My biggest crime is stopping people from stealing football money – Kamanga
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says he didn’t think football politics are worse than mainstream politics. Kamanga faces fraud allegations after being arrested by the Drug Enforcement Commission on Tuesday, together with FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga and two non-FAZ officials; Madalitso Kamanga and Jairous Siame. Prior to his arrest, Kamanga hinted at his pending encounter…...
This is what happens when you leave the corrupt to enjoy freedom
MR Edgar Lungu’s call for the international community to take note of the abuse of human rights in the UPND government is interesting when one considers where Zambia is coming from. When he condemns President Hakainde Hichilema for not allowing wrong doers to be arrested, you would wonder whether he still has a recollection of…...
Mopani’s 13% salary hike equals K840 increase for lowest paid workers – NUMAW
NATIONAL Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) president Saul Simujika says the 13 percent salary increment awarded to Mopani Copper Mines PLC unionised workers translates into about a K840 increment for the lowest paid and K1,400 for the highest remunerated employees. On Tuesday, Mopani announced that it had awarded a 13 percent salary increment…...
AZADI seeks bailiffs’ assistance to seize Chitotela’s goods over K5.9m debt
AZADI Investments Limited has issued a writ of Fieri Facias (fifa) against former tourism minister Ronald Chitotela as a way of enforcing a judgement obtained last year, in which the court ordered the Pambashe member of parliament to pay the firm K6.5 million. The fifa would enable bailiffs to seize Chitotela’s goods and chattels to…...
62-year-old man in court for assaulting wife
A 62-YEAR-OLD Lusaka man has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for assaulting his 46-year-old wife. Joseph Mukosha, a businessman, is facing one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Particulars of the offence are that Mukosha, on March 7, 2024, in Lusaka, did assault Estelle Banda, thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm. It…...
We’re importing inflation arising from Russia-Ukraine war – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says people in Africa are importing inflation arising from the Ukraine-Russia war and cannot therefore claim to be shielded from the conflict. Speaking at the 12th African Land Forces summit in Livingstone, Wednesday, President Hichilema said Africa wanted to work with the global community as partners in various investment areas. “We’ll like…...
NHIMA refutes claims of depositing funds in Control 99 for civil servants’ salaries
THE National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) has refuted allegations circulating on some media platforms that its members’ monthly contributions are being deposited into government’s Control 99 account to pay civil servants’ salaries. In a statement, Wednesday, NHIMA Head of Public Relations King Syacika stated that NHIMA had never deposited its funds into Control 99…...
I don’t like thieves, lazy people – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he doesn’t like lazy people and thieves, warning that anyone stealing from people will be locked up. And President Hichilema has thanked the Veterinarian Association of Zambia (VAZ) for inviting him to be the guest of honour at their Annual General Meeting saying taking it for granted that someone can be…...
Feasibility studies for Electric Vehicle batteries are done – Govt
COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga has disclosed that feasibility studies for the electric battery manufacturing plant have been concluded. In April 2022, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed cooperating agreements to venture into electric battery manufacturing. In August last year, Mulenga updated the nation that feasibility studies for the venture were…...
It’d take less than 30 days to retrieve trapped Macrolink miners – C/Belt Minister
COPPERBELT Province Minister Elisha Matambo says it would take less than 30 days to retrieve the miners who were trapped at Macrolink Mine in January this year. Seven miners, comprising five Zambians and two Chinese nationals, were trapped at the Chinese owned Macrolink Mine located along the Ndola-Mufulira Road in January this year. However, rescue…...