Corruption is embedded in the DNA of traffic police
The Anti-Corruption Commission has expressed concern that the mysterious process of paying traffic fines will continue to pose a major challenge in the fight against bribery and corruption in the road traffic sector if not addressed. It has been observed that traffic police officers use standby decoy vehicles to discuss traffic offences with motorists so…...
HH will win 2026 elections, predicts EIU
THE Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted that President Hakainde Hichilema will emerge victorious in the 2026 general elections if he oversees the country’s return to debt stability without severe austerity measures. According to the EIU Zambia report generated on November 18, 2022, efforts to end corruption, restore relations with the international community and improve…...
Court fines 3 Tanzanian truck drivers K50,000 each for Mukula smuggling
THE Nakonde Magistrates’ Court has convicted and fined three Tanzanian truck drivers K50,000 each for attempting to smuggle 510 logs of Mukula out of Zambia. In a statement, Sunday, Zambia Revenue Authority Acting Corporate Communications Manager Oliver Nzala said Daudi Kasele, Raphael Ngala and Bruno Nzasule would serve nine months simple imprisonment if they failed…...
Police detained me because I didn’t have a permit to have a luncheon – Kalaba
CITIZENS First president Harry Kalaba says Copperbelt police detained him for a few hours because he didn’t have a permit to have a luncheon at the party’s national union chairperson’s residence. But Police on the Copperbelt say Kalaba was just warned and not detained. In an interview, Kalaba said the UPND’s politics of intimidation would…...
Street kids not interested in empowerment loans, they want handouts – Minister
MINISTER of Community Development and Social Services Doreen Mwamba has lamented that street kids are not interested in accessing empowerment funds despite the loans being available for them. In an interview, Mwamba said very few street kids were willing to undergo skills or financial literacy training in order to access the empowerment funds under CDF…....
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ZCCB bemoans lack of drugs, late delivery of inputs, moral delay
THE Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has bemoaned the lack of medicines in health facilities, high poverty levels in the country, moral decay, unemployment levels, and lack of convictions for corruption cases, among other issues. And ZCCB has urged government to promptly deliver the required inputs for the 2022/23 farming season. In a statement,…...
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HH launches CEEC Marketeers Booster Loans, notes lack of access to financing
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has wondered why African countries are made to pay higher interests than Europeans when accessing financing. And President Hichilema says what his administration is doing for marketers through ensuring financing is what it did for free education and CDF, saying many doubted his government’s ability to deliver. Minister of Small and Medium…...
ZACA warns consumers to be wary of scammers, expired goods on Black Friday
ZAMBIA Consumer Association executive secretary Juba Sakala has cautioned consumers against purchasing expired goods or products nearing expiration during next week’s Black Friday. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) recently advised consumers to track prices leading up to Black Friday in order not to be deceived on that day. And in an interview, Sakala…...
