Police recover $1.2m counterfeit notes from 2 suspects
POLICE have thwarted a scam involving a Sudanese of Maheba Refugee Resettlement and a Mozambican of Lusaka’s Woodlands area and recovered suspected counterfeit money amounting to US$1.2 million. In a statement, Sunday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said the counterfeit money was recovered from the suspects identified as James Malu and Inatio Tembe,…...
Zambia agrees on MoU with official creditors
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning has announced that a Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed with Zambia’s Official Creditor Committee (OCC) on the comprehensive debt treatment agreed in June 2023. According to a statement issued by the ministry, Saturday, the MoU formalises the agreement reached in June with official creditors. The ministry stated…...
Court sets Kambwili free in “imbwa shaku Chawama” case
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted PF member Chishimba Kambwili in a case in which he was charged with defamation of the president. In this matter, Kambwili was accused of defaming then president Edgar Lungu between August 26 and 27, 2019. Kambwili was alleged to have said, “Noti ishi imbwa shabantu yaleikala fye Ku Chawama…...
Lsk man on the run after defiling his daughter’s 7-yr-old friend
POLICE in Lusaka have launched a manhunt for a 25-year-old man of Kaunda Square Stage Two after he allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl from his neighbourhood. Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale said initial investigations indicated that Kenny Lungu dragged the girl from outside where she was playing with his daughter into his bedroom. Mwale said…...
Iolanda Water Treatment Plant will resume operations on Oct 22 – Minister
MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha says the Iolanda Water Treatment Plant which was shut down last month is scheduled to resume operations on October 22, 2023. Last month, Mposha informed the country that there would be a 60-day water interruption in Lusaka to facilitate the repair works at the Iolanda Water Treatment…...
I’ll sue in 2027 when UPND leaves office – Mumbi
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says she is not a fool to sue the state now for compensation but will wait for 2027 when a “responsible and fair government comes in”. On Monday, Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe said Phiri should sue the state for compensation if she felt that she was wrongfully detained,…...
Govt extends period for submission of annual returns for societies
GOVERNMENT has extended by two weeks, the period for submission of annual returns for societies that did not manage to submit theirs by June 30, 2023. According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security public relations department, Thursday, the extension period would be for two weeks only from October…...
Muleya’s flawed appointment as IDC boss
THE appointment of Mr Cornwell Muleya as the new Chief Executive Officer at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has taken a good number of people by surprise. This is so for various reasons. Some people wonder when the job of IDC Chief Executive Officer was advertised and how the decision to appoint Mr Muleya was…...
ZNS to distribute cheaper mealie meal via Shoprite
INFORMATION and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says ZNS’ mealie meal will, beginning next week, be sold in Shoprite outlets countrywide at K230 for a 25kg bag of breakfast mealie meal and K190 for roller. And Mweetwa says the Zambia National Service (ZNS) and its allied millers are currently producing 11,500 bags of breakfast and 4,100…...
Statesman role will suit Lungu best, not politics – TI-Z
TI-Z Executive Director Maurice Nyambe has advised former president Edgar Lungu against getting back into active politics but to proceed with the role of a statesman. Adding the institution’s voice to the debate around the possible comeback of Lungu into active politics, Nyambe said assuming the statesman’s role would give Lungu the ability to be…...
