REMARKS BY DR. NEVERS MUMBA, PRESIDENT OF THE MMD, LUSAKA, SEPTEMBER 10TH 2012  YESTERDAY, SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2012, ZAMBIA SUFFERED YET ANOTHER SEVERE BLOW AND ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY.  THE PRESIDENT, MR. MICHAEL SATA THROUGH THE POLICE STOPPED THE UPND FROM HOLDING A PUBLIC RALLY.  THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS SENT WAVES OF CONCERN AND DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT [...]

 By Wright K Musoma President Sata is just scaring all the diplomats accredited to Zambia by threatening to expel them out of the country if they interfered in the internal affairs of our country. Admittedly, yes according to diplomatic at equate, diplomats are not supposed to interfere in the internal matters of the nation, but [...]

Editor, I am alarmed shocked and shaken, at the rate at which good governance and the rule of law is being butchered in Zambia and at the rate this Country is being driven to the dark ages of dictatorship and lawlessness. The grave arrogance with which the Police Force in collusion with the PF, has [...]

Dear Zambian-Barotse people Since there is no longer an independent newspaper in Zambia, I have to address this open letter to the Zambian Watchdog for it to stand any chance of seeing the light of day. I have a brilliant idea.  Seeing that Barotseland is now on its way to, once again, becoming a sovereign [...]

By Henry Mando The Investor Community have been shaken by the manner the PF government has been going about reposessing companies under the pretext of fighting corruption. Whilst the fight against corruption is welcome, the manner it is being handled raised a number of question.  Firstly, it seems most business transactions concluded by previous governments [...]

Making laws without a spiritual basis for the moral code is promoting lawlessness itself. A Godless society is no option as lawlessness always has a spiritual root. “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). Any law is driven [...]

By George Lubasi When people from other walks of life join government, we normally have hope that they will continue carrying the interests of the constituency they have belonged to for many years. We normally think lawyers that join government will stand up for the rule of law; that journalists will influence the government to [...]

Under no circumstances should the rights of the media be curtailed because they offer harsh or even derisive criticism of political leaders. It is positive for the media to present a robust diversity of views and opinions, even those which might be controversial or very harsh.

 By  Ackim Mumba Dear editor, I am a retired miner on the Copperbelt and I wish to comment on president Sata’s disclosure and criticism of Hakainde Hichilema’s wealth. I was taken a back when I read the story because I could not understand what the president was trying to achieve. The president said HH’s wealth [...]

By Wright Musoma How can the president of a country have problems with the wealthy indigenous Zambians who are working hard? This is not the first time president Michael Sata has complained about rich Zambians. He has had problems of ZRP founding president BY and Kavindele among others and as far as Sata is concerned,he [...]