CHAMBESHI Water and Sewerage Company Limited employees have gone for three months without being paid their salaries. But Chambeshi managing director Luckson Simumba attributes the delay in salary payments to the company's failure to raise enough revenue, triggered by government’s pronouncement for all utilities not to disconnect households that are defaulting on bill payments. The...

THE United Nations (UN) in Zambia says there is no registration fee for citizens registering as potential beneficiaries of the COVID-19 Emergency Cash Transfer programme (ECT). In a statement, UN Zambia national information officer Mark Maseko condemned attempts by criminals to delay the programme. He urged members of the public to beware of fraudsters soliciting...

A FORMER Evelyn Hone College employee has dragged the institution to the Lusaka High Court seeking damages for dismissing him on allegations that he solicited money to issue a bursary form from one of the parents to a student at the institution. Daniel Kabala, who has sued Evelyn Hone college as the defendant, is praying...

2021 PF presidential aspirant Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) says government's intentions of taking action against UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema over privatization allegations will bring unnecessary upheaval in the country, judging by the current mood. And Fube says government’s ill timed desperation over the matter will not solve anything but will only make Hichilema popular. Meanwhile,...

CIVIL Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) programs manager Chimuka Nachibinga has called on government to setup practical measures in the 2021 budget to cushion the high cost of living. In an interview, Nachibinga said high inflation rates, depreciation of the Kwacha and the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic had negatively affected the economy. "First...

UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango says it is shocking how people are demanding that Hakainde Hichilema accounts for his wealth when those serving in government have refused to undergo a lifestyle audit. And Nalumango says FDD leader Edith Nawakwi should think of how she will justify herself in court if she is sued for calling...

THE Ministry of Energy says it is still reviewing all of Zesco Limited’s transmission infrastructure, which could be considered common carrier in line with the Statutory Instrument (SI) Number 57 of 2020. And the Ministry says it remains in full support of discussions between Zesco and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) resuming to enable the...

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has reported a sharp decline in the overall number of suspicious financial transaction reports, but with a record high loss of money from laundering activities. And the centre has reported that the major drivers for generation of proceeds of crime in Zambia is corruption associated with public procurement. Meanwhile the...