LAFARGE Zambia PLC has been dragged to court over the placement of a container on a farm without the consent of the owner. But Lafarge has refuted the claims saying the farm owner is only trying to unjustly enrich themselves. This is a matter in which environmentalist Robert Chimambo has dragged the cement company to...

KWACHA PF member of parliament Joseph Malanji has asked the Constitutional Court to interpret whether or not an MP whose seat is nullified by the High Court and has appealed, should attend parliamentary sittings before the appeal is determined. This is a matter in which Governance Elections Advocacy Research Services (GEARS) Initiative petitioned the Constitutional...

CHIPATA Central Constituency UPND member of parliament Reuben Phiri has expressed disappointment over the substandard works done on the Nabvutika Police Post in Kapata Ward. Speaking during the handover of the Police Post to the Police Command in Chipata, Friday, Phiri said the council could have done better in terms of the quality of works...

LUSAKA Lawyer Elias Chipimo says a little bit of imagination around how to gather relevant information will spare the law enforcement agencies from the embarrassment of appearing not to know how to tackle the fight against corruption. Last week, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Faith Musonda for being in possession of a house suspected to...

AN Oxfam research has revealed that Zambia could be suffering from a mining tax gap of up to $560 million per year. And the report has revealed that Zambia could be losing up to $91 million per year from tax avoidance from Mopani Copper Mines. Speaking during the launch of the OXFAM Research Background dubbed...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says government will next year stop getting involved in the procurement of petroleum products and will simply be regulating the industry and collecting tax. Last week, the Energy Regulation Board increased the retail fuel pump prices by K3.54 for petrol and K4.56 for diesel. In an interview, Kapala said no government...

SO MANY things have been said about the sharp increase of fuel prices. The highlight being that the UPND made a false promise. Well, that was established some time back and we already said it when it was not fashionable to point that out. The issue with political campaigns is that the sweeter the promise,...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has advised former presidents to stay away from politics so that they are respected, further stating that Edgar Lungu needs to retire from active politics for him to be given his benefits. And Vice-President Nalumango has justified the increase in fuel prices saying this will help stabilise the economy. Responding to a...

FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says although the removal of fuel subsidies is painful, citizens should understand that it was a necessary action by the government in order to uplift the weakest in society. In an interview, Dr Musokotwane said the rise in some commodity prices resulting from the increase in fuel prices would only...