The government has revoked Lusaka based lawyer Mutembo Nchito’s contract as public prosecutor. Governement has also terminated the prosecution contract of MNB & partners which was entered into under the Task Force on Corruption arrangement. The Watchdog has been informed that this follows the completion of the audit and reorgansiation of fusing the disbanded Task [...]

Change Zambia executive director Frank Bwalya has reported MMD Lusaka provincial chairman William Banda to the police for threatening violence. The Watchdog has been informed that Bwalya was by 14 hours local time at Lusaka Centrral police station giving a statement to the police. He is expected to issue a media statement after the complaining [...]

The leader of Zambia’s main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) is denying accusations that his party is funded by the Netherlands ahead of next year’s general elections. Michael Sata said it was a shame and disingenuous for President Rupiah Banda and his ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) to accuse a sovereign country with no shred [...]

The University of Zambia Students Union (UNZASU) has rejected the newly introduced payment policy and the increament in tuition fees for returning students. The union has therefore demanded that Government should withdraw the two moves immediatelly. In a press release signed by UNZASU president Timothy Lumba and publicity secretary Mutinda Lunda, the union argues that both the increased fees and new payment system [...]

The Times of Zambia has suspended three union officials for ‘inciting’ workers to go on strike. The Times Printpark board sub subcommittee on human resource sat Wedensday and directed that management should take strong disclipnary measures against Zambian Union of Journalists officials who instigated the three-days strike lask wee. The Watchdog has been informed that [...]

Tazara township residents in Mpika Northern Province last Monday retrieved a decomposed body of a 63 year old woman from Kabale stream. Both the deceased’s brother Simon Kamanda and police confirmed the incident and named the deceased as Sofia Mushamba of Chipita Village of Chief Chikwanda. Kamanda said his sister missed from her home last [...]

Junior police officers in Mpika have observed that it was wrong for the Inspector General of Police (I.G), Francis Kabonde to camp in Mufumbwe during the by-election. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the junior officers said it was unusual for the I.G to camp in Mufumbwe as if he was part of t6he campaign team. [...]