• 22 May 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

CK vows to prove Mwila hired someone to write his G12 exams

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says he will prove to the Lusaka High Court that he did not defame PF Secretary General Davies Mwila when he said the latter hired someone to write his Grade 12 examinations because he was merely stating a fact. In this matter, Mwila has sued Kambwili demanding punitive and exemplary damages...

• 22 May 2019
• Guest Digger

Why Farmers and MPs Prefer The E-voucher: The Case for Full Rollout

In 2018, CUTS found that 58% of e-voucher users prefer the e-voucher to the traditional FISP; last week we met with farmers who confirmed that they believe the e-voucher to be the future. Over the next four months, CUTS will explain the benefits of the e-voucher giving a case for the 100% roll out of...

• 22 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

8 CSOs oppose sales tax

Eight Civil Society Organisations have opposed the proposed introduction of Sales Tax to replace the value added tax, arguing that Sales Tax has dangerous consequences on the livelihoods of people and the country’s economy. The civil societies include the Non-Governmental Coordinating Council (NGOCC), Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR), Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR),...

• 22 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Attacking church won't help Zambia - Mambo

Chikondi Trust Foundation president Bishop John Mambo says it is unfair to insult the very church that politicians use to campaign in every Sunday. And Bishop Mambo says if political leaders mean well for the country, no law will be passed without consulting the church. On Sunday, President Lungu rebuked church leaders who run big...

• 22 May 2019
• Diggers Correspondent

Indecent assault-accused Ndola women put on their defense

The five Ndola women who inserted a beer bottle a in another woman's private parts as punishment for allegedly sleeping with a married man have been found with a case to answer and put on defence. On December 1 last year, Precious Kapambwe, 25, Bridget Chisha, 21, Margaret Mwansa, 25, Catherine Banda, 29 and Maureen...

• 22 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

Gunshots fired as KCM liquidator storms Chingola to takeover assets

There was commotion in Chingola yesterday when a combined team of security forces escorted the appointed provisional liquidator of Konkola Copper Mines from Lusaka to go and take over the assets of the Vedanta owned mine. Provisional liquidator Lungu Milingo of Messrs Lungu Simwanza was accompanied by a high powered delegation appointed by President Edgar...

• 22 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Since inception, KCM has only paid US$58m dividends, ZCCM-IH tells court

ZCCM Investment Holdings PLC has told the Lusaka High Court that since Konkola Copper Mines began operations, it has only paid US$58 million dividends to government and it has been involved in tax evasion schemes. Yesterday, the Lusaka High Court granted ZCCM-IH an order to appoint Milingo Lungu of Messrs Lungu Simwanza and Company as...

• 22 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Mawere threatens Prime TV reporter over ‘negative’ story

An audio in which Chipata Central PF member of parliament Moses Mawere is threatening Prime Television reporter Oswald Yambani for airing a story in which his constituents branded him an absentee MP yesterday went viral on social media. In the said audio, Mawere, who is also Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development, is heard...

• 22 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

ACC arrests 2 civil servants for theft involving K18,000

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Kasama has arrested the provincial the Fisheries and Livestock Coordinator, and the Central Statistics Office Regional Statistician of for corrupt practices involving K18,000. Joseph Chiti, 42 of Kasama Village, a provincial Fisheries and Livestock Coordinator, in Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, and Danny Muchimba, 36 of Mukulumpe Township, a Regional...

• 22 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

I didn’t say there’re no problems in the economy, Amos clarifies

President Edgar Lungu’s spokesperson Amos Chanda says it is incorrect to characterize him as having said there are no problems in the economy, because State House and the Head of State are alive to the fact that there are two factors that have caused problems to the country’s economic state of affairs. He said while...