In the previous article I explored the main drivers of tax evasion and avoidance in Zambia and assessed the government’s tax enforcement capacity. The Financial Intelligence Centre Trends Report published in 2020 revealed that significant revenues are lost perennially on account of tax evasion and avoidance. According to the Zambia Revenue Authority (“ZRA”) the main...

POLICE in Luanshya have arrested a 28-year-old man for murdering a 48-year-old man whom he suspected had proposed love to his mother. The deceased and Micheal Munanga were drinking at Kashikishi tarven around 18:50 hours in Kambilombilo compound when the latter saw the deceased in a 'suspicious situation' with his 65-year-old mother. Copperbelt Police Commissioner...

THE Ndola Magistrates' Court has committed three men to the High Court for sentencing after they pleaded guilty to indecent assault on a female. In this case Chrispin Mulefu, 20, a charcoal burner, Boston Chishiba, 28, and Daniel Mutetema, 20, were charged with two counts of indecent assault. In count one, the trio were charged...

KAPOCHE PF member of parliament Dr Charles Banda has asked the electorate in the constituency to utilise their vote and re-elect the PF. And Dr Banda has dished out cash amounting to K13,700 to marketeers as a means of empowerment, while also distributing an estimated total of K15,000 to local residents he met on a...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)estimates that Africa loses USD 50 billion annually to tax evasion. In some place the figure is much higher; for example, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa places the figure at USD 100 billion annually. Tax evasion and avoidance pose a huge threat to development by widening...

TWO Ndola women who are charged with indecent assault on a female and assault occasioning actual bodily harm have been found with a case to answer and placed on their defence. The two women allegedly assaulted a 17-year-old girl by inserting a metal bar in her private parts. Jacqueline Nanyinza 27 and Catherine Pamba, 28,...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia General Secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says the revelation by the Ministry of Health that Zambia records about 93,000 abortions annually is an issue of concern which is not reflective of the christian nation declaration. And Fr Chikoya says it is saddening that sex has just become a game to some...

A 17-year-old Ndola girl has told the Magistrates' Court that no one inserted a metal bar in her private parts. In this matter, Jacqueline Nanyinza, 27, and Catherine Mpamba, 28, of Chipulukusu are charged with two counts of indecent assault on a female and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Nanyinza and Mpamba, who are both...

COPPERBELT Police Commissioner Elias Chushi has thanked a witchdoctor for handing over a murder suspect who went to him seeking protection. Police in Chililabombwe have since arrested an 18-year-old boy who stabbed his grandmother, removed her eyes and buried her in a shallow grave within the yard. The 18-year-old suspect then went to seek 'protection'...

In last week’s opinion piece, I noted the optimistic global growth projections fuelled by anticipated widespread use of the Covid-19 vaccine, particularly in advanced countries. Bouncing off this, I tendered a proposal on how Zambia could situate itself and seize the opportunity presented by the global growth outlook to turnaround its own growth prospects, suggesting...