President Michael Sata has warned the dethroned Senior Chief Mwamba Henry Sosala of the Bemba people in Northern province to act respectfully and desist from engaging in actions that are at variance with the law. President Sata last week degazetted Sosala as Senior Chief and told him to stop masquerading as Chief of the Bemba. [...]
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested former cabinet minister in the MMD Government Newstead Zimba for allegedly assaulting his wife, Naomi. Lusaka Province police commissioner Joyce Kasosa confirmed Mr Zimba’s arrest, which took place last Friday. Mr Zimba was released on police bond on Saturday and is expected to appear in court this Thursday. Ms Kasosa [...]
We would like to announce our decision to make another attempt to seek audience with republican President Michael Sata with the hope to dialogue on issues of national interest. You will remember not long ago, we had written to the president informing him of our intention to hold a meeting between his government and us [...]
By Naver Chayelela It has often been said that in Zambian politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. Friends and enemies simply change their designation with the changing political fortunes of individual politicians. Thus, friends can simply become adversaries overnight, while enemies become useful allies in a similar fashion. Such “miraculous” transformations are [...]
Expelled Mafinga MMD Member of Parliament Catherine Namugala has revealed that their faction has now secured the required number of signatures to petition the party to convene an extra ordinary convention. Namugala with expelled National Secretary Major Richard Kachingwe were expelled from MMD after differing with president Nevers Mumba. They then formed a faction which [...]
THE State has appealed against the High Court’s decision to allow former President Rupiah Banda to start judicial review of Parliament’s decision to remove his legal immunity. State advocate in the Attorney General’s chambers Comfort Mulenga told High Court judge Annie Sitali when the matter came up for inter parte hearing yesterday that the State [...]
Former Chairman for Health Committee in the MMD National Executive Committee Dr Canisius Banda has officially joined the UPND and assumed the position of Vice President – Political Affairs. Dr. Banda was introduced at a press briefing held at the Party’ Secretariat on Thursday, April 25, 2013 by UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Speaking at the [...]
President Micheal Sata has urged the electorate of Southern Province to give him Members of Parliament who belong to his party if the province was to develop. And Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe told a huge gathering that attended the meeting that if President Sata was a tribalist, he wouldn’t have appointed the ten Ministers [...]
MMD Treasurer Mwansa Mbulakulima has refuted assertions that the former ruling party is on the verge of bankruptcy, QFM reports. Mr. Mbulakulima who is also MMD Chembe Member of Parliament says assertions that the former ruling party is broke are merely political propaganda. He says the party would not have embarked on the nationwide tour [...]
Leader of the opposition MMD, Nevers Mumba has charged that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is a danger to national security and needs to be transformed immediately. Mumba who heads the former ruling party explains that the ECZ has allowed its self to be used by PF, the ruling party which he said is desperate to [...]
