Army Commander promotes BB11
WOMEN’s national team captain Barbra Banda has expressed gratitude to Zambia Army Commander, Sitali Alibuzwi, over her promotion, saying it will motivate her to work extra hard. Banda scored twice to propel the Copper Queens to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games that will take place this summer. The Copper Queens edged Morocco 3-2 on aggregate…...
What Zambians can’t do in China shouldn’t be done by Chinese here
THERE are so many concerns that we can raise about the recent development in which at least 22 Chinese nationals and their Zambian recruits were arrested for engaging in a highly sophisticated Internet Fraud syndicate. As we stated in our editorial opinion yesterday, the people behind this operation seem to have had a huge pool…...
Lsk man in court for swindling 12 home buyers out of K7m
A 34-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka has been dragged to court for obtaining over K7 million from 12 people by allegedly lying to them that he had houses for sale. Thomas Banda, a businessman of Salama Park, is facing 13 counts of obtaining money by false pretence and fraudulent deposition of mortgaged goods. In counts one…...
These are frightened little men, says GBM after being blocked from travelling
PATRIOTIC Front member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says he finds it unreasonable that the Immigration Department can be instructed to stop him from traveling to South Africa for his medicals. But Immigration Department Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka says he is not aware of any such incident. Mwamba posted about the incident on his Facebook page…...
Audit on grants reveals that over K76m was abused, mismanaged in 182 schools
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning has revealed that it recently conducted an internal audit on the utilisation of school grants in 182 schools, countrywide, which revealed elements of abuse. The ministry discloses that the findings with elements of abuse amounted to K13,356,459.47, while those relating to management failure totaled K62,884,168.78. Meanwhile, government has…...
VERBATIM: Kapata fails to prove that Mukula export reduced during her ban
Kaluba: Honourable, you seem to have come across a lot of new things today surrounding the ministry which you ran for five years? Kapata: Yes, My Lady. Kaluba: And you told this court that you were hands on the ball and you couldn’t know all these happenings? Kapata: I was hands on, My Lady. I…...
COF condemns shooting of school boy, bystander in Lsk
CHAPTER One Foundation says it is dismayed with the shooting of a school pupil and a bystander by Zambia Police Officers in Lusaka’s Emmadale area this week. In a statement, Thursday, Chapter One Foundation strongly condemned the shooting incident which left two people injured. “Chapter One Foundation Limited promotes and protects human rights, constitutionalism, social…...
HRC asks IG to end police brutality
HUMAN Rights Commission Chairperson Dr Pamela Sambo has condemned the Police Service for the continued violations of fundamental human rights. In a statement, Thursday, Dr Sambo stated that the continued reports of violations of human rights by the police were extremely worrying. “The Human Rights Commission wishes to strongly condemn the Zambia Police Service for…...
ZICTA should develop cyber offense monitoring systems to curtail fraud – ICTAZ
INFORMATION Communication Technology Association of Zambia (ICTAZ) president, Dr Clement Sinyangwe, says ZICTA needs to develop a number of cyber offense monitoring systems to ensure that they curtail illegal cyber operations. On Tuesday, the Drug Enforcement Commission busted a Chinese internet fraud syndicate called Golden Top Support Services which resulted in the arrest of 77…...
Masebo in tears as MoH staff honour her
MINISTRY of Health staff on Wednesday presented different gifts to their minister, Sylvia Masebo, to appreciate her for the exceptional leadership she exhibited during the cholera response. And Masebo says she has been informed that there is an outbreak of monkeypox on the continent, and that five countries are affected. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary…...
