MINISTER OF Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane says government has decided to extend the tax amnesty on tax penalties and interest obligations granted to taxpayers. Last week, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Director Research and Corporate Strategy Ezekiel Phiri said the authority had collected K2.6 billion from the Tax Amnesty exercise. Phiri said the response...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has adjusted downward the price of petrol by K0.93 per litre and K2.97 for diesel for the month of April. ERB says prices for kerosene and retail or Posted Airfield Price (PAP) of Jet A-1 at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and other local Airports remain unchanged. At a media briefing,...

POLICE in Northern Province say two youths, out of the 41 Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) members whose boat capsized on Lake Bangweulu on Friday, have been retrieved and confirmed died. In a statement, Northern Province police commanding officer Gloria Mulele said 12 members are still missing while 28 have been retrieved alive. Mulele said the...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris says her visit to Zambia is not about China, but fostering relations with this country. And President Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia’s engagement with the US does not mean the country is working against China. Vice-President Harris arrived in the country around 13:00 hours yesterday and was welcomed by several government officials,...

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MAFINGA PF member of parliament Robert Chabinga says a number of PF MPs want to meet President Hakainde Hichilema but they are scared. And Chabinga says it is worrying that the party has failed to select a president after it lost the 2021 general election. In an interview, Thursday, Chabinga said President Hichilema was trying...

ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani has assured the Parliamentary Committee on Parastatal Bodies that the power utility company is no longer accruing debt. And the Parliamentary Committee on Parastatal Bodies has heard how Ndola Energy Company invoiced Zesco amounts totaling US$86,644,676.21, for which interest in amounts totaling US$7,993,749.33 had accrued, for power it did not...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis says it is difficult to hold people accountable for electoral misconduct but the courts of law have played a significant role in election dispute resolution. And International Foundation for Electoral Systems president Anthony Banbury says rapid technological innovation has proved to be the gravest threat to electoral...

EFF President Kasonde Mwenda says the new dawn government has made a lot of unconstitutional procurements of farming inputs spanning from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, charging that Alpha Commodities is one of the companies unlawfully awarded a tender. And Mwenda has also charged that another fictitious company, MVC Consulting Engineers, was suspiciously awarded a contract and...

CHRISTIAN Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) Spokesperson Fr Alex Muyebe says being an electoral citizen observer in many countries has become a dangerous business. Meanwhile, USAID assistant administrator Dr Monde Muyangwa says observers are defenders of good governance. Speaking during an event organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) with financial support from the Open Society...