The issues raised by the UPND on the need to have a firm agreement on the Governance programme that the pact will follow in Government is a very sensible idea and needs to be done urgently if the Pact stands any chance of winning the 2011 elections. UPND clearly has more thought leaders than PF [...]

For Immediate Release PRESIDENT BANDA LEAVES FOR CHIPATA LUSAKA, January 22, 2011 – His Excellency, Mr. Rupiah Banda, President of the Republic of Zambia, will on Sunday leave for Chipata in the Eastern Province to attend the State funeral of the late former Cabinet Minister in the UNIP government Mr Amok Israel Phiri who died [...]

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has confirmed the arrest of a 31 year old Zambian businesswoman in Ethiopia for drug trafficking. DEC public relations Manager John Nyawali ha named the woman as Izalo Kalenda. She  was arrested at Addis Abba international airport on her way from Pakistan via Dubai to Zimbabwe. According to Nyawali,  Kalenda [...]