Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo says some people pay as much as US$5,000 to be awarded honorary degrees. In a ministerial statement to Parliament yesterday, Prof Luo observed that a lot of people in Zambia loved to be addressed by titles which they had not worked for and that some institutions had turned this...

Buildcon are believed to have agreed terms with Zesco United and Ivorian-born defender Ben Adama Banh. Banh becomes the first high profile departure from the defending FAZ Super Division champions in the off-season. Sources familiar to the development say Banh has joined Zesco's rich Ndola neighbours and archrivals on a free transfer. "His contract with...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has commended government for adopting the Criminalization of Torture in Zambia Bill saying it will enhance protection of the right to freedom from torture or inhuman treatment. In a statement yesterday, HRC spokesperson Muleya Mweelwa stated that providing legal guarantees to human rights was any government’s obligation. “The Human Rights...

FDD spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo should be relieved of her duties because she is killing the education sector. And Mwanza says politics has been reduced to a game of money making in Zambia. Speaking when he featured on Radio Phoenix'Let The People Talk programme yesterday, Mwanza said Prof Luo...

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says Zambia has the capacity to double its projected tax collections of K41 billion in the year 2018 if there is full compliance from all tax payers. Kanyama said this in a statement to News Diggers today, noting that a number of companies had been using creative accounting and other tax avoidance...