Archive: 15 August 2023

15 Aug 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

DEC detains 10, including a Zambian, over private jet fiasco

THE Drug Enforcement Commission says it has detained 10 suspects in connection to the chartered aircraft carrying dangerous goods including over $5 million, 602 pieces of suspected gold and five pistols which landed at Kenneth... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Taonga Tembo

Chitotela explains KKIA cost, says it’s shaped like an eagle, not sausage

FORMER housing and infrastructure minister Ronald Chitotela says Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) Terminal Two is not shaped like a sausage but an eagle and the total cost of the project encompasses so many other... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

Don’t say things in the corner, be brave, Telesphore tells opposition

EMERITUS Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says opposition party leaders need to be more courageous and speak out against the wrongs happening under the UPND government. In an interview, Archbishop Mpundu said opposition leaders shouldn’t just be... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Feasibility studies for EV batteries now at 45% – Govt

COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says feasibility studies for the electric battery manufacturing plant are now 45 percent done. In an interview, Mulenga said the coming on board of FQM’s Enterprise Nickel Mine... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

DEC nabs filling station managers for theft involving over K4m

THE Drug Enforcement Commission, through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested three officials at a known Oil Marketing Company (OMC) for theft and money laundering involving over K4 million. In a statement, Monday, DEC... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Chamuka Shalubala

Cooking oil prices will soon rise – Chibumba

CRUSHERS and Edible Oil Refiners Association (CEDORA) Director Aubrey Chibumba says there is a likelihood that cooking oil prices will rise any time from now. In an interview, Monday, Chibumba noted that most farmers had... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Taonga Tembo

Govt should take NHIMA back to MoH – MQHZ

MEDICAL for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) Director General Dr Quincy Mwabu says government should consider taking the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIMA) back to the Ministry of Health. In an interview, Dr Mwabu said... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Esther Chisola

Court sets judgement date in Kambwili’s “imbwa shaku Chawama” case

LUSAKA High Judge Lameck Mwale, who sat as magistrate, has set October 13, 2023, as the date for judgment in the case in which PF member Chishimba Kambwili is charged with defamation of the president.... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Operators oppose RTSA’s move to ban motorbikes as PSVs

MOTORBIKE operators have opposed RTSA’s move to ban the use of motorcycles in the public transport sector, saying it will disadvantage them as well as commuters because they are the only available options in some... […]

15 Aug 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Past, present BoZ governors’ meeting exemplary – Mvunga

FORMER Bank of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga has described the convening of all surviving Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governors in Livingstone recently as exemplary. And Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says the meeting symbolises continuity. In... […]