Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has acquitted former Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Charity Mwansa and her director Charles Mulenga of charges of abuse of authority of office in relation to the procurement of oil from Trafigura in which government lost huge sums of money. When the matter came up for ruling on case to answer...

A 35-year-old Olympia Park Secondary School teacher has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for corrupt practices Jacob Shawa was dragged to court by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Shawa, being a public officer, is alleged to have corruptly solicited for and received the sum K1,000.00 cash as gratification from Ester Tembo, a General Certificate of Education...

Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) executive director Lewis Mwape says the process of bringing on board partners to invest in Indeni oil refinery should be done consultatively in a transparent and effective manner. Reacting an announcement by Energy Minister that government was looking for an investor to pump US$600 million into Indeni, Mwape said...

Former Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Charity Mwansa and her director Charles Mulenga have asked the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to acquit them on charges of abuse of authority of office in relation to the procurement of oil from Trafigura without adhering to the contract terms of payment. In their written submissions ahead of ruling on...

Nevers Mumba says Finance Minister Felix Mutati’s act of under-declaring the country’s debt in Parliament early this year prompted the IMF to cancel its negotiations for a loan facility with Zambia. Commenting on IMF resident representative Dr Alfredo Baldini’s pronouncement that the relationship between the Fund and Zambian authorities for a loan facility had become...

Lafarge Zambia says the company will launch an appeal against the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's decision to slap it with a fine for alleged price discrimination. On Tuesday, CCPC fined Lafarge Cement Zambia Plc K99,235,400 for application of abusive loyalty discount schemes, price discrimination and excessive pricing. “This was after an exhaustive investigation by...

The Oasis Forum has observed that 2017 has been a difficult year for Zambia because of the high poverty levels experienced by many citizens. And the Forum says Zambians are thirsty for good leadership. According to a statement issued today by Forum Chairperson Linda Kasonde who is also Law Association Of Zambia President, the difficulties...

Local Government and Housing Minister Vincent Mwale says it is unacceptable for councils to depend on government grants to pay salaries to their workers and finance their operations. And Mwale says he has signed a statutory instrument which will create a Bus Station and Market fund with the view of collecting levies from the users....

President Edgar Lungu's spokesperson on Wednesday complained that it was unfair for the Anti Corruption Commission to express ignorance over an investigation against him, which took a year and six months. ACC spokesperson Timothy Moono on Sunday told News Diggers! that his office was not aware that the Commission had probed Chanda for corruption and...