Over 300 workers at Cargill Cotton Company in Chipata this morning downed tools in protest against a 25 per cent salary increment offered by management. A check by Breeze News this morning at the ginnery found that the workers refused to take up their shifts resulting in operations grinding to a halt. The angry workers [...]
By Staff Reporter The Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs A.J. Nicholson says his office will be seeking clarification from the Government of Zimbabwe over ‘rude’ comments made by President Robert Mugabe attacking Jamaican men as “drunkards and perennially hooked on marijuana”. While giving a “distinguished lecture” at the Research and Intellectual Expo 2012, Mugabe who [...]
Continue reading …The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has added its voice to those who have condemned the Zambia Police Service for stopping the United Party for National Development (UPND) from going ahead with a rally in Kanyama on Sunday despite having obtained a court order. ZCTU president Leonard Hikaumba has told a media briefing in [...]
Continue reading …The ruling Patriotic Front has launched another website where it says it will be sharing milestones they have achieved since being elected. The new website is at www.pf.org.zm The welcome message from party president Michael Sata contains nothing serious apart from the same empty song we have been hearing. He talks about fighting corruption and [...]
Continue reading …THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set Thursday November 8, 2012 as the date for the Mufumbwe Parliamentary by-election. Eight Local Government by-elections will also be held on the same day around the country. This follows the expulsion of MMD Member of Parliament, Steven Masumba, who was punished by his party for accepting a [...]
Continue reading …Students at the University of Zambia are currently rioting over the move by the PF regime to temper with the brodacast radius of their radio station. The PF regime led by Information Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga last week reduced the radius on which the radio broadcasts virtually restricting it to dormitories. Following orders from the government, the Zambia Information, [...]
Continue reading …By George Chellah Published by the Post newspaper on Mon 04 Jan. 2010, 04:01 CAT PATRIOTIC Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba has described Dr Kenneth Kaunda as a hypocrite and divisive failure who is acting for self-preservation. Commenting on Dr Kaunda’s attack on former defence minister George Mpombo that he has been barking [...]
Continue reading …Barotseland traditional leader – the Litunga – has declared his people will be ready to go to battle with Zambian authorities if they dare sending soldiers and policemen to the region. And three more people have been arrested in Western Province bringing the number to 15 of people allegedly to be ringleaders of the group [...]
Continue reading …By Alfred Nkhoma I write this article in the middle of the night and I have literally jumped out of bed to write it. I have a sudden burst of anger and shame that’s slowly overwhelming me. The question I ask myself is – is this what its come to now. A few people are so selfish [...]
Continue reading …By Roy Clarke ‘Grandpa,’ said Nawiti, ‘tell me a story, and then I’ll go to bed.’ ‘Once upon a time,’ I began, ‘a long time ago in the Kingdom of Mfuwe, there ruled a Lion King called Paranoia.’ ‘Why was he called Paranoia?’ asked Nawiti ‘You have to listen to the story, [...]
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