Politics
Posted by kafusha 14 Nov 2008 - 11:00 Father Bwalya, station manager for the Roman Catholic church-owned Radio Icengelo and former Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chairperson was arrested and detained on Wednesday for airing what is being deemed as biased post election analysis. He was charged with conduct likely to cause a breach of peace. |
Posted by Chrispin 14 Nov 2008 - 08:10 The arrest of the head of a catholic owned radio station spark a near riot in Kitwe, paralysing business in the city. Father Frank Bwalya was arrested yesterday evening as reported by the local media houses. The head who is a catholic priest was determined to hear his case and reasons for his arrest; he was detained and released today without a charge. |
Posted by redemtor 6 Oct 2008 - 16:42 Cape Town, Monday 6 October 2008, the fourth WACC congress opened with a call on the importance of promoting communication among societies as a tool for peace and enhancement of socio-economic development. |
Posted by kafusha 19 Aug 2008 - 15:16 Zambia Vice President Honourable Rupiah Banda appealed to all the citizens to remain calm and mourn president Mwanawasa with dignity |
Posted by Noma 14 Aug 2008 - 13:16 At around 14h00 hours today, immigration officers at the Harare International Airport confiscated travel documents belonging to Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President, Morgan Tsvangirai, Secretary General, Tendai Biti and the party’s Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Elphat Mukonoweshuro for unspecified reasons. |
Posted by kafusha 12 Aug 2008 - 16:06 The book is launched at a time when Zambia is in the process of reversing its constitution again. This is the second time the MMD government is attempting to come up with the people driven constitution. |
Posted by Noma 2 Jul 2008 - 12:35 The Movement for Democratic Change acknowledges the concern about the Zimbabwe crisis expressed in the resolution adopted at the 11th Ordinary Session of the African Union General Assembly. The MDC would like to thank those African leaders who have joined the global chorus by standing on the side of the Zimbabwean people and advocating that their voices be heard. |
Posted by Noma 27 Jun 2008 - 19:24 What is happening today is not an election. It is an exercise in mass intimidation with people all over the country being forced to vote. |
Posted by Noma 27 Jun 2008 - 19:07 Bulawayo Agenda is compiling Election Updates from reports and alerts from its network of contacts located in areas served by its chapters monitoring the 27 June run-off and by-elections. |
Posted by Noma 27 Jun 2008 - 16:03 The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) welcomes the stance taken by the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s call for the postponement of the Zimbabwean Presidential run-off elections scheduled for Friday 27th June 2008, which have been characterized by widespread violence, forcing MDC Presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai to announce his withdrawal from the race. |
Posted by koliwen 20 Jun 2008 - 12:19 Enough is Enough! We are tired of being used by politicians when they realise they have run short of political gimmicks, and woe to the woman who thinks that she can speak for the Women of Zimbabwe, without even consulting them. |
Posted by koliwen 29 May 2008 - 09:48 Civic society in Zimbabwe commemorated Africa Day with a call against oppression and violence; and encouragement to fellow Zimbabweans to defend their vote by participating in the June 27 presidential run-off. |
