United Liberal Party (ULP)  Sakwiba Sikota has condemned the move by president Michael Sata to increase his salary by 100 per cent. And Sikota has advised civil servants to reopen negotiations with government and this time demand 100 per cent since that is what every body is getting. Sikota said the move by president Michael [...]

The MMD in North-western province has described expelled Mufumbwe MP as a dishonourable liar who is eating his own vomit. And the MMD in the province want Masumba out and is itching for a bye-election to defend the seat with a better, decent, humble and level headed candidate. Northwestern acting provincial chairman David Kapwepwe sent the Watchdog the [...]

Embattled MMD Mufumbwe Member of Parliament, Steven Masumba has challenged his expulsion from the party in the high court. Mr. Masumba who is serving in the PF government as Local Government and housing deputy minister charges that the decision to expel him was done out of malice and without due regard to the rules of [...]

Kafue District Commissioner Grace Ngulube has given Swiss Guards Security Company a five days ultimatum to pay its workers all the salary arrears it owes them. Mrs Ngulube said if the security company does not pay the workers within the given period further action will be taken against it. She said it was sad that the company [...]

Introduction The Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) appreciate governments concerns and efforts in ensuring that workers are treated fairly and remunerated accordingly in line with the cost of living. A lot of countries have minimum wages and ZACCI is not opposed to having a minimum wage for various categories of employment [...]

THE Technical Committee on Drafting of the Zambian Constitution has extended the period for the informal public consultation process to accommodate the translated versions from August 1 to September 19, this year. Constitution Conventions Coordinator, Reuben Lifuka said in a statement in Lusaka yesterday that the extension was only for members of the public that [...]

MMD president, Nevers Mumba, says he will next will announce his ‘shadow cabinet’ that will offer the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Government the necessary guidance governance of the nation.And Dr Mumba says the MMD will be holding a retreat that is aimed at re-organising and plan the party ahead of the 2016 presidential elections.Dr Mumba [...]

As the 50 days consultative period on the fist draft Constitution comes to an end tomorrow, the Non Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says the process has been disappointing. NGOCC chairperson Beatrice Grillo has told Qfm news in an exclusive interview that the process still has not yielded desired results such as reaching out to [...]

Opposition MMD leader Nevers Mumba has poured cold water on speculations hatched by the PF aligned Post Newspapers over a fake tribalism article allegedly sidelining him from the leadership of the UPND-MMD alliance. The Post recently carried an article quoting anonymous sources alleging that former Republican president Rupiah Banda had preferred UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema to Mumba [...]

PRESS STATEMENT ZESCO would like to inform its esteemed customers that Generator number one at Kafue Gorge Power Station has been shutdown to facilitate repair of punctured guide bearing oil coolers. This Generator will be shutdown for 48 Hours beginning Monday 30July 2012 at 10.00 Hours. The works are currently being expedited. This outage implies [...]