PETAUKE PF member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda has been dragged to court by Rejave Car Hire Services over failure to pay for car hire services amounting to K101,000. Banda and Jonathan Shawa, his agent, have been cited as first and second respondents in the matter. According to the statement of claim filed in the...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says government's move to accord mines deductible mineral tax is a hopeful strategy but it might affect the budget extensively if it fails to work out. In an interview, Monday, Hambayi said he hoped the strategy would work. “The proposed tax revenue they were going to raise from mineral royalty tax was...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has lamented that his anti-corruption fight is being resisted by some people who are deliberately tagging it as ethnically designed. The President adds that this is unfortunate but vows that he will push on with his agenda because corruption is corruption, regardless of who is involved. In reaction to the President’s remarks,...

FOUR witnesses, including Dr Evans Mwengwe's widow and brother, have testified in a murder trial in which four suspects are facing various charges in relation to his death. This is in a matter in which Kenani Jere, 23, a businessman of Lusaka’s Katondo area; Doris Ndumba, a 23-year-old Student of Luangwa; Keegan Zulu, 38, a...

FORMER Lusaka Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says he has no doubt that checks and balances will continue being given to government because the opposition parties which were defeated are "itching" to get back into power. Reacting to concerns that the country does not have a stable opposition political party to provide checks and balances, Archbishop Mpundu...

DISASTER Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) acting National Coordinator Joshua Kamanya says lack of internal auditors at the unit increases its risk of embarrassment due to having various audit queries being cited in the Auditor General’s report. And DMMU Director Finance Dr Mary Namusokwe says since its inception, DMMU has never had an internal auditor,...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), in collaboration with the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), has seized seven boxes containing 336 bottles of Benylin with Codeine syrup at Victoria Falls Border in Livingstone. In a joint statement, DEC and ZRA disclosed that the consignment was discovered during a search conducted on a Shalom Truck which resulted in...

PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama says President Hakainde Hichilema is a "cry baby" because he has continued to find excuses for everything. And Chama says UPND's fight against corruption is, indeed, tribal because only people from one region are being targeted. Commenting on remarks by President Hichilema that the measures that government were putting...

AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe has observed that people want his office to be able to prosecute, but argues that his institution "cannot be everything". Meanwhile, Dr Sichembe says his office might start out sourcing certain services in order to mitigate its low staffing levels. In an interview, Dr Sichembe said a joint working group...

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Stanley Kakubo has received and welcomed the first batch of Zambians who have been evacuated from Ethiopia due to civil unrest in that country. Rebels in Ethiopia are threatening to advance to the capital, Addis Ababa, as the federal army calls on former military personnel to join in the fight. Addressing the...