Archive: 2 August 2022

2 Aug 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Monze businesswoman gets 1 year 6 months for obtaining K8,650 by false pretences

THE Monze Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old businesswoman to 18 months imprisonment for impersonating a Zambia Wildlife Authority Officer and obtaining over K8,000 in fines from members of the public. In a... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Agnes Musonda Munalula

Lawyers, Morals and Capitalism: Impossible Bedfellows?

No one, ordinarily, buys legal services to be assisted to go to jail, fast, whatever the challenges one may have with the law, including having committed mass murder. The injunction of “guilty until proven innocent” […]

2 Aug 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Law will take its course if it’s determined that Lungu is still in active politics, insists Haimbe

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says it’s clear that former president Edgar Lungu is a key influencer in PF, insisting that the law will take its course if a determination is made that he is still... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Slight increase in inflation isn’t due to public pressure – Zamstats

ZAMBIA Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says the agency does not succumb to pressure from the public in its computation of the inflation rate. After recording a continuous drop in the last few... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

Lungu also wanted market-driven fuel prices, counter forces pushed the other way – Amos

FORMER special assistant to the president for press and public relations Amos Chanda says the recent fuel price reduction by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) shows that the UPND government is not unnecessarily intervening in... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Innovators must use technology to meet 1.6m desks demand – Mutati

MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati says innovators must use technology in order to meet the demand for desks which is estimated at 1.6 million at the moment. And Mutati says government is yet... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Peggy Mwansakilwa

Having President on IDC board brings many conflicting issues – ActionAid

ACTIONAID Zambia has backed the Committee on Parastatal Bodies’ recommendation that the President should be removed from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) board saying doing so will enable the corporation to be more efficient and... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala and Esther Chisola

Chinese Envoy’s remarks on debt restructuring have shamed critics – Mweetwa

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says recent remarks by the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia that government should await good news out of the debt restructuring negotiations with his country have shamed critics who said UPND had... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Lusaka resident accuses Avensis Group Ltd of running a land scam

A LUSAKA resident Chanda Chipongoma has accused Avensis Group Limited Zambia of running a land scam, saying the company has been issuing fake title deeds and fraudulent bank deposit slips to clients who demanded refunds.... […]

2 Aug 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

HH can’t make decisions based on social media allegations – Anthony

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema can’t be expected to make decisions based on social media allegations. When asked to comment on the viral obscene videos which are being linked to DEC Director... […]