Six months ago we wrote at length about how the various inconsistencies of the PF Government were bad for growth and investment. Since then the negative impacts of this haphazard and reactive approach have increased, fuelling inflation, driving down the value of the Kwacha and leading to job losses, but yet the inconsistencies continue and […]
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HH writes on Economic inconsistencies
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Intercity thug arrested for refusing to attack HH
A PF cadre based at intercity has been arrested for disobeying orders to attack UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. President Edgar Lungu’ Special Assistant for Corruption Kaizer Zulu hired the cadres led by one named Ino (in the photos below). But the cadres have refused to take up the assignment. On learning that Ino had refused […]
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Police boss Libongani fired for disarming PF thugs sent to cause terror on CB
Inspector general of police Stella Libongani was discarded for ordering the arrest of a gang of PF thugs from Lusaka that has been given guns by President Edgar Lungu’s Special Assistant for Corruption Kaizer Zulu. The armed gang led by Maxwell Chungu, (a failed Big Brother participant) is currently on the Copperbelt with 14 military […]
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Photo of the day: envoy fired without being told
This is Bob Samakai. Until yesterday, he was Zambia’s High Commissioner to Canada. Samakayi was Chief of State Protocol at State House under Rupiah Banda. When the PF of Michael Sata (not current regime) won, Samakayi knew exactly which side his crumbs of bread had butter. So he betrayed his former master Rupiah Banda when […]
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Zambians Duped by the PF Government in the Constitution-Making Process
The Grand Coalition (GC) has noted with sadness the manoeuvres by the PF Government to adulterate the contents of the Constitution Bill by removing certain clauses which include but are not limited to the following: That the Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) electoral system which is a combination of the First Past the Post (FPTP) […]
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Minister orders police to arrest his journalist girlfriend
FINANCE deputy minister Christopher Mvunga on Saturday ordered police to arrest Radio Phoenix reporter Priscilla Chipulu after she went to visit him at his Mulungushi Village Complex residence. And sources close to the minister have disclosed that Mvunga has had an affair with Chipulu but was trying to find means of dumping her before his […]
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Finally, Mulungushi University sends away vulnerable students
Management at Mulungushi University have remained heartlessly adamant and resolved to bar from sitting for final and semester exams all students who have not paid the tuition fees in full, some of the students’ sponsors are victims of the recent job losses on the Copperbelt. Last month the university circulated a memo to all students […]
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PF govt continues making rigging arrangements
The Ministry of Home Affairs under Davies Mwila has acquired 60,000 blank NRCs and 60,000 blank voters cards which they have since dispatched to selected remotest parts of Luapula Province targeting areas such as Chiengi area. Edgar Lungu and Davies Mwila have further released another 50,000 blank NRCs and 50,000 blank voters cards targeting remotest […]
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Kwacha depreciates to K11, banks stop lending
The Kwacha has slipped back to more than K11, 000 against a single USD. Meanwhile, commercial banks have stopped giving loans because of low cash levels and high interest rates prevailing on the market. In Zanaco, the Kwacha this morning was trading between K10, 800 and K11, 010 (KK11.00 PF money) per USD Dollar while […]
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PF government admits there is under age voter registration
Minister of home affairs Davis Mwila has finally admitted that his office has received information of a collision of some parents and some politicians where under aged children are being registered as voters in exchange for money. In a media statement, Mwila says his office has since constituted a team of investigators to ‘unearth’ the […]
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High court orders ZRA to return property it illegally grabbed from Post
The High Court has ordered ZRA to return all records and property it collected from The Post in yesterday’s day-long raid. This is contained in an order issued by Judge Sikazwe in Lusaka after hearing from Post’s lawyers (Nchinto & Nchito and Fynold Mufwaafwi). The order also stops ZRA levying any distress before the court […]
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PF and MMD have betrayed Zambia on constitution – FDD
What has happened in Parliament were the people’s submissions have been removed is a sham and a betrayal of the people’s trust. Instead of passing the Draft Constitution Bill as recommended by the people, the PF working in collaboration with the MMD have opted to rape and mutilate the Draft Constitution Bill to suit their […]
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Humbled: ZRA officials return Post property
Following the court order issued by the High Court today, ZRA officials were this evening at The Post newspaper offices at 36 Bwinjimfumu Rd returning all the box files, records, hard-drives, laptops etc they got yesterday. A humble Henry Phiri who was huffing and puffing all day yesterday today was busy begging photo-journalists not to […]
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UPND’s Simusamba dies
UPND deputy secretary general Kunjunga Simusamba has died. Simusamba died this Friday at the University Teaching Hospital. He has been in hospital for a cardiac conditions. On Thursday, Zambia Police almost blocked UPND president Hakainde Hichilema from visiting Simusamba at the hospital.
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Simbyakula says no provincial assemblies because they could be meeting under trees as Kambwili is chased out of Parley
Minister of Justice Dr Ngosa Simbyakula has claimed that the PF government could not support the clause on devolution of power through creation of provincial assemblies because it did not want parliamentarians to be meeting under trees. And Information and Broadcasting Minister Chishimba Kambwili was last evening ordered out of the Chamber for 10 minutes […]
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Katuka shuts up chatterbox Sunday Chanda
We were not surprised to see chatterbox Sunday Chanda being quoted by the Daily Nation saying, “HH is against 50% plus 1.” First and foremost a good paper would have called HH to verify this outrageous claim from Sunday Chanda. Secondly the media that published the story should have asked Sunday where HH issued such […]
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PF cadres beat up Chipata based journalists, UPND official
Doctors at Chipata General Hospital have referred Post reporter Peter Sukwa to the University Teaching Hospital for specialist treatment after he and Chipata’s Feel Free Radio journalist Kelvin Phiri were brutally beaten by PF cadres on Thursday. And the PF cadres also assaulted Eastern Province UPND information and publicity secretary Victor Mbuzi before smashing the […]
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What if vice-president dies first?
Under the running mate clause, if the president dies or somehow becomes incapacitated, the vice-president automatically takes over till next elections. What happens if it is the vice president who kicks the bucket? For example, if the vice-president dies in a road accident organised by the OP on behalf of the president?
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Mutati u-turns, says there is no vacancy in MMD presidency
THERE is no rift between me and MMD president Nevers Mumba, says MMD Lunte Member of Parliament, Felix Mutati. He said the MMD needed to remain united, adding that at the moment there was no vacancy in the office of the MMD party presidency. “At the moment there is no vacancy for president in the […]
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Lung’s drinking mate in court for selling filthy food at his Chrismar Hotel
The Lusaka City Council has dragged Chrismar Hotel to court for operating under insanitary conditions after they were allegedly found selling food unfit for human consumption. In fact, the City Council is just scared but this is a criminal offence and its owner Valden Harry Findlay (click here to read more about this crook) is supposed […]
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