Archive: 23 August 2023

23 Aug 2023 | Ulande Nkomesha

0.1% of active taxpayers contributed 80% of gross taxes in first half of 2023 – ZRA

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority Commissioner General Dingani Banda says 702 out of 500,609 active tax payers contributed 80 percent of the gross revenue collected in the first half of 2023. And Banda says the Authority had,... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Angela Muchinshi

People are exercising more of their rights now than under PF, observes Jankowski

OUTGOING European Union Ambassador to Zambia and COMESA Jacek Jankowski says he’s seen some changes in the democratic standards since the new dawn government took over. And Ambassador Jankowski says there’s a need to have... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Mwiche Nalwimba

Lungu ‘gate crashed’ a govt meeting, House of Chiefs must be fair – Mposha

MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha says if UPND was a violent party, former president Edgar Lungu would have been beaten over the weekend because he and his entourage were very provocative. And... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Taonga Tembo

HH wants to use police to fix me – M’membe

SOCIALIST Party leader Dr Fred M’membe has alleged that President Hakainde Hichilema wants to fix him and other political opponents using the police. Dr M’membe, who has been charged with acts intended to cause grievous... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

Malila should avoid political statements that put him in bad spot – PF

PF National Chairperson Davies Chama says Chief Justice Mumba Malila should refrain from making political statements that seem to defend the current fight against corruption as it puts him in a bad spot. During the... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Unlearning is a super power

In last week’s article, I shared that I lost 10 kg in one month after I started eating a ketogenic diet. In fact, I ate a zero-carb diet – a carnivore diet, which is at […]

23 Aug 2023 | Muzamba Siandizya

Wynter rates UPND 0/10

ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba has ranked UPND’s performance in its two years in office, zero out of 10. In an interview, Monday, Kabimba said Zambians’ final judgment in the 2026 general elections was going... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Angela Muchinshi

If we want to live like Europeans, we must work like them – Musokotwane

FINANCE Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zambians have to work as hard as Europeans do if they want to live like them. Speaking during outgoing European Union Ambassador to Zambia and COMESA Jacek Jankowski’s farewell party,... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

Don’t play with facts, secure convictions because a crime was committed – Kabesha

ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has advised prosecutors to secure convictions because indeed a crime was committed, and not by playing around with facts. And Kabesha has wondered why Zambians cry over how law enforcement agencies... […]

23 Aug 2023 | Ulande Nkomesha

We’ll commence negotiations with bondholders in Sept- Nkulukusa

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says government will in September start negotiations with private creditors, including bondholders, on a non disclosure agreement basis. And Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the... […]