Zambia’s government has seized bank accounts belonging to telecoms group Zamtel, majority-owned by Libya’s LAP Green Networks, as part of a money-laundering investigation, the company said on Friday. It denied any wrongdoing. “The authorities have no reasonable grounds whatsoever to believe that the moneys in the seized accounts and any other Zamtel accounts are from [...]
Two candidates from opposition Movement for Multi – Party Democracy (MMD) and Patriotic Front (PF) yesterday successfully filed in their nominations for local government by-elections for Mapachi/Chinyingi ward in Zambezi West constituency. MMD aspiring candidate for Chinyama Chilila was the first one to file in his nomination at around 12:20hours while his PF opponent, Isaac [...]
Continue reading …Three candidates contesting the Msanzala by – elections have successfully filed in their nominations. The three include Joseph Lungu ,the man who caused the bye-election by resigning as an Independent MP to join the ruling PF shortly after he was elected, former area MP and ex- Science and Vocational training minister Peter Daka and Shadreck [...]
Continue reading …Mr Lifwekelo tells QFM in a statement that it is becoming clear that in Zambia when one becomes a president, they should pray and fast that they do not become former Presidents.
He proposes the immediate removal of the presidential immunity from the republican constitution if people do not appreciate its relevancy.
Continue reading …As you may have noted, we have created a Mobile Phone version of the Zambian Watchdog. Our system automatically detects if you are using a mobile phone or Desktop/Laptop and will automatically take you to the correct vesrion. We therefore seek your feedback of how the Mobile version is doing. Please tells us in the [...]
Continue reading …LUSAKA lawyer John Sangwa has revived his complaint against Chief Justice Ernest Sakala, which he lodged with the Judicial Complaints Authority (JCA) two years ago on grounds that Justice Sakala had breached the Judicial Code of Conduct. Mr Sangwa has decided to revive the case following non-action on the matter by the JCA since June [...]
Continue reading …The PF regime is busy exporting maize left by the MMD government in the last farming season. Agriculture minister Emmanuel Chenda told Reuters that Zambia has robust maize stocks and sees little risk in using them to partly fill a regional gap as a supply crunch looms in southern Africa, pushing up futures prices for [...]
Continue reading …The technical Committee drafting the new constitution says the final draft document will only be ready after the national convection is held. Committee spokesperson Simon Kabanda says this will be after the people of Zambia participate through the provincial conventions and sector groups where they will be expected to make recommendations on the draft constitution. [...]
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