• 14 May 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

VAT needs to go, mines have been swindling govt for 17 years – Chanda

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says the Value Added Tax (VAT) system has made it easy for companies to declare losses and swindle government for 17 years, hence denying the country a fair share of taxes. Speaking when he appeared on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Chanda revealed that the VAT system made it...

• 14 May 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Don't bring Chinese to come and teach "wanye nyo nyu nye" - Kambwili

NDC president Chishimba Kambwili has condemned the move by government to teach Chinese in secondary schools, and has further objected to the move by the NDF to reintroduce deputy minister. Meanwhile, Kambwili yesterday wondered where God picked President Edgar Lungu from to come and cause misery on the people of Zambia, further saying the Head...

• 14 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Police didn't demand permit from HH at church - Esther

Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has refuted reports that police in Ndola required UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to obtain a police permit before attending a church service. In a statement, Monday, Katongo stated that police were merely trying to verify if Hichilema would indeed attend mass at St Joseph of Cupertino Catholic Church in Chifubu...

• 14 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

PF formally suspends KBF, Komaki as duo await expulsion

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says no one is special in the ruling party when it comes to the enforcement of rules and regulations. Mwila was speaking when he received a recommendation from the Lusaka Province PF executive committee for the party to expel its renowned cadre Julius Komaki and Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya...

• 14 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

ZICTA demands subscriber protection against mobile money fraud

The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has directed Mobile service Operators to secure their network platforms and protect their customers from fraudulent people asking them to send money via mobile money services. In a statement, ZICTA corporate communications manager Ngabo Nankonde stated that the Authority had received numerous complaints against incorrectly registered SIM...

• 14 May 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Mayhem characterizes Mwaliteta's re-arrest

There was mayhem at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court complex yesterday when some UPND supporters attempted to shield Lusaka Province UPND Chairman Obvious Mwaliteta from being re-arrested after the Court discharged him in a matter where he was accused of being in possession of offensive weapons. The UPND supporters attempted to snatch Mwaliteta from the police,...

• 14 May 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Govt to exempt copper concentrates from Sales Tax

A grand total of 1,379 inputs have been designated to be exempted from the impending Sales Tax from July 1, 2019, including, among others, copper ores, concentrates and petroleum bitumen. And the last date for the filing in of VAT returns is expected to be July 18, 2019, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says. The...

• 14 May 2019
• Daniel Chansa in Chingola

Police halt PF protest against KCM

Riot police Monday morning thwarted plans of a protest against Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) by Nchanga PF member of parliament Chali Chilombo. Chilombo had applied for a police permit to stage a peaceful protest against KCM. The permit was initially granted but police later cancelled it when all groups had already mobilized. KCM owes suppliers...

• 14 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

NDF is like choosing a preferred way of being raped - AKA

Veteran politician Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika says accepting the resolutions of the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) is like looking for a preferred way of being raped. And Lewanika says manipulation of the Republican Constitution is a historical challenge, which dates back to 1969 when people voted in favour of the referendum. In a statement, Lewanika stated...

• 14 May 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Cop in court for deserting his job

A 36-year-old police officer of Emmasdale Police Station has pleaded guilty to abandoning his job without official leave in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. In this matter, Obrey Museka, of Mtendere East was charged with desertion. Particulars of the offence allege that between August 23, 2018 and March 28, this year, Museka being employed as a...