THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old former banker to five years imprisonment with hard labour for theft by servant involving K526, 400. In a statement, Tuesday, Drug Enforcement Commission Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan said Kelvin Ndhlovu's sentence was effective October 22, 2021, when he was arrested. "The Lusaka Subordinate Court...

WE continue to look at the arguments that are being advanced by members of the opposition against the move by the government to contract Grant Thornton to audit the Zambian security wings. As we stated in our opinion yesterday, a lot of theft occurs in the Ministry of Defence because military dealings are hardly audited....

THE Economic Intelligence Unit's report on Zambia has projected that the country's mining sector will expand rapidly after the debt restructuring deal is reached. According to the latest EIU report, revenue was expected to rise steadily as a proportion of GDP as mining sector output and growth in the non-mining economy strengthen. "The 2022 budget,...

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says it's not unusual for security wings to be audited by private audit firms, arguing that even the US defence, which has more secrets, has been subjected to that. Lifuka argues that the Auditor General can authorise an agent or specialist consultant to audit defence forces once all conditions have been...

A STATE pathologist has told the Lusaka High Court that he is not sure whether State prosecutor Nsama Chipyoka and UPND sympathiser Joseph Kaunda were killed by the same bullet. This is a matter in which a police officer, constable Funny Nyundu is accused of murdering Chipyoka and Kaunda on December 23, 2020. Chipyoka and...

FIVE criminals have been shot dead by police on the outskirts of Chililabombwe after a heavy exchange of fire between the two parties. In a statement, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Criswell Mweemba confirmed that the incident occurred after police received intelligence information that a group of armed criminals who were driving an unregistered vehicle were about...

KAZUNGULA district UPND council chairperson Mbozi Mulako says she shudders to imagine what would have become of mankind had slave trade not occurred, looking at the work culture of most citizens, especially civil servants. In a recent Facebook posting, Mulako said she had been convinced for a long time that the transatlantic slave trade was...