Security of tenure elates BoZ Governor
BANK of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya says ensuring his office has security of tenure is a progressive move as it guarantees freedom in the execution of his duties. President Hakainde Hichilema recently signed into law new legislation that will protect the Central Bank Governor and his deputies from being fired without valid reasons. In…...
Magistrate halts Honeybee directors’ criminal proceedings, refers matter to High Court
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has halted proceedings in the case in which three Honeybee directors are accused of uttering a false document. The court has since referred the matter to the High Court for determination of whether the accused can be tried twice for the same offence. Lusaka Magistrate Davies Chibwili also granted the trio’s…...
Nalumango hails Maamba Collieries for taking “huge corporate social responsibility”
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says contrary to certain perceptions, an investor is not any enemy of the people, arguing that there is need to tell the story that investors mean well. And Sinazongwe UPND member of parliament Gift Sialubalo has commended Maamba Collieries Limited (MLCs) for being “the most committed to corporate social responsibility firm in…...
Mwepu retirement shocks nation
YESTERDAY Zambia woke up to the shocking news that national soccer team captain Enock Mwepu is unable to continue with his skyrocketing football career due to a hereditary heart condition. Mwepu, 24, was only in his second season with Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion after joining them in the summer of 2021 from…...
Our Lusangazi Council Chairperson candidate has G12 certificate, it only becomes different if court proves otherwise – PF
PF says its candidate for Lusangazi Council Chairperson by-elections, Patrick Banda, has a genuine grade 12 certificate despite the matter being in court, arguing that it only becomes a different thing if it’s proved otherwise. And Banda’s lawyer, Joseph Chirwa, says his client has used the same grade 12 certificate to contest in the previous…...
HH pledges to build health post along ‘treason road’
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has pledged to build a fully-fledged health centre along Mongu-Limulunga Road, popularly referred to as the Treason Road, using personal resources. In April this year, President Hichilema was offered a three hectares piece of land at Sing’anda village in Mongu District of Western Province, a place where he was accused of committing…...
Likando joins the list of those we warned would be arrested
THE arrest of former Attorney General Likando Kalaluka SC in connection with his involvement in the Honeybee drug supply scandal does not come as a surprise to many who followed how our brother conducted himself as chief legal advisor to our country. In particular, his role in the Honeybee scandal was such a scandal in…...
UPND’s agenda is to harass Lungu but immunity is restricting them – Mwila
FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the UPND’s agenda is to harass former president Edgar Lungu through unlawful investigations but his immunity is restricting their actions. And Mwila says the new dawn administration should swallow their pride and admit that PF never stole anything, rather than arresting people without evidence. Meanwhile, Mwila says when…...
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AG asks court to join Esau Chulu to Emily Sikazwe’s case
THE Attorney General has asked the Constitutional Court to join former ECZ chairperson Esau Chulu to a matter in which former ECZ vice chairperson Emily Sikazwe is challenging the President’s decision to “prematurely” fire her. Solicitor General Marshal Muchende SC has submitted on behalf of the Attorney General that there is sufficient interest for justice…...