Arrows eyes league coronation
KABWE Warriors will be eyeing revenge against Red Arrows, and delay the ZAF outfit’s coronation in today’s MTN Super Division Week 31 clash, after the former defeated the latter in the Absa Cup final on Sunday. Meanwhile, in the battle for second place, Zesco United hosts third-placed Maestro United Zambia (MUZA), while Power Dynamos welcomes…...
Govt must examine why windfall tax failed, reintroduce it – ZiCA
ZICA president Yande Mwenye has proposed that government re-introduces the windfall tax as it prepares for debt repayment. But Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has insisted that windfall tax exists in the current taxes. “Our colleagues in the PF increased the taxes, listen to this very carefully; listen to the logic of this,…...
It’s foolish to think Lungu can be a solution for a problem he created
POWER is sweet, many people don’t realise until they taste and test it. The position of Republican President is one which when you experience, you don’t want to go. We have seen from past experience that even those who completely failed to deliver asked citizens to give them a second mandate. So many excuses are…...
RTSA CEO justifies dismissal of 3 directors: The agency has stagnated for a while
ROAD Transport and Safety Agency Chief Executive Officer Amon Mweemba has justified the firing of three directors and a procurement specialist, saying the agency has stagnated for quite a while and needs renewal to move in a positive direction. Those recently fired at RTSA include Alinani Msisya, the Director for Road Safety; Joseph Mumba, the…...
Banker recounts how PF cash deposits were made using “Mwila” as reference
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that large sums of money, ranging from K10,000 to K9 million, were being deposited into Ann Mwitwa’s law firm account with the reference ‘D. Mwila’. Mukelabai Habeenzu, an Administration Manager at the FNB Industrial Branch, informed the court that the ‘D. Mwila’ referred to former PF secretary…...
I’m happy Woolley is leaving, he was an extension of UPND – Mumbi
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says she’s happy that the British High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley is leaving. And Phiri says there are rumors circulating that former vice-presidents Enock Kavindele and Nevers Mumba are being paid 80 percent of the sitting Vice-President’s salary. In an interview, Monday, Phiri said Woolley was an…...
HH becomes first-ever champion of foundational learning in Africa
MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima has revealed that President Hakainde Hichilema has accepted to become the first-ever champion of foundational learning on the continent. Addressing the media, Monday, Syakalima explained that the Head of State was requested to take up the position given his passion for education as well as the strides Zambia had made…...
It’s too early for HH to be booed, UPND should be extremely worried – PF
MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says the booing has come too early for President Hakainde Hichilema, given that he was the darling of the people just months ago. And Mundubile has urged the UPND government to reflect on what the citizens were trying to communicate through the booing, rather than trying to convince…...
Esther Lungu’s theft case fails to proceed
TRIAL in the matter in which former First Lady Esther Lungu and five others are charged with theft failed to take off yesterday, as the witness on the stand was unwell and unable to appear in court. Meanwhile, a group of youths surrounded former president Edgar Lungu’s vehicle as he and others, who had accompanied…...
Where will money for subsidies come from, Mucheleka asks critics
PERMANENT Secretary for Special Duties Patrick Mucheleka says anyone telling the UPND administration to subside is not being sincere, asking them to state where the money for such an undertaking will come from. And Mucheleka says repairing the country’s economy cannot be done within a year. Meanwhile, Mucheleka recalls that Zambia’s third republican president Levy…...