State House responds to Kampyongo: You can’t create jobs in a vacuum
PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya has described remarks by Shiwang’andu PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo that employing civil servants is not job creation as noise meant to distract the attention of Zambians. In an interview, Bwalya said the PF had the whole 10 years to do what President Hakainde Hichilema had done in just over…...
We’re ready to embrace, welcome those who left us when we lost power – PF
ACTING PF secretary general Nickson Chilangwa says former president Edgar Lungu and President Hakainde Hichilema will only embrace each other if “one individual from Shantumbu” stops lying. And Chilangwa has urged individuals who left PF after the 2021 election loss to return to the party. Speaking during Michael Chilufya Sata’s 8th Memorial Service, Friday, Chilangwa…...
God isn’t partisan, don’t preach fortunes of one party over another, Milupi tells clergy
INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing, and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the clergy shouldn’t push for the fortunes of one political party against the other because God isn’t partisan. And Milupi says an apology from PF would be meaningless if those who committed crimes didn’t account for their wrongs. During late president Michael Chilufya Sata’s memorial service,…...
UPND adopted past, unfair practices to win Kabushi, Kwacha polls – TIZ
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says UPND’s behaviour in the Kabushi and Kwacha by-election “fiasco” doesn’t inspire confidence and gives an impression that the ruling party will stop at nothing to advance its political interests. And TI-Z says it’s concerned about the leadership gap as ECZ, arguing that the absence of a substantive CEO and Chairperson…...
A vote for Chikota is a vote for HH, Nalumango tells Mwense
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has urged Mwense residents to vote for the UPND candidate in the upcoming council chairperson by-election, saying by doing so, they would indirectly be voting for President Hakainde Hichilema. And Vice-President Nalumango has advised youths to take advantage of the empowerment schemes under the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises Development. Drumming…...
PF nominations fees must be investigated, it could be proceeds of crime – Mwaliteta
UPND Lusaka Province chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta has urged investigative wings to investigate the source of funds paid as nomination fees by PF presidential aspiring candidates, saying it can be money laundering activities. But PF information and publicity chairperson Raphael Nakacinda has accused the ruling party of having a poverty mentality, saying none of those vying…...
We’ve learnt to adjust to monthly fuel price reviews despite unpredictability – ZAM
THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) says despite the unpredictability that the monthly fuel price reviews present on commodity pricing, the sector has learnt to adjust to that. In an interview, Friday, ZAM president Ashu Sagar said manufacturers could manage with the monthly reviews as long as the increases were not very high. “On the…...
Zambia will start blending locally produced ethanol with petrol next month – Kapala
MINISTER of Energy Peter Kapala has revealed that the country will next month start a pilot project of blending petrol with locally produced ethanol at 10 percent. In an interview, Kapala assured that the move would ensure cheaper fuel on the market as well as job creation, especially among those that would be suppliers of…...
Facts in the Masebo, TFM saga: How Mlonzi ‘implicated’ minister, Kitwe businessman
A NEWS Diggers investigation has established that TFM representative Msebisi Mlonzi has been on trial in a case of fraud in South Africa, following his arrest in a matter where he allegedly swindled the Amahlathi Local Municipality out of R92 million through a tender to supply earth moving equipment. The South African businessman who recently…...
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