Chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya says the fact that Zambians can sit and discuss various corruption scandals is an indication that government is working. And Siliya says debt default does not necessarily mean that government misappropriated funds but that Zambia has had numerous challenges which had to be dealt with concurrently, at the expense of...

THE banking sector has faced a massive challenge of trying to cushion the huge demand for dollars on the local financial market amid high inflation and the continued kwacha depreciation, says the Bankers’ Association of Zambia (BAZ). In an interview, BAZ chief executive officer Leonard Mwanza said banks had continued to face challenges of trying...

FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye State Counsel says unbalanced appointments which don’t reflect a sensitivity to regional balancing are always problematic. And Mwenye says he is not bitter with President Edgar Lungu. After President Lungu made some new appointments at permanent secretary level, Mwenye took to Facebook to criticise what he termed as a lack...

AUDITOR General Dick Sichembe says the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) worked outside the law when they handled COVID-19 donations outside the framework of the National Disaster Relief Trust Fund. In the Interim Report of the Auditor General on the audit of utilisation of COVID-19 resources as at 31st July 2020, it was observed...

A LAWYER representing UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s aides, Mubita Nawa and Antonio Bwalya, says police have recorded a warn and caution with four counts of forgery, theft, giving false information and altering official documents against the duo. In an interview, Mulambo Haimbe disclosed that it was alleged the duo stole 1,500 National Registration Cards (NRCs),...

UPND Chairperson for Mobilization and Strategy Sylvia Masebo says she can never go back to the Patriotic Front because Zambians are looking for change. Recently, PF secretary general Davies Mwila called on all former members to return to the ruling party But in an interview, Masebo said Zambian had become worse under President Edgar Lungu's...

ZAMBIA Bureau of Standards (ZABS) executive director Manuel Mutale has dispelled allegations that the institution lacks competence, integrity and credibility, disclosing that it thoroughly tested a total of 630 Honeybee Pharmacy Limited- supplied condoms, contrary to false claims that only one was tested. Speaking when he addressed journalists in Lusaka, Wednesday, Mutale said ZABS remained...

VETERAN politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga says newly appointed Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda should take the Swedish government's warning seriously by taking corrective measures. On Wednesday, Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Anna Maj Hultgård warned that her government’s relations with Zambia would not be able to survive if scandals continued to happen in the Ministry of...

LOCAL authorities failed to remit statutory obligations including taxes to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and membership contributions to NAPSA amounting to a combined K1.7 billion over the two financial years of 2018 and 2019, says the Auditor General. According to the latest Auditor General’s Report on the Audit of Accounts of Local Authorities for...