Cost of doing business preventing FDI – ZAM
ZAMBIA Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) Chief Executive Officer Muntanga Lindunda says the cost of doing business in the country is preventing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Speaking on the sidelines of the Townhall Meetings, Lindunda said because of the many documentations required for one to conduct business in the country, various sectors that could attract investment…...
IBA takes issue with KBN’s presidential candidate news casters
THE Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) summoned KBN TV Management to a virtue meeting for breaching regulations by allowing opposition political party leaders to cast news on Fridays. The meeting could however not take place on Tuesday as KBN lawyers requested to respond to IBA’s arguments in writing before the meeting which has been rescheduled for…...
65% of in-patients at Chainama are due to alcohol abuse – MoH
Ministry of Health Mental Health Specialist Gabriel Lungu says 65 percent of in-patients at Chainama are due to alcohol and substance abuse. Speaking during the launch of the project on the Determinants of Psychoactive Substance use among young people in Lusaka, Lungu said the Ministry had inadequate rehabilitation centres to treat patients undergoing substance abuse…...
You need to reform cost of capital on African Continent, HH tells BRICS
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says there is need for the cost of capital on the African continent to be reformed. Delivering his maiden speech on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS-Africa Summit in Johannesburg, Thursday, President Hichilema said the BRICS platform needed to be used to expedite the reform processes of cost of capital in Africa…...
My recent arrest was a ridiculous, desperate move by UPND – M’membe
SOCIALIST Party Leader Dr Fred M’membe has described his recent arrest over a shooting incident as a ridiculous and desperate move by the UPND government. And Dr M’membe says there are no longer smiles on Zambians’ faces because of the current economic hardships. Meanwhile, Dr M’membe says it is important for Zambia to join the…...
We’re not at a stage where we can make all offences bailable – Haimbe
JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the country has no capacity to use the mechanisms which are used in other countries to track those who are facing non-bailable offences if they were granted bail. And Haimbe says the opposition is failing to offer credible checks and balances because of UPND’s good performance in the last two…...
Kalaba narrates iPhone 15 scandal as Al Jazeera journalist reveals how he trapped him
CITIZENS First president Harry Kalaba has admitted that he doesn’t know much about iPhones or which version is the latest on the market, but says the gentleman who embarrassed him in a shop at Levy Mall in Lusaka this week is someone whom he understood to be bringing a parcel from his UK-based friend. But…...
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DEC nabs Zambian national for trafficking in 40kgs of amphetamine
THE Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has clamped down on an organised drug trafficking network, leading to the arrest of one Zambian and the seizure of 40 kilogrammes of amphetamine. In a statement, Thursday, DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan said the Commission had charged Timothy Muchindu aged 29 for trafficking in psychotropic substances. He…...
Address corrupting role of big money in political party financing, TIZ urges govt
TI-Z Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says there is need to tackle the relationship between politics and big money for corruption to end and for people’s livelihoods to improve in the country. Speaking during the TI-Z, ZCID political parties’ engagement meeting on political party and campaign finance regulation, Wednesday, Nyambe said political financing in form of…...
