Another state witness in the Dora Siliya court case has told the Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Joshua Banda that former Communication Minister Ms. Dora Siliya did not cancel the tender to Supply Airport Radars for the then Lusaka and Livingstone Airports. Mr. Isaac Mukupa who was head of procurement at the ministry told the court [...]
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Siliya did not cancel airport radar contract- witness
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Confirmed: Chipolopolo will meet Bafana Bafana in 2 weeks
Bafana Bafana will face Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) champions Zambia in this month’s Nelson Mandela Challenge, the SA Football Association (Safa) confirmed on Thursday. The match would be played at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on November 14 – less than two months before the 2013 Afcon tournament kicks off in South Africa. Bafana have [...]
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RB condemns African leaders who promote their tribes over other citizens
Rupiah Bwezani Banda, the Fourth President of the Republic of Zambia, has regretted the flawed conception under which some African leaders view democracy as a way to promote their tribes at the expense of others and use political power as a licence to sow divisions. The former Zambian head of State says the struggle for [...]
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LAZ taking PF regime to court over Public Order Act, acting president
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has resolved to take the Zambian government to court for continuing usage of a colonial law to deny citizens the right of assembly. LAZ also has decided to seek court guidance on who should act as president when the substantive office holder is not in the country. LAZ president [...]
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Education PS fired
Miriam Chinyama Chonya, one of the two permanent Secretaries at the ministry of Education has been quietly fired. It is not yet established why president Michael Sata has fired the permanent Secretary. Miriam Chinyama Chonya was sworn in as permanent Secretary on 20 December 2011. Before accepting a job from the PF, Chonya was the executive Director for the Zambia [...]
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Plastic surgery: Man sues wife for being ugly after bearing ugly baby
Jian Feng was confused after his wife gave birth to an ‘incredibly ugly’ baby He accused her of cheating and she admitted to spending £62,000 on plastic surgery He then claimed she got him to marry her under false pretences A man from northern China divorced and sued his wife earlier this year for being ugly. That’s [...]
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Siliya: Mulusa will win, Zambians fed up with PF deception
Opposition MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has expressed confidence that the party’s candidate in the November 8 Mufumbwe by elections Stafford Mulusa will emerge victorious. Siliya has told journalists that her party will return the seat because the general public across the country had realized the Patriotic Front earned a ticket to power through deception. She [...]
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MP tells off ZNBC for lying that parliament has approved 2013 budget
MMD parliamentarian Vincent Mwale was Thursday evening irked by the state owned but PF controlled ZNBC over an inaccurate report on the 2013 budget. He has since advised ZNBC to desist from misinforming Zambians in their attempt to impress their masters. Mwale was disturbed by ZNBC’s deliberate attempt to suggest parliament had unanimously passed the [...]
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HH tells Zambians never to be cheated by PF comedy again
Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has urged people in Mufumbwe to vote for MMD candidate Stafford Mulusa in the up-coming bye-election. The UPND leader who addressed rallies in Kikonge and Chizela yesterday told people there never to be cheated by PF’s promises because they never fulfil anything other their pockets. Mr. Hichilema reminded the people [...]
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Mumba Malila vows to defend colonial Public Order Act
Attorney General Mumba Malila said the State was ready to defend their case once the LAZ had taken the matter for legal redress saying the statute was appropriate in its current form. Mr Malila said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that the Act was suitable as it addressed the interests of all Zambians and [...]
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Now Kabimba threatens his juniors to clear him or face court action
Embattled Justice minister Winter Kabimba has now written to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), a government institution which falls under his ministry pressuring them to make public findings of preliminary investigations of corruption case against. In a clear case of interference, Mr. Kabimba is quoted by his sponsors at the Post newspaper as threatening his juniors [...]
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Sata tells off ZAF commander in public over ‘risky concern’
President Michael Sata has publicly told off Zambia Air Force commander Eric Chimese for raising “a security concern” over the encroachment of land at airstrips in the country. President Sata dismissed Lieutenant General Chimese’s concern as unserious and deserving no attention. President Sata told the ZAF top officer to concentrate on highlighting serious issues that [...]
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TIZ shocked by freeing of Kapoko
Transparency International Zambia executive director Goodwell Lungu is shocked by the acquittal of former Ministry of Health Human resources officer Henry Kapoko and others of corruption charges. The Kapoko corruption case was a big scandal that implicated former permanent secretary Dr Simon Miti who was recently designated a government position by President Sata until a [...]
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Now PF regime starts border dispute with Angola
The Zambian Government says it will soon engage Angola regarding a brewing border discomfort. Deputy minister of Lands Elijah Muchima says Angola has been making claims that River Kuando and some property including a school in the region belong to it. Elijah Muchima was elected as MMD member of parliament for Ikeleng’i in North-western province but was [...]
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Kabimba takes ‘war’ into GBM’s constituency
Justice minister Wynter Kabimba is secretly organising an indaba in Kasama, Northen province for all PF leaders in the province except Kasama MP Geoffrey Mwamba and Lukansya MP Alfridah Kansembe. Sources at the PF secretariat have revealed that Kabimba is using PF officials in Kasama to organise the meeting. Kabimba will then be ‘invited’ to [...]
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I withheld information on Siliya to the Task force- witness
A state witness in the case in which former Transport Minister Dora Siliya is charged with abuse of office by cancelling a tender has admitted to withholding of information to investigators that led to the arrest of Ms. Siliya. Mr. Isaac Mukupa in the continued trial told Chief Resident Magistrate Joshua Banda that he did [...]
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Why Monze ZCTU committee was disolved
Dear Editor, I write to respond to the action taken by ZCTU National Secretariat where they have decided to dissolve the district Committee on grounds that they have been non-functional. The secretariat just did this in order to get rid of the Chairman, Mr. Foster Matakala and the Secretary, Mr. Rays Mwansa because they have [...]
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Another PF ploy to rig Mufumbwe election uncovered
The MMD and UPND campaign team in Mufumbwe have unearthed a ploy in which the Patriotic Front want to use Polling Officers to rig the forth coming Bye elections. According to information obtained by the Zambian Watchdog, the PF want to rig the elections by printing blank declaration forms that Polling agents will be using. [...]
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Masumba danced again today, reveals Miles Sampa on Facebook
The following post and comments were posted on Finance Deputy Minister Miles Sampa’s facebook: Miles Sampa: Mufumbwe Day 2: I did see MMD regalia today (Blue)-I gather they were at a ward campaign in Chavuma yesterday. A complex constituency and indeed too early to call. We will push to the very end. At our rally today; [...]
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‘Sacked ZNF warrant officer to be appointed ambassador’
Kindly publish this article so that whoever can help stop President SATA’s madness can intercede. A Warrant Officer sacked by Zambia National Service for falsifying personnel records, Wo Mwila, currently at State House as one of the many Bemba protocol officers, is being appointed OUR Ambassador to Ethiopia according to impeccable sources close to Wo [...]
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