National Movement for Progress (NMP) president Ng’andu Magande says Zambia is slowly slipping into a dictatorship under the Patriotic Front. Featuring on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview programme, Magande said he was disappointed that young people had shown lack of principle by easily defecting to the ruling party causing unnecessary by-elections. “We are getting back to the [...]

President Michael Sata was on heavy medication yesterday when he delivered disjointed rumblings at the occasion to mark Labour Day. See the verbatim here. Government sources have revealed that Sata goes through long hours of heavy medical preparations before he is presented to the public for any event. But sometimes, like, yesterday, the side effects [...]

By David Ryder  What do you make of Zambia’s Vice President Dr Guy Scott’s comments on proposed tax changes for companies? In an interview given in Johannesburg on 27th April he said that proposed tax laws in the pipeline were meant to ensure transparency of private business. However, he did not believe draft documents of the laws [...]

This, the statement reads, is in addition to demanding K2.6 billion annual bonus and six free tickets per annum for his wife and children to the United Kingdom.

NAIROBI; KENYA: Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka held a three-hour long face-to-face meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House. The meeting has been billed as the most significant political development since the inauguration of the fourth President. On Saturday’s meeting is likely to send a strong signal that will ease [...]

The trucks at the centre of former president Rupiah Banda’s recent arrest were received, registered and kept by a local crook Kelvin Sampa, the watchdog has gathered. Sampa has been working with one of former President Rupiah Banda’s nieces whose name has been withheld for now. Sampa and the said niece of Mr Banda are [...]

A Kabwe based Lebanese businessman Nabil Illari has assaulted his worker Kelly Mwansa and injured him on the forehead for asking for his pay. Police have since apprehended Illari and is likely to be charged with unlawful wounding. And quick action by police saved the restaurant from being looted by irate residents who almost broke [...]

Zambian soccer star Lottie Phiri has exposed his ex-girlfriend Mary Magambo literary  describing the ZNBC newscaster as “a gold-digger”. Lottie, who is on the register of Zesco United, exploded with the revelation on his facebook page on Saturday night. The gifted left footed winger started dating Magambo when he left Red Arrows to start a [...]