• 9 Mar 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

ZAF officer in court for assault

A 43-YEAR-OLD Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officer has been dragged to court for allegedly assaulting another person. In this matter, Martin Kaloba Phiri is facing one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Phiri is alleged to have on February 27, 2021, in Lusaka assaulted Masauso Nyangulu, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm. On Friday,...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Abraham Kalito

IMF must yield to govt’s demands for bailout package, pleads ZACCI

THE International Monetary Fund should relax the criteria it uses to lend financial resources and instead yield favourable terms and conditions for Zambia to qualify for a bailout package because the country is in an economic crisis, says ZACCI president Chabuka Kawesha. And Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) economist Dr Gabriel Pollen says...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Businessman sues IMS over $117,599 in unpaid rentals

A BUSINESSMAN has dragged Intelligent Mobility Solutions Limited (IMS) to the Lusaka High Court demanding payment of outstanding rental arrears of over US $117,000 owed to him by the said company. Mohamed Nawash has submitted that from December 24, 2019, IMS has fallen back in its required payments of the rentals and Withholding Tax payable...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Natasha Sakala

Increased BoZ lending to govt shows more money has been printed – Economist

ECONOMIST Caesar Cheelo says the Bank of Zambia’s (BoZ) increased lending to government is tantamount to the printing of more money that has been reflected in the increased amount of cash in circulation. The central bank has remained silent on the official position as to whether or not it is printing money in response to...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Julia Malunga

Corruption has thrived under Lungu because he tolerates it – APNAC

AFRICAN Parliamentarians’ Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Zambia chapter chairman Cornelius Mweetwa says corruption in the country has thrived under President Edgar Lungu’s administration because of his motto: "ubomba mwibala, alya mwibala" Last week, President Lungu said the thieves who destroyed the economy were now the ones saying there was corruption in the country. But in...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

UNZA lecturers threaten go-slow over delayed February salaries

THE University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers’ Union (UNZALARU) says it foresees a go-slow by lecturers at the university due to delays in paying their overdue February salaries. But Ministry of Higher Education Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame says the grant to the institution was released last Friday and that the lecturers were likely to start...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Julia Malunga

PF donations are now within their means, claims Musukwa

PATRIOTIC Front national mobilisation committee chairperson Richard Musukwa says the donations of cement he made to a Catholic Church in Chililabombwe District was consistent with the guidance he issued. On Sunday, PF secretary general Davies Mwila led party members into donating over K300,000 cash at St Pius Catholic Church in Chililabombwe. At the same event,...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kafue Council asks court to dismiss Lafarge case with costs

THE Kafue Town Council has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss with costs, a matter in which Lafarge Zambia PLC has sued it, the Commissioner of Lands and another, over a piece of land situated in Shimabala area of Kafue district. The council has also denied claims by Lafarge Zambia that the Commissioner of...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

2021 a difficult year for women - Dr Scott

DR CHARLOTTE Scott says 2021 is a difficult year for women because women voices continue being trampled upon. And Dr Scott says it is worrying that other neighbouring countries have initiated a COVID-19 vaccination program whilst no progress has been made in Zambia. Speaking in an interview, Dr Scott who is former vice-president Dr Guy...

• 9 Mar 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

It's stupid for PF to claim that opposition is bribing judges - Nalumango

UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango says it's stupid for the Patriotic Front to suggest that the opposition has connived with Constitutional Court judges and is trying to bribe them to declare President Edgar Lungu ineligible to contest the August 2021 elections. Commenting on Lusaka Province PF chairman Paul Moonga’s remarks who stated that the opposition was...