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 [...]

The British Government says it will seek a confidential meeting with President Rupiah Banda to discuss on issues relating to donor relationship. British High Commissioner to Zambia Tom Carter disclosed this in a Statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today saying the British government did not want to conduct its relationship with the Zambian government [...]

LUSAKA High Court judge Charles Kajimanga has reserved ruling in a matter where President Rupiah Banda through his lawyer Christopher Mundia instituted contempt proceedings against The Post. Judge Kajimanga reserved ruling in the matter to July 9 following an application by Post Editor Fred Mmembe’s lawyers for leave to have President Banda come to court [...]