President Banda travels to Brazil Monday
President Rupiah Banda is scheduled to visit Brazil starting on Monady next week, the Watchdog understands. It is not clear what the presidential visit is all about but the trip has been confirmed. Yesterday, president Banda was in Namibia. Last week, president Banda congratulated newly elected President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, the first female to [...]
For the uninitiated, Comesa has clear guidelines for exempting imports where potential injury to local sectors is proven.
Quantitative quota is what Kenya is using to protect its sugar industry till 2012.
That, we say, is the direction Mr Machila should take instead of marking the 18th anniversary Comesa professing impunity.
Alarmingly, Zambia has resorted to the same autarkic measures against Kenyan manufactures before.
We think unless the African learns to adhere to set rules, he’s definitely cursed to remain underdeveloped probably for another 50 years.
Continue reading …Zambian Watchdog writers fear for their lives as government hunts them down
November 13, 2010 26 Comments“The State, through the Director of Public Prosecutions, all security wings, and all apparatus involved in information technology, including the Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority, are hereby ordered to carry out a quick but thorough investigation into the author and the publisher.
“Once the relevant person or persons are identified, the police must arrest and bring them forthwith to this court so that they formally purge this contempt,” Gregory Phiri said.
She was last seen alive arguing with Son of government chief whip Vernon Mwanga in the evening. In the morning, her body was found floating in a swimming pool. A mysterious death in Lusaka’s Kalundu area is currently haunting residents of this normally quiet residential area. On Thursday 11th November, 2010, a body of young [...]
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