THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has revealed that the Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit investigated 219 money laundering related cases involving over K1 billion, over US$ 54 million and over €23 thousand in 2021. And DEC says 92 cases were reported from January to July before the 2021 general elections, while 127 cases were reported after...

FOREIGN Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says although there have been concerns that the President has traveled too much, his opinion is that the Head of State is actually behind schedule as he has not visited all SADC leaders in the region. And Kakubo says President Hakainde Hichilema is scheduled to travel to...

PHARMACIST Jerome Kanyika says he has reported PF member Chishimba Kambwili to Luanshya Central Police for threatening him that he will get his fingers burnt if he continues commenting on the Honeybee saga. And Kanyinka has vowed to never stop talking about Honeybee until the drugs supplied by that company are destroyed. In an interview,...

INDEPENDENT Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) president Bishop David Masupa says church leaders need to be respected as they are partners in governance who must not be used for political expediency. And Bishop Masupa says churches should know that it is not good to allow politicians to seize their pulpits to make political pronouncements. In an...

ZESCO Limited says electricity connection charges have not been increased but that the company has just reverted to using non subsidised rates in order to prevent the accumulation of a backlog of connections. And the company says the standard connection fees have been halted until the Energy Regulation Board revisits the same. In a statement,...

NEWLY-APPOINTED Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) Board has resolved to send the entire agency management on forced leave, pending investigations of some serious anomalies at the institution. And Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says the ZAMMSA Board has been instructed to immediately look at the matter in which Honeybee drugs were erroneously distributed to...

THE decision by the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) to distribute quarantined Honeybee drugs to hospitals is beyond puzzling. What is even more puzzling is that the institution claims this was done by mistake. We understand that mistakes do happen and human beings error from time to time, but this mistake of giving...