Senior OP officials retiring to avoid witchhunt
Senior officials in the Office of the President, special branch, are retiring to avoid being kicked out by the new government. And President Michael Sata is said to be planning to appoint a junior officer or recycle a retired spy as Director General to replace Regis Phiri. Sata, say insiders, will bypass senior spies because [...]
Though the national budget has been proposed to parliament, President Michael Sata has yet to appoint a new governor for the Bank of Zambia. The central bank’s website also lists every position on the board of directors as “vacant”. A spokesperson for the central bank on Friday confirmed no appointments had been made, but shied [...]
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2012 BUDGET ADDRESS BY HON. ALEXANDER B. CHIKWANDA, MP HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FINANCE, DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER, 2011 1. Mr. Speaker, I beg to move that the House do now resolve into Committee of Supply on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1st January 2012 to 31st [...]
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Editor Greetings, Do you remember the ZERO Option cases of 1993 leveled against UNIP members which resulted in the arrest of among others Rupiah Banda and the shooting of Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. You will recall that Michael Sata was a key member of the MMD at that time. This strategy of harassing political opponents has [...]
Continue reading …President Michael Sata has directed his new arttoney-general Mumba Malilo to make sure that all Internet newspapers are registered. And Sata says the Zambian Watchdog online is owned by the opposition United Party for national Development (UPND). Sata was speaking Friday at State House when he swore in Mumba Malila as arttoney-general and Rose Wandi [...]
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The United Party for National Development (UPND) says president Michael Sata has appointed a first grade family tree in his cabinet and all public offices. And the UPND says the announcement by governemnt that there is a plot to assassinate president Michael Sata are alarming to the nation. UPND vice-president Richard Kapita told journalist in [...]
Continue reading …Base metals miner Albidon’s difficulties deepened on Friday, as the miner temporarily suspended operations at its Munali nickel mine, in Zambia. The company said in a statement that with the decline of global nickel prices by around 23% over the past four months, and the less-than-budgeted nickel recoveries at the Munali operation, the company had [...]
Continue reading …THE police have launched investigations into an alleged plot by unnamed opposition leaders and retired army generals planning to assassinate Government leaders spearheading the fight against corruption. Inspector-General of Police Martin Malama told the PF government controlled Times of Zambia that the police would not condone criminality and lawlessness. He said people that were plotting [...]
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POLICE in Mumbwa have arrested 12 Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) officers alleged to have killed a suspected poacher and dumping his body in the crocodile-infested Kafue River recently. Central Province commissioner of police, Solomon Jere said in Kabwe yesterday that the ZAWA officers were being held to assist with investigations into the death of Dozen [...]
Continue reading …Zambia coach Herve Renard has told his players to take next week’s international friendly seriously as it would kicked-off their preparations for the 2012 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Frenchman said on his first official duties since his re-appointment as Zambia coach that Nigeria were a strong side, and should not be treated lightly [...]
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