Archive: 14 May 2019

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

14 May 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Media houses must be innovative to stay relevant – Kasolo

Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says the media in Zambia should explore new ways and technologies that will help them recover from the massive changes and the competition currently taking shape in […]

14 May 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

NDF delegates aren’t getting allowances, insists Lubinda

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says those alleging that delegates at the ongoing National Dialogue Forum (NDF) are receiving allowances from government are being mischievous because sponsoring institutions are responsible for financing their own representatives. And […]

14 May 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

Parastatals’ failure to settle statutory obligations exceeds K1.7 billion, reveals AG

The Auditor General’s report on the accounts of parastatal bodies for the financial year ended 31st December 2017 has revealed that government institutions failed to settle statutory obligations to NAPSA, ZRA and other authorities in […]

14 May 2019 | Diggers Editor

Those rejecting Chinese, must remember Mandela’s strategy

Many of Nelson Mandela’s fellow prisoners during his time on Robben Island condemned his insistence on learning Afrikaans, the language of the white South African minority that many of the oppressed refused to speak, or […]