Former mines minister Mwale arrested
Maxwell Mwale, Former Mines and Minerals Minister in the Rupiah Banda led administration has been arrested. Sources familiar with the development have disclosed to Muvi TV that Mwale, who is also Malambo Member of Parliament-MP-, was arrested Wednesday, afternoon after long hours of interrogation. Mr. Mwale has been arrested in connection with the alleged disappearance of gold atthe drug enforcement Commission (DEC) offices in Lusaka. He [...]
Former Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Commissioner Aaron Zulu is still in detention despite being granted bail, it has emerged. Zulu was arrested and detained on Tuesday but appeared in the Lusaka Magistrate court for mention where he was charged with abuse of authority. Principal Resident Magistrate Aridah Chuulu granted Zulu a Five Million Kwacha cash [...]
Continue reading …Southern Province Minister and also MMD Livingstone Member of Parliament Lukulo Katombola has allegedly forged sick leave documents and submitted them to the Livingstone High Court on Tuesday a day before election petition could take off. This came to light when the lawyer representing petitioners from UPND and PF made a submission in the chambers [...]
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President Michel Sata says he ‘hopes’ the police will interrogate former vice-president Nevers Mumba once he arrives inZambia. Sata says there are financial irregularities at the Zambian High commission in Canada where Mumba has been ambassador until a few weeks ago when Sata fired him. Mumba is said to be the front runner in the [...]
Continue reading …Hichilema rubbishes first PF budget, says there is no break from past
November 16, 2011 139 Comments
1.0 General Overview Many people were looking forward to the first national budget presented by the Patriotic Front (PF) Government. The PF made a lot of election promises which many people expected would be fulfilled in the 2012 national budget. The overall picture emerging from the budget presented by Finance Minister, Alexander Chikwanda is that the budget did not address [...]
Continue reading …Get Involved Zambia director Frank Bwalya says some of the appointments to public office president Michael Sata has made so far are embarrassing. And Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) President Rueben Lifuka has advised President Michael Sata to consult extensively prior to making appointments in the public service. Priest Frank Bwalya was quoted by QFM radio saying [...]
Continue reading …Dear Editor, Firstly, I would like to thank you for providing a forum or rather medium that Zambians can independently air their views. the Zambian Watchdog has remained as the only indepndent publication at least to provide checks and balances on the new government. The obtaining situation in Zambia currently is not health, because all [...]
Continue reading …Police in Lusaka are said to be moving in on Zambia Centre for Accountancy (ZCAS) students who are involved in pornography and drugs. Police Inspector General Martin Malama told the media that the investigations are under way. The investigations were prompted by a porn video said to involve a male and female student from ZCAS. [...]
Continue reading …Former Finance Minister Ngandu Magande has urged citizens to take the Patriotic Front (PF) to task so that it explains why it has not included some of its campaigns promises in the 2012 National Budget. Magande, who is also National Movement for Progress (NMP) President, cited the failure to re-introduce windfall tax in the mining [...]
Continue reading …Police warn and caution MMD cadre for spreading rumours that Sata is dead
November 16, 2011 28 CommentsPOLICE in Eastern Province have recorded a warn and caution statement from an MMD cadre for allegedly spreading false rumours that President Michael Sata had died. Provincial commissioner of police Grace Chipalila told Journalists in Chipata on Monday that although the police did not receive a formal complaint from the Patriotic Front (PF) officials, it [...]
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