Eight non-governmental organisations said last week that Coalition 2001 chairperson Ngande Mwanajiti should resign over alleged irregularities in the manner he has been running the organisation.
Seven opposition party leaders in court for allegedly defaming President Frederick Chiluba by calling him a thief argued in the Lusaka High Court on Tuesday that their arrests were “selective” and therefore unfair.
The start of criminal proceedings against two Zambian journalists and two political figures on charges of defaming President Frederick Chiluba has triggered off a heated debate on the role of the media in societies undergoing transition.
The start of criminal proceedings against two Zambian journalists and two political figures on charges of defaming President Frederick Chiluba has triggered off a heated debate on the role of the media in societies undergoing transition.
The loss of three straight by-elections by President Frederick Chiluba’s Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) should be cause for concern for the ruling party in the run-up to general elections possibly later this year, political analysts told IRIN this week.
