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Zambia is open for business, but it’s not a safe haven for criminality – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia is not a safe haven for criminality hence those coming in for investments should engage in genuine, legal businesses. And President Hichilema says as evidence unfolds in the airport gold scam, it may even be discovered that those who were pointing fingers at “other people, maybe the ones that are…...
UPND has instructed police to block Lungu from attending traditional ceremony – PF
PF Information and Publicity Chairperson Raphael Nakacinda has accused the UPND of instructing police in Mfuwe to block former president Edgar Lungu from attending the Malaila traditional ceremony. Lungu is in Eastern Province at the invitation of Senior Chief Nsefu of the Kunda speaking people, to attend the traditional ceremony which is being held at…...
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DEC retrieves second helicopter worth $1.4m linked to proceeds of crime
THE Drug Enforcement Commission has retrieved a second helicopter linked to proceeds of crime from South Africa valued at $1.4 million. In June this year, the Drug Enforcement Commission, in collaboration with other agencies, retrieved a helicopter belonging to Joseph Malanji allegedly linked to proceeds of crime from Zimbabwe, saying another was yet to be…...
Lsk man attempted to jump off tower to attract attention of military command – Police
POLICE spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says family members of the Lusaka man who threatened to jump off a communication tower on Friday have been advised to take him for counseling. Hamoonga says Moses Sichone aged 33, a butchery assistant at Chilenje Shoprite, wanted to attract the attention of military command after being disqualified from military recruitment…...
Police summon M’membe again
THE Zambia Police Service has once again summoned Socialist Party leader Dr Fred M’membe to appear before the Ibex Hill police station on August 22, 2023 for questioning. Police earlier this month interrogated Dr M’membe before arresting and charging him with the offences of libel and communication of certain information. And in a Facebook posting,…...
Kasanda, Belemu, 2 others appear before court
THREE Zambian businessmen namely, Sedrick Kasanda, Jim Belemu, Oswald Diangamo and commercial pilot Patrick Kawanu have appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court on corruption charges. However, their case couldn’t take off due to the absence of their co-accused who have not been formally charged yet. Meanwhile, one of the defence lawyers, Martha Mushipe, has disclosed…...
ACC nabs 3 health workers for corruption
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged three Ministry of Health workers in Southern Province for corruption involving K40,000. In a statement, Friday, ACC Head Corporate Communications Timothy Moono explained that Clement Tembo, Willford Siamufunde and Mundia Muhau engaged in corrupt practices by soliciting and receiving K40,000 from Jonathan Zuhuli as an inducement or…...
Chilangwa has been praying for those responsible for his misfortune – Chisanga
PF Chairperson for Legal Affairs George Chisanga says detained PF deputy Secretary General Nickson Chilangwa holds no grudge against anyone and is actually praying for those responsible for his current misfortune. Chilangwa has been in detention since he handed himself to the police on July 15, after being in hiding since May. This was after the…...
