Mentally challenged inmate dies, another sustains injuries after duo jumps off moving vehicle
A mentally challenged inmate has died, while the another has sustained injuries after the duo jumped off a moving motor vehicle in Kalomo District. In a statement, Sunday, Police Deputy public relations officer Danny Mwale said the duo jumped through a window of the moving vehicle on Saturday at around 21:00 hours. “One mentally challenged…...
Criminals attack another Yango driver, steal his car
UNKNOWN criminals on Saturday night attacked a Yango driver and stole his car. This attack comes barely two weeks after another Yango driver was found dead in Lusaka’s Kabwata Site and Service. Confirming the incident in a statement, Sunday, Police Deputy public relations officer Danny Mwale said Dennis Natulo aged 29 was attacked around 02:00…...
13 dangerous criminals escape from Police custody in Lsk
THIRTEEN dangerous suspected criminals have escaped from Police custody at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Police Station in Lusaka after over powering an officer. Police Deputy public relations officer Danny Mwale disclosed in a statement, Sunday, that the suspects escaped from Police custody after spraying an unknown liquid in the eyes of a police officer during feeding…...
Chief Whip, PS sustain injuries in RTA
GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Stafford Mulusa and Permanent Secretary for Special Duties at Cabinet Office Naomi Tetamashimba have been flown to Lusaka’s UTH for specialist treatment after they were involved in a road accident in Kabwe. The Zambia Flying Doctor Service (ZFDS) has revealed that Mulusa suffered an injury on the right arm while Tetamashimba suffered…...
Don’t sympathise with the corrupt, HH urges citizens
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says citizens should not be sympathetic to the corrupt. And President Hichilema says government will this year recruit 4,500 teachers and is further working on improving the remuneration package for all councilors across the country. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says the new dawn government is doing everything possible to stabilise the rising price…...
HH to visit China from Sept 10 to 16
GOVERNMENT has disclosed that President Hakainde Hichilema, accompanied by first lady Mutinta, will undertake a state visit to China from September 10 to 16, 2023 at the invitation of that country’s President, Xi Jinping. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Stanley Kakubo says during his visit, President Hichilema will hold bilateral talks with President…...
ZRA garnishes K238m from taxpayers
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says it has garnished K238 million from government suppliers who are non-compliant with payment and declaration of correct taxes. In a statement, Thursday, ZRA Corporate Affairs Manager Oliver Nzala said K204 million was garnished through GRZ agents while K34 million was through private appointed agents. “Following the issuance of Circular…...
Katuta denies threatening to cause injury on journalist
CHIENGI Independent member of parliament Given Katuta yesterday appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court where she pleaded not guilty to a charge of threatening violence. The case is in relation to the incident in which Katuta spat on a photojournalist shortly after she was suspended and ordered to leave the National Assembly by Speaker Nelly…...
Parents no longer get stressed when schools re-open – Syakalima
EDUCATION Minister Douglas Syakalima says parents no longer get stressed during the first week when schools reopen because they don’t have to worry about school fees. In an interview, Syakalima said the majority of Zambians appreciated the free education policy. “There is a woman who came to my office last week all the way from…...
Street vendors defying laws risk being prosecuted, warns govt
MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri has warned vendors who have continued to illegally trade on the streets that they will prosecuted. Some vendors have been spotted in the evenings selling their merchandise in undesignated spaces in the Central Business District. But in an interview, Thursday, Phiri…...