The guy with a scorched face and seated like Jumbo is not an illegal immigrant; it is Zambia’s acting president Edgar Lungu talking to some immigration offices at a border in western province recently. He is the Home Affairs minister. The potholes on the face are side effects of illicit beer. Our elder brother Edgar [...]
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Photo of the day: Edgar Lungu and kachasu
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Taima rejected by PF, tries to rescind his resignation as MP
Former Solwezi East MP Richard Taima has been attempting to rescind his resignation as MP after he was blatantly told by the PF that he would not be adopted. According to highly placed PF sources, Richard Taima has been told that he will not contest the Solwezi East parliamentary by-election under PF as he is [...]
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Allowances: Constitution drafters request for more time
The Technical Committee Drafting the Country’s Constitution says experts drafting the final document will need a minimum of not less than two months to complete the drafting exercise. This means additional month to the earlier June 30th deadline that the Technical committee had indicated as the deadline for submission of the final document to government. [...]
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Released convicts stage robbery, shot dead
Police have gunned down five people, including two former-convicts, who jumped off a vehicle and attempted to escape at Chisamba while they were being transported to Lusaka to face the law. The two slain individuals are part of the convicts that dictator Michael Sata has been releasing in order to win sympathy from fellow criminals. [...]
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Cartel member Nchito confirms holding on RB’s passport, says wants to study request
By STAFF REPORTER DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito will study the merits and demerits of a request by former President Rupiah Banda to travel for a meeting in Johannesburg before making a decision to allow him to travel or not. Mr Nchito, who was speaking in a telephone interview yesterday, said he could [...]
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Sata causes Great North road works to stall as road gets more dangerous
Road repairs along the Great North Road in Kapiri Mposhi have stalled because the contractor has not been availed the drawings and designs by the Road Development Agency (RDA) falling under ailing dictator Michael Sata’s office, but the move has made the busy highway more dangerous as the road has been ripped off. The state [...]
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Muhabi Lungu’s response to Sata’s justification of subsidies removal
This removal of subsidies, put in another way is actually an imposition of a Tax on the poor and consequently means ‘less money in people’s pockets.’ No honest person can dispute that this is a major paradigm shift by the PF, who claimed that their Manifesto emphasized the reduction of prices for mealie meal and fuel. From the very onset, I would like to challenge the PF, to point out in their Manifesto or in any of their talking notes at which they had indicated that they would abolish or remove the subsidies on fuel, fertilizer, maize and electricity.
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Antelope Milling Company lays off 40
Antelope Milling Company workers has laid off 40 workers as one of the cost saving measures by the company. The affected workers have since called on the PF government to intervene in the matter. “The situation is very bad, we voted for this government so that we can better our lives but things are just getting [...]
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Why is Stanchart Zambia limiting ATM withdrawal but charging more?
Dear Editor, I would appreciate if my mail is published in your most popular online publication so that someone could clearly explain my problem and probably others could benefit from the same information. This has been bothering me ever since Stanchart Zambia started charging extra costs on ATM withdraw. I don’t understand why Stanchart Zambia should limit the number of [...]
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Tomorrow’s Black Friday procession to be held at Matero Church
The consortium of Civil Society Organisations supporting the Black Friday campaign says it will tomorrow hold a procession at BIGOCA Church in Matero. Group spokesperson Andrew Ntewewe told the Zambian Watchdog that the decision was made to hold a mass procession at the BIGOCA Church after Police denied the group permission to hold a rally [...]
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Prison Wardens recruits hit with ‘strange’ disease in congested camp
Dear Editor, Kindly allow me space in your widely read online publication. It is surprising that Police recruits who started training two days ahead of Prisons recruits passed out on 19th, April 2013 and yet the Prison recruits are still undergoing an endless training. The Prisons recruits have been in the training camp for 10 [...]
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Oasis Forum moves to protect new constitution from PF manipulation
The Oasis Forum has announced plans to come up with a private members bill to present to Parliament with the intention of protecting the current constitution making process and the contents of the new constitution. This follows a multi-stakeholder consultative meeting to review the legislative framework of the current constitution-making process in anticipation of the [...]
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‘Storella should emulate president Obama’
Dear Editor, The World bank and the IMF are amongst the highest paying institutions in the world as reported by the Economist Newspaper.The guys who work for these institutions are so comfortable and sometimes they think they belong to a different planet.It is therefore morally wrong for Kundhavi and or Storrella to back the PF [...]
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Subsidies: PF regime is just broke
Dear editor, By Kalapashi The removal of subsidies on mealie meal and fuel by the PF government smells like a dead rat! Something is amiss. Things don’t just seem to add up. First and foremost let us take a step back. Back to Michael Sata’s ten year journey towards the Presidency. Sata’s key campaign theme [...]
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USA company shocked by corruption at Ministry of Energy
A USA based company has complained of corruption at the Ministry of Energy regarding a proposed 15 MW power plant in Mpulungu district. Water Wheel International (WWI), a Texas corporation, says it has refused to ‘engage in any pay-to push (corrupt/bribery) schemes/practices and has therefore encountered serious roadblocks by Energy officials meant to hijack the [...]
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Edgar Lungu mentioned in plot to conceal poisoning of late Dr Arthur Banda; widow arrested
The widow of Dr. Arthur Banda has been arrested in Lusaka after autopsy results on her late husband came out positive for poisoning. And police sources have told the Watchdog that acting president Edgar Lungu is at the centre of trying to help Dr Arthur Banda’s widow by concealing the poisoning and therefore possible murder. [...]
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Photos of the day: Graders moved from Kapiri after by-election
Just before the by-election in Kapiri Mposhi, graders and other heavy equipment for constructing roads were moved all over the road but only on the Kapiri stretch. The equipment was to show that the PF government was committed to constructing roads in Kapiri. The by-election is over and the graders and other machinery have disappeared???? [...]
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UPND responds to M’membe’s hypocricy
What can Fred Mmembe possibly tell us about hypocrisy.? Does Mmembe even know what the word means? It’s a shame that some people are opinion leaders in this country and abusing that privilege. Anyway the sales of the Post tell the story on what Mmembe has become; vuvuzela. Because opinion leaders must be men and [...]
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Now even condoms run out
The District AIDS Taskforce (DATF) in Kabompo district has run out of both male and female condoms for distribution to clients. District AIDS Coordination Advisor Shoneka Shaloba confirmed the development in an interview with ZANIS in Kabompo today Mr Shaloba said Kabompo district AIDS Taskforce has not received condom supplies from Medical Stores since November [...]
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Oasis Forum condemns PF attack at BIGOCA
Joint Press Statement For Immediate Release 1 June 2013 The Oasis Forum and its constituent members are appalled and shocked by the behaviour of Patriotic Front (PF) cadres who attacked a peaceful gathering of several civil society organisations, yesterday, 31 May 2013, inside the Church of the Bible Gospel Outreach Church [...]
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