President Rupiah Banda has successfully filed in his nomination at the Supreme Court this morning ahead of the forthcoming elections. The Republican head of state arrived at the court around 10 hours accompanied by First Lady, Thandiwe Banda, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) National Secretary Richard Kachingwe, and Keembe Constituency Aspiring Candidate Lieutenant General Ronnie […]
The case involving Zambias two most controversial musicians Marky II and General Kanene and DJ Khumalo of Hone Fm Radio in Lusaka has been adjourned to August 22nd and September 2nd, 2011 for mention and continued trial respectively. Ndola District prosecution officer Eliko Banda requested that the matter be adjourned so as to enable the […]
Immediate past PF Member of parliament For Munali, Mumbi Phiri has reaffirmed her support and has declared her allegiance to PF and has urged people to vote for Sata and Professor Nkandu Luo in her former constituency. She says she can not defect to any political party as PF is the only party that can […]
Ben Mwila’s statement that President Banda freed late Frederick Chiluba from his corruption cases implies that justice was bent, says Chiluba’s nephew, Morgan Nkandu. Nkandu who is the son of the Chiluba’s sister, Febby, and read the former presidents history at the burial service, said government through administrator General should preside over the assets of […]
Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata has successfully filed in his presidential nominations for the 2011 elections after he almost brought business to a stand still in town as hundreds of opposition Patriotic Front sympathisers completely blocked Independence Avenue as they waited for him to file in his presidential nomination papers. The PF leader who arrived […]
The Patriotic Front says it will appeal to the Supreme Court following the high court’s decision to dismiss the case in which it was seeking to stop president Rupiah Banda from contesting this year’s elections over his parentage. Party secretary general Wynter Kabimba has told journalists that the court misdirected itself on the matter by […]
New Generation Party (NGP) Cosmo Mumba has pulled out of the Presidential race ahead of the forthcoming tripartite elections. Mumba, who was expected to file in his nomination around 9hours today, arrived an hour later to state his unwillingness to contest the polls. The NGP leader who was accompanied by his security personnel much to […]
The High court has granted late Frederick Chiluba’s children an exparte injunction restraining Regina from administering Chiluba’s estate. This is according to the order granted on August 5, 2011, by the Lusaka High court. The court has also restrained co-admininstrator Musonda Chisulo, who is the second respondent in the matter. “It is this day ordered […]
Violence has broken out for a third consecutive day in London, with riot police deployed and firefighters tackling blazes across the capital. Shops were looted and buildings, among them a furniture store in Croydon, set alight as police clashed with youths. Trouble first flared on Saturday after a peaceful protest in Tottenham over the fatal […]
DORA Siliya and Peter Daka may end up in jail if there is change of government, says Lameck Mangani. Reacting to Siliya and Daka’s attacks on him and PF leader Michael Sata during the MMD youth rally at Nadalitsika Basic School on Saturday, Mangani, a former deputy minister of works and supply who also served […]