July 22

• Zambia: Council Workers Should Be Grateful - PF Minister

  Local government minister Emelyn Kabanshi says council workers should be grateful that they have only two months salary arrears. Read more »

• Zambia: Gen Miyanda Insists, "Chief Justice Must Go"

  We reiterate that the irregular appointment of a substantive Chief Justice will not go away simply because some incoherent legal sounds have been made by someone in authority. Read more »

• Zambia: Chanda Chimba Trial Goes in Overdrive

  In what appears to be a move to impress the embattled acting Chief Justice Lombe Cibesakunda and ultimately please the appointing authority President Michael Sata, Kasama Principal... Read more »

• Zambia: Sata Snaps At Bald-Headed Chief Jumbe

  President Michael Sata snapped at the sight of Chief Jumbe's shaved head and said the traditional leader could not oversee his subjects as he was failing to keep hair. Read more »

• Zambia: Mulusa Covers 110 Kilometres On Day Two of Protest Walk

  Solwezi Central MMD Member of Parliament Lucky Mulusa has so far covered 110 kilometres on his long walk to protest the bad governance system by the President Michael Sata led... Read more »

• Zambia: Muchelele Opposes PF 'Law' Blocking MPs

  Lubansenshi Independent Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka says there is no law in Zambia that obliges a lawmaker to ask for permission from the police whenever they are... Read more »

• Zambia: President Sata Moves to Block Facebook and Twitter

  President Michael Sata's parallel intelligence system is moving to block social networks Facebook and Twitter after realising that stories on blocked websites, Zambian Watchdog and... Read more »

July 21

• Zambia: Hichilema Promises to Reverse Removal of Subsidies

  United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema says his party will reverse the decision by President Michael Sata to remove subsidies on fuel, maize and... Read more »

July 20

• Zambia: Govt Accused of Blocking Critical News Websites

  A sizeable group of people calling themselves Zambian bloggers yesterday converged at the Freedom Statute in Lusaka to protest the blocking of two critical website - Zambian... Read more »

• Zimbabwe/Zambia: Zambia, Zimbabwe Battle for Cosafa Prize

  Zambia's quest to join Zimbabwe on the most decorated Cosafa Cup winners list today goes on the line as Herve Renard's lads face Klaus-Deiter Pagels' Warriors at Levy Mwanawasa... Read more »

• Zambia: Law Association Asks for Dossier on Prosecutions Director

  The Law Association of Zambia has advised Solwezi Central Member of Parliament Lucky Mulusa to make submissions on the possible action against director of public prosecutions, DPP,... Read more »

• Zambia: Hosts Zambia Win 4th Cosafa Title

  Zambia finally put up a convincing performance to end an eight year Cosafa drought at Ndola's Levy Mwanawasa Stadium with a 2-0 win over defending champions Zimbabwe. Read more »

July 19

• Zambia: U.S Broadcasts Assault On Zambian Media

  Freelance journalists Chanda Chimba's maiden report has hit the airwaves in the United States of America discussing the increasing threats and dangerous environment in which... Read more »

• Zambia: Paza Disappointed With PF On Access to Information Bill Failure

  The Press Association of Zambia has expressed disappointment that the Access to Information Bill has not been tabled in the life of the current parliament nearly two years after... Read more »

• Zambia: Chanda Chimba Lands Voice of America Post

  Freelance journalist Chanda Chimba III has landed a respected position with the reputable international media organisation, Voice of America (VOA), to contribute news articles for... Read more »

• Zambia: Minister Attempts to Lecture Law Association

  Justice Minister, Wynter Kabimba, summoned the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) executive committee to try and lecture them on their statements but the body's president James Banda... Read more »

• Zambia: UK Highlights Sata's Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech

  A leading United Kingdom newspaper as reported the ongoing assault of free speech in Zambia by President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front following the government's decision to... Read more »

• Zambia: Siamunene Goes to Supreme Court

  Sinazongwe Member of Parliament Richwell Siamunene has appealed against the Lusaka High Court's decision to throw out his petition against the opposition United Party for National... Read more »

July 18

• Zambia: North West MPs Angry With Sata

  North Western Province Members of Parliament have reacted angrily to President Michael Sata's assertion that they have never stood for their people. Read more »

• Zambia: PS Mwamba Orders Suspension of Nurse for 'Insulting' Sata

  Western Province Permanent Secretary Emmanuel Mwamba has unleashed his governmental mighty on a Luyelelo Rural Health Clinic nurse who he has ordered suspended for allegedly... Read more »

• Zambia: Guy Scott Suffering From Political Dementia - Simusamba

  United Party for National Development (UPND) deputy secretary general Kachunga Simusamba says Vice-President Guy Scott is suffering from political dementia. Read more »

• Zambia: MMD Lawmaker to Walk 170 Kilometres in Protest Over Subsidies

  Solwezi Central Member of Parliament Lucky Mulusa has announced that he will embark on a walk from Chingola to Solwezi in protest over the removal of subsidies by President Michael... Read more »

• Zambia: Cracks Emerge in Zambia's Intelligence System

  Serious cracks in the Zambia intelligence system have emerged following President Michael Sata's decision to establish a parallel structure based at Mukuba Pensions House in Lusaka... Read more »

• Zambia: Press Freedom Group Slams Zambian Government

  Following several arrests of journalists and numerous attempts to hack and block access to the government-critical news website Zambian Watchdog, the press freedom group Committee... Read more »

• Zambia: Is PF Measuring Up to Useful Idiots? [opinion]

  When international human rights lawyer Robert Amsterdam branded the Patriotic Front government a bunch of useful idiots early this year, its leaders reacted as if there was a plot... Read more »