According to the Zambia Daily Mail of 9 June 2012, The Zambian President’s has also sued the University of Zambia history Lecturer Choolwe Beyanil and lawyer Robert Amsterdam who is acting for former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda’s son Henry. &RPPXQLTXp Date: June 11, 2012 Person/ institution: Media Violation/ issue: Other ZAMBIA’S former Ambassador to Belgium Dr Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika says the media should report more on developmental issues instead of concentrating on politics. She said this in an interview with The Post newspapers. The Post newspaper of 11th June, 2012 reports that Dr Lewanika said the media in Zambia largely depended on politics yet there was a lot of developmental news. “There is a lot of good work being done all over Zambia, good intiatives.There was that award called ‘Women Celebrated’ which UNFPA took all over the schools, we need to know more of that .So the media needs to cover developmental also and not only politics,” she said. $OHUW Date: 13 June 2012 Person/ institution: Daily Nation Violation/ issue: legislation The Zambian President Michael Sata has sued Daily Nation proprietor and publisher Richard Sakala for defamation as a second defenant for a story he published in his newspaper on 16 May 2012 in volume number 2 Issue 182 with a headline ‘Malambo’s removal is criminal’. According to the statements of claim obtained by MISA Zambia, the first defendant Dr Choolwe Beyani , who is a Policy Research Director in the United Party for National Development, an opposition political party wrote and published or caused to be published to the second defendant [ Richard Sakala of the Daily Nation] the words which were defamatory to the plaintiff [President Mihael Sata] on or about the 15th of May 2012. $OHUW Date: June 14, 2012 Person/ institution: The Post Violation/ issue: Other Forth President’s office demands apology, accuses The Post of trying to divert the nations attention. The Office of the immediate former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda has accused The Post, a privately owned newspaper of trying to divert the nation’s attention from pertinent issues currently affecting Zambia. According to a statement issued by his office, the newspaper’s story with a headline “Rupiah, Thandiwe differ over dollars” published on 13 June 2012 had some factual errors. “We consider today’s story in The Post newspaper entitled “Rupiah, Thandiwe differ over dollars” not worth responding except to put the record straight and expose to the Zambian people the desperately appalling levels of journalism being practised by some media houses.” Reads the statement in part. 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\"