Archive: 3 May 2022

3 May 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

HH mourns Chikwanda

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is deeply saddened by news of the passing on of former minister of finance Alexander Chikwanda. In a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya, Tuesday, the President acknowledged Chikwanda’s […]

3 May 2022 | Julia Malunga

Court stays warrant of seizure on Chitotela’s State Lodge property

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has stayed the warrant of seizure taken out by the Anti-Corruption Commission on former Tourism Minister Ronald Chitotela’s State Lodge property. On Friday, April 29, ACC seized Chitotela’s property situated in... […]

3 May 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

ACC revokes K100,000 settlement with Chitotela, arrests him for possessing proceeds of crime

THE Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former Tourism Minister Ronald Chitotela in connection with possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. The commission says the arrest is in relation to a... […]

3 May 2022 | Diggers Editor

A free press is not anyone’s enemy, corruption is

IF there was a winner from the 2021 general elections other than the political party that is now in power, it was the media. The fourth Estate was on the verge of collapse under the... […]

3 May 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Chitotela signed deal with ACC, surrendered K100,000 to get corruption charges dropped

FORMER tourism minister Ronald Chitotela surrendered K100,000 and an unfinished building in Ibex area in order to get a settlement agreement with the Anti-Corruption Commission, leading to the dropping of the nine charges that he […]

3 May 2022 | Agnes Musonda Munalula

FREDOM IS NOT FREE: Hakainde Hichilema, Please Release to the Public Your Declaration of Assets and Liabilities!

It has become urgent and necessary for Hakainde Hichilema to make public his declaration of assets and liabilities. He does not need any permission from anyone to do this, and he will not be violating […]

3 May 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

ACC arrests Lusambo again for more charges

KABUSHI PF member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo has been nabbed from the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court where he was appearing for mention in a case in which he is jointly charged with his wife with 10... […]

3 May 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Govt explains establishment of US “security cooperation” office at Lusaka Embassy

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma has refuted claims that the United States of America is in the process of establishing military bases in Zambia. In a statement, Monday, Lufuma said the office being created was an […]

3 May 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

It’s sad govt seems to be using delaying tactics on ATI Bill – ActionAid

ACTIONAID Zambia has called on government to expedite the process of enacting the Access to Information Bill. And the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) has urged government to reverse its decision to reintroduce VAT […]

3 May 2022 | Diggers Editor

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