A fight is brewing at the government controlled newspaper Daily Mail following the ‘importation’ of one Davis Mataka from Times of Zambia to work as deputy Managing Editor. Davis Mataka has upto now been working as ‘Politica News Editor’ at the Times of Zambia, another government newspaper. Earlier this year, the government through the Daily [...]

President Rupiah Banda has ordered the MMD to adopt Zambia’s ambassador to Libya Mulondwe Muzungu for the Mufumbwe parliamentary bye-election. State House sources have confirmed to the Watchdog that president Banda has even summoned his former co-UNIP member Muzungu back to Lusaka. “As Iam speaking to you now, Mr. Muzungu is airborne aboard Kenyan airways [...]

Former Finance Bank owner Rahjani Matani is expected to return to Zambia anytime this week, the Watchdog has learnt. Mahtani left the country a few weeks ago, a day before police were to summon him for interogations into alleged money laundering activities. His lawyer is already facing charges of laundering money and externalising it to [...]

British Petroleum (BP) has announced that it will sell its businesses in Zambia. Sam Mupanemunda of the BP press Office has told the Watchdog that this follows a strategic review by BP into its refining and marketing businesses in southern Africa which showed the company should focus on those countries which offered the greatest synergies [...]

Prominent Zambian lawyer Elias Chipimo Junior will tomorrow Tuesday launch a political party. Chipimo has comfirmed to the Watchdog in a phone interview that the party will be launched at Mulungushi International conference centre in Lusaka. He could not immediately divulge the details but explained that a website containing the details of his party will be [...]

Those who do violence against women, must be brought to justice We, the undersigned feminists and concerned South Africans, members of the ARE WOMEN HUMAN STUDY GROUP, wish to express our outrage at the recent public threats by MMD (Movement for Multi-Party Democracy) Youth Chairman Chris Chalwe to gang rape FDD [Forum for Democracy and [...]

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested  Zaida Essa, the lawyer for Finance bank owner Rajan Mahtani. The Watchdog has been reliably infomed that Miss Zaida Essa was arrested yesterday (Monday) evenning. She was, according to sources, detained at Woodlands police station and it would seem spent the night there. It was not yet clear [...]

Drug Enforcement Commission officers last Friday interrogated Zaida Essa, the lawyer for Finance bank owner Rajan Mahtani. Sources told the Watchdog that this was about allegations that she fraudulently altered shares in Zambezi Portland cement and Radison hotel. The fraudulent changes in shares is said to be in favour of Rajan Mahtani. The complaint to [...]

By Ernest Mwape Police in Mpika are holding two brothers in connection with the killing of their father over his wealth. Police source confirmed the detention of Mali Mweemba 26 and his younger brother Choongo Mweemba 23 over allegations of  murdering their father Raphael Mweemba, a farmer of Chipunduu area in Mpika. Police source said [...]