Army offficers from the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) are accused of hitting to death a son of the late chief, Fundikira. According to the local media three TPDF officers punched Swetu Fundikira to death after he overtook the car they were driving, and he refused to give them the right of way. Various cases are reported from these fellows who are recruited specifically for maintaining peace, ensuring the security of people...

The UN call for a convention on corruption later this month presupposes that each country in the world has a judicial authority that is exercised through legally defined structures for the good of a nation. In Zambia, on the Supreme Court lawns we have a statue of a woman standing with her eyes blindfolded and a sword in her hands. This statue is supposed to symbolise the fact ...

Unruly street kids have besieged Chisokone Market in Kitwe and are harassing marketers and stealing their products. Recently, there has been an increase in number of unruly, drug-sniffing youths roaming the market and engaged in illegal practices like gambling. One of the marketers talked by our reporters complained bitterly on the safety their goods and customers’ cars that park...

KENYA: Blackmail and money extortion are increasing in Kenya as gays are forced to pay some scheming members of society to keep mum about their sexual orientation. Other Sheep-Kenya, a gay rights Christian organisation, has reported that one of its members became the latest casualty to the scam of being blackmailed by his neighbour. The victim who requested to ...

Death penalty is still a big challenge among people and communities. I have interviewed few people at the march and I have been told that it is normal that those who are not affected by the crime or are not closely linked to the victim to claim for abolishment of this penalty. but if it is one of yours who is killed, you would support the death penalty. Death penalty still one of ...

In a press conference that was held on 30th September, 2009 at Transparency International Zambia offices in Lusaka, consortium representative Caritas executive Director Sam Mulafulafu called on all Zambian citizens who are concerned about corruption to wear black and honk or whistle every Friday at 17:00hrs for 10 minutes. Mr Mulafulafu, in his address said that CSOs...

I guess people thought the cases in courts for albino killing in Tanzania were over and nothing could be done to the killers. Well to their suprised, three men have been sentence to death by handing after they were foung guilty for attacking and killing a 14 years old boy names Matatizo Dunia in Bukombe District last year December. Witchdoctors use their body parts in potions they claim bring prosperity.

Transmission of information by our Mass Media is very important for development of any society or a given country. This is because it create awareness,intertainment,sports and build capacity for upcoming new journalists.Journalists give alarts to the community of any new technology,natural environmental disasters and can also give mitigations/adaptations measures.

No ordinary Zambian can argue that our country’s suffering is not largely due to the plundering of our resources by our leaders. One has just to look at how the life styles of individuals and their immediate families change after they join politics. Justice is not being served in our nation. We just heard of similar cases in UK of British MPs who were abusing parliamentary privileges.

A murder case of three business men (claimed to be thieves) who were killed three years ago came to an end yesterday leaving Tanzanians with alot of questions with no answers. Nine Polices officers were accused of killing three businessmen in Tanzania. This case had been going on for three years and yesterday the accused were set free as the court could not find any allegation on them.

Zambia’s second republican President Fredrick Chiluba has been acquitted of all corruption charges leveled against him. Dr.Chiluba and two others were accused of embezzling $500,000 during his tenure as President from 1991 to 2001, but Ndola High Court Registrar Jones Chinyama sitting as Magistrate ruled that the funds could not be traced to government coffers.

The Post newspaper, since inception has been characterised with uncovering factual truths, digging deeper, exposing information that would under normal circumstances remained hidden and have also had their fair share of law suits and court cases. The paper is very unpopular amongst corrupt leader and those who do not appreciate transparency and value the importance of freedom of information.

LUSAKA— The Netherlands and Sweden have frozen $33 million in aid for Zambia's fight against HIV/AIDS and other health programmes because of official corruption, ministers said on Thursday. The decision was made after it emerged that senior health ministry officials had stolen $2 million.

The GALZ Bulawayo Offices were broken into last Thursday night and the armed burglars left the guard manning the property battling for his life before getting away with a Samsung HD TV .
The offices are situated in Northend a low density suburb have become a target of these criminals. This is the second time in six months that such an incident has occurred.