- Allegations in AG’s report inaccurate – MikalileMIKALILE Trading Investment proprietor Stephen Mikalile says the allegations cited in the latest Auditor General’s report on Zambia’s external debt against the company are not accurate. And Mikalile says his company will continue conducting business in many other countries and not just in Zambia. Meanwhile, Mikalile has lamented that load shedding is negatively affecting businesses, especially those dealing in perishable commodities. The Auditor General’s report on Zambia’s external debt stock for the financial years ended December 31, 2006 to 2022 revealed that on October 27, 2017, the Ministry of Education signed a contract with Mikalile Trading Company worth US$401,838,720 for.......
- This is what happens when you leave the corrupt to enjoy freedomMR Edgar Lungu’s call for the international community to take note of the abuse of human rights in the UPND government is interesting when one considers where Zambia is coming from. When he condemns President Hakainde Hichilema for not allowing wrong doers to be arrested, you would wonder whether he still has a recollection of how he governed this country. There is no doubt that former president Edgar Lungu had support from many Zambians, but what is true is that those who supported him chose to ignore the many atrocities that were happening under his watch. Mr Lungu’s government was.......
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- I want cordial relationships between judges, lawyers – ZimbaLUSAKA lawyer, Jonas Zimba, says he wants to see a cordial relationship between judges and lawyers. And Zimba laments that Zambia is degenerating into a place where people want to perpetuate vengeance. Speaking when he featured on the Conversation Podcast, Saturday, Zimba said he currently didn’t think a lawyer could walk up to a judge in order to seek guidance. “LAZ must be able to exist for the benefit of the people in society and the country at large. I…….
- Mopani’s 13% salary hike equals K840 increase for lowest paid workers – NUMAWNATIONAL Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) president Saul Simujika says the 13 percent salary increment awarded to Mopani Copper Mines PLC unionised workers translates into about a K840 increment for the lowest paid and K1,400 for the highest remunerated employees. On Tuesday, Mopani announced that it had awarded a 13 percent salary increment to all its unionised employees, making it the highest in the mining sector. In an interview, Wednesday, Simujika applauded the increment, while revealing that the…….
- AZADI seeks bailiffs’ assistance to seize Chitotela’s goods over K5.9m debtAZADI Investments Limited has issued a writ of Fieri Facias (fifa) against former tourism minister Ronald Chitotela as a way of enforcing a judgement obtained last year, in which the court ordered the Pambashe member of parliament to pay the firm K6.5 million. The fifa would enable bailiffs to seize Chitotela’s goods and chattels to recover the balance of over K5.9 million owed to AZADI Investments Limited. The Lusaka High Court, Economic and Financial Crimes Court, last year ordered Chitotela…….
- You’ll not be buried with your billions, invest in football, Katumbi tells businessmen“THEY will not bury [you] with your billions in the coffin, invest in football”, says TP Mazembe president Moise Katumbi, urging the business community to support the game. Katumbi spoke in an interview after visiting 2012 AFCON winner, Rainford Kalaba on Tuesday evening, who was admitted at the University Teaching Hospital following a road accident on April 13. Katumbi said Africa was facing sponsorship problems and needed everyone to join hands to help grow the game. “I think we are…….
- Lessons learned from misinformation that accompanied Kalaba’s accidentIt was a typical Saturday afternoon; I was about to sit down for lunch when my phone rang. It was my friend, Chashinsha. Without any preamble, he blurted out, “Is it true?” Confused, I responded, “What do you mean?” His response was: “Check Facebook—multiple media outlets are reporting that Rainford Kalaba has died.” In that instant, my appetite vanished. I hurried to open Facebook and saw it plastered across the most credible online publications, his former club TP Mazembe, and....