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Lawlessness: PF cadres close government offices in Petauke

Patriotic Front (PF) cadres in Petauke this morning swung into action closing three offices and accusing officers of being opposition MMD followers. The cadres who were led by District Information and Publicity Secretary, Ledger Tembo, closed the District Administrative Officer’s office, the District Board Secretary’s office and the District Local Court Officer’s office. And speaking to ZANIS,  the PF [...]

Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has made it compulsory for every government department in the country to have the party’s manifesto. And Southern Province Minister has warned civil servants in Livingstone who have applied to be adopted in one of the political parties contesting Livingstone Parliamentary seat bye-election. Speaking in Livingstone when he paid [...]

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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 For Immediate Release The News Editor ——————————————————————————————————————————- TIZ POSITION ON MEETING OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES VIS-À-VIS THE SUSPENSION OF THE THREE JUDGES ————————————————————————————————————————- Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) notes with great concerns, falsehoods that have been published on the online publication – the Zambian Watchdog on 16th May 2012 alleging that we have refused [...]

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The entire government system and apparatus has been diverted to intimidate Judge Flugence Chisanga to revoke a stay of execution she granted to two High Court Judges yesterday. The Watchdog has been told that the OP, officials from State House, DPP, solicitor General’s offices and ministry of Justice have all combined to put pressure on the judge [...]

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The body was found with both hands tied behind using her min skirt while her bra was tied around the neck.

Muchinga Province police commissioner Standwell Lungu has confirmed the incident in an interview with the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Chinsali today.

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THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT HAS BEEN POSTED ON STATEHOUSE WEBSITE (http://www.statehouse.gov.zm) Ministry of Justice, Sebastian  Zulu on may 16,2012, said the granting of the stay President Micheal Sata’s suspension of Justices Philip Musonda, Charles Kajimanda and Nigel Mutuna showed that the Judiciary was panicking. And Zulu has ordered Solicitor General Musa Mwenye to immediately apply to [...]

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President Michael Sata on Wednesday May 15, 2012 received the letter reproduced below: This is the letter Western province minister John Kufuna refused to deliver on Monday.    

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The PF government has withdrawn state security from former president Rupiah Banda. Even where he is in USA, the former president has no Zambian board guard, but luckily the USA government has provided him with security. The former president will be in Lesotho next week to lead a team of election observers but the PF [...]

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