Archive: 19 November 2018

19 Nov 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lungu campaigns for ‘illiterate’ Mangango candidate

President Edgar Lungu yesterday asked Mangango residents to vote for PF candidate Godwin Putu even though he may not know how to speak English saying he would teach the aspiring member of parliament. And President […]

19 Nov 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

ConCourt sets Dec 7 for ruling in Lungu’s eligibility case

The Constitutional Court is expected to deliver ruling in President Edgar Lungu’s 2021 eligibility case on December 7, 2018. This is in a case in which leaders of Christian Democratic Party, Zambia Republican Party, News […]

19 Nov 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Prisons will be full of politicians after 2021, says Kambwili as he narrates State House money scandal

Chishimba Kambwili says prison facilities will be full of politicians, including President Edgar Lungu after 2021, adding that three quarters of those in the Patriotic Front would be arrested when the party loses power. And […]

19 Nov 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

I’m ashamed to be cited by Auditor General again – Chanda Kabwe

Central Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kabwe on Friday told the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he will part ways with his provincial team should he be cited in the next auditor general’s report. Speaking […]

19 Nov 2018 | Stuart Lisulo

Sales Tax to slow down economic growth, say manufacturers

The Zambia Association of Manufacturers has warned that Sales Tax will slow down the country’s economic growth and encourage tax avoidance. In a statement, Association president Roseta Chabala stated that the Sales Tax proposal as […]

19 Nov 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Democracy cannot survive without serious journalism – Bloomberg

Founder of Bloomberg News Matthew Winkler says no democracy can survive without serious journalism. And Winkler has advised African journalists to tell more stories using data as this is one way of ensuring factual reporting. […]

19 Nov 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Don’t rely on maize alone because it’s a political crop, Madzimawe urges farmers

Chief Mazimawe of the Ngoni people of Eastern Province has advised farmers to diversify from maize-growing, warning that the food crop has become too political to rely on for its cultivation and sale. And the […]

19 Nov 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Pafyuma says there’s no unfairness in distribution of CDF

Wusakile independent member of parliament Pafyuma Kalobo says there is no unfairness in the allocation of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) by government as it is being alleged by opposition members of parliament. And Kalobo says […]

19 Nov 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Police refute Times story on Kabangwe accident

Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has refuted a Times of Zambia story which claimed that seven perished in a road traffic accident which happened on Sunday. In a statement today, Katongo revealed that in fact, […]

19 Nov 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

PAC threatens to recommend Nundwe’s dismissal

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday warned Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe that next time he appeared before the committee for petty queries, it would recommend for his dismissal. But Nundwe repeatedly praised […]