Kasanda resorts to ‘blackmail’, threatens to spill the beans DETAINED gold dealer Shadreck Kasanda has threatened to implicate State House if he is not immediately released from police cells. Kasanda was arrested last Thursday in connection with a fake gold deal that unfolded at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport over a week ago. But in…
AS the country is still trying to comprehend intricacies surrounding the recently thwarted gold scam, Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba has been caught up in the gold scandal allegations that have engulfed many African countries, including Zambia recently. Details of the allegations are in a clip circulated by ZimEye, an online political tabloid publication run…
DIPLOMATS CAN’T SEE WRONGS IN UPND BECAUSE THEY SUPPORTED HH’S ELECTION – MUNDUBILE Thursday, 24th August 2023. Leader of Opposition in Parliament Hon. Brian Mundubile says diplomats accredited to Zambia must stop getting involved in the country’s politics. And Mundubile claims some diplomats are failing to see wrongs in the UPND government because they supported…
BATUKE IMENDA UPND SG NEEDS TO BE ENCOURAGED IN HIS QUEST TO SEE FUNCTIONAL CDF FUND APPLICATION. By: Prof. Edgar Ng’oma Political Analyst/Philosopher. Whatever constitutional arguments and provisions that elitists may advance to question the tour of UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda tour of constituencies to inspect CDF related projects it does not hold. In…
STATEMENT BY HON. CHUSHI KASANDA, MP, MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND MEDIA AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON ON SUSPECTS SEEKING PUBLIC SYMPATHY Government wishes to express its utmost disappointment with the emerging trend where individuals commit crimes and, when confronted by the law, swiftly cry persecution by implicating His Excellency the Republican President, Mr Hakainde Hichilema, as…
CONSORTIUM OF CSOS PETITIONS HH TO UNLOCK KCM, MOPANI …. also requests the President to address the operation challenges at Kansenseli gold mine Wednesday August 23, 2023 (SMART EAGLES) A consortium of Civil Society Organizations championing the revamping of the mining industry has petitioned President Hakainde Hichilema over the slaggish progress made in revamping Konkola…
Niger‘s President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by a coup d’état on 26th July and has been held captive since, remains steadfast in his determination to preserve democracy, as affirmed by his daughter in a letter published in the French daily, Le Figaro. Zazia Bazoum Mohamed, residing in Paris, pleads for her father’s release from…
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was among thousands of voters who had to temporarily turn back and head home or endure long hours in queue as widespread delays have marred the opening of polling stations across the country.Polls will close at 7pm but there were reports of delays at some polling stations nationwide as the necessary…
Zimbabwe has extended voting in selected wards by a day after the late distribution of ballot papers delayed polling, according to a presidential decree issued late Wednesday. Voters in the southern African country waited for hours to vote on Wednesday, saying they were hungry for change from economic chaos, but analysts were sceptical that the…
What happened to Ethiopian migrants at the Yemeni-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023? That is what Ethiopia intends to uncover. The Foreign ministry tweeted Tuesday (Aug. 22) that the government will jointly investigate with Saudi authorities a report by a human rights group of killings of hundreds of its nationals. The ministry called…
STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF POLICE ON THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE’S STATE OF PREPAREDNESS FOR THE ELECTIONS DAY AND THE PRECEDING PERIODAs the country heads for the anticipated Harmonized Elections tomorrow, 23rd August 2023, the Zimbabwe Republic Police reiterates that the security environment is indeed peaceful for the nation to hold free, fair, peaceful and…
HH STOP THE ROT – CREATE DECENCY IN POLITICS AND SOCIETY By: Lucky Mulusa What happened to former President Edgar Lungu (ECL) and his entourage in Mambwe district over the weekend deserves to be condemned by all right-thinking citizens and the behavior of who ever was behind it, corrected through guidance by President Hakainde Hichilema…
STATE NOT READY IN THE HABEAS CORPUS HEARING INVOLVING FOUR FOREIGNERS IN THE GOLD-CASH GATE SCANDAL THE habeas corpus hearing involving four foreigners, among them Egyptians in the ‘gold scam’ case, failed to proceed today because the State was not ready. In the application for habeas corpus, the four foreigners are challenging their continued detention…
HICHILEMA MUST STOP GAMBLING WITH MEALIE MEAL Why are Mr Hakainde Hichilema and his league gambling with mealie meal? Why are they changing policy every day? Does this government know what it is doing? This country currently faces serious mealie meal challenges, which have resulted in shortages of nshima in many households. People are desperately…
Police charge widow with hubby’s murder WIDOWED Ministry of Finance assistant director Mildred Mwila Kasase has been charged with the murder of her husband Alex Kanyama Zulu. Zambia Police Service spokesperson Rae Hamoonga confirmed to Kalemba in a statement that Kasase had been charged along with her 20-year old son, Madiba Alex Zulu Junior. #Below is…
ONE BAD TERM DOESN’T DESERVE ANOTHER, HICHILEMA ALEYA! We were back at the police yesterday because Mr Hakainde Hichilema and his far-right corrupt, puppet regime is being haunted by our exponential growth, support, and solidarity among the poor masses of this country. Mr Hichilema is unsettled by the fact that more and more of our…
M’MEMBE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, RELEASED ON BOND Police in Lusaka have arrested and charged Socialist Party President Dr. Fred M’membe with one count of acts intended to cause grievous Bodily harm and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Ibex Hill Police station yesterday arrested and charged Dr. Fred M’membe aged 64 of house…
COST OF LIVING TO KICK OUT UPND IN 2026 – FRANK NG’AMBI ….says hunger will unite the people and compel them to change Government Ndola, Tuesday, August 22, 2023 ( Smart Eagles ) Patriotic Front (PF) Chairperson for Industries Frank Ng’ambi has said the prevailing high cost of living will force the people of Zambia…
More gold ‘mafia’ demand release from detention FIVE more suspects involved in the frustrated gold scam have continued to pester law enforcement agencies for their release from detention. Ali Abdulla Al-Safi, Noha Nadim an Egyptian national, David De-la Cruz Castilla a Spanish national, Tennis De-mooiy a Dutch national and ZamQlik solutions limited director Oswald Diangamo…
EEP President Chilufya Tayali HOW TO GET, KEEP AND LOSE POLITICAL POWER IN ZAMBIA (PART 1) Think of how many people have been hacked, or shot to death in political violence or fighting to change Govts. Others have sustained life changing wounds, while others have been sent to jail due to political differences or conflicts….
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE SHOULD NEVER PORTRAY GLARING INEPTITUDEAND INCOMPETENCE IN UNIFORM… Lusaka………23rd August 2023 Silence is golden but does the Political cadre otherwise known as Inspector General of Zambia Police care? Silence when everyone expects you to say something is a sign of intelligence coupled with great wisdom….
Leadership matters: remembering Levy Mwanawasa By Sishuwa Sishuwa What has largely determined the legacy of successive presidents in Zambia – except Kenneth Kaunda’s – is their attitude towards corruption. Zambians love, trust, and respect a national leader who shows clear or demonstrable will to fight past and especially present corruption, to deal decisively with the…
ZAMBIANS ARE STILL LICKING WOUNDS OF THE PF’s BRUTALITY Authored By Mupishi Jones The Patriotic Front was a government of Gamblers and Corrupt Officials,no contest about that!To shield their levels of grand corruption,they resorted to brutalising and humiliating individuals who were pointing at their corrupt activities.The PF became a brutal force against it’s own citizens….
Mason Greenwood reportedly fears he has no chance of continuing his career in Saudi Arabia due to an ongoing feud with Cristiano Ronaldo. The 21-year-old is currently looking for a new club following news on Monday that he would leave Manchester United after they conducted an internal investigation into his future. Greenwood, who was arrested…
RESPONSE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SMUGGLING OF MEALIE MEAL BY ZAMBIA NATIONAL SERVICE (ZNS) It has been noted in the recent past that some members of the public have been alleging that the Zambia National Service (ZNS) is engaged in smuggling of mealie meal to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), thereby threatening the country’s food…
ZAMBIA WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM THE MINING SECTOR By Nobert Mumba The Economic Performance Report just delivered by the Minister of Finance vindicates my position that tax deductibility of Mineral Royalty Tax would just make the country poorer with no corresponding return from the mines. This goes for CDF whose current design is consumption focused…
MONZE CENTRAL CONSTITUENCY INVESTS K6,399,775.00 IN ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT TO ENHANCE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE In a bid to improve the state of its roads and enhance infrastructure, Monze Central Constituency has recently purchased a range of road maintenance equipment at a total cost of K6,339,775.00. The equipment, which includes a grader, a compactor, and a tipper…
Leaders from the BRICS nations convened in South Africa on Tuesday for the BRICS Summit. This coalition of major emerging economies is striving to amplify its influence as a counterbalance to Western dominance in global affairs. The BRICS acronym represents Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, collectively accounting for a quarter of the global…
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has appeared in his first video address since his failed mutiny in Russia, which suggests he is in Africa. The BBC has not been able to verify where the video was filmed. The video posted on Telegram channels linked to the Wagner mercenary group shows Prigozhin in combat gear, saying the…
Sleepy And Sloshed: Police Officer Found Asleep And Drunk While Guarding Election Materials A police officer assigned to guard election materials in Jambezi, Matabeleland North, was removed from his duty after being found asleep and allegedly drunk. The incident, which has sparked concerns about the security of the election process, occurred on Sunday at the…
The UN says that the Taliban fighters have killed many people without any legal trial since they took over Afghanistan in 2021. This is happening even though there was a promise to protect the previous government with a “general amnesty. ” The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report on Tuesday. The…
Donald Trump wants to go to court in Georgia to deal with accusations of interfering in the election. He will do this on Thursday. A judge in Atlanta has decided that the former president can be released from custody if he pays $200,000. The agreement states that Mr. Trump can stay out of jail until…
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former oil minister of Nigeria, has been accused of bribery in the UK. She may have taken money in exchange for signing multi-million dollar oil and gas contracts. She played a significant role in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government and was the first woman to lead the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries…
HICHILEMA ORDERS POLICE TO TRANSFER ME TO SERENJE We have been reliably informed that Mr Hichilema has ordered the Zambia Police Service to transfer me to Serenje District in Central Province. Mr Hichilema has insisted that I should be taken to Serenje before sunset today. Subsequently, the Police high- command are currently making plans for…
BUNGLING UP IS ALL OVER HH “When the gods want to punish someone, they first make them go mad…” Today I am filled with sadness and fear for Zambia. Sadness and fear fills me up to see how a nation of plenty and known for Rule of Law is fast turning into a State without…
HICHILEMA IS A BOOK OF SCANDALS – KBF…as he tears UPND’s two years in power to shreds By Fox ReporterZAMBIA Must Prosper (ZMP) president Kelvin Bwalya has torn to shreds the performance of the UPND government in the last two years it has been in power as a “Book of Scandals”. Speaking on Camnet TV’s…
M’MEMBE BELIEVES IN A CULTURE WHERE PROPAGANDA IS MISTAKEN FOR WISDOM …..His aim is to keep the populace alarmed by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary YESTERDAY, Socialist Party President, Fred M’membe, stated on his Facebook page that a named State House security officer bolted with approximately $5 million from the grounded…
President Hakainde Hichilema has called for collaborative efforts by law enforcement agencies and adoption of innovative prosecuting techniques in the fight against economic and financial crime. President Hichilema says criminal networks have become increasingly sophisticated in their activities by exploiting technological gaps, hence prosecutors should develop a range of strategies for digital, economic and financial…
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged his rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa to come in the open and tell the electorate if he has “never spilled blood” while being in government for more than 42 years. After becoming one of the youngest ministers soon after independence in 1980, Mnangagwa stayed in…
FULL LIST: Davido, Burna Boy Battle For ‘Song Of The Year’ Award At 2023 Trace Awards Afrobeat acts Davido and Burna Boy have each snagged four nominations at the 2023 Trace Awards. Both acts were nominated in the ‘Best Male’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best Live’, ‘Best Collaboration’, ‘Best Artist’, and ‘Album of the Year,’…