MPONGWE District Commissioner (DC) Miniver Mutesa and Mpongwe Central ward councillor Benjamin Chilufya yesterday received threats on their lives in form of an open letter which was attached to a tortoise. The open letter, which was written in Bemba and English languages using a suspected female handwriting, accused the duo of allegedly orchestrating a campaign [...]

Four Rwandan witnesses currently living in Zambia have been lined up by a Finish Court to testify in the case involving Francois Bazaramba, a Rwandan genocide suspect currently being tried in Finland, according to the New Times of Rwanda According to the Helsingin Sanomat, the witnesses are part of the more than 100 witnesses lined [...]

Zambia’s largest copper producer, Konkola Copper Miners, has sacked 34 miners for rioting during a wage strike last November, a company spokesman said Monday. Rahul Kharker said 47 miners were charged with rioting by the management in November and that 13 of them have since been cleared and reinstated. KCM is majority-owned by London-listed Vedanta [...]

MMD deputy national secretary says Chilanga member of parliament Ngandu Magande and Kafulafuta MP George Mpombo wont be barred from the partjgy convention. Kande says the two MPs and any other party member who wish to contest the party presidency will be allowed to challenge acting president Rupiah Banda. Kande was speaking on radio Mazabuka [...]