RTSA CEO justifies dismissal of 3 directors: The agency has stagnated for a while
ROAD Transport and Safety Agency Chief Executive Officer Amon Mweemba has justified the firing of three directors and a procurement specialist, saying the agency has stagnated for quite a while and needs renewal to move in a positive direction. Those recently fired at RTSA include Alinani Msisya, the Director for Road Safety; Joseph Mumba, the…...
Banker recounts how PF cash deposits were made using “Mwila” as reference
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that large sums of money, ranging from K10,000 to K9 million, were being deposited into Ann Mwitwa’s law firm account with the reference ‘D. Mwila’. Mukelabai Habeenzu, an Administration Manager at the FNB Industrial Branch, informed the court that the ‘D. Mwila’ referred to former PF secretary…...
I’m happy Woolley is leaving, he was an extension of UPND – Mumbi
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says she’s happy that the British High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley is leaving. And Phiri says there are rumors circulating that former vice-presidents Enock Kavindele and Nevers Mumba are being paid 80 percent of the sitting Vice-President’s salary. In an interview, Monday, Phiri said Woolley was an…...
HH becomes first-ever champion of foundational learning in Africa
MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima has revealed that President Hakainde Hichilema has accepted to become the first-ever champion of foundational learning on the continent. Addressing the media, Monday, Syakalima explained that the Head of State was requested to take up the position given his passion for education as well as the strides Zambia had made…...
It’s too early for HH to be booed, UPND should be extremely worried – PF
MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says the booing has come too early for President Hakainde Hichilema, given that he was the darling of the people just months ago. And Mundubile has urged the UPND government to reflect on what the citizens were trying to communicate through the booing, rather than trying to convince…...
Esther Lungu’s theft case fails to proceed
TRIAL in the matter in which former First Lady Esther Lungu and five others are charged with theft failed to take off yesterday, as the witness on the stand was unwell and unable to appear in court. Meanwhile, a group of youths surrounded former president Edgar Lungu’s vehicle as he and others, who had accompanied…...
Where will money for subsidies come from, Mucheleka asks critics
PERMANENT Secretary for Special Duties Patrick Mucheleka says anyone telling the UPND administration to subside is not being sincere, asking them to state where the money for such an undertaking will come from. And Mucheleka says repairing the country’s economy cannot be done within a year. Meanwhile, Mucheleka recalls that Zambia’s third republican president Levy…...
Cost of living is too high, clergymen tell Minister
GRACE Ministries Senior Pastor and overseer for Copperbelt Region Bishop Chilala Chingwa has lamented that the cost of living is so high, the church hasn’t been spared. And Council of Churches in Zambia district chairperson Reverend Dome Chilema says it has become difficult for citizens and churches to maintain their lives due to the cost…...
There’s no discrimination in load shedding; I’ve experienced 12-hour outages – Zesco board chair
ZESCO Board Chairperson Vickson N’cube says no one is being discriminated in terms of the load shedding schedule, revealing that he also experiences outages lasting up to 12 hours sometimes. A Parish Priest at St Augustine Catholic Church in Lusaka’s Kalikiliki area, Fr Paschal Mashilipa, lamented on Sunday that Zesco’s load shedding schedule was being…...
We provided advertising services to PF worth K11.4m in 2021, witness tells court
A WITNESS has testified in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that Alliance Media provided advertising services worth K11.4 million to the Patriotic Front (PF) in 2021. This is in a matter where former PF secretary general Davies Mwila and Lusaka lawyer Ann Mwitwa are charged with one count of possession of property suspected to be proceeds…...
