The Livingstone high court has dismissed the petition of Sesheke central and upheld the election of Victor Siyanga Siayauya of the UPND as the duly elected Member of Parliament for Sesheke constituency. This is in a matter in which Mr. Evans Chipman of the PF petitioned the election of Sianga Siyauya of United Party for [...]

THE Zambia Daily Mail website has gone interactive and management has encouraged its readers not to only comment on the stories of the day but seize the opportunity to advertise on the new look page. Management also promised that this is not the end to the reworking of the website as more features will be added. Following [...]

A 19-year old Zambian boy of Indian origin is currently detained in Britain after police found UK£21.5 million at his house in London. The police are detaining Fazil Ismail Chadad, a Zambian citizen to help them explain where he found the colossal sums of money which he was keeping in suitcases. Fazil’s father Ismail Chadad [...]

President Michael sata is expected to return to Zambia on Friday, the Watchdog has been alerted. According to information received, Sata has decided to suspend whatever he is doing in India to come and deal with the Barotseland uprising. The Watchdog understands that president Sata will return to India again in the near future to [...]

There can be no doubt that the government owned and heavily controlled Times of Zambia was talking about the Zambian Watchdog in the editorial reproduced below: Purveyors of falsehoods must be caged  ONE academician, researcher and author once said: “There is a lot of trash that passes for journalism nowadays.” He was alluding to what is commonly referred to, [...]

Ceremonial Vice-president Guy Scott today caused laughter in parliament when he referred his boss an ‘old dog that cannot learn new tricks’. When asked this afternoon if it would not be helpful to advise President Sata to stop making off-the-cuff statements to avoid unnecessary embarrassing statements like the one made in Botswana, the Vice President [...]

The Sothern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Dispute (SACCORD) has asked government to provide a clear roadmap on how to handle the issues raised by the Barotse National Council. SACCORD Executive Director Oscar Tembo noted that the issues raised are real adding that it is important for government and all stakeholders to see them [...]

Press Statement 28th March, 2012 UPND ON THE BAROTSELAND ISSUE Following media reports that the Barotse National Council has resolved that Barotseland should exist as a separate entity, and breakaway from Zambia.  We wish to make the following observations:- (1)    That the PF government should take full responsibility of       this action by the Barotse [...]

GOVERNMENT has said Zambia is a unitary State and will not allow the existence of another country within the State. Defence Minister, Geoffrey Mwamba, said this in reaction to the resolution made by the Barotse National Council (BNC) yesterday to declare Barotseland an independent State. Mr Mwamba said declaring a State within Zambia was an [...]

A 20 – year – old former student of National Institute for Public Administration (NIPA)  Teddy Malekani has pleaded guilty before Magistrate Bornface Mwinga for producing obscene cinematographic material. This is in a case where Teddy Malekani a former student at National Institute for Public Administration (NIPA)  is charged for producing obscene cinematographic material that is said [...]