Archive: 1 March 2021

1 Mar 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia’s COVID-19 positivity rate remains below 10% – Minister

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda has announced that Zambia has recorded 468 new COVID-19 cases out of 5,535 tests done and seven deaths in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Monday, Dr Chanda announced […]

1 Mar 2021 | Diggers Editor

Don’t let China, Israel steal State intelligence through technology investments

REVELATIONS that Zambia is among seven African countries using ICT tools developed by an Israeli telecoms company to spy on citizens’ phone calls and text messages, among other communications, could not have come at a […]

1 Mar 2021 | Chileshe G Mange

Reforms and opportunities existing at Regional and International levels to develop exchange of information

In the previous article I explored the main drivers of tax evasion and avoidance in Zambia and assessed the government’s tax enforcement capacity. The Financial Intelligence Centre Trends Report published in 2020 revealed that significant […]

1 Mar 2021 | Abraham Kalito

If PF blocks me from contesting the presidency, I will tell the court what I know – KBF

RENOWNED Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube says if the PF blocks him from attending the elective conference, he will go to court to say what he knows. And KBF says dishing out money to the […]

1 Mar 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

We called it UPND Alliance because we didn’t want to confuse people by introducing new brand – Nalumango

UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango says a decision was made to call the opposition alliance the “UPND Alliance” because they did not want to confuse people by introducing a new brand. On Friday, Chishimba Kambwili said […]

1 Mar 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Huge cash donations were causing unnecessary talk, insists Musukwa

PATRIOTIC Front national mobilization committee chairperson Richard Musukwa says he stopped party members from donating huge some of money in public because he doesn’t want publicity for the wrong reasons. He was speaking when Copperbelt […]

1 Mar 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Loyana qualified to own property in Zambia, ’48 houses owners’ tell court

THE three people who have sued the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over the infamous 48 houses in Lusaka’s Chalala area have submitted that Charles Loyana, a senior accountant at the Ministry of Finance, remains qualified to […]

1 Mar 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Mopani takeover best deal of the year – Wina

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says the acquisition of majority shares in Mopani Copper Mines by ZCCM-IH is the best deal of the year which Zambians should be proud of. And Vice-President Wina says the opposition in […]

1 Mar 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

NDC still remains a strong member of UPND Alliance – Akafumba

NDC ‘acting president’ Joseph Akafumba says all the party members who were purportedly suspended by expelled Chishimba Kambwili should just ignore him. And Akafumba says NDC still remains a strong member of the UPND Alliance […]

1 Mar 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

CSOs demand withdrawal of Legal Aid Bill

A CONSORTIUM of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on government to withdraw the Legal Aid Bill, which is currently at Second Reading stage in Parliament, in order to conduct further consultations over its contents. […]