THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court division, has declined to grant Henry Kapoko permission to commence judicial review proceedings, to challenge ACC’s decision to hand over his properties to various government ministries and departments. In this matter, the incarcerated former Ministry of Health chief human resource officer wanted an order to the effect...

THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has urged government to increase the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) threshold to K7,000 in view of the high cost of living. Last year, government increased the PAYE tax threshold from K4,500 to K4,800 in the 2023 national budget. Giving his 2024 budget expectations, Tuesday, ZCTU president Blake...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says the country is not experiencing any load shedding. Kapala was responding to questions in the National Assembly yesterday asked by Chienge Independent Member of Parliament Given Katuta, Shiwang'andu PF Member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo and Bahati PF Member of Parliament Leevan Chibobwe on whether there was load shedding in the...

WITH the ever-growing human populations and their increasing demand for land, food, and water, aggravated by poaching, an increasing number of species are becoming endangered. Industrialisation has also greatly contributed to the loss of many natural and indigenous habitats of various wild animals around the world. A change in the natural ecosystems due to natural...

UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the ruling party is not aware that Cabinet office rejected former president Edgar Lungu's request to travel to South Africa for medical review. And Mweetwa says if President Hakainde Hichilema was to publicly declare his assets, he would be doing that outside the law because the PF administration changed the...

A LAWYER representing former intercity PF cadre Francis Muchemwa has asked the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to order the release of one of his client's houses on grounds that he has suffered "extreme hardship" since ACC seized his properties. This is the matter in which Muchemwa is jointly charged with two of his companies namely; Friltech...

THE Zambia Pool Union (ZPU) has unveiled a 36-member squad ahead of the African Pool Championships and Hawley Cup slated for South Africa next month. ZPU also unveiled a budget of K1.6 million to successfully send the teams for the Africa Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa. Zambia is expected to field players in the men's,...

DEFENDING champions Zambia have been drawn in Group B alongside Mozambique, Angola, and Comoros at the 2023 COSAFA Women’s Championship to be hosted in Gauteng, South Africa next month. The Hollywood Bets COSAFA Championships are set to run from October 4-15, with Zambia going into the tournament as defending champions after defeating South Africa 1-0...

THE Lusaka High Court has expunged from its record, a police officer's testimony that gassing suspects Given Phiri and Marlone Banda told him during interrogations that they got chemicals from Chris Zumani Zimba. Lusaka High Court Judge Koreen Zimba ruled that if the warn and caution statement was given freely, it would have been written...

ZAMBIAN flyweight boxer Patrick Chinyemba has qualified to the semi-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympics Africa Qualifying tournament after defeating Mohammed Moziane of Algeria by a 5-0 unanimous point decision on Tuesday night in Dakar. Meanwhile, lightweight Margret Tembo’s dreams of reaping a medal sunk after she suffered defeat at the hands of Adeola Oyesiji...