The Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) has observed that the failure by successive MMD administrations to manage national resources has greatly cost Zambia’s dignity and respect. ADD president, Charles Milupi in an interview with QFM says the continued over dependency on donor funds and failure to manage public funds in a prudent manner by [...]

ZIMBABWE which is still nursing wounds of the battered economy following a protracted period of political turmoil is negotiating with its Southern African Development Community (SADC) neighbour and ally, Zambia to import maize. Zimbabwe, once Southern Africa’s food basket, has a deficit of 500,000 tonnes of the staple food. Zambia’s high commissioner to Zimbabwe Sipula [...]

UNITED States of America (USA) President Barack Obama has praised Zambia for her continued efforts to maintain peace and stability in the African sub-region. Mr Obama said Zambia’s peaceful transition to self-governance and its commitment to maintaining peace for almost half a century will remain steadfast and that it is a positive example to neighbouring [...]

FORMER president Frederick Chiluba on Monday charged that late president Levy Mwanawasa had turned the courts into a playing field like Nkana Stadium. Chiluba said this when he addressed ex-miners in Chambishi Township. “He just mentioned the late president (Mwanawasa) that in the eight years he was in power, he turned the courts like Nkana [...]

President Rupiah Banda, who just returned from Namibia is tomorrow expected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s capital city, Kinshasa. He is going to take party in celebrations to mark the Congo’s 50th  independence anniversary from Belgium. Zambia’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Maybin Mubanga says President Banda is expected to arrive [...]

On October 8 1974, when the well documented Détente Scenario was hatched, General “Lang” Hendrik van den Bergh, apartheid SA’s intelligence chief, flew to the Zambian capital, Lusaka, where he held secret talks at President Kaunda’s State House with Foreign Minister Rupiah Banda as well as with Kaunda’s intelligence head, Mark Chona.

Over K2 billion worth of claims for supply of goods and services to government departments has been discovered to be fake. This was discovered during the on-going verification exercise of outstanding bills for the Ministry of Defence and Home Affairs by the Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) of the Drug Enforcement Commission. DEC spokesperson John [...]

Thandiwe, wife of president Banda, will Wednesday embark on a tour of Northern province, the Watchdog has learnt. Information received from Northern province indicate that Thandiwe will arrive in Mpika tomorrow and meet women in the district. It is not clear what she will discuss with the women but sources say she will be interested [...]