Archive: 27 October 2018

27 Oct 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Ignore politicians spreading lies, Dora tells Zambians

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya has asked Zambians to ignore politicians who are misleading the country by purporting that institutions like the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) have been sold. Siliya said ZNBC, […]

27 Oct 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Thieving public servants will be prosecuted, warns Mwanakatwe

Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says officers found guilty of financial misconduct will be suspended, dismissed and prosecuted, and that action has already commenced on the maladministration of the Social Cash Transfer funds as well as […]

27 Oct 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

2 cops, Chinese nationals in court for abduction

Two police officers and two Chinese nationals have been dragged to court for allegedly abducting a Chinese national with intent to confine him. But appearing in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday, were only one police […]

27 Oct 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

NDC, UPND threaten to shun ZCID-led dialogue

The opposition UPND and NDC will not participate in the dialogue process led by a committee of local eminent persons that has been constituted by the Zambia Centre for Inter-party Dialogue (ZCID). The two parties […]

27 Oct 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Immigration Dept arrests 50 in clean-up operation

The Immigration Department between Monday and Wednesday this week arrested 63 people countrywide for various immigration offences. And the Department says among those arrested include 50 people who were apprehended in a clean-up operation in […]

27 Oct 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

IMF needs to make decision on Zambia’s bailout package – CTPD

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to give a clear position about its negotiations with Zambia for a bailout package to enable the country move forward. […]

27 Oct 2018 | Stuart Lisulo

ZRA targets to capture more tax payers via Zamtel Kwacha

Zamtel Plc has partnered with the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to launch a mobile tax payment system using Zamtel Kwacha to help its customers remit all their domestic taxes on the platform. In a statement […]

27 Oct 2018 | Diggers Editor

It’s unfair to punish pupils over govt’s incompetence

The nation is still trying to come to terms with the decision by the Minister of General Education to postpone school examinations at all levels because of examination paper leakages. This comes not long after […]

27 Oct 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Challenging Lungu for the Presidency doesn’t mean I hate him – KBF

Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube says having presidential ambitions does not mean that he hates the guy who is ruling now, but that the person may have reached his thinking limits and needs to be […]

27 Oct 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu is a tyrant, maybe that’s a slim trait slim people have – Kambwili

President Edgar Lungu is a tyrant, I don’t know if that’s how heartless slim people are because that is how Paul Kagame is, says Former Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili. Speaking on Live Issues programme […]