Lands officials stealing documents is gangster kind of criminality – TI-Z
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has expressed concern about Lands and Natural Resources Minister Elijah Muchima’s revelations that officials in his ministry have gone to an extent of breaking locks of containers in order to steal documents. And TI-Z has backed calls for a full disclosure of the signed and approved Kansanshi royalty conversion agreement. Addressing…...
Publish documents for all suspicious MoH deals, Antonio dares Masebo
PF Media Director Antonio Mwanza has challenged Health Minister Sylvia Masebo to publish documents for all “suspicious” deals at her ministry to prove that there is indeed transparency there. On Thursday last week, Masebo said there was neither corruption nor secrecy at her ministry and that all documents on any deal or contract were readily…...
My chances of being PF president are high, people hold me in high esteem – Mumbi
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says her chances of winning the party presidency are high because a lot of people hold her in high esteem. And Phiri says she will report the two Police officers who wanted to bribe a state witness to testify against her and Shebby Chilekwa to the Anti-Corruption Commission…....
Nawakwi asks Kasanda to retract her “grandmother” remarks
FDD leader Edith Nawakwi has asked Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda to retract the “grandmother” statement she recently made against her. Nawakwi recently challenged Kasanda to publish her CV in the newspaper, mocking her intellectual capabilities. But in response, Kasanda said Nawakwi was old enough to be her grandmother and that it was not in…...
Zambia faces Kenya at PacificAus netball series
THE netball national team today kick-starts its journey at PacificAus netball sports series with a crucial tie against rivals Kenya in what can be defined as a perennial rivalry. Speaking ahead of the encounter, Zambia’s coach Lazarus Tembo said the team was ready for the challenge in Gold Coast, Queensland State, Australia. “We anticipate a…...
PF will never win any election with the same faces people detest – Miles
MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says the former ruling party will continue losing elections as long as the same faces people detest are at the forefront of everything. And UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda says there is currently no party that is threatening the ruling party’s popularity. But Socialist Party leader Dr Fred…...
US Embassy denies accusations it’s interfering in internal affairs
THE U.S. Embassy says it has advocated for tangible action to counter deep seated corruption in Zambia for many years and its statement of April 16 followed that pattern. And the US Embassy says its statement on the immediate past leadership of the Zambia Police Service was not aimed at disparaging them. In a statement last…...
Gabon air disaster 30 years on
HOW time flies. The year 2023 marks 30 years since the horrific Gabon air crash in which Zambia lost 30 players, crew and officials on April 28, 1993, off the shores of the Gabonese capital, Libreville. This Thursday to be precise, Zambia commemorates three decades since the tiny African nation of Gabon was the site…...
A misleading statement from Ministry of Information meant to advance a PF agenda
THE Ministry of Information and Media says it has no mandate of facilitating the establishment of Non-Governmental Organisations like the Media Association For Pure Self-Regulation (MAPSR). This was in response to our editorial opinion in which we questioned the resistance by some directors to embrace the newly created media self-regulatory mechanism. Our issue is that…...
Don’t be on social media 24/7, become small investors – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has advised citizens to stop spending too much time “ku dandaula” on social media and to instead step up and become small investors. And President Hichilema says his administration already knew the country’s challenges before getting into office but just needed to restructure the way government was working. Meanwhile, the President says…...