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Here is what the Zambian government  means when they say the economy is growing

The Zambia government has given some Saudi businessmen 5,000 hectares of land in North-western province. The Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) signed off the virgin land to a firm called Menafea Holding. Zambia Development Agency director for investment promotion, Muhabi Lungu, who is also a son of Home Affairs minister Mkondo Lungu, signed off the land [...]

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A- 12- year’s old Girl of LundazI’s Water Affairs Compound in Eastern Province is fighting for her life in the district Hospital after being defiled by her step father. The victim’s grandmother, Lyness Mwale, 49 told ZANIS yesterday in an interview that Stephen Sikaonga 42, believed to be her step father, on the dates unknown [...]

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Zambia has embarked on a process of rebranding its tourism product with a view of giving its growing tourism sector a fresh and revitalizing touch so that it could become one of the most sought-after tourist destination in the world. While acknowledging the various strides taken by the government in improving the country’s tourism sector, [...]

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The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) say they are shocked and saddned by the murder of Ugandan gay activist David Kato. Kato was murdered  in Kampala, Uganda by suspected ant-gay individuals but the police in that country say he was probably a victim of ordinary robberry. [...]

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By Sity Mwitu Most of the African leaders of the 21st Century are University Graduates with their Masters’ degrees and PhDs obtained not only from their local universities, but also from highly accredited tertiary institutions in both Europe and the USA. Some of them have both public and private professional practices at their hands with [...]

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The increasingly targeted attacks on gay people in a number of African countries, which are thought to have to led the murder this week of outspoken Ugandan gay activist, David Kato (in the picture), will contribute to an increase in HIV infections, says Christian Aid. Kato, whose name and photograph recently appeared on the front [...]

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President Rupiah Banda has accepted the resignation of Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Justice Florence Mumba. And the KPMG contract at the centre of the confusion at ECZ has disappeared, the Watchdog has been told. According to president Banda’s mouth-piece Dickson Jere, the president has “reluctantly” accepted Justice Mamba’s departure. Justice Mumba resigned Thursday [...]

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