=DPELD The Post newspaper and signed off by the Chief Registrar of Societies, Clement Andeleki, states that the Zambian Watchdog’s office has remained unknown but only has a registered postal address and is also alleged to have neglected to remit statutory fees and inform the Registrar of Societies about the status of the media organisation. August 14, 2012 : On July,24TH, 2012 Defence Minister, Geoffrey Mwamba, threatened to take legal action against the Zambian watchdog an online publication , after the 7 day ultimatum given to them to apologize elapses. This followed a story which was published by the online publication, Zambian Watchdog, in which the publication was alleged to have insinuated that he had gone to visit the president when he had gone for his son’s graduation ceremony at Manchester University. $OHUW Date: November 5, 2012 Person/ institution: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Violation/ issue: Other On 2 November,2012 opposition Member of Parliament from the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) Vincent Mwale was irked by the state owned and controlled Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) over an inaccurate report on the 2013 budget reports the Zambia Watchdog. According to the online media publication, Mwale has since advised ZNBC to desist from misinforming Zambians in their attempt to impress their masters. 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\" $OHUW8SGDWH Date: November 8, 2012 Person/ institution: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Violation/ issue: Other Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Kennedy Sakeni has urged the police to arrest political activists and party supporters who physically attack or harass journalists and prevent them from doing their job. According to media reports, Sakeni said this on Tuesday, 6 November 2012, as he received a petition from the Media Liaison Committee (MLC) against continued harassment of media practitioners by some political activists and cadres. The MLC is an umbrella organisation representing media associations and trade unions in Zambia, with a focus on advocacy for media law reforms, protection of media practitioners and self-regulation of the media. It comprises of the Zambia Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Zambia), Press Association of Zambia, Panos Institute of Southern Africa, Zambia Media Women Association (ZAMWA), Press Freedom Committee of The Post (PFC), Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ), United Nations Information Center (UNIC) and Zambia Union of Broadcasters and other Information Disseminators (ZUBID). $OHUW Date: November 8, 2012 Person/ institution: Media Violation/ issue: legislation Speaker of the National Assembly