FORMER works and supply minister Yamfwa Mukanga says the company Spick and Span Laundromat Services, which he jointly owned with former ZNBC broadcaster Faith Musonda, stopped operating a long time ago because it was not maing money2. And Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says investigations in Musonda's K65 million case are still ongoing. In an interview,...

THE Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of Parastatal Bodies for the financial year ended 31st December 2019 has revealed that NAPSA procured 28 motor vehicles costing K23.9 million for members of staff against government guidelines. The report revealed that despite government issuing a circular to abolish the provision of personal-to-holder motor vehicles in 2016,...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says late Simon Zukas was a gallant freedom fighter who was concerned about the polarisation of the country on tribal and regional lines. Addressing mourners at Memorial Park burial site, Tuesday, President Hichilema said Zukas had demonstrated how to serve humanity. “Simon demonstrated how to serve humanity and so let us all...

MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba says the new dawn government will ensure employers out in place just conditions because workers are also the backbone of the economy. In an interview, Tambatamba said government would also promote the issue of productivity in the workforce. “Our party manifesto of the new dawn government is...

PARTY for National Unity and Progress (PNUP) leader Highvie Hamududu says the effects of UPND policies will only be felt mid 2022, after which job creation will begin to pick up. In an interview, Monday, Hamududu likened an economy to a sick person who could not be healed immediately after taking medication. "No, it's too...

FORMER works and supply minister Sylvia Chalikosa says UPND's commitment to fighting corruption is easier said than done because they will not be able to police each and every person in Zambia. And Chalikosa says UPND has never appreciated the PF despite all the good things they did, especially in terms of infrastructure development. In...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the total government external debt as at June 2021, stood at US$14.48 billion. And Dr Musokotwane says the growth of external debt from less than $2 billion in 2011 to its current levels reflects one of the worst economic blunders during the last 10 years and...