The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has made tremendous progress in investigating six of the over 600 financial crimes cases cited in the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) trends report. And the ACC says the Integrity Committee programme remains a promising strategy of increasing efficiency in service delivery, preventing maladministration and other corrupt vices in public...

The Patriotic Front (PF) should not think that winning by-elections has guaranteed them victory in the 2021 general elections because by-elections are not a good measure of a party's popularity, says University of Zambia political science lecturer Lee Habasonda. And Habasonda has observed that opposition political parties were not given a fair platform to campaign...

President Edgar Lungu did not ask his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for Zambia’s US $750 million Eurobond to be refinanced, but he just let him know that one of the firms from his country may buy Zambia’s sovereign debt, says Amos Chanda. And Chanda says Zambia may not have been able to build a...

Zambia Law Development Commission (ZLDC) director Hope Ndhlovu Chanda has pleaded not guilty to two counts of corrupt acquisition of public property, involving over K120,000 in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. And senior resident magistrate Greenwell Malumani has set August 27, 2018, for commencement of trial. Chanda, aged 42, of plot number 7144/m, Lusaka West in...

The Ministry of Health will increase funding by 30 per cent to ensure that district health services and hospitals provide optimal services, says Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya. And Dr Chilufya says government is initiating appropriate interventions to ensure that budget provisions for key health programmes are significantly increased. Speaking when he officiated at the...

The Zambia Bodybuilding Federation says it held a consultative meeting on Saturday to discuss ways of promoting in-house competitions and consequently growing the sport in the country. And the president also says the federation will look for ways of attracting the female folk to the sport. ZBBF president Emmanuel Chimuka noted that in-house competitions would...

ZCCM-IH yesterday paid a dividend of K81.4 million to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) following a successful financial year where the former generated profits of K729 million. The holdings company increased its dividend policy to 35 per cent of net profit after tax from 20 per cent as part of its strategic plan for the...

Lusaka High Court judge Annesie Banda-Bobo has rejected an application by Gary Nkombo and Chishimba kambwili to halt proceedings in the impeachment case, saying the duo was not a part of the matter. This is in a case in which Kambwili, who is Roan PF member of parliament, along with Nkombo, who is Mazabuka central...

Southern Province Volleyball Association (SOVA) has appealed to Zambia Volleyball Association (ZAVA) to help the southern side get more sponsors on board. And SOVA vice president finance Kabulo Hakayobe says the southern side is grateful ZAVA officials went to witness the Chairman' cup competition dubbed 'Hell In A Cell' on 28th July 2018. "We are...

President Edgar Lungu’s announcement of a Turkish firm which expressed interest in refinancing Zambia’s US$750 million Eurobond maturing in 2022 is not a signal of failure, says Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe. And Mwanakatwe confirmed that a high-level mission will travel to China next month to firm-up discussions on refinancing portions of the country’s Chinese debt...