Archive: 4 April 2022

4 Apr 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Bus fares go up

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has approved the request by bus operators to increase bus fares by K5 for Inter-Mine routes on the Copperbelt as well as Lusaka’s peri-urban and K2 on local... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

PF must stop being cry babies – Telesphore

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says PF members being prosecuted for various corruption-related cases must not be cry babies, because anyone who breaks the law should pay for that. In an interview, Archbishop Mpundu said if the... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Swift Cargo sues Kapalasa’s wife

SWIFT Cargo Services Limited has sued former Katuba member of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa’s wife, Fanny Madzi, and two others seeking an order to set aside the consent judgement which gave her its motor vehicle. In... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

UPND isn’t better than us, it’s worse off – PF

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the PF government did not have enough money to run the economy, which is why it struggled to release the K1.6 million Constituency Development Fund on time. And... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Julia Malunga

I have no problem working under UPND govt – DPP

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Siyunyi State Counsel says she does not have problems working under the UPND government because her job is to work for the State, regardless of the leadership that is... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Julia Malunga

We delay to take some cases to court due to insufficient investigations – Chief State Advocate

CHIEF State Advocate in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Nkumbiza Mumba says her office delays to take some cases to court because of insufficient investigations. And Mumba says there are times... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Julia Malunga

Kagame jets in today

FOREIGN Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says Rwandan President Paul Kagame will undertake a state visit to Zambia from 4th to 5th April. In a statement, Sunday, Kakubo said President Hakainde Hichilema and... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

If we don’t get any more external shocks, economy will improve by 2023 – UPND

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says Zambia’s economy will improve by 2023, provided that there are no more external shocks. In an interview, Imenda said government had no control over external shocks. “It is... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Julia Malunga

We’re praying fuel won’t hit K50 by end of year – Nalumango

DON’T imagine fuel [prices] going up to K50 by end of this year, we are praying it won’t, says Vice-President Mutale Nalumango. The Vice-President was responding to a question from acting leader of the opposition... […]

4 Apr 2022 | Philip Chisalu

It’s hard to predict when fuel prices will stabilise – ERB

ENERGY Regulation Board Chairperson Reynolds Bowa says with the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, it is hard to predict when exactly the country might begin to experience stabilised fuel prices. And Petroleum Transporters Association... […]