President Rupiah Banda has fired his political adviser Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika. A report attributed to State House Indicates that president Banda will give Lewanika another job. No reasons have been given for the firing of one of the MMD founders.

China requires its businesses to respect the legitimate rights of local employees and local cultures in Africa, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu Thursday. Ma’s remarks came amid reports that Zambia’s main opposition leader, Michael Sata, said Wednesday that Chinese and other Asian mining firms had scant regard for safety and the local culture of [...]

Former president Frederic Chiluba has described allegations that he is in Ndola to de-campaign the Patriotic Front (PF) as malicious and unfounded. Speaking in an interview in Lusaka on  Dr.Chiluba’s behalf,  press aid Emmanuel Mwamba said FTJ had traveled to Ndola to attend to business and family issues. FTJ said he has been travelling locally [...]

FDD President Edith  Nawakwi, has warned the MMD to be cautious as they handle national issues as they will be kicked out in 2011. Speaking in an interview, Nawakwi said MMD should be mindful that they are in transit and must not be manipulative.  She said it is unfortunate to see the country’s supreme law being [...]

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a  former chief executive of Fidelity Life Assurance 2009 (Z) Limited for money Laundering involving over K160, million. Mwamba Karyn Ngandu, 33, was arrested together with Chitundu Siwale, 36, a director at Ritz Technical Services for illegally hijacking a contract awarded to First Systems Zambia Limited. DEC spokesperson Jon [...]

THE National Constitutional Conference (NCC) yesterday unanimously adopted an article that requires a presidential candidate to have the minimum academic qualification of a degree [from a recognized university]. Article 123 (1) (e) of the Willa Mung’omba draft constitution states that a person would only be qualified to be a presidential candidate if they had obtained [...]