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FIVE Patriotic Front (PF) Chililabombwe councillors have been expelled while a councillor in Luanshya was arrested for alleged corruption as turmoil continues to haunt the opposition party.
The five councillors were expelled from the party for allegedly voting for MMD candidate Trudy Ng’andu as mayor early this week.
Ms Ng’andu was elected new Chililabombwe mayor after she [...]

ZAMBIA Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Leonard Hikaumba has told Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata to keep-off labour matters as he was exposing his ignorance on issues regarding workers’ suffering in the country.
Mr Hikaumba said Zambian workers were suffering low wages and conditions of service because of the behaviour and policy measures that [...]

KASAMA Central Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba has resigned as MP with immediate effect, saying he wants to concentrate on his businesses.
And the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has condemned Mr Mwamba for battering his wife.
Mr Mwamba, who is still a member of the PF, said in a statement yesterday that he had [...]

POLICE yesterday summoned Patriotic Front Kasama Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Mwamba and recorded a warn-and-caution statement from him for battering his wife during a domestic dispute on Sunday.
Mr Mwamba arrived at Woodlands Police Station around 11:00 hours in the company of his lawyer Mumba Kapumpa and was interviewed for about 30 minutes.
He declined to [...]

CHIEF Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has said President Rupiah Banda has done nothing wrong to warrant international sanctions in the form of a travel ban.
Lieutenant-General Shikapwasha, who is Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, has castigated Citizens Forum executive director Simon Kabanda and Patriotic Front (PF) national chairperson Inonge Wina for suggesting that the Government is [...]

THE National Union of Communication Workers (NUCW) has said the breakdown of payments to the retrenched workers of Zamtel is what was agreed between the union and the Government.
But NUCW branch officials in Ndola have challenged the NUCW executive to avail a copy of the actual agreement that they signed on behalf of the workers [...]

THE MMD in Masaiti District has said Kafulafuta Member of Parliament (MP) George Mpombo’s challenge of his expulsion from the ruling party is a mark of cowardice and proof that he has no capacity to re-contest the seat.
And MMD deputy national secretary Chembe Nyangu has said the expulsion of Mr Mpombo from the party is [...]

I was personally delighted by the relatively peaceful parliamentary by-elections held in Luena and Chifubu constituencies on August 5, 2010. I hope the forthcoming Mpulungu parliamentary by-election slated for October 28, 2010 will be peaceful as well. We need to refrain from the savage behavior that was exhibited by some political cadres during the Mufumbwe [...]