The Choma Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 26-year-old man to 6 months imprisonment with hard labor for stealing one tablet of Lifebouy bathing soap valued at K15.20 from Spar Supermarket. Facts of the matter are that Spencer Mwambula, on November 17, 2017, was seen getting the said item from a shelf walking through the counter...

Zambian Economist Dr Lubinda Habaazoka says failing to clinch an IMF bailout package is not something to cry about because it is also debt. In an interview, Dr Habaazoka said the only solution to Zambia’s debt problems was to reduce government expenditure. “The failure to acquire a bailout from IMF is not something to cry...

Police in Central Province have launched a man hunt for a man of Kabwe’s Makululu Compound for allegedly murdering his lover before dumping her body at Mine Clinic. And police have arrested a 20-year-old man of Chibombo district Advert Hanembo for allegedly murdering his wife, using a handle of a hoe. In a statement issued...

Police in Lusaka have arrested six people, among them two pharmacy owners for selling HIV and Malaria test kits donated to be distributed for free by USAID. In a statement issued by U.S Embassy Public Affairs Officer Janet Deutsch, the six were arrested after a five-month long investigation by the USAID Office of Inspector General...

After weeks of dealing with lying controlling officers, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee finally saluted accountability levels at the Ministry of Mines. And ministry permanent secretary Paul Chanda appealed to PAC to help him engage the Treasury on speedy release of funds meant for the sector. This was when Chanda appeared before the committee to...

UPND lawyers yesterday ‘grilled’ PF deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya, getting him to admit that idioms were commonly used by politicians. In this matter, Bwalya dragged UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba to court for threatening violence against the Head of State when he said “I’ll go for Edgar Lungu’s throat”. When the matter came up for...

In this audio, Finance Minister Felix Mutati says it is regrettable that there are some clever Zambians in government whose DNA is to waste public resources meant for the poor. And Mutati says it is embarrassing to note that 50 per cent of the financial mismanagement cited in the 2016 Auditor General’s report involves officers...