Opposition political party leaders this morning continued meeting various stakeholders to present their case on the recent suspension of judges by president Michael Sata. Sources told the Watchdog that opposition leaders met the Zambia Episcopal Conference as well as the American Ambassador. Among those who presented their case to the two stakeholders are those from [...]

I would like to take this opportunity to warn Mr. Sata that no amount of threats of any nature let alone legal suits will deter me and the UPND from exposing inadequacies in his leadership. We have a constitutional and democratic mandate to provide oversight on the executive, and that we pledge to do without fear or favour.

National Restoration party president Elias Chipimo Junior says he is deeply troubled by calls for the Chief Justice to resign.   Mr. Chipimo says the unfolding events in the judiciary can be likened to the type of propaganda that was perpetrated by the previous MMD administration prior to the 2011 elections, which led to the [...]

SOME Seventh Day Adventist Church deacons in Lusaka last Saturday abandoned their faith and instead pounced on a suspected thief who was found trying to steal a side mirror from a parked vehicle belonging to a church member. A Supreme Timers Staffer Lydia Mudenda, who was at the scene, reports that a deacon of Lusaka Central SDA [...]

  A mob stormed government buildings and attacked Dioncounda Traoré, 70, in protest at a deal designed to move Mali on from the military coup which overthrew the government in March. Soldiers loyal to the coup leaders are believed to have ushered the mob into the offices and guided them to the attack on Mr [...]