Former MMD Works and Supply minister Mike Mulongoti has apologised for supporting President Michael Sata during last year’s general elections. Speaking as a guest at the UPND Secretariat this morning where combined opposition party leaders and members of parliament held a joint press conference, Mulongoti said he campaigned for PF because he was fighting for [...]

By Laura Miti An open letter to President Michael Sata December 12 2012 Your Excellency Sir, From the day you were elected I have wanted to have a quiet conversation with you. I actually toyed with the idea of joining the long line of people that were said to be knocking on State House gates [...]

Livingstone, the town referred to as the Tourist Capital in Zambia has completely run our of both petrol and diesel. Motorists including tourists and tour operators are stranded as Vuma, the only station that had some petrol ran out of stock around 11 hours. All other service stations have had no fuel from Sunday. Being December, tourists [...]

A few days after a fast track acquittal of PF financier Henry Kapoko, president Michael Sata has rewarded Dr. Simon Miti by creating a completely new position of PS in government where he has appointed him PS in charge of parliamentary business. In Novermber last year, president Sata attempted to appoint Dr. Miti as ambassador [...]

International media has taken very seriously revelations that Lionel Messi’ scoring record was broken in 1972 by Zambia’s Godfrey ‘Ucar’ Chitalu. And the  Football Association of Zambia means business to give Chitalu the honor and respect he rightly deserves. The Chitalu story is leadheadline on Yahoo and Euro Sports. Follow the story and global debate here Check [...]

Political Crisis in Zambia Worsened by Arrests of Key Opposition Figures, says Robert Amsterdam LONDON, December 11, 2012 – The Zambian government of President Michael Sata has violated local and international law with the December 10th arrest of opposition leader Nevers Mumba, according to a legal defence alliance. Under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and [...]

Government says there is need for the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to inform Republican President Michael Sata of investigations against senior government officials to enable administrative action to be considered. In a press statement to ZANIS, Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni emphasized that in any civilized society, it is a standard practice for the president [...]

Opposition members of Parliament this afternoon stormed out of parliament in protest against the abuse of the Public Order Act that has so far seen the opposition in the country not being allowed to meet their members in the country. The MPs later attempted to storm State House where they wanted to meet President Michael [...]

Former UPND member Edward Mumbi who was picked-up by police yesterday afternoon has been charged under the Money Laundering Act and has been told to account for 8 motor vehicles and four properties he has in Lusaka. And the MMD leaders have appeared in a Kitwe Magistrate court where they denied the charge of unlawful [...]

Copperbelt residents have continued to queue for the scarce bags of mealie meal, the main staple food for the country. In Chililabombwe, residents queue up as early 04:00 hours at Antelope Milling company to buy the commodity whose shortage some traders are taking advantage of by selling as much as K80,000 per 25kg bag of [...]