• 31 May 2019
• Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

Kabwe PF leadership collects K1,000 from us every Saturday, Bus drivers tell Parley committee

The Parliamentary Committee on Local Governance, Housing and Chiefs' Affairs has unearthed a scam where the Patriotic Front (PF) leadership in Kabwe collects about K1,000 every Saturday from Bus drivers on the pretext that they will speak to senior party officials on their behalf. And Kasanda Market traders have submitted to the Parliamentary Committee that...

• 31 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

UPND invites Maureen Mwanawasa to contest Katuba

UPND deputy secretary general Getrude Imenda has invited former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa to assist the party retain the Katuba seat and work towards the country's vision of 50-50 gender representation by contesting on the party's ticket. Last week, Maureen encouraged all political parties in the country wishing to participate in the Katuba Parliamentary by-elections...

• 31 May 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lukuku seeks legal representation in hatred against Chinese case

Republican Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku has asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for time to engage a lawyer in a matter in which he is charged with sedition and expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race. In this matter, it is alleged in the first count that Lukuku between November...

• 31 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

FIC records K6.1bn Illicit financial transactions, up from K4.5bn in 2017

The Financial Intelligence Centre has reported a 33 per cent increase in the amount of money that Zambia lost to financial crimes from K4.5 billion in 2017 to K6.1 billion in 2018. And FIC Director General Mary Chirwa says criminals are using law firms and accounting firms to launder their money. Meanwhile, Chirwa says the...

• 31 May 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Zambia Railways’ poor performance due to incompetence – Chipewo

Zambia Railways Limited is likely to remain loss-making because the parastatal has employed staff who are not competent enough to make it profitable, says transport expert Henry Chipewo. And Chipewo has lamented how Zambia Railways utilised the US$120 million proceeds from the first US $750 million Eurobond issued in 2012 that has been squandered in...

• 31 May 2019
• Sandra Mulenga

3 Kitwe juveniles get 12-month probation for robbery

The Kitwe High Court has placed three Juveniles on a 12-month probation for robbery. And  a 20-year-old-man has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for the same offence. This is a case in which Lazarus Kapinga (A1) and three Juveniles were charged with robbery contrary to the laws of Zambia. Particulars of...

• 31 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

KCM liquidation a warning to all non compliant mines - Musukwa

Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Richard Musukwa has reiterated that government will not allow investors to abuse Zambians saying the liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) should serve as a signal to other non complaint mines. In a statement, Thursday, Ministry of Mines public relations officer Lucy Shawa stated that Musukwa was speaking when...

• 31 May 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Sales Tax will trigger massive job losses, warns ZICA

The impending Sales Tax is likely to trigger massive job losses in the country in its current form, the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) has warned. And ZICA says the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) will breach Zambia’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligations as the provisions of the Bill run contrary to General...

• 31 May 2019
• Sandra Mulenga

Mopani Mine drilling cracking ChaChaCha houses - Kitwe DC

Kitwe District Commissioner Binwel Mpundu says some houses in the city's ChaChaCha Township are at the verge of collapse due to cracks developed as a result of mining activities in the area. And Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta says government needs to urgently relocate people who have settled in Kandabwe township because it...

• 31 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Govt defaults on €6m military loan, reports Africa Confidential

Africa Confidential reports that the government of Zambia has failed to pay the initial €6 million of the €97 million loan repayment to an Italian bank, borrowed to buy two military planes. And Africa Confidential reports that $20 million, of the $50 million Ministry of Education funds suspected of being embezzled, which has so far...