were tasked to represent the [...]

President Rupiah Banda says he is surprised that some people in the country want him to inherit their enemies. Mr. Banda says former president Chiluba is not his enemy and that people who want to make him his enemy should not involve him. And president Banda says the courts will determine whether former President Frederick [...]

The Libyan government has invited former president Fredrcik Chiluba to this year’s annivessarry of the Libyan revolution, the Watchdog has been informed. Celebrations to mark the  40th annivesary of the Libyan revolution starts next Monday.  The same Monday, heads of African governments will meet in the Libyan capital Tripoli for an African Union (AU) speacial [...]

Angry Kabobola residents yesterday allegedly punctured a Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) vehicle after officers parked it as they raided some homes where cannabis was being sold. The officers, led by Officer in Charge, Patson Chiwala, were shocked to find their vehicle tyres deflated by angry residents who disappeared after puncturing all the four tyres with [...]