Archive: 27 March 2024

27 Mar 2024 | Ulande Nkomesha

Govt directs boarding schools not to release pupils for Easter holiday

GOVERNMENT has directed all boarding schools not to allow pupils to leave for the Easter holiday. The government has also guided that no visitations should be allowed during this term, including the Easter holiday, to... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Mwenya Mofya

We need to protect corruption whistleblowers – SC

SECRETARY to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa says government is doing everything possible to ensure that whistleblowers of corruption are protected. And Kangwa says the civil service needs to take the lead in the fight against... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Taonga Tembo

Lawyer drags another woman to court for saying she doesn’t have law degree

A 32-YEAR-OLD woman has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defaming a Lusaka lawyer by stating that the advocate does not have a law degree. Chanda Lyn Banda Rossi, an assistant administrator,... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Taonga Tembo

Court discharges Joshua Banda in corruption case

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has discharged former High Court Judge Joshua Banda in a matter where he was facing two counts of corrupt transactions. The former High Court judge was discharged following an application made... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Mazombwe Banda

Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway will be done in 36 months – NAPSA

NAPSA Director General Muyangwa Muyangwa says the construction of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriage way and rehabilitation of the Luanshya-Fisenge-Masangano Road will take 36 months to be completed at a total cost of approximately $650 million.... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Philip Chisalu

Musokotwane explains debt restructuring benefits

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the successful debt restructuring means that Zambia’s three Eurobonds have been consolidated into two which will be issued as Bond A and B. And Dr Musokotwane... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Ulande Nkomesha

D/Speaker suspends Mundubile for 30 days, reprimands Munir for falsely claiming that Mphosa strangled him

FIRST Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano has suspended Mporokoso PF MP Brian Mundubile from the National Assembly for 30 days after the latter defied directives from Second Deputy Speaker Moses Moyo. Meanwhile, Chisangano has reprimanded Lumezi... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Zondiwe Mbewe

PF MP justifies her “ba President Mwachilamo ubufi” remark to Parley

MAMBILIMA PF MP Jean Chisenga says her remark, “ba President Mwachilamo ubufi,” cannot be classified as an accusation because the public perceives President Hakainde Hichilema’s failure to deliver on many promises as lies. Chisenga adds... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Barnabas Zulu

Chisenga called HH a liar in a drunken state – Andeleki

KATOMBOLA UPND member of parliament Clement Andeleki says Mambilima PF lawmaker Jean Chisenga made the utterance that President Hakainde Hichilema is a liar while in a drunken state. In an interview, Monday, Andeleki argued that... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Mazombwe Banda

Show sympathy for street vendors – Archbishop Banda

BEFORE we proclaim sight to the blind, let us ask the Lord to open our eyes so that we might see as God sees, and renew the ill attitude of self-centeredness, blame-game, and lack of... […]