Buy back option threatened NHIMA’s existence – Tambatamba
Minister of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba has told explained to the House that government decided to remove the buy back option under NHIMA because the scheme would have gone bankrupt if some user behaviours were not curtailed. And PF MPIKA MP Francis Kapyanga has wondered why government has not segmented NHIMA products in…...
Voice of civil society has become low – GEARS
GEARS Initiative Zambia Programmes Officer Gideon Musonda has urged Civil Society Organisations and activists to continue advocating for good governance, saying they should not only be active when it’s time for elections. Speaking in a side interview after the two-day advocacy training by USAID Open Spaces Zambia and MISA Zambia, Tuesday, Musonda observed that the…...
Lungu’s statement that ‘HH may give up power before 2026’ tantamount to plotting a coup – Govt
LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says former president Edgar Lungu’s statement that President Hakainde Hichilema may give up power before 2026 because people will rise is tantamount to plotting a coup. And Nkombo says police will not pull a trigger on Lungu, but he should just get a rope and hang himself…...
Let’s not go back to before, Kabwata teargas unfortunate – Chikoya
COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says it is unfortunate that police have continued using heavy-handed methods when the UPND promised that they would do better in terms of policing. On Tuesday, Police fired teargas canisters to disperse some PF sympathisers who had gathered at Kabwata Police Station, demanding that…...
Withholding VAT agents didn’t remit K11bn to ZRA in 2022 – Dingani
ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Dingani Banda says about K11 billion was not remitted to the authority in 2022 because withholding Value Added Tax agents held on to the money. And Banda says domestic Value Added Tax underperformed by almost K3 billion. The Auditor General’s report on the accounts of the republic for the…...
Our fields have dried up, it’s time for govt to act – Chief Musokotwane
CHIEF Musokotwane of the Tonga speaking people of Kazungula district has asked government to send relief food to the area in order to address the looming hunger crisis. In an interview, Wednesday, Chief Musokotwane said he had never seen a drought as bad as the one being experienced right now. “The situation on the ground…...
Lungu is reaping what he sowed, he trained police well – Nevers
MMD president Nevers Mumba says former president Edgar Lungu is reaping what he sowed because he trained the police to behave in a brutal manner. And Mumba says citizens should close their ears whenever Lungu is speaking. Commenting on Lungu’s warning to the police to behave in a civil manner, in a Facebook live, Mumba…...
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DEC nabs 20 for cultivation of fresh cannabis
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has apprehended 20 suspects for cultivation of fresh cannabis weighing 570 kilograms from North-Western, Northern and Copperbelt Provinces. In a statement, Wednesday, DEC Assistant Public Relations Officer Sydney Katongo stated that in North-Western Province, the Commission apprehended and charged a trio for illegal cultivation and trafficking in cannabis weighing over…...