Going forward, we may abolish Withholding VAT – ZRA
ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Dingani Banda says the authority may consider abolishing Withholding Value Added Tax in the future, but for now, it has only been suspended. ZRA announced the suspension of WVAT on Saturday, following the successful rollout of its Smart Invoice System. However, various stakeholders, including the Civil Society for Poverty…...
Police should pursue Chabinga, Minister over leaked audio, not me – Mwamba
PF Information and Publicity Chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba says law enforcement agencies must focus on the content of the leaked audio, purportedly featuring Robert Chabinga and Doreen Mwamba, and not him. And Mwamba says Chabinga’s proximity to President Hakainde Hichilema reveals the President’s character flaw, because Chabinga is a loudmouth who cannot maintain confidentiality. On Sunday,…...
ZANACO presents K134m dividend cheque to govt
THE Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) has presented a dividend check of K134,777,040.18 to the Zambian government. Speaking during the dividend payment presentation, Thursday, ZANACO Board Chairperson Professor Oliver Saasa said the bank was heading toward a K2 billion profit after tax this year, after it recorded K1.79 billion profit after tax in 2024. “As…...
Health sector corruption is a death sentence
ONE of the most damning findings from the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) audit is that medical supplies worth $5.2 million, reportedly delivered to health facilities, were never recorded in ZAMMSA’s Warehouse Management System. There was no central tracking, no accountability, and in many cases, no reliable proof that the drugs ever reached…...
High Court upholds Munir’s one year sentence
THE Lusaka High Court has upheld the one-year sentence handed to former Lumezi independent member of parliament Munir Zulu by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for libel. High Court Judge Bonaventure Mbewe dismissed the appeal, stating that all of Zulu’s nine grounds of appeal lacked merit. In April this year, Zulu appealed his one-year sentence in…...
Govt buys 90,000MT of maize out of 543,000MT target
AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri has announced that government, through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), has purchased 90,000 metric tonnes of maize from farmers. The Minister was responding to a question from Mbabala UPND MP Joseph Munsanje, who asked about government efforts to ensure that farmers sell their maize directly to the FRA, especially given that…...
UPND shouldn’t celebrate, corruption usually moves from public to private sector – Mundubile
MPOROKOSO PF MP Brian Mundubile says the reduction in public sector corruption cases, as highlighted in the FIC Trends Report, doesn’t amount to anything if individuals behind such activities aren’t brought to book. And Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) says it’s disappointing that the FIC analysed fewer suspicious transactions related to public sector corruption, resulting in…...
Govt projects to spend K72.9 billion on debt service in 2026
SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukuka says Zambia has made significant progress in debt restructuring, having achieved over 92 percent agreement in principle with its creditors amounting to $12.4 billion. Nkulukusa says despite the progress made in debt restructuring, Zambia will continue to service the debt that accumulated from bonds borrowed between 2016 and 2021…....
L/Stone Mayor develops nausea during corruption trial
LIVINGSTONE Mayor Constance Nalishebo Muleabai yesterday developed nausea during trial in the matter in which she is facing corruption charges. This was after tension rose between her lawyer Boniface Chiwala and Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate Trevor Kasanda over the court’s refusal to expunge the ACC’s Digital Forensic and Translation Reports on grounds that they are…...
News Diggers Epaper Edition 2046 Friday July 25, 2025
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