More drama as 75-year old Sata calls Mugabe ‘grandfather’
President Michael Sata on Tuesday addressed his Zimbabwean counterpart President Robert Mugabe as “grandfather” to the laughter of guests invited to the launch of preparations for the hosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly in the resort town. “Comrade Sekuru (grandfather) Robert Mugabe was my boss and I was his youth. [...]
President Michael Sata today allowed ‘a little’ corruption to flourish in the country. Speaking at the joint signing ceremony between Zambia and Zimbabwe for the hosting of the forth-coming World Tourism Organisation Assembly in 2013, Sata instructed Tourism and Foreign Affairs Minister, Given Lubinda, to allow tourists apply for visas in the country as opposed [...]
Continue reading …That Zambia has yet again borrowed $USD 8 million from China is further confirmation of the back to back stupidity our leaders like indulging in. According to information given, China and Zambia on Monday 28, 2012 signed a US$8 million military aid agreement for the rehabilitation of the Ndola and Maina Soko Military hospitals. Geoffrey [...]
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The Task Force has warned and cautioned former President Rupiah Banda’s son on allegations of soliciting and receiving gratification contrary to section 29 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act number 3 of 2012. Andrew Banda has also been cautioned and warned for being in possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime contrary to section [...]
Continue reading …Hey watchdog, I am just from ZANACO Obote branch and found 7 people can’t access their salaries as the bank statements indicate they have performed international money transfers in the last week that have dried their accounts leaving only the book balance. The suspicious transaction indicates “18 ATM CASH WITHDRAWAL REMOTE ON US-INTL” on the [...]
Continue reading …By TREVOR NGOMA, (BSc UNZA). 2012 Graduating Student. The behavior of University of Zambia Student’s Union (UNZASU) “Executive” in particular, can be described as “an ever drunkard father who wants to kill his children for becoming drunkards like him. With reference to the Post Newspaper of 29th May, 2012, UNZASU through the Secretary General, [...]
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The PF government has single-sourced the Post newspaper to print the draft constitution which is currently being distributed in government departments and other public places. The Technical Committee Drafting the Constitution is funded by tax-payers and all its major projects are supposed to go through the Zambia Public Procurement Authority. But the multi-million contract to [...]
Continue reading …Presidents Michael Sata and Robert Mugabe are today expected to meet at the Victoria Falls Border. The two presidents will sign the Trilateral Hosting Agreement for the 2013 UNWTO General Assembly to be co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe. The signing will be witnessed by United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General, Taleb Rifai who arrived on the Zimbabwean side [...]
Continue reading …In the book: “Machona: Returned Labor Migrants and Rural Transformation in Chama District, North Eastern Zambia, 1890 -1964,” Yizenge Chondoka, who was a history lecturer at the University of Zambia for more than 25 years, conducted ground breaking research using 200 interviews about the lives of Machona among the Senga people in Chama district in North Eastern Zambia. In the ten chapter book, Chondoka describes why and how the Machona left their villages.
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In what has now become a fashion for a Zambian minister to visit and thank China every week, defence minister Geoffrey Mwamba is in Shanghai. Just last week it was information minister Fackson Shamenda who was touring and thanking China for ‘developing’ Zambia and pledging to support the so-called one China policy. Other ministers, government [...]
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