I am sorry, President Banda tells HH, Indians
President Rupiah Banda said Tuesday that he regretted the statement he made in Ndola in which he made reference to the wife of opposition leader Mr.Hakainde Hichilema and consequently brought her name into politics. The President said it was not his intention to bring the name of Mrs. Hakainde into politics by the comment he [...]
President Rupiah Banda will on Thursday award out-going Brazillian leader Lula da Silva with the Order of the Eagle of Zambia, the Watchdog has been told. And the address to the Zambian Parliament by president Lula da Silva has been cancelled because he is on a tight programme. Lula, currently in Tanzania will be treated [...]
Continue reading …The book reveals that the coup plot stemmed from the 1970s. The feelings to remove Kaunda were heightened when he constitutionally barred Kapwepwe from challenging his presidency at the party conference of 1978.
Although Kapwepwe always believed that Kaunda could be removed peacefully, those around him grew impatient especially that Kaunda had sought more crude, brutal and lethal method of dealing with his political opponents. But Kapwepwe’s lawyer and longtime friend, Pierce Annfield encouraged Kapwepwe to seek more direct methods.
Valentine The Book reveals that while the initiative was in its early stages, Kapwepwe died suddenly in 1980 (the book shies away from the allegations then that the State had eliminated Kapwepwe).
United States of America (USA) Embassy in Zambia charge de’ affairs Michael Koplovsky says Zambia’s reputation is ‘suffering’. Koplovsky was quoted Tuesday morning in Lusaka saying that the reports of corruption within government departments are negatively affecting the country’s image abroad. Koplovsky said there are a lot of media reports of the alleged corruption in [...]
Continue reading …Non South Africans living in the Western Cape have been gripped by unease and many have left their homes in townships to rent accommodation elsewhere. Braam Hanekom, chairperson of People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty (Passop) told Die Burger that foreigners are extremely worried. “The reality is that there are people who are borrowing [...]
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