Archive: 13 January 2023

13 Jan 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

ACC clears Kawana of corruption allegations

THE Anti-Corruption Commission says Ministry of Information and Media Director Thabo Kawana obtained a loan from the Public Service Micro Finance Company amounting to K594,277 to facilitate the purchase of a vehicle he later gifted... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Zambia needs more players to play in Europe – Grant

CHIPOLOPOLO coach Avram Grant says one of Zambia’s biggest challenges is that the country has few players plying their trade in major European leagues. Grant was last month appointed Zambia’s national team coach with a... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

Wearing masks in health centres mandatory – MOH

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the country has recorded three COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, while nine patients are on oxygen therapy, with three in critical condition. And Masebo says wearing masks will... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambians forget quickly, they can’t remember teargas, blood at bus stops – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has insisted that his government is determined to deliver on its promises and doesn’t care who destroyed the country. And the President says Zambians forget quickly and can’t remember that teargas and... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Angela Muchinshi

There’s no leakage at Kariba Dam, ZRA covering up HH’s lie – Mwamba

PF presidential aspirant Emmanuel Mwamba claims that there is no leakage on the Kariba Dam. Meanwhile, Socialist Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema should not have been the one to alarm the nation... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Milimo Namangala

LAZ, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators sign MoU to establish arbitration center in Lsk

THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-Zambia to establish an international arbitration center in Zambia. During a media briefing yesterday, LAZ president Lungisani Zulu... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

We won’t hesitate to invoke punitive actions against erring PSs, warns Cabinet

SECRETARY to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has warned that Cabinet office, working with the treasury, won’t hesitate to invoke punitive actions against erring controlling officers and their officers. And Auditor General Dr Dick Sichembe has vowed... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

Politicians’ fear of the unknown preventing enactment of ATI Bill – Kasolo

FORMER ministry of information permanent secretary Chanda Kasolo says politicians become the stumbling block to the enactment of the Access to Information Bill due to fear of the unknown. And MISA Zambia national director Austin... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

PF wants people to rise against govt – police

EASTERN Province Deputy Police Commanding Officer Lucky Munkondya has vowed that police will disrupt any meeting which PF will hold in the area without a permit. Munkondya claims that the former ruling party wants members... […]

13 Jan 2023 | Ulande Nkomesha

We haven’t reached stage for mass Covid testing – MOH

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Professor Lackson Kasonka says carrying out a mass testing exercise for COVID-19 now can be a waste of resources. Commenting on former health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s... […]