Govt introduces media awards
GOVERNMENT has through the Ministry of Information and Media launched media awards, dubbed “Government Media Awards” to reward excellence of journalists and media practitioners in their role of informing and educating the public. According to a letter addressed to media houses, Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana said the awards further seek…...
ACC trains 95 lecturers on anti-corruption
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says the inclusion of anti-corruption content into the TEVET curriculum is not a mere formality but a commitment to forging a brighter future for the nation. Meanwhile, the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) says it is disheartening that some people believe that they need to know someone to…...
I thank God PF lost power, there’s a silver lining – Lubinda
ACTING PF president Given Lubinda says he praises God that PF is not in power because there’s a silver lining in that decision. And Lubinda has encouraged PF members to take part in the national day of prayer slated for October 18 wherever they will be. Speaking when he attended a church service at the…...
Education Minister under fire over mental poverty remarks, as Luapula MPs petition
FIFTEEN Members of Parliament have petitioned the Speaker of the National Assembly to take action against Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima after he suggested that there’s physical poverty and poverty of the mind in Luapula. In his remarks during a parliamentary committee proceeding last week, Syakalima expressed concern that the poorest province also had the…...
State moves to repossess Egyptian gold scandal jet
The DPP has applied to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court division, to have properties seized in the gold scam at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) forfeited to the state on account of them being tainted properties. The properties in question include; the Global Express T7 WSS Jet, US$5.69 million, 602 pieces of…...
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Police recover $1.2m counterfeit notes from 2 suspects
POLICE have thwarted a scam involving a Sudanese of Maheba Refugee Resettlement and a Mozambican of Lusaka’s Woodlands area and recovered suspected counterfeit money amounting to US$1.2 million. In a statement, Sunday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said the counterfeit money was recovered from the suspects identified as James Malu and Inatio Tembe,…...
Zambia agrees on MoU with official creditors
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning has announced that a Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed with Zambia’s Official Creditor Committee (OCC) on the comprehensive debt treatment agreed in June 2023. According to a statement issued by the ministry, Saturday, the MoU formalises the agreement reached in June with official creditors. The ministry stated…...
Court sets Kambwili free in “imbwa shaku Chawama” case
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted PF member Chishimba Kambwili in a case in which he was charged with defamation of the president. In this matter, Kambwili was accused of defaming then president Edgar Lungu between August 26 and 27, 2019. Kambwili was alleged to have said, “Noti ishi imbwa shabantu yaleikala fye Ku Chawama…...
Lsk man on the run after defiling his daughter’s 7-yr-old friend
POLICE in Lusaka have launched a manhunt for a 25-year-old man of Kaunda Square Stage Two after he allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl from his neighbourhood. Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale said initial investigations indicated that Kenny Lungu dragged the girl from outside where she was playing with his daughter into his bedroom. Mwale said…...