FORMER Zesco board chairperson Mbita Chitala has denied defaming the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) and has further filed a counterclaim against the company, demanding compensatory damages for the damage to his reputation. CEC recently sued Chitala in Lusaka High Court, seeking exemplary damage for defamation and any other relief the court may deem fit. CEC...

THE Securities (Amendment) Bill passed through the Second Reading stage on Thursday, after Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane refused to withdraw it. The parliamentary committee for planning and budgeting rejected the Securities Amendment Bill on grounds that it contained provisions that may be detrimental to the proper functioning of capital markets by...

UPND deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says opposition PF members are against private audit firms because they know that the Defence Ministry was a conduit for a lot of illegalities. In an interview, Thursday, Imenda said the opposition members were afraid of private audit firms because they were independent and couldn't be influenced by anyone....

POLICE say former president Edgar Lungu's political advisor Kaizer Zulu is still in their custody and may appear before the Magistrate Court either today or on Tuesday. On Friday, police arrested Zulu for another offence of Conversion not Amounting to Theft in relation to a Toyota Land Cruiser VX, worth K955,000, assigned to him while...

WE were perplexed when madam Chushi Kasanda, the Chief Government Spokesperson said a few days ago that: “I was actually saying to one of my fellow ministers last week, that we are about to finish everything that we promised during campaigns". You are about to what? Really? Well, this would strike us as a sign...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has advised students against using the "fast lane" during their learning journey but to always follow procedures. And President Hichilema has insisted that his government doesn't like to lie to its people or give excuses. Addressing Chipata College of Education graduates, Friday, among them Shadreck Zulu, who he had sponsored from Primary...

PF Lawyer Tutwa Ngulube has argued that the appointments of McDonald Chipenzi and Mwangala Zaloumis as ECZ Commissioner and Chairperson, respectively, are wrong because they are based on party affiliation. And Shiwang'andu PF member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo says there is still time, before ratification, for President Hakainde Hichilema to rescind the appointment of Chipenzi...

BIGTREE, an associate company of Trade Kings Group has launched its new Cornflakes breakfast cereal on the market. Speaking during the launch at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka, Friday, company Public Relations and Corporate Affairs officer Bridget Kambole said the new Bigtree Cornflakes, a locally produced product, would drive import substitution. “Bigtree’s single-minded focus on...

MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati says government wants every corner of the country to have network connectivity by 2024. Speaking, Saturday, Mutati said the government realised US$41 million from its recent auction of spectrum, and was therefore reinvesting the same funds in rural areas. “This year we auctioned what is called spectrum; from...