Archive: 11 June 2018

11 Jun 2018 | Abraham Kalito

I didn’t know Lungu was an ‘excellent’ thief when I supported him – Msoni

All Peoples Congress Party President Nason Msoni says he can’t help but regret supporting President Edgar Lungu who pretended to be a humble man, when he was in fact a thief. In an interview, Msoni […]

11 Jun 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt deliberately inflated cost of Lusaka-Ndola Road from $100m to $1.2bn – Trevor Simumba

International Trade Researcher and Consultant Trevor Simumba says his latest research findings have found proof that government unjustifiably escalated the cost of the Ndola-Lusaka dual carriageway from US$100 million to US$1.2 billion. Speaking in an […]

11 Jun 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Greens join defence for Tshuma

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says neither Section 5 of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Act of 2010 nor any other law bars the FIC from disseminating its findings to the public. And Sinkamba has […]

11 Jun 2018 | Abraham Kalito

China imported 20 times more Mukula from Zambia than what was declared

A report by the Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR) on Mukula production and trade has revealed that Zambia declared to have exported 3,000 m3 of Mukula logs valued at US$900,000 in 2016, while China […]

11 Jun 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Rioting UNZA students risk expulsion, warns Lusambo

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned UNZA students that he will work closely with law enforcement agencies and management to ensure that unruly students are rooted out of the institution. On Saturday evening, University […]

11 Jun 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt treating Tshuma like she has committed bigger crimes than the exposed thieves – Saasa

Premier Consult Limted executive director Professor Oliver Saasa has questioned government’s continued intimidation of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) over revelations contained in its latest Financial Trends report. And Prof Saasa has observed that FIC […]

11 Jun 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

CTPD rebukes govt for attacking FIC

CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says instead of attacking the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) for releasing a financial fraud report involving K4.5 billion, government would do better by stopping the pilferage of public resources. Speaking […]

11 Jun 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Democracy on retreat in Africa – VJ

Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga has observed that institutions such as Parliaments, the Judiciary and the Press are on retreat due to fear of new African dictators who operate under the theme ‘you are either […]

11 Jun 2018 | Mazuba Muleya

Shepolopolo save face, qualify to AfCON

The Zambian women came from a goal behind from the first leg to force a 2-2 aggregate and qualify to the 2018 Ghana African Women Championship finals at the expense of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe beat Zambia […]

11 Jun 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

HPCZ withdraws 5 medical courses from Apex, Cavendish

The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has withdrawn five medical courses from Apex Medical University and Cavendish University for various breaches such as inadequate lecturers and lack of proper laboratories. And HPCZ says it […]