Information Minister Mutale Nalumango claimed that the opposition had incited trades union leaders to call the strike; the unions took the problem to the Industrial Relations Court but the government is pleading with them to settle out of court...

New faces include Mwanawasa's friend the respected lawyer George Kunda at Legal Affairs; Andrew Mulenga at Education; and three women – Mutale Nalumango (Labour and Social Services) Marina Nsingo (Lands) Mundia Sikatana (Agriculture)...