Two of Leviev’s relatives and four employees of his companies have been arrested; Leviev diamond company says it obeys the law Gur MegiddoEfrat Neuman Israeli law enforcement officials say they want to question Lev Leviev, the business baron whose companies allegedly are at the center of a vast diamond-smuggling ring that has operated for years. […]
Party president Mike Mulongoti has mocked President Edgar Lungu over the fate of President Bob Mugabe, saying the Zambian leader should fly to Zimbabwe to offer solidarity to “his fallen godfather”. Speculation had mounted that President Lungu is mentored by Mugabe, 93, to preside over national matters. PF government critics claim President Lungu has […]
Alfred Ndhlovu says President Edgar Lungu is worried to handover power easily and has since decided to seek another mandate beyond 2021 because there is no one to replace him within the files and ranks of the Patriotic Front (PF). And Ndhlovu says Zambia is almost a Banana Republic because it is being governed by […]
Matero residents have cried for representation, complaining that area Member of Parliament Lloyd Mulenga Kaziya is an absentee landlord. Meanwhile, Governance Activist Lonely Tatila has backed Young African Leadership Initiative(YALI) Executive Director Andrew Nthewewe’s call for the stay of office for Members of Parliament to be restricted to two terms, saying this will stop […]
By Hellen Nsokolo Republican Progressive Party(RPP) Secretary General Cosmas Mulenga wonders why President Edgar Lungu denied being corrupt in the USA not Zambia, his home land. Speaking when he received 300 defectors from both the Patriotic Front(PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) in Kamwala South, Mulenga said it was strange for President Lungu […]
By Hellen Nachula Nsokolo Outspoken Kabwe Central Member of Parliament Tutwa Ngulube is distraught with heavily armed police officers who attempted to block him from addressing Kafulamase residents who are facing eviction. The Kabwe Central Law-marker has been consistent, speaking for his electorates who have since pledged their loyalty. Residents talked to by Kitwe Times […]
Chishimba Kambwili has disclosed that President Lungu has instructed the Anti-Corruption Commission(ACC) to arrest him next week. Kambwili, the former Information Minister has been a thorn in the governing Patriotic Front’s fresh, with his corruption and massive theft revelations raising an uproar in society. Some Civil Society movements, Political parties and concerned citizens have […]
12 years after being left for dead by Movement for Multiparty Democracy(MMD) thugs, Patriotic Front(PF) Kanyama Constituency, Grace Ministry Branch Chairlady Jennifer Mwila is seeking compensation from President Edgar Lungu and the governing party. In 2005, Unruly MMD hooligans ransacked the PF meeting and attacked party members, leaving Ms Mwila terminally injured. Ms Mwila, 50, […]
By Fulman Mukobeko Development should not come with a burden of a debt, says Movement for National Transformation (MNT) leader Daniel Mvula Shimunza. Shimunza is unhappy that Zambia’s external debt was invested in the non productive areas of the economy. Appearing on Joy FM program Ubuyantanshi anchored by Elvis Mwansa, Shimunza said the Patrotic Front(PF) […]
By Derrick Sinjela WATER, Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Minister Lloyd Mulenga Kaziya says Government is working on cost reflective water tariffs that are appropriate in line with government’s pro-poor socio-economic policies. While acknowledging that there is need to adjust water tariffs, Mr. Kaziya assured the nation that the ministry is setting the price of […]