PF government sending soldiers to Mongu ahead of Barotse national meeting
The government is sending troops of soldiers to Mongu in Barotseland ahead of the Barotse national council which takes place in the next few days. The Barotse National Council will take place at Limulunga, the Litunga’s palace starting next weekend but its culmination will be on 26th March when resolutions will be made. But for [...]
LUSAKA, March 19 (Reuters) – Commercial maize production in Zambia will fall by about 80 percent in the 2011/2012 season compared with the previous crop season after farmers turn to more lucrative cash crops, the farmers’ union said on Monday. “Maize output by commercial farmers will fall to 60,000 tonnes in 2012 from 350,000 tonnes [...]
Continue reading …Several people phoned me last night to draw my attention to the interview which took place on MUVI TV “THE ASSIGNMENT” programme with the former President Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda. I decided not to react to it, because I had not watched it personally. I have just finished watching a repeat of the programme on [...]
Continue reading …A Man of Chawama Township in Lusaka was yesterday clobbered by his wife for allegedly having given his mother K500 000. The woman who has since been arrested and detained at Chawama Police Post resorted to assaulting her husband who wanted to help his mother. And Non Governmental Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) chairperson Beatrice Grillo has [...]
Continue reading …Libya’s LAP GreenN sues Zambian government, demands US$480 million over Zamtel grabbing
March 19, 2012 93 Comments
The petition filed today outlines LAP GreenN’s right to financial compensation for the value of the asset at the time of seizure should the shareholding not be restored to it, which is calculated to be US$480 million. In addition, LAP GreenN is claiming for the substantial losses it has suffered as a result of the seizure of the shares.
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iI have been a member for the movement of multiparty democracy (MMD) since 1995 to-date.i must say i have been a very faithful and obedient member. While in the mmd, I have saved at branch, constituency, District, and at Province committees. I was a councilor for two conservative terms(1998-2006) and served as chairman at all [...]
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President Michael Sata has opted for some ‘breathing’ space away from Zambia by going to officially open Mogoditshane Secondary in Botswana, during his first state visit abroad beginning today till the 21st March 2012. According to a statement posted on the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs website Sata will undertake a three-day State Visit at [...]
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The average age of African leaders is 77.
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (88 years), Abdulai Wade of Senegal (85), Paul Biya of Cameroon (79), Bingu Wa Mtalika of Malawi (76), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (76), Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia (75), Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika (76), Michael Sata of Zambia (75), Jose Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola (70), and Jacob Zuma of South Africa (71).
But in Europe which is developed, leader are, on average 20 years than the dinosaurs who are clinging on to power in Africa.
Angela Merkel ( Germany ) age 58, Nicolas Sarkozy ( France ) age 57, Jose Socrates ( Portugal ) age 55, Jens Stoltenberg (Norway), 52, Stephen Harper ( Canada ) age 51, Julia Gillard ( Australia ) age 50, Luis Zapatero ( Spain ) age 51, Barrack Obama ( USA ) age 50, David Cameron ( UK ) age 45.
Continue reading …A Zambian national, who was arrested at Matetsi area in Zimbabwe when he was found in possession of an AK 47 rifle, was on Friday remanded in custody. Mubita Muyuba (37) pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of a dangerous firearm when he appeared before Victoria Falls magistrate Sharon Rosemani who remanded him to March [...]
Continue reading …Immediate MMD president and former republican president, Rupiah Banda castigated former party national secretary Katele Kalumba advising him to shut up. Responding to Dr. Kalumba’s insinuations that the de-registration of the MMD is as a result of the three successive party presidents of having interfered in the submission of returns to the Registrar of Societies, [...]
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