Archive: 4 April 2018

4 Apr 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Socialists clash as Wynter accuses M’membe of being funded by homosexuals

Wynter Kabimba has charged that the leaders of the newly established Socialist Party left the Rainbow Party after they different on their beliefs in God and on receiving funding from homosexual organisations. But Socialist Party […]

4 Apr 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lungu shoots down Commonwealth

President Edgar Lungu says the Patriotic Front is ready to dialogue but the process should be led by the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue instead of the Commonwealth. According to a statement issued by Press […]

4 Apr 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Lungu has opened the way for me to be president – HH

United Party for National Development president Hakainde Hichilema says it will be easy for him to become Head of State because President Edgar Lungu has opened the front door through his misconduct. And HH says […]

4 Apr 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Kambwili recovers from ‘torture’, resumes fight against Lungu

My personal humiliation and persecution, together with that of other progressive political leaders and cadres across the country serves as a reminder to all of us that we are living under a frightened, evil and […]

4 Apr 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Expelling Vilas an extreme measure – HRC

Human Rights Commission Spokesperson Mwelwa Muleya says there was room for remedial measures in handling expelled Cuban Ambassador Nelson Pages Vilas’ attendance of the Socialist Party launch. Speaking when he featured on Unza Radio’s Lusaka […]

4 Apr 2018 | Diggers Reporter

UPND want to impeach Lungu and make Wina their preferred President – PF

The UPND is preying on the fact that a successful impeachment motion would make Vice-President Inonge Wina their choice of president because she hails from their stronghold, says PF media director Sunday Chanda. In a […]

4 Apr 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

PIA’s failure to resolve Saturnia scandal proves its irrelevance – ZUFIAW

The Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) has charged that the Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) has failed to manage the scandal at the Saturnia Regna Pension Fund, thereby proving its irrelevance […]

4 Apr 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Tempers flare as TV host calls guest a thief

The Felix Mutati-led MMD national secretary Rapheal Nakacinda has threatened to take legal action against Prime TV and its ‘Oxygen of Democracy’ host Kalani Muchima for calling him a thief during a live programme. Drama […]

4 Apr 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Tambatamba accuses PF of gun toting ahead of by-elections in Kasempa

Kasempa UPND member of parliament Brenda Tambatamba has warned that the ferrying of cadres from Lusaka to Kasempa ahead of the April 24 by-election will cause chaos in the area. And Tambatamba says government’s reluctance […]

4 Apr 2018 | Anand Rajaram and Miljan Sladoje

Cholera in Zambia: Treating the Causes, not the Symptoms

The recurrent cholera outbreaks in Zambia should provoke reflection on the root causes. Together with a strategic focus on improving water and sanitation infrastructure it will be necessary to complement new investments with reforms to […]