Political thuggery and hooliganism born and bred by the now PF and Republican President Michael Chilufya Sata when he was Secretary General (Chief executive)of the MMD is at play in all political parties in Zambia today. To disassociate political thuggery & hooliganism rocking political parties from Michael Sata is denying the fact that this ugly [...]

By a correspondent Deep and excruciating poverty, unemployment, mealie meal and fuel shortages, unconstitutional actions such as the construction of a K1.4 billion retirement house for President Michael Sata long before his retirement and the allocation of k1.5 billion to a non-existent office of the first lady are what have characterized the Patriotic Front government [...]

By Eros Ilunga I would like to comment on the goings-on in Zambia’s biggest opposition political party and oldest political party in the Third Republic, the Movement of Multiparty Democracy (MMD). There are a number of factors that can lead one to conclude that the happenings in the MMD have outside influence. Before I discuss [...]

By Lee Elias Tembo (Czech Republic)   In the recent past, Zambia´s political landscape has witnessed the massive birth and perpetuation of petrifying undemocratic tenets such as nepotism, greedy, misplaced priorities, political witch-hunt, alleged corruption within the ruling party elite and most principally, lies on the part of those given the constitutional mandate to run the affairs [...]

I am now a former MMD supporter looking to share my sadness/disappointment via your publication. Hopefully you will simply call me Anonymous. Events of the last week involving the MMD that have climaxed today are very saddening to say the least. I have always been a staunch MMD supporter and may I say that this [...]

By Given Mutinta Our human nature, the basis of character does not allow us to be intensely selfless and selfish at the same time. The two behaviours are like light and darkness that cannot co-exist. There is either one or the other, but not both. In the run-up to last year’s presidential elections President Michael [...]

30th November, 2012 BNYL – Press Release The Royal Kingdom of Barotseland has every Right to recruit her military personnel in order to defend her Sovereignty in conformity with the international Law We the Barotseland National Youth League wish to inform Mr. Sata, president of Zambia and his government, that The Royal Kingdom of Barotseland [...]

By Kingsley Kaswende If the figures are anything to go by, the construction industry in Zambia has grown by an average of 18% in the last eight years, translating in over US$3 billion. However, the unprecedented growth in the sector has caused little or no ripples in the national economy, and has not created jobs [...]

The Zambian government is panicking over the mealie meal crisis and has forced the Food Reserve Agency to sell maize at K60, 000 instead of K65, 000 or more per 50 kg bag in a bid to try and control sky-rocketting prices. The cost of a bag of 25 kg mealie meal jumped K45, 000 [...]

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) is seeking to expel its members of parliament who are aligning themselves with the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party. According to UPND secretary general Winstone Chibwe, the party is carrying out investigations through a disciplinary hearing and will expel any members found to be courting the PF. [...]