Presidents Rupiah Banda has been accused of sabotaging a planned summit on Zimbabwe after he failed to attend the unveiling of the new SADC headquarters in Gaborone last week. Speaking at a media briefing in Gaborone, coordinator of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, Dewa Mavhinga condemned president Banda and Armando Guebuza of Mozambique who also [...]
By Kanni Wignaraja and Joyce Mends-Cole* Zambia launched the National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence, the National Gender Communication Strategy and the Gender Song on 25 November 2010. It did so on the day which launches the annual global Campaign to End Violence against Women – better known as the 16 Days of Activism [...]
Continue reading …Zambia’s anti-corruption chief has revealed how the agency prosecuted a former president amid calls to intensify the fight in East Africa, according to the Daily Nation newspaper of Kenya Apart from former President Fredrick Chiluba, the Zambian Anti-Corruption Commission also hauled to court a former army commander, airforce commander and intelligence chief. The commission’s director Godfrey [...]
Continue reading …Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba last week allegedly threatened physical violence against journalists at Radio Mano community station in Kasama , Northern Province . This has annoyed Northern Province Minister John Chinyanta who has said it is wrong for Mr. Mwamba to harass journalists who were doing their job their jobs. Mr. Chinyanta [...]
Continue reading …The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has recorded a warn and caution statement from Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata involving the US $100,000 transaction at Finance Bank. And police this morning fired tear gas to disperse a mob of Patriotic Front (PF) cadres who accompanied their leader to the DEC offices. DEC refused to allow [...]
Continue reading …There is need to prepare for chronic flooding in Namwala and its surrounding areas, says the local churches belonging to Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ). The church leaders said that Namwala is built in the flood plains and as a result the government and other stakeholders need to help residents of Namwala to prepare [...]
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