MINISTER of Finance Dr Bwalya Ng'andu has announced an increase in the country's budget deficit to K17.2 billion from K14.8 billion announced in April. And Dr Ng'andu says K6.8 billion has so far been raised from the K8 billion Covid bond that was recently issued by the Bank of Zambia. Meanwhile, Dr Ng'andu says 23...

DEMOCRATIC Party leader Harry Kalaba says there is anarchy in Zambia as evidenced by the multitude of cadres that caused confusion when Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya appeared in court last week. Last week, corruption-charged Dr Chilufya failed to take plea in a case where he is alleged to be in possession of properties suspected...

A POLICE officer has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how an 11-year-old girl narrated to him that her aunt, a Zambia Air Force (ZAF) soldier, allegedly used to inflict pain on her using hot spoons and knives. This is in a matter where Mildred Luwaile, a 33-year-old Zambia Air Force lieutenant, is charged with...

POLICE Spokesperson Esther Katongo says some PF cadres who stormed Lusaka Central Police and beat up some unsuspecting officers on duty, getting away with undisclosed amounts of money belonging to one of them, have been arrested. In an interview, Katongo confirmed the incident where a PF official mobilised cadres and raided Lusaka Division Police where...

THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed an application by Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa’s ex-wife Mwika Mwenechanya where she wanted an order for leave to issue committal proceedings against Sampa for failing to comply with a court order on child maintenance. In her ruling, Lusaka High Court Judge Nicole Sharpe-Phiri found that the said application is...

JAPAN has signed a grant of US$24 million to Zambia for the upgrading of health centers in Mushili in Ndola and Chamboli in Kitwe to district hospital level. This is the third phase of the project which commenced in 2015. Under phase one and phase two of this project, Japan supported the upgrading of some...

CITIZENS Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) Director General Likando Mukumbuta says the institution has moved its loan recovery rate to 65 per cent from 21 percent in 2013, signifying improved and timely repayment among entrepreneurs. And Mukumbuta says the Commission is expecting to create 125,000 jobs by next year following the operationalization of industrial yards. Speaking...

LUSAKA lawyer Tutwa Ngulube has distanced himself from a public apology attributed to him about his regret for accusing the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) for illegally staying in office early this year, claiming the legal body itself wrote it. Meanwhile, the Legal Disciplinary Committee has found Ngulube guilty and ordered him to issue a...