Insults: who is insulting who?
Post newspaper editorial By Editor Sun 24 Jan. 2010, 04:00 CAT [3488 Reads, 2 Comment(s)] Text size Print PROFESSOR Nkandu Luo is right when she says that “talking about the suffering of the people does not constitute an insult”. Today it seems in Zambia one cannot criticise or question the decisions and actions [...]
CRITICISM of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, have rained down from the moment that the draft version was known until the definitive document was signed. Barack Obama did not even attend the event; neither did Angel Merkel and other European leaders in general. While the Rio+20 Earth Summit might not [...]
Continue reading …Ian Chamunora Nyarungwe Haruperi, the man who grabbed through court, Kalusha Bwalya’ s mansion in Woodlands seems to be a member of a regional network of crooks specializing in fraudulent seizing of immovable property by operating an opaque loan scheme. Read the story below published in January 2011, by Zimbabwe’s Independence newspaper linking Haruperi to [...]
Continue reading …I think the PF through its chief propagandist Fred Mumembe are sensantionalizing events in Livingstone to make it look as if UPND is fanning trouble there. I urge people not to believe what is reported in the PF’s post concerning the violence in Livingstone. Firstly those mourners who were “beaten” have no evidence whatsoever to [...]
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Dear Editor, It is with great sadness that I write to express my disappointment over the delaying to release the ZANACO Commission Inquiry to the public despite hearing the Minister of Justice saying the report was ready just awaiting State House permission to receive it. My purpose of writing was to alert the government and [...]
Continue reading …Dear Editor, I would like to bring to your attention of the corruption and mischeif going on at Sun International Zambia (Zambezi sun and Royal Livingstone Hotels). Firstly, employee are subjected to work with very minimal wages and poor conditions of service. For example, waiters have a take home salary in the range of k430 [...]
Continue reading …Embattled Sudan regime resorts to blocking news website, detaining journalists
June 28, 2012 5 CommentsSince 25 June, the Sudanese government has blocked access to the website of the online newspaper Hurriyat (www.hurriyatsudan.com) Since the outbreak of demonstrations in Sudan on 17 June, Sudanese security forces have deliberately targeted journalists, bloggers and activists. On 26 June, the Sudanese government deported Salma al-Wardany, an Egyptian reporter working for Bloomberg, and rearrested [...]
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Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President Kalusha Bwalya has lost his Woodlands mansion over US$26, 250 he borrowed but failed to repay. High Court Judge Nigel Mutuna has dismissed with costs Kalusha Bwalya’ bid to get back his house from Ian Chamunora Nyarungwe Haruperi. The facts presented to court were that sometime in 2008, Kalusha [...]
Continue reading …Former UPND Chairman for Livestock and Fisheries Captain Lawrence Nyambe has charged that United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema should be the last person to talk about the Barotse Agreement because he does not appreciate or understand the agreement. Captain Nyambe who is now a PF member said it was hypocritical for [...]
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Zambia’s inflation quickened to 6.7 percent year-on-year in June from 6.6 percent in May, the Central Statistics Office said on Thursday. “The increase is attributed to increases in some food prices,” CSO director John Kalumbi told reporters. “Zambia recorded a trade surplus valued at 278.3 billion kwacha ($53.73 million) in May 2012 compared to 129.6 [...]
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