Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba says whether president Michael Sata appoints relatives to cabinet or not and Zambians complain, nothing will change. Mwamba was quoted by QFM radio Thursday afternoon saying that Sata is apppinting people who ‘fought’ with him to remove the MMD. He said the filling of family members into public offices is not [...]

President, Michael Sata, is expected in Kawambwa district to grace this year’s Mutomboko traditional ceremony of the Lunda-speaking people. Luapula Province Minister, Brig Gen Benson Kapaya, confirmed to ZANIS in Mansa that President Sata will be guest of honour at the Mutomboko annual traditional ceremony to be held at Mwansabombwe. Brig Gen Kapaya said it [...]

Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has revised his threats on the Zambian Watchdog. On Monday, Mwamba told the government funded and controlled Times of Zambia that he will send security forces against the Watchdog if they do not retract a story he claimed they published about president Sata being hospitalised in India. But after being challenged [...]

President Michael Sata’s mouth-piece George Chellah has finally confirmed that president Michael Sata secretly transferred Nkandu Luo  from the ministry of Local Government. In comfirming thre details by the Watchdog two days ago, Chellah added that Sata has also swapped two other minister. He said Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga has been made Minister of Energy, and Water Development, [...]

Local Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have being stopped from uplifting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) leaving out only those that are connected to senior officials in the Patriotic Front (PF) government. According to sources in the industry, the only OMCs that were allowed to uplift LPG from Indeni Refinery were those  connected to either Defence minister Geoffrey [...]