UPND beats PF in Copperbelt by-election
The highly contested local government by-election on the Coppebelt has been won by the ruling MMD. The Mutaba ward election was contested by all the three major parties MMD, PF and UPND. Before the elections, the PF and UPND had all said the result of the by election would show which party is more popular [...]
A Zambian soccer player based in Finland has been arrested for alleged involvement in match fixing, Finnish Media report. Christopher Musonda, who plays for Finish side RoPS, was arrested by police in connection with an investigation into betting irregularities on February 23 this year on a match involving his club and Tampere United that ended [...]
Continue reading …Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) Executive Director, Bonnie Tembo, has described the just ended Mporokoso by-elections as having been not free and fair. Mr. Tembo has further described as pathetic the less than 50 per cent voter turnout. He charged in an interview with MUVI TV news staffer, Bangwe Naviley, who was in Mporokoso, that there [...]
Continue reading …UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says the killing by police of demonstrators in Mazabuka shows how the government does not value human life. In a statement, Hichilema expressed displeasure on what he called the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Government’s Police brutality. Hichilema said, ‘On 14 February, 2011, I wrote to President Banda with regard to [...]
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