THE Auditor General’s report on the Accounts of Parastatal Bodies and other Statutory Institutions for the financial year ended December 31, 2019 has revealed that the Industrial Development Corporation Chief Executive Officer requested the Board Chairperson of ZCCM-IH to advance Maamba Collieries Limited US$10 million without the approval of the ZCCM-IH board of directors. And...

ONE of the tenants of the infamous 51 houses in Lusaka’s Chalala area has refuted claims by the Anti-Corruption Commission that she has failed to pay rentals. This is a matter in which ACC has sued four tenants of the 51 controversial houses for failing to pay rentals periodically. The commission has cited Changu Mukakanga,...

Constitutional and International Human Rights Lawyer Professor Cephas Lumina says there is no need for a Constitution amendment in order to allow the Judicial Service Commission to advertise the Chief Justice position. Commenting on Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe’s remarks that advertising the position of the Chief justice had no constitutional backing and that there was...

FORMER health minister Dr Brian Chituwo says President Hakainde Hichilema's presence at the relaunch of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Thursday will help generate confidence in citizens who are sceptical about vaccines. And Pharmaceutical expert Jerome Kanyika has called on government to put in place policies which will ensure mandatory vaccination if the country is...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says putting investigative wings such as the Financial Intelligence Centre and the Drug Enforcement Commission under the office of the President is only meant for oversight function, as there will be no invisible hand interfering with operations. In reference to Gazette Notice number 7039, Vice-President Nalumango told Parliament during question time, Friday,...

THE Lusaka High Court has ruled in favour of former Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) assistant registrar James Wapabeti who sued the institution challenging his demotion and transfer from Lusaka to Kasama. Wapabeti commenced the action on March 29, 2018, seeking an order and declaration that his transfer by the defendant was contrary to...

FORMER finance minister Dr Bwalya Ng'andu says the US $5 million which was paid to Lazard Freres for the provision of advisory services on Zambia’s debt management is not a big amount and it can actually be recovered if good restructuring is done on a single loan. On Thursday, Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane told...

ZESCO Limited and Konkola Copper Mines PLC (in liquidation) have applied to discontinue a matter in which they dragged Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) to court, on grounds that the case has been overtaken by operation of the law. According to a notice of discontinuance filed in the Lusaka High Court by Zesco legal counsel, and...