The Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia has cried foul over being left out of the 20 member technical committee appointed by President Sata to draft the newconstitution. Council Secretary General, Sheik Shaban Phiri says the Technical committee is not representative of all religions, which may be a threat to national unity. He says Muslims must be represented on the committee on account of their contribution [...]

We should learn from our past mistakes as a nation if we are going to avoid falling in the same ditch. President Sata is not only a president of one segment of society; he is president of all Zambians. It is not too late for the president to rectify this error and ensure that we have a truly all-inclusive constitution-making process.

The recent observations by Rev. Bwalya on Mr Sata’s appointments of long fingered persons to public office and subsequent withdrawal of some of them raise poignant issues about him. To begin with, the priest beatified and bestowed upon self a non canonical sainthood contrary to the views of the Holy See. In the run up [...]

The Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the sale of Zamtel to Lap Green of Libya has established that the transaction was fraudulent and illegal. Commission Chairperson Sebastian Zulu also says the evaluation of Zamtel assets by R.P Capital of Cayman Irelands was highly incompetent and misleading. He made the revelations when he presented the [...]

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade website, which keeps an up-to-date online directory of foreign representatives posted to Canada, does not list any Zambian consul general in Toronto or any other Canadian city. The country’s only diplomatic mission is in Ottawa.