The Law Association of Zambia has dropped plans to sue the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation -ZNBC- for breaching the ZNBC Act and the Republican Constitution.

LAZ President Musa Mwenye says the council in June was concerned by the manner ZNBC operated, breaching the Act as evidenced in its unfair news coverage.

Mr. Mwenye says LAZ is now satisfied that ZNBC has improved its news coverage.

He said the association is also happy that the Ministry of Information has made it public not to interfere in the operations of the public media.

Mr. Mwenye was speaking at a joint media briefing between LAZ and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Lusaka on Thursday.

He appealed to government to speed up the process of enacting the Freedom of Information Bill.

Mr Mwenye says the Freedom of Information law is a very important weapon in fighting corruption.

At the same briefing Information and Broadcasting Minister Given Lubinda praised LAZ for not proceeding with legal action against ZNBC .

Mr. Lubinda says the professional conduct that ZNBC has started exhibiting is testimony to the new government’s policy of non interference in operations of the Public media.

The Minister said President Michael Sata has made it clear that he will not interfere in the operations of ZNBC and other public media houses.

Mr. Lubinda has asked other institutions and the public that have cases with ZNBC to consider withdrawing them in order to save the government from paying tax payers money in litigation cases.

And ZNBC Acting Director General Victor Nyasulu has assured the public that ZNBC will Endeavour to operate professionally.

[ZNBC]

15 COMMENTS

MAKADOSHI November 17, 2011 At 3:25 pm

This is just what Rev Shifimofimo and friends failed to do? i guess it hurts to some people to do whats right or maybe their brains develop problems wen they think straight.
Samlindo November 17, 2011 At 3:42 pm

The problem was leadership. there is a saying that goes “leadership is the tranference of vision” if your leader has no vision he shall tranfer garbage full stop. RB had no vision for the country at large
Simple logic November 17, 2011 At 3:44 pm

At least now am able to listen to ZNBC news. keep it up but don’t change when we get towards election. we want to here what all political leaders are saying it be insults, rubbish or sensible so that we know all the contenders better then we can say we are a mature democracy
FELIGO1 November 17, 2011 At 3:50 pm

Thats the way forward hon. lubinda.
mukabe 2011 November 17, 2011 At 4:10 pm

Despite Sata been labeled a Grade 4 drop out, his leadership in the first 60 days of his Presidency has been inpacable. Thank you Lord for giving us this Leader.
Kelvin November 17, 2011 At 4:15 pm

This is becoming monotonous and boring now. If its not this one suing that one, then it is a commission of inquiry being formed or that one being fired or investigated. Can you please tell me what you are doing about my problem, the constant electricity outage, constant interruption of water supply, etc. I dont care who you fire or hire just F’n fix my problems pronto…ALA
sessional November 17, 2011 At 4:41 pm

people don’t be childish, ZNBC may seem fair today becoz they are reporting what you want to hear at the moment…wait until that time when you will be fed up with these Patriotic Fools (PF), ZNBC will be bad again.
GK November 17, 2011 At 4:57 pm

Sessional, where do you come from? You are weird man, honestly you are.
Gokigo Milazhe November 17, 2011 At 5:36 pm

#1 MAKADOSHI – That is so true what you are saying. But I tell you there are some people who are just allergic to any form of good behaviour… They are always doing something not liked by the majority of poeple in society. Can you imagine that there was nothing that stopped the MMD to do everything good that Sata is now doing…but, no, RB chose to do what he wanted: freed Chiluba and called him a damn good president even when the case was still in court, sold Zamtel in a hurry, shot people in Mongu, Mazabuka and Mansa, all these were being done despite people vehemently protesting against them. Allergic to anything good…
Maurice Makalu November 17, 2011 At 5:39 pm

That is a nice appeal: that others with cases against ZNBC withdraw them… the PF top the list… let them follow LAZ’s lead…
Thuks Kay November 17, 2011 At 10:30 pm

I wonder what LAZ was doing having a joint-press conference with the Minister of Information? Couldnt they have held their press conference at the LAZ offices? Hope the LAZ folks are not eyeing some judge positions. In any case, if ZNBC had broken the law, why not pursue them as the country has been robbed of a judicial precedence that could have kept the PF govt in check
KUMAWA November 18, 2011 At 4:18 am

scrap tv levy period!!!!
sam November 18, 2011 At 11:08 am

Privatise the thing!
FYOTOTO November 18, 2011 At 12:57 pm

Zambian National Boring Co-operation(ZNBC)
Chifukushi Chomene November 19, 2011 At 9:26 pm

There goes LAZ… another appendage to NGOCC