Doctors extract bullet from man shot by minister
Doctors at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) have extracted a bullet from the head of a man who was shot by health deputy minister Solomon Musonda. Musonda is MMD MP for Chitambo constituency in Central province. UTH spokesperson Pauline Mbangweta says Jackson Munsaka ‘was in stable condition’ after the operation. Musonda on Tuesday shot and [...]
Zambia will announce the successful bidder for a 75 percent stake in state-run fixed-line phone operator Zamtel on Friday, the day after a cabinet meeting to decide the winner. Government officials said the announcement would come at about 1000 GMT. Angola’s Unitel and Libya’s LAP Green Networks were the two firms short-listed to buy the [...]
Continue reading …By Jo Fidgen BBC News, Lusaka Zambians have a remarkable ability to set aside grievances and move on – people actually seem to find it hard to bear a grudge. The Zambian way: Smile, shake hands and act like it never happened I had a run-in with the police not long ago. I had been [...]
Continue reading …Former Deputy minister of Energy Lameck Chibombamilimo is critically ill at his Lusaka residence in Kabulonga, the Watchdog understands. But despite his ‘very ill and bed-ridden condition, the government has dimissed and rejected pleas to evacuate him for specialist treatment. The MMD Mpulungu MP has kidney complications and the Watchdog has been informed that he [...]
Continue reading …Former Defence Minister George Mpombo says Zambia has lost the vision of the One Zambia One Nation Motto because of the alleged tribal politics of president Rupiah Banda. Mr.Mpombo says it is a pity that the Rupiah Banda led administration has embraced tribal politics and sees nothing wrong with that. He says President Banda should [...]
Continue reading …The pact between the Opposition Patriotic Front and United Party for National Development (UPND) is next Saturday scheduled to be launched in Lusaka. Pact co-spokespersons’ Charles Kakoma and Given Lubinda have confirmed this development at a joint news conference in Lusaka. UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the two political parties have had sufficient time to [...]
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