Lsk mayor laments over “bad” management team at LCC
LUSAKA Mayor Chilando Chitangala has lamented that Lusaka City Council (LCC) lacks a good management team as issues of failure to pay workers are addressed every day yet recommendations are not implemented. And Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says the council’s failure to pay its workers is largely…...
Men more likely to see domestic violence as a private matter – Afrobarometer survey
THE Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan survey has revealed that 51 percent of Zambians consider domestic violence a private matter while 43 percent say it should be treated as a criminal matter. Survey findings further show that men are more likely than women to see domestic violence as a private matter. According to the Afrobarometer dispatch…...
It’s preposterous for PF to claim we barred them from visiting Zumani – Mwiimbu
HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says it is mischievous and preposterous for PF to claim that they had been barred from visiting Zumani Zimba in prison upon his instructions. On Saturday, PF vice-president Given Lubinda, who was accompanied by some party MCCs, alleged that prison authorities at Mwembeshi Correctional facility had denied…...
We’ve restricted maize, mealie meal movements to protect our food security – Govt
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect temporarily restricted the movement of maize grain and mealie mealie between districts. Government, however, says movements of the commodities to border towns will still be permitted on a case by case basis. And Ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary Green Mbozi says the restriction is aimed at protecting national food security…....
Gold scams must have been happening a lot under PF -Tayali
TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says the recent gold scam is just a tip of an iceberg, arguing that things like this could have been happening a lot under the PF government. Commenting on remarks by former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo that the “miracle dollars” that were discovered at the Kenneth Kaunda International…...
Putting National Interest First as a Measure of Leadership
How do we measure leadership? What qualities constitute good leadership? There are many criteria that can be used to measure leadership, including the following capacities: 1. Listening to and learning from others and the emerging future 2. Identifying, understanding and articulating the key challenges at hand 3. Mobilising and working effectively with others 4. Speaking […]
We’re used to being insulted – DEC
DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda says the commission is used to being insulted in the course of executing their duties. On Monday, former Foreign Affairs minister Joseph Malanji described the commission’s undertaking as bullsh*t and abuse of authority. This was after they retrieved his second helicopter which was also allegedly linked to…...
All wrongs are wrong, prosecute all corruption, regardless of who is involved – Malila
ALL wrongs are wrong and they must be prosecuted regardless of who is involved, says Chief Justice Mumba Malila. And the Chief Justice says it is unfair that crimes committed by high profile individuals take so long to conclude in court while trials involving ordinary citizens last less than six months. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Malila…...
Tembo challenges HH’s “numerous” trips in court
PeP leader Sean Tembo has gone to the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that President Hakainde Hichilema’s appetite to continue travelling does not promote efficient and effective use of economic resources. Tembo claims that the President’s foreign trips which have totalled 49 in the past two years have gobbled about K2.8 billion, but haven’t brought…...
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