International Commission of Jurists sends team to find out why Sata suspended judges
The International Commission of Jurists (JSC) has set up a three-man panel to investigate how and why President Michael Sata suspended three senior judges. JSC is headquartered in Geveva but has regional offices in Johannesburg, South Africa. The objectives of JSC are to advance the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession and the [...]
‘Perhaps that was a good thing. What was the name of the new headmaster?’
‘We used to call him Cycle Mata, because he was always going round in circles.’
‘So did he bring back the Old Original School Rules.’
‘No. Nobody knew what the Original Rules were, they had been thrown out years ago. And the changing staff and changing curriculum was just causing confusion.’
‘The pupils were getting angry.’
The government owned and funded PF mouth piece, ZNBC has confirmed the Watchdog story that there is fuel shortage in various parts on the country. A senior government official told the state broadcaster that already the Tanzania-Zambia Railway line (TAZARA) has been grounded due to fuel shortage. The Watchdog reported that crude oil importation deals [...]
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Zambia’ immediate past president Rupiah Bwezani Banda has been appointed leader of the 18 member election observation mission to Lesotho. The people of Lesotho will hold national assembly polls next week May 26, 2012. President Banda who has been based in Boston US, will head the team of influential civil society and religious representatives under [...]
Continue reading …The PF compromised No longer Transparent International Zambia (TIZ) have refused to meet opposition party leaders who wanted to discuss various issues of national interest. The opposition party leaders have been meeting various stakeholders such as MISA-Zambia and members of the diplomatic community to present their case on suspended judges and other governance issues in Zambia. [...]
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Sources in the Ministry of Energy have told the Watchdog that the situation is likely to worsen as the ship carrying crude oil imported by the PF government suppliers has not docked in Tanzanian port of Dar-es-Salaam forcing the Indeni plant to shut down the refinery on Monday.
Continue reading …Freedom of the press is threatened. It’s becoming dangerous to be a journalist. The president wants online newspapers gagged and the owners incarcerated. The democratic qualification that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers” has become a no-no.
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