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Diangamo clobbered during Chirundu, ITT meeting in Choma

Itezhi Tezhi losing MMD parliamentary candidate David Diangamo was this morning reportedly beaten and ejected from the meeting that met to discuss the realignment of Itezhi Tezhi and Chirundu Districts to other provinces. An insider told the Watchdog that Diangamo was clobbered after a letter he  and President Sata shared was read out in the [...]

By Eros Ilunga I wrote an article in the Watchdog in which I took a swipe at the manner the PF was managing the affairs of this nation in as far as governance is concerned. Around the same time, TIZ president Reuben Lifuka made similar observations. Nothing much has changed as the President has continued on the [...]

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All southern province members of parliament, Chiefs and other stakeholders are meeting in Choma to formally reject Government’s ‘amputation’ of Chirundu and Itezhi Tezhi  from Southern province. And the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) from Mongu has sent a high powered delegation of three indunas to the Choma meeting. Meanwhile, Chief Mukuni has dismissed lies by [...]

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President Michael Sata has told the youth day rally that his government will continue giving public service jobs to PF cadres because, according to him, there was nothing wrong with that. Several stakeholders including the church mother bodies have continuously condemned the PF government for giving public service jobs to PF cadres and relatives of [...]

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By Kanni Wignaraja (UN Resident Coordinator in Zambia) Zambia is to be a co-host of the World Tourism General Assembly to be held in 2013. The UN Secretary General, in his recent visit here, expressed happiness that Zambia and Zimbabwe will co-host this event that will bring in over 1500 delegates involved in global tourism, [...]

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President Sata is reported to be very annoyed with Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Given Lubinda for patronizing with close friends of former president Rupiah Banda. This was after Sata was told by former Ambassador to Libya Mbita Chitala that Given Lubinda was very close to Gulam Patel and his close relatives who are reported [...]

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Some Patriotic Front cadres on Friday March 9, 2012 assaulted Patriotic Front Big Wig Willie Nsanda over what they termed fake promises. The PF members slapped Mr. Willie Nsanda a close ally to President Sata before pushing him into a swimming pool at Mika Lodge in the plush Chudleigh in Lusaka. The PF members were [...]

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