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UPND,PF youths differ on pact presidency

UPND,PF youths differ on pact presidency

United Party for National Development (UPND) youths have observed that the vacancy in the UPND/PF pact presidency is contributing to fueling squabbles in the partnership involving the two biggest opposition political parties in the country.
Speaking when he featured on the Public’s Last Say on QFM last evening, UPND Lusaka province youth coordinator Brian Hapunda says [...]

Rupiah using proceeds from ZAMTEL to campaign – Sata

Patriotic Front, PF, president, Michael Sata, has mockingly praised President Rupiah Banda for being sincere in his statement that the benefits from the privatization of ZAMTEL have already started coming in.
And the PF leader has accused President Rupiah Banda of using the money from the sale of ZAMTEL to send First Lady, Thandiwe Banda, to [...]

Ensure all projects are implemented ahead of 2011-RB

Ensure all projects are implemented ahead of 2011-RB

President Rupiah Banda has urged the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to ensure that all identified projects are implemented as the country heads towards the 2011 tripartite elections.
And President Banda has said that the Prisons Service is cardinal in the country.
Speaking at State House this morning when he swore in Anthony Undi as the [...]

‘I will not succumb to my critics’ – Rupiah

President Rupiah Banda says he will not succumb to pressure from his critics on the various developmental projects his government is doing across the country for the benefit of Zambians.
And President Banda says government has decided to take a multi faceted approach to end poverty through developing the construction sector across the country.
Speaking in a [...]

Power wallop Assembly

Power wallop Assembly

Power Dynamos yesterday walloped National Assembly 3-0 at Woodlands Stadium while Champions Zanaco bounced back from the weekend’s disappointment of dropping points at home to Haras El Hadoud in the CAF Confederations Cup mini league with a hard fought 1-0 victory over Choma Eagles.
Power brightened their chances of competing in continental football by breaking the [...]

‘Rupiah will make work of Zambian diplomats difficult’

‘Rupiah will make work of Zambian diplomats difficult’

The Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, SACCORD, says President Rupiah Banda’s attacks on the donors will make the work of Zambian diplomats abroad difficult.
And SACCORD has described as “Senseless” the failure by the State to appeal against the High Court ruling on the London Judgment when the last court of resort is [...]

Consular nabbed over hubby assault

POLICE in Lusaka have picked up a consular at the British High Commission for assault after she helped her alleged boyfriend to beat up her husband who found them kissing in the early hours of Saturday.
Karen Michelle van Boxtel, a consular and nationality officer, was arrested at the weekend after she assaulted her husband, Carl [...]

Crack whip on other lawyers too, LAZ urged

FORMER Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Edward Mumbi has urged the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to extend its whip to other lawyers who are passing disparaging comments on the judiciary.
Mr Mumbi said in reaction to LAZ’s decision to write to Lusaka lawyer Rodger Chongwe reprimanding him over his recent public attacks on the judiciary.
He [...]