PF, MMD cadres clash as PF cadres break jaw of taxi driver in Monze
Ruling party cadres and opposition Patriotic Front supporters Friday clashed in the capital Lusaka disrupting business for some two hours. In Monze in the southern part of the country, PF cadres broke a jaw of a taxi driver they suspected to be an MMD cadre. The clashes in Lusaka erupted over removal of rival campaign [...]
The representative of the United Party for National Development (UPND) at the Universal Printing Group (UPG) in Durban, South Africa Brian Hapunda has said the printing of ballot papers is going on well and there is no reason to suspect foul play. In a telephone interview, Hapunda said 60% of the parliamentary ballot papers have [...]
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The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the special vote, where people like journalists and the police would be allowed to vote outside the polling stations where they are not registered, will not be used in the September 20 elections because the commission has not yet worked on modalities to implement the system. ECZ director [...]
Continue reading …Former United Party for National Development (UPND) Siavonga Member of Parliament (MP) Douglas Syakalima has charged that the Government system of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has terribly failed the Zambian people. Syakalima, who is also adviser to UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, said that MMD’s behaviour is dreadful such that even if an individual [...]
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Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia is on the verge of plunging into a deep crisis following alleged poor management and leadership by National Director Sipo Kapumba which has resulted in poor performance and failure to honour agreements with donors. And tensions have emerged between Kapumba and MISA Zambia chairperson Daniel Sikazwe, who is [...]
Continue reading …National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo has backed calls by Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) President Rueben Lifuka for Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to call for a stakeholders meeting to discuss the corruption allegations raised by Patriotic Front (PF) Chairperson for Local Government and Housing Given Lubinda against Universal Printing Group (UPG), a South [...]
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The Libyan ambassador in Harare has been told to leave the country within five days by Zimbabwean Foreign minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi after defecting to the rebel-Libyan government, diplomatic sources said. The Foreign ministry said it had declared Ambassador Taher Elmagrahi, in Libya’s Harare embassy ‘persona non grata’ and ordered him and his family to leave [...]
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THE Patriotic Front (PF) has already lost two seats in Southern Province, contrary to the assertion by Secretary General Wynter Kabimba that his party was contesting in all 150 parliamentary constituencies. A final tally of parliamentary candidates has found that the PF failed to find candidates in two constituencies in Southern Province. The Patriotic Front [...]
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