Archive: May 2019

2 May 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

ZEMA happy with plastic usage compliance at chain stores

Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) public relations officer Irene Chipili says chain stores that are selling plastic bags to customers are doing it legally and have not breached any law. In an interview, Chipili also […]

2 May 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Delayed salaries normal, but it won’t happen again – Lungu

President Edgar says delayed salaries are normal, but promises that it won’t happen again. And President Lungu has accused the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions of playing politics by lamenting the church’s absence at the […]

2 May 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

IMF projects ‘doom’ for Zambia if ballooning debts stay uncontrolled

Government’s huge domestic arrears owed to contractors and suppliers has put pressure on households and businesses and presents a risk for Zambia’s financial sector, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). And the IMF has projected […]

2 May 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

K111 maize price isn’t exploitative – FRA

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) says its ongoing community sales where 50Kg bags of white maize being sold to communities at K111 are not exploitative because buyers are benefiting with more mealie meal. And the […]

2 May 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Proposed Zesco tariff increment meant for PF’s debt repayment, says Imenda

UPND deputy secretary general for administration Getrude Imenda has charged that the proposed electricity tariff increment by Zesco is not meant to carter for the power utility’s operational cost but to repay government’s ballooning external […]

2 May 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

GBM has joined PF’s focus on fixing HH instead of national problems – Katuka

UPND secretary general Steven Katuka says the party has noted with disbelief the continued focus by former party vice president GBM and PF secretary general Davies Mwila on insulting UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema at the […]

2 May 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Kambwili accuses Bowman of killing NDC Lsk youth chair

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has asked Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga to arrest Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for murder, accusing him of killing NDC youth chairperson Obed Kasongo. But Lusambo says the allegations are […]

2 May 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

I will de-campaign HH in Southern Province – GBM

Former UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) says he will go to Southern Province to de-campaign Hakainde Hichilema, boasting that a lot of people who are loyal to him in the area. Speaking when he […]

2 May 2019 | Joseph Mwenda

Mwashingwele’s death a shock – HH

UPND deputy spokesperson and Katuba Member of Parliament Patricia Mwashingwele has died. Confirming Mwashingwele’s death, party president Hakainde Hichilema said he received the news with shock. “It is with shock that we received the death […]

1 May 2019 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

He is their leader: why Edgar Lungu cannot stop the violent behaviour of PF cadres

The thuggery of ruling Patriotic Front (PF) cadres never seems to cease and appears to grow more frequent as time passes. Media reports on their latest antics can be read or heard almost every week […]