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12 Aug 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambia Election Update: Govt shuts down Social Media ahead of vote count

ZAMBIAN voters were today taken to a rude shock after noticing that the government shut down WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, the most commonly used instant messaging platforms, as they queued up to cast their votes

12 Aug 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Zambia goes to the polls today with over seven million citizens expected to take part in the decisive election. President Edgar Lungu will be seeking re-election for the third time after being elected in 2015...

11 Aug 2021 | Chamuka Shalubala

People ask if I can accept defeat, I can’t because things don’t show that we’re losing – Lungu

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he can’t accept defeat because things in the country don’t show that he is losing. And President Lungu says peace in the country is threatened because of one individual who needs

11 Aug 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Rigging won’t work, we’re making history – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says rigging will not work because the country is on the verge of making history. And Hichilema says President Edgar Lungu’s continued threats to arrest him are a sign that there

11 Aug 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

I didn’t have your vote in 2016 but I still won, Lungu tells critics

I DIDN’T have your vote in 2016 and I won, I will still win, but if you give me the bonus it will be better, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says politicians who

10 Aug 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Lungu’s talks of arresting HH not helpful- Young

US Embassy in Zambia interim Chargé d’Affaires David Young says President Edgar Lungu’s threats that UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema will be arrested once he is re-elected are not helpful during campaigns. And Young has urged

9 Aug 2021 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Revealed: How Chinese investors paid kickbacks in the share purchase transaction for Marcopolo Tiles

AN INVESTIGATION has revealed that three top Industrial Development Commission (IDC) officials received in excess of US$500,000 as kickbacks from Chinese nationals during the share purchase transaction in which Marcopolo Tiles Limited sold a minority

7 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

Lungu threatens to arrest HH as he accuses him of soliciting $300,000 from Vedanta

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says once re-elected, he will ensure that the UPND leader is arrested over the privatisation of State-owned assets because “umulandu taubola”. And President Lungu says he has received a report that Hichilema

6 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

The Tricycle Scandal: How MoH illegally spent K180 million on ‘useless’Tricycle Ambulances

AN Investigation has revealed that the Ministry of Health duped the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) and fraudulently awarded a US$8.5 million (K180 million) contract to Barakatel Investment Limited to procure 1,500 Tricycle Ambulances, citing...

6 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

Fraud at MoH: How govt spent $8m on ‘useless’ Tricycle Ambulances

AN Investigation has revealed that the Ministry of Health duped the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) and fraudulently awarded a US$8.5 million (K180 million) contract to Barakatel Investment Limited to procure 1,500 Tricycle Ambulances, citing