Attorney General Mumba Malila has finally filed the appeal against a High Court decision to stay proceedings of the tribunal instituted to investigate three suspended judges for professional misconduct. Malila conspicuously filed the appeal to the Supreme Court on the same day President Michael Sata appointed his relative justice Lombe Chibesakunda as Chief Justice and [...]

The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has attributed the increased load shedding currently being experienced in the country to a power generation deficit of 250 Mega Watts. Company Acting Managing Director, Victor Mundende, says the deficit has been caused by increased mining, industrial and agricultural investments. Mr. Mundende says despite this increase, there has been [...]

In his on-going tribal appointments, president Michael Sata has side-lined substantive Deputy-chief Justice Irene Mambilima to appoint his relatives Lombe Chibesakunda and  Florence Mumba. Following the death of deputy chief justice David Lewanika, on Wednesday March 19, 2008 parliament ratified the appointment of Justice Irene Mambilima as deputy Chief Justice. She was ratified the same [...]

Former agriculture minister Mundia Sikatana has died, according to information posted online by people close to him. Sikatana was a former politician and diplomat. In the 1980, he and others were detained by Kenneth Kaunda’s brutal UNIP after they attempted to end the one-party brutality by overthrowing government. In 2002, Siktana was appointed as the agriculture [...]

PF Shiwang’andu Member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo says Hakainde Hichilema should be ashamed be ashamed of himself for failing  to lead  UPND successfully. Kampyongo notes that Hichilema has proved to be a true Hyena with no plan for his party as evidenced by the number of failed political pacts that he has tried to get into. [...]