Togo’s team bus under gunfire attack in Angola
The Togo national team bus has been machine-gunned by Angolan rebels on the Congolese border ahead of the African Cup of Nations. Two players are reported to be injured and a Togolese sports ministry spokesman in Lome said that the bus driver had been killed in the attack. The Sparrow Hawks are in the country [...]
Former Task Force on Corruption Lawyer Mutembo Nchito is taking legal action against former State House spokesperson Richard Sakala over the book “Mockery of Justice’, the Watchdog has been informed. Sources have also told the Watchdog that Post Newspaper owner Fred Mmembe has instructed his lawyers to sue the Times of Zambia and Daily Mail [...]
Continue reading …Despite watching his Chipolopolo hold the Super Eagles to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday, Football Association of Zambia President, Kalusha Bwalya, has tipped the Nigerians to lift the title. Kalusha, former Zambia captain and currently a member of FIFA‘s Technical Committee added a caveat however, saying the Eagles must put some cohesion in their game [...]
Continue reading …By Hilary Mulenga If the current MMD regime was asked to coin a new definition of the phrase “thorn in the flesh”, the name “Catholic Church” would form part of that definition. The Catholic Church has been a consistent critic of the MMD government. On the other hand the government has deployed every means to [...]
Continue reading …Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani says police are investigating Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Nkana Member of Parliament Mwenya Musenge for allegedly inciting people to riot. Yesterday some Kitwe residents resorted to riotous behavior after word went round that a man in his late twenties had died after being subjected to beatings by Zambia National Marketeers [...]
Continue reading …By Walter Townsend It’s been a turbulent 18 months for the side known as the Copper Bullets, and after qualifying for the 2010 African Cup of Nations with the second lowest points tally, they’ll have their work cut out to make an impact at the tournament. Zambia will arrive in Angola set against a backdrop [...]
Continue reading …1.0 Introduction 1.1 I am privileged and honoured to present on behalf of the Anti Corruption Commission a brief on the operation of the Commission for the year ending 2009. 1.2 It is gratifying to note that despite the challenges arising from the global financial crisis which greatly affected the operations of Government Ministries, Departments [...]
Continue reading …DIFFERENT Campaign badges each of them bearing respective portraits of the Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata and United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema as 2011 presidential candidates are being distributed in Ndola. The badges that are being printed by Shakti Engineering Limited of Ndola upon request from interested respective party members, [...]
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