Provincial Youth chairman Milner Mwanakampwe says elections will come and go, but Zambians will still have to live together.

Mr Mwanakampwe says the UPND has no room for violence because Party president Hakainde Hichilema has encouraged all party members to preach a message of goodwill and carry out peaceful campaigns.

Stanbic bank has ventured into predicting elections by announcing that President Rupiah Banda will win the September 20 general elections. Stanbic is a branch of the Standard bank group of South Africa. According to government controlled ZNBC, the research wing of Standard Bank says President Banda and the MMD will emerge winners of the 2011 [...]

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia is on the verge of plunging into a deep crisis following alleged poor management and leadership by National Director Sipo Kapumba which has resulted in poor performance and failure to honour agreements with donors. And tensions have emerged between Kapumba and MISA Zambia chairperson Daniel Sikazwe, who is [...]

Former Patriotic Front (PF) Kabwata Member of Parliament (MP) Given Lubinda says the issue of development is not just a constituency issue, but is a matter of national development and needs to be addressed urgently. Lubinda who has been MP for 10 years  was speaking on Radio Christian Voice’s Chat back Program. He said there [...]

Several MMD aspiring candidates in the Southern province have vowed to defeat  opposition United Party for National Development . Moomba Constituency MMD aspiring candidate Isabel Nanja says the MMD has an upper hand of winning in Moomba because of the confusions that have rocked the UPND. Nanja told the Watchdog that campaigns in her constituency [...]

Police Inspector General Francis Kaobnde has received a formal complaint against the attempted theft of a ballot paper by FODEP president Alex Ngoma. Gregory Chifire wrote his complaint to the police boss Tuesday morning. “The second complaint is against Dr. Alex Ng’oma, President of a Non Governmental Organization called Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP),’ said [...]

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has reiterated his party’s confidence of scooping the forthcoming elections despite filing ton field all candidates for the parliamentary seats. Hichilema said his party will emerge victorious even though it did not feature candidates in all constituencies saying this was due to technicalities in some [...]

The Zambia police says it has not received any formal request to investigate FODEP president Dr Alex Ngoma for being in possession of a ballot paper at the Universal Printing Company in Durban South Africa. Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde says the police are ready to investigate the matter if formally requested by the [...]

He said the ECZ knows very well that issues of crime prosecution are a preserve of the investigative wings such as the Zambia Police Service, the Drug Enforcement Commission and the Anti Corruption Commission, and that no institution or individual is allowed to obstruct the course of Justice. The ECZ is answerable to the general public, and as such should operate for and on behalf of the public and in the interest of the public.