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Afghan woman cuts off father-in-law’s penis

Kabul – An Afghan woman cut off her father-in-law’s penis with a knife after he tried to have sex with her, a doctor in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province said Saturday. “One day when the husband was away from home he attempted to have sex with his daughter-in-law and she cut off his penis with a [...]

At least 11 people have been injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Kafue. Lusaka Province police commissioner Charity Katanga said the explosion went off in the oxygen plant at Trade Kings Universal Steel and Mining at dawn on Saturday in Kafue area. The cause of the accident is unknown, she said. Several [...]

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Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Inonge Wina says there is need to strengthen the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) in Western Province and also acknowledge the amount of work in the province as that party celebrates it victory. AND Provincial Minister Nathanial Mubukwanu noted that the PF party has formed government at a time when people [...]

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In your first 100 days, you have made questionable appointments disregarding the people’s views. And you have done very well giving jobs to your relatives. Just look at your cabinet. You may as well have cabinet meetings in grandma’s kitchen. You have let people like your nephew insult the people of Southern Province and you have not said a word. Instead, you have rewarded him by sending him to administer over the same people he insulted.

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United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has said that he is puzzled by President Michael Sata’s sadden change of thought on the Barotseland agreement which he promised to honour during campaigns. Mr Hichilema has further accused President Michael Sata of dragging his feet when dealing with issue of the Barotseland agreement of [...]

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GOVERNMENT has constituted a commission of inquiry to investigate the US$8.25 million (about K42 billion) sale of the Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) to Rabobank of the Netherlands. In 2006, the Government sold 49 per cent shares in Zanaco to Rabobank after protracted negotiations. As part of the sale and purchase agreement, Rabobank took over [...]

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Local government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection Nkandu Luo has said President Michael Sata s directive to councils to stop harassing street vendors was misunderstood by the public and blown out of proportion. Speaking during her tour of Kitwe’s Chisokone market on  Thursday afternoon, Professor Luo said President Sata has never at any one [...]

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A hitherto unknown preacher from an equally obscure church called ‘Bride of Christ Ministries’ has written to the Registrar of Societies demanding that the former ruling  party MMD be de-registered. In his letter to the Registrar of Societies dated 27th December,2011 obtained by QFM, Bride of Christ Ministries Pastor Charles Mubaanga says the MMD has [...]

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Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says President Michael Sata was wrong when he referred to Barotseland agreement advocates as being in a weaker position. Mr. Milupi says though the call for dialogue is welcome, the republican President was rather sarcastic when he stated that those trying to be confratational on the [...]

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With no apology coming his way, President Michael Sata has decided to reconcile with president Bingu Mutharika of Malawi. When Sata became president of Zambia about a 100 days ago, he demanded any apology from Mutharika  for deporting him from that country in 2007. Sata was also declared an unwanted element and prohibited immigrant to Malawi. The [...]

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