FORMER Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) commissioner general Kingsley Chanda has advised his successor Dingani Banda against making emotional decisions when dealing with his staff and taxpayers, warning that he will crash if he focuses on past frustrations. And Chanda says there were celebrations in Nakonde, Chirundu and Kazungula among smugglers when his contract was terminated...

FORMER labour minister Austin Liato says the UPND government should be given more time to implement their campaign promises. At a press briefing, Monday, Liato said it was impossible for development to be achieved within the two months which UPND had been in government. “Let me start by emphasizing that the President was elected and...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says government's position on Constitutional lawyer John Sangwa's proposal to advertise the Chief Justice position was from an informed point of view. Recently, Haimbe said advertising the position of the Chief justice had no constitutional backing and that there was need of an amendment to facilitate for that in response to...

WE CANNOT agree more with former attorney general Musa Mwenye who says a lot of Presidents have been destroyed by praise singers. What the learned State Counsel said when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview is something that our politicians don’t like to hear, especially when they ascend to power. But it is true that...

THE Auditor General’s Report on accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2020, has revealed that amounts totalling K211,200 was irregularly paid to 25 officers from the Ministry of Mines as sitting allowances for the Mining Licensing Committee meetings. The Report stated that the payment was irregular because the said officers...

FORMER attorney general Musa Mwenye says a lot of presidents have been destroyed by praise singers. And Mwenye says he has noticed a growing trend where judges are not appointed based on their capabilities but because of their closeness to power. Meanwhile, Mwenye says the Judiciary should not be isolated from criticism. Speaking when he...

UPND alliance member Kelvin Bwalya Fube says he has never applied or asked President Hakainde Hichilema for any government position because he is comfortable with his current work. In an interview, Monday, Fube said people should allow President Hichilema to do his work rather than looking for wrongs where there were no wrongs. "I know...

VEDANTA Resources Limited has applied to have the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) liquidation case dismissed on grounds that ZCCM-IH is in continued breach of the dispute resolution provisions of clause 24 and 26 of the Shareholders Agreement. The company further notes that following the ruling of the Arbitral tribunal, the grounds relied upon by ZCCM-IH...

FORMER finance minister Ng’andu Magande says it is justifiable for government to acquire a soft loan for building schools because young people need to be educated. Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane recently announced that government had acquired a loan from the World Bank meant to build high schools in provinces which were previously neglected. Commenting...