Govt nearing end of 2020 consensus preps, says PS
NATIONAL Development Planning Permanent Secretary Chola Chabala says preparations for the 2020 national census amid the COVID-19 pandemic are almost complete. In an interview, Chabala explained that the 2020 census had been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but stressed that that government was strategising on an appropriate mechanism to conduct the exercise before exposing the…...
ZICB targets lower interest rates on loans for SMEs
ZAMBIA Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB) says it is currently trying to collaborate with other financial institutions as a means of making access to cheaper credit possible in view of the high lending rates obtaining on the local market. In an interview, ZICB public relations manager Luke Njovu said the bank was exploring avenues to collaborate…...
We summoned HH, insists Njase: “we’ll advise when he will appear”
MUCHINGA Province Police Commissioner Joel Njase says his office will advise when UPND president Hakainde Hichilema will be expected to appear for questioning in the police abduction investigation. Njase said this when he was asked if there was miscommunication within the Police Command on the summonses served on Hichilema, considering that Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata…...
Sunday asks US Envoy to check Trumps remarks before commenting on Zambia’s democracy
PF MEDIA director Sunday Chanda says Zambia’s democracy is much better than the United States, because US President Donald Trump’s concerns about the credibility of mail-in ballots show that its electoral process was not flawless. And Chanda says the US Chargé d’Affaires to Zambia David Young should concentrate on talking to the UPND and other…...
It’s foolish for police to say HH wasn’t summoned when call out was delivered – Katuka
UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says it is foolish for the police to deny that they summoned party leader Hakainde Hichilema when a call-out was delivered at the secretariat, Friday. And Katuka says it does not make sense that trained police officers can be abducted by common citizens. In an interview, Katuka rebuked the Police…...
I know I’ll be re-elected in 2021 because of my work – Lungu
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he knows he will be re-elected in next year’s general election because of the many works his government has done. Speaking when he drummed up support for PF candidate in the Chilubi Council chairperson by-elections Rosemary Chimbini, in Bulilo ward, Monday, President Lungu said he knows that he would be re-elected…....
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Judiciary washes hands on Simusamba as JCC puts lid back on disciplinary case
CHIEF Registrar of the Judiciary Charles Kafunda has distanced the judiciary from the recommendation made by the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) to have Magistrate David Simusamba removed from presiding as a judicial officer in a matter where he was found wanting for misconduct. And the JCC chairman William Nyirenda says he does not understand how…...
IMF is Zambia’s only chance of avoiding debt default – Simumba
ECONOMIST Trevor Simumba says Zambia should swiftly reach an agreement in principle with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on an economic programme to allay investors’ fears and avoid an imminent debt default. The Zambian government wants relief on its debt interest repayments from commercial creditors, which is estimated to provide as much as US $1…...
A nation that forgets God, but remembers to pray
“Today, we have a Caesar in our midst, it is His Excellency the President. Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar simply means when it comes to voting, Christians are number one on the queue to vote. Caesar has been given to you, give him what belongs to him. Caesar is created in the image…...