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‘Investrust bank faulty ATM frustrating’

Dear Editor. I wish to register my displeasure through your online newspaper hoping that something can be changed. Despite this bank’s motto of ‘bank with your own’, I feel disappointed. ATMs for Investrust bank are always out of service over weekends. For the past two weeks I have been failing to make any transaction on [...]

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) says the re-branding of the opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) will not make Zambians forget their misdeeds in their 20-year rule which the Party Secretary General has described  as sugar-coated repentant  meant to dupe the people of Zambia. PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba noted that the sugar-coated claim by [...]

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Government has refuted assertions that President Michael Sata´s bizarre jokes about  tension between Malawi and Tanzania further spoiled relations of the two countries and of Zambia with them. According to PF government propaganda news agency ZANIS, on Friday , Sata joked when he delivered his maiden speech at the ongoing SADC heads of state and [...]

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The body of the Chinese national who died during miners’ protest at Sinazongwe’s Collum coal mine  a few weeks ago has been transported to Choma. The body was escorted to Choma by Sinazongwe District Commissioner Dodo Sindaza and Chief Sinazongwe with members of the Chinese community. The body was received at Choma general hospital by District Commissioner Golden Nyambe. [...]

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The PF government contolled Times of Zambia reports that the MMD  has resolved to discard the name Movement for Multi-party Democracy and replaced this with Mother of Multi-party Democracy. The Times of Zambia sources said senior party members felt the 20-year-old political party was no longer a movement but one which ruled the country and [...]

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  Southern African leaders meeting in Mozambique were Friday left scratching their heads after Zambia’s president Michael interjected the chairperson’ speech to joke about a serious border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania. SADC leaders and delegates were further confused when Sata refereed to the King of Swaziland as the King of Southern Africa. Leaders of [...]

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 By Bruce Danckwerts I promised to write about Population Growth, but in fact I must make two important apologies. The first is that my articles appeared in the wrong order. I had written two more on the subject of the Minimum Wage and they should have appeared before the one on the Dual Currency Economy. [...]

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Larfage Cement Company has signed an agreement with Central Eastern African Railway System (CEARS) in the exportation of Clinker from Zambia to Malawi. Clinker is a raw material used in the production of cement. CEARS Company Engineer Paul Madula confirmed the development to Zambian journalists who undertook a tour of the Chipata/Mchinji railway line in commemorating South Africa Development [...]

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Dear Editor We would like to address the false statemet above by responding as follows. We the Management TEAM at Protea Hotels Zambia kindly invite Zambian Watchdog to contact us for comments relating to the unfortunate death of a British Citizen today at Protea Hotel Cairo Road. Protea Hotels Zambia is by no means trying [...]

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CHITALAKASANKA Trust Limited has expressed concern at the issuance of Statutory Instruments (SIs) to stop quoting prices of goods and services in the United States dollar and the increase in the minimum wage. Company general manager Ernst Jacobs says the move is adversely affecting operations.Mr Jacobs says the firm is currently working on measures to [...]

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