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27 Jun 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Speed cameras land RTSA boss at DEC

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says it is investigating Road Safety and Transport Agency (RTSA) chief executive officer Zindaba Soko for money laundering. And sources at DEC have disclosed to News Diggers that the Road […]

27 Jun 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt’s call to reform FIC Act designed to hide plunder – CCZ

Government agencies advocating for a change in the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Act shows they have something to hide from the public, says Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya. In […]

27 Jun 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court halts KCM liquidator from selling assets

The Lusaka High Court has stayed the powers of the Konkola Copper Mine’s provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu to sell assets or to make arrangements with creditors. While in Mozambique last week, President Edgar Lungu announced […]

26 Jun 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF Chifubu MP on the run as police launch manhunt to re-arrest him

Police on the Copperbelt Province are looking for Chifubu PF member of parliament Frank Ng’ambi so that they can re-arrest and slap him with more appropriate charges for battering his wife. Copperbelt Province Commissioner of […]

26 Jun 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

First Lady foundations conduits for corruption – Kabimba

Rainbow Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says First Lady charities are nothing more than conduits of corruption. And Kabimba has insisted that white collar criminals are being acquitted of crimes they have committed simply because […]

26 Jun 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

China writes off US$22m debt, as talks for KCM takeover gain momentum

State-owned Times of Zambia reports that China has written off more than US $22 million of debt owed by the African Copper mining giant, as talks escalate that the recently ‘nationalised’ Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) […]

25 Jun 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Critics of Lungu’s PhD anger PF’s Paul Moonga

PF Lusaka Province acting chairman Paul Moonga has lashed out at critics of UNZA’s honorary doctorate conferred on President Edgar Lungu for good governance, saying the Copperbelt University has awarded “non-deserving” recipients like Vernon Mwaanga […]

25 Jun 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia’s delay to get IMF bailout will hurt economy – Chikwanda

Government must immediately bring the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on board because any further delay will negatively affect Zambia’s economic resilience, says Former Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda. In an article titled “Patriotism (Love And Duty […]

25 Jun 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

FIC needs additional funding, calls to change its law misplaced – TIZ

Transparency International Zambia chapter president Rueben Lifuka says calls to amend the Financial Intelligence Centre Act are misplaced as the institution actually needs additional funding enhance its analytical capability. And Lifuka says citizens must instead […]

24 Jun 2019 | Diggers Correspondent

CBU union laughs at UNZA’s “joke” honorary degree on Lungu

Copperbelt University Academics president Dr Derrick Ntalasha says the University of Zambia’s decision to confer President Edgar Lungu with an Honorary Doctorate is a joke which has undermined the institution’s credibility because any recipient of […]