TADAT is helping us identify key priority areas for implementation – ZRA
ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Dingani Banda says the Tax Administration Diagnostic Tool (TADAT) is offering a lot of knowledge transfer, which the country is using to identify key priority areas for implementation. Speaking, during a TADAT online discussion session, Thursday, Banda said from the 2016 and 2020 TADAT assessment, ZRA had trained about…...
Whistleblower reveals scheme to terminate Mapani’s contract, as infighting splits Zesco board
A whistleblower has told News Diggers that the Zesco board has been split over a decision, allegedly instigated by chairman Vickson Nc’ube, to remove and replace Managing Director Victor Mapani. But Nc’ube has rubbished the allegation, saying there is no split on the board as members are preoccupied with efforts to find solutions to the…...
Prices of some items will reduce by the end of this year – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says by the end of this year, the Kwacha should be stabilised and prices of some commodities will reduce. Speaking during Diamond TV’s “Diamond Live” programme, Friday evening, Dr Musokotwane said the expansion of old mines like Lumwana and First Quantum would bring foreign exchange on the…...
UPND has U-turned on constitutional reforms – TIZ
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says the UPND government has turned its back on the commitment to institute and complete the process of constitutional reforms. On Monday, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa told News Diggers that government had no immediate intentions to amend the Constitution. Commenting on the remarks in an interview,…...
Use of cloned number plates should be a forfeiture offence – RTSA Boss
ROAD Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Chief Executive Officer Amon Mweemba says the agency is in talks with government to make the use of cloned number plates a forfeiture offence. And Mweemba says the agency is planning to introduce a single disc for all statutory payments for vehicles by the end of the year. Speaking…...
Some people are saying “kulibe kusebenza” govt’ll give us drought ‘support’ – Nkulukusa
SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says it is sad that some vulnerable citizens think that because government is going to support them due to the effects of drought, it is a license to drink and play because they no longer need to work. And Nkulukusa says he is optimistic that 75 percent of bondholders…...
UPND has perfected the art of abduction, says PF as Saboi threatens to strip naked over JJ
MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile has charged that UPND has perfected the art of abduction. And NDC leader Saboi Imboela has threatened to strip naked at Community House over Petauke member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda’s disappearance. At a press briefing held by some opposition members of parliament and some opposition political…...
Eagles Holding Ltd shareholding can easily be changed if Commander is fired – Lufuma
MINISTER of Defence Ambrose Lufuma says there is nothing wrong with making ZNS Commander Lieutenant General Maliti Solochi a shareholder of Eagles Holding Limited because he can easily be replaced if he is fired. And Lufuma says ZNS is different from the Industrial Development Commission (IDC). On Friday, Lusaka Lawyer Dickson Jere, among other citizens,…...
Lungu didn’t suggest that govt will be toppled illegally – Makebi
LUSAKA lawyer Makebi Zulu says there is nothing illegal about former president Edgar Lungu’s remark that 2026 might be too far before there can be a change of government. Zulu says the UPND government should prepare to leave power possibly before 2026 if it fails to fulfill its promises to citizens. Last Monday, Chief Government…...
Kafwaya says UPND wants to circumcise Lungu
LUNTE PF member of parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya says some UPND cadres are threatening to circumcise former president Edgar Lungu because they’re intolerant to criticism. And Kafwaya has appealed to President Hakainde Hichilema to “reverse the directive which Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Charles Milupi made in Mongu that Gilbert Liswaniso must deal with…...
