Home affairs minister Lameck Mangani has dismissed media reports suggesting that government has agreed to pay 9 million rand equivalent to about K5.4 billion to a South African traffic equipment and car dealer despite the ongoing investigations into the Zambia Police Service’s irregular purchase of VIP escort vehicles and bulletproof BMW X5 presidential vehicles from [...]

THE remains of ANC stalwart Johnny Makhathini will be returned to South Africa from Zambia for a reburial. ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said in a statement yesterday that Makhathini’s remains, which were buried in Zambia in 1988, will be exhumed and reburied in Pietermaritzburg on February 27. Makhathini, who served the ANC in various capacities, [...]

President Rupiah Banda will pay a state visit to China from Feb. 24 to March 4 at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao. According to Chinese Media, the announcement was made by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu in Beijing Yesterday (Tuesday).

The Council of Church (CCZ) advised politicians in the country to refrain from engaging themselves in politics of confrontation because it undermines the peace and stability  of the country. And CCZ has also urged various political parties preparing to launch their pre 2011 elections campaigns to ensure that they hold their campaigns in a free, [...]