THE Department of Immigration has apprehended five Ethiopian nationals and a Kasama-based paramilitary police officer attached to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) for illegal entry and aiding and abetting, respectively. In a statement, Wednesday, Immigration Department acting Public Relations Officer Josephine Malambo said the Ethiopians were nabbed on December 29, 2022, in Chisamba. She said...

EMOLUMENTS Commission Chairperson George Kawatu says the commission has approved the 10.5 percent salary increment for civil servants for 2023. And Commission Acting Director General Mwamba Peni says civil servants will now be paid according to their contribution, arguing that gone are the days when they drew salaries for simply reporting for work. Meanwhile, the...

TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali was nearly clobbered yesterday by some angry online taxi drivers who were incensed after he allegedly failed to address their grievances at a meeting held at Government Complex. The angry taxi drivers attempted to charge at Tayali after the meeting ended but security and other ministry officials were quick...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says Zambians are learning the hard way that there is a separation between what politicians promise during campaigns and what they practice while in power. Fr Chikoya says government should walk the talk and show Zambians that it will be accountable by introducing lifestyle...

A 40-YEAR-OLD man of Masaiti District is nursing a deep cut on the head after his colleague, who suspected him of having an affair with his wife, hacked him with an axe. According to police, Joseph Mulenga allegedly hacked his colleague Enock Kaswaswa on the head after he found him with his wife, Ruth Kalyelye,...

GOVERNANCE and Anti-Corruption Researcher Rueben Lifuka says the test of legitimacy of any anti-corruption crusade lies in how law enforcement agencies deal with corruption allegations against serving ministers and other public officials. Lifuka has also urged government to put in place necessary measures this year aimed at strengthening law enforcement agencies like ACC, DEC, FIC...

THE conviction of former finance minister Katele Kalumba, former permanent secretary Stella Chibanda, Access Finance Services Limited directors Aaron Chungu and Faustine Kabwe, is a delayed but welcome development. If there is any lesson that those who play around with public funds should learn from this is that it’s not possible for everybody to get...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema is as disappointed as everyone else with the issue of load shedding. Bwalya says the President hears and understands people's concerns, and that this should be the last time load shedding is happening in the country. The Presidential Spokesperson has further urged citizens to give the Head...