LEAs should take interest in Precious Magande’s revelations – Lifuka
GOOD governance activist Rueben Lifuka says Precious Magande’s revelations about the millions of dollars that some former leaders in the Patriotic Front government were keeping in their houses should attract the interest of law enforcement agencies. And Lifuka says Magande’s case raises a number of questions on how she was seemingly tried and convicted while her accomplices and…...
Mopani recorded K5bn loss in 2022, reveals ZCCM-IH
ZCCM-IH has revealed that in 2022, Mopani Copper Mines Plc recorded a loss of K5.08 billion (US$ 298.1 million) compared to K 1.46 billion (US$ 74.2 million) recorded in 2021. ZCCMH-IH says its performance at group level was impacted by the performance of Mopani resulting in a loss of K3.82 billion recorded in 2022, compared…...
Debt deal bad for those wishing to form govt – Nkulukusa
SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says the debt restructuring agreement is a bad thing for those in the opposition who probably wanted to have a chance of attaining office earlier than the election cycle because it doesn’t give them that opportunity. And Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says it would have…...
Delta Marimba, Tanzania’s Taifa Gas to set up $100m LPG power plant
ZAMBIAN consortium Delta Marimba Limited and Tanzania’s Taifa Gas Limited have partnered to set up a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) power plant which will generate up to 100 megawatts of firm power. Delta Marimba Limited representative Padmore Muleya says the power plant will be set up in northern Zambia, a strategic location from a gas…...
Debt restructuring deal likely to have positive impact on food basket- JCTR
JESUIT Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Executive Director Fr Alex Muyebe says the debt restructuring deal is likely to have a positive impact on the food basket. Currently, the cost of living for a family of five living in Lusaka stands at K9,077.93, according to the JCTR Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket. In an interview,…...
We’d attend to 70,000 people per day at peak of partial withdrawals – NAPSA
NATIONAL Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) Acting Corporate Affairs Collins Muyenga says the authority is now attending to 11,000 people who want to access their partial withdrawals on a daily basis. In an interview, Muyenga said when the process was at its peak, the authority used to attend to 70,000 people on a daily basis. “Across…...
There’s no police brutality, insists IG
POLICE Inspector General Graphael Musamba has insisted that there is no police brutality in the country, urging those who claim they were assaulted by his officers to produce medical reports. On Monday, Musamba said police were very professional and he asked the opposition to tone down and cooperate or leave police with no choice but…...
Torturing of suspects is still a problem – HRC
HUMAN Rights Commission Chief Research and Planning Foster Hamuyube says torturing of suspects by law enforcement agencies is still a problem in the country. And Hamuyube says despite President Hakainde Hichilema’s pronouncement, police officers have continued to arrest suspects without undertaking proper investigations. Hamuyube, however, says the country is moving in the right direction with…...
Restriction of K28m held in treasury bills by ACC shows LEAs are alert – TIZ
TI-Z chapter president Sampa Kalungu says it is good that the Law Enforcement Agencies are alert in watching the movement of liquid and tangible assets. And Kalungu has, however, advised LEAs to work quickly, quietly and only announce certain cases when all is tightly and firmly done and ready to be delivered to the courts…...
Zesco explains outages: “We’re clearing trees along our power lines”
ZESCO Limited Board Chairperson Vickson Ncube says the cutting down of trees along Zesco power lines is what is what has caused some outages in certain areas. In an interview, Thursday, Ncube said aside from the routine maintenance which Zesco undertakes, they were also in the process of clearing trees along their power lines. “In…...
