PUBLIC Service Management Division Permanent Secretary Boniface Chimbwali says there is nothing illegal about the debt swap initiative, and that it doesn't require to be taken to Parliament for approval. And Chimbwali has called on other employers to emulate government by implementing the debt swap for their employees. Commenting on remarks by economist Professor Oliver...

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa has described government’s decision to implement the debt swap as illegal and irresponsible from a government that is stressed with a huge fiscal deficit. And Prof Saasa says the budget process has become an academic exercise because there is no correlation between what is approved by Parliament and government's expenditure pattern....

THE Attorney General has denied claims by former Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS) director general Xavier Chungu that $150,000 was seized from his account at Access Financial Services. This is a matter in which Chungu has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court demanding payment of US $500,000 as compensation for illegal detention. Chungu...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has asked the Lusaka High Court to strike out Chilufya Tayali's defence in a case where he has sued him for defamation. Hichilema wants the court to strike out Tayali's defence for failure to comply with the orders given by the court. In this matter, Hichilema has sued Tayali over, among...

FORMER Lusaka Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says Zambians are intelligent and can tell that they are being lied to that things will get better when PF is voted back into power. And Archbishop Mpundu says the opinion polls predicting that President Edgar Lungu will win the August polls are just manufactured lies meant to distract people....

PF Presidential running mate Prof Nkandu Luo says Zambians risk having the national assets being sold if they try to experiment with new leadership. And Prof Luo says August 12 will be like a transition so that President Edgar Lungu can continue with the good works that he has been doing. Meanwhile, Chief Lumpuma of...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says he has been able to see flyover bridges under the PF leadership which he only saw in Dubai and China. And Mwila says UPND cannot win the elections because the party only has one stronghold whereas PF has nine. Speaking to party officials in Mandevu, Monday, Mwila said the...

THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says some of the cases that were reported in the 2020 Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) report have already been dealt with. And Action Aid Zambia demanded for the release of the 2020 FIC Trends report. In an interview, ZRA corporate communications manager Topsy Sikalinda said the Authority had a good...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama says the country has recorded 245 new COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours. And Dr Malama says the lowest compliance rates were observed in Lusaka, which also had the highest proportion of premises closed. In a statement, Monday, Dr Malama said the cumulative...