2008-09-06
Ruling Party Chooses V-P Banda as Candidate
THE MMD has adopted acting President Rupiah Banda as its candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, following the elections by the party's national executive committee (NEC) in Lusaka yesterday.2008-09-05
Choice of New Leader Looms
Now, every Zambian is aware of the political calendar ahead for the nation following the death and interment of late Republican President Levy Mwanawasa. 2008-09-05
Mwanawasa's Final Farewell
LATE President Mwanawasa's crusade against corruption was not driven by malice but the desire to improve people's lives, a pre-recorded farewell statement to the nation has revealed. 2008-09-05
Bigwigs Rally Behind Rupiah
TWENTY MMD founder members from across the country led by two veteran politicians Vernon Mwaanga and Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika have urged the party's national executive committee (NEC) to endorse acting President Rupiah Banda as party presidential candidate today as prominent Lusaka lawyer and politician Rodger Chongwe threw his weight behind Mr Banda. 2008-09-04
African Leaders Unite in Mourning Mwanawasa
AFRICAN leaders have described President Levy Mwanawasa as a courageous Pan-Africanist who never feared to speak his mind in whatever circumstances. 2008-09-05
Politician Threatens State-Owned Newspaper's Journalists With Firing
On 29 August 2008, Zambia's former ambassador to Libya, Mbita Chitala, threatened journalists working for the state-owned "Zambia Daily Mail" newspaper with being fired if they did not publish his articles. 2008-09-04
Former President Put to Rest
A SOLEMN atmosphere hung over the nation yesterday as Zambians and the international community paid their last respects to President Levy Mwanawasa who was put to rest at Embassy Park in Lusaka. 2008-09-04
Let's Keep the Vision Going, Says Rupiah
ACTING President Rupiah Banda says the best way to remember the late Zambian leader, Levy Mwanawasa, is to ensure that all the programmes he initiated are implemented. 2008-09-04
Maureen Eulogises Hubby As a Hero
FORMER first lady, Maureen Mwanawasa yesterday paid tribute to her late husband, saying she will remember him as a dedicated lawyer who died on duty at the battlefront in service of Zambia. 2008-09-04
Mwanawasa Finished Very Well
FOR a man who had an inauspicious start to his first term in office, President Levy Mwanawasa has finished very well. 2008-09-04
Just How Democratic is MMD Succession Debate?
TWO major issues have arisen in the short period that the Zambian presidency has fallen vacant floowing the death of President Levy Mwanawasa. 2008-09-04
Dangerous Divisions in the Ruling Party
Analysts expect the funeral of President Levy Mwanawasa to herald the onset of a divisive political campaign ahead of presidential elections that have to be held within three months of the Zambian leader's death. 2008-09-05
Choose Right Leader, Kagame Counsels
RWANDESE President Paul Kagame has implored Zambians to elect a leader that will promote peace and stability as well as enhance economic development. 2008-09-05
Magande, Siliya Clash
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Ng'andu Magande has deferred a US$1.6 million debt, which Zambian Airways owes to National Airports Corporation Limited (NACL) to protect the airline from collapse contrary to the decision by his counterpart at the ministry of Communication and Transport, Dora Siliya. 2008-09-05
Finance Minister Claims Successor Status
FINANCE and National Planning Minister, Ng'andu Magande has said that he was chosen by the late President Levy Mwanawasa as his successor with the full knowledge of Cabinet. 2008-09-05
Khama - Blood, Not Skin, is What Unites us
BOTSWANA'S unelected president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, caught those who know him by surprise at the burial of the late Zambian leader, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, on Wednesday. 2008-09-03
Mugabe Praises Chief Critic Mwanawasa at Funeral
Zambians paid their last respects to Levy Mwanawasa who was buried in Lusaka on Wednesday. Zambia's third President died in a Paris hospital on the 19th of August after he suffered a stroke at the African Union summit in June. 2008-09-03
Projects Will Continue, Country Assures China
ACTING-President Rupiah Banda has assured the Chinese government that developmental projects initiated between Zambia and China will continue despite the demise of President Mwanawasa. 2008-09-03
Eight SADC Leaders Arrive for Mwanawasa's Burial
AT least eight Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government and several other foreign dignitaries yesterday arrived in Zambia and more were expected last night to attend the burial of late President Mwanawasa. 2008-09-03
'Levy Was Gallant' Lawyers Pay Tribute to Late President
THE legal fraternity has described the late President Mwanawasa as a gallant legal practitioner and a distinguished leader who immensely contributed to the development of the country. |
