ERB fines Taam Zambia Ltd K60,000 for operating without valid license
THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says it has fined Taam Zambia Limited K60,000 for operating without a valid license. In a statement, ERB Public Relations Manager Namukolo Kasumpa stated that the board had also reprimanded Vivo Energy Zambia for breach of license conditions, specifically clause 7 of Zambian standard 385 which mandates all licenses to…...
I want cordial relationships between judges, lawyers – Zimba
LUSAKA lawyer, Jonas Zimba, says he wants to see a cordial relationship between judges and lawyers. And Zimba laments that Zambia is degenerating into a place where people want to perpetuate vengeance. Speaking when he featured on the Conversation Podcast, Saturday, Zimba said he currently didn’t think a lawyer could walk up to a judge…...
You’ll not be buried with your billions, invest in football, Katumbi tells businessmen
“THEY will not bury [you] with your billions in the coffin, invest in football”, says TP Mazembe president Moise Katumbi, urging the business community to support the game. Katumbi spoke in an interview after visiting 2012 AFCON winner, Rainford Kalaba on Tuesday evening, who was admitted at the University Teaching Hospital following a road accident…...
Lameck Banda undergoes knee surgery in Italy
CHIPOLOPOLO winger Lameck Banda has undergone a surgery on his right knee. The winger’s club, US Lecce announced in a statement that the player underwent surgery on Tuesday. “US Lecce announces that today (yesterday) Lameck Banda underwent surgery on his right knee by Professor Giuliano Cerulli at the Villa Fiorita Clinic in Perugia in the…...
My biggest crime is stopping people from stealing football money – Kamanga
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says he didn’t think football politics are worse than mainstream politics. Kamanga faces fraud allegations after being arrested by the Drug Enforcement Commission on Tuesday, together with FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga and two non-FAZ officials; Madalitso Kamanga and Jairous Siame. Prior to his arrest, Kamanga hinted at his pending encounter…...
This is what happens when you leave the corrupt to enjoy freedom
MR Edgar Lungu’s call for the international community to take note of the abuse of human rights in the UPND government is interesting when one considers where Zambia is coming from. When he condemns President Hakainde Hichilema for not allowing wrong doers to be arrested, you would wonder whether he still has a recollection of…...
Mopani’s 13% salary hike equals K840 increase for lowest paid workers – NUMAW
NATIONAL Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) president Saul Simujika says the 13 percent salary increment awarded to Mopani Copper Mines PLC unionised workers translates into about a K840 increment for the lowest paid and K1,400 for the highest remunerated employees. On Tuesday, Mopani announced that it had awarded a 13 percent salary increment…...
AZADI seeks bailiffs’ assistance to seize Chitotela’s goods over K5.9m debt
AZADI Investments Limited has issued a writ of Fieri Facias (fifa) against former tourism minister Ronald Chitotela as a way of enforcing a judgement obtained last year, in which the court ordered the Pambashe member of parliament to pay the firm K6.5 million. The fifa would enable bailiffs to seize Chitotela’s goods and chattels to…...
62-year-old man in court for assaulting wife
A 62-YEAR-OLD Lusaka man has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for assaulting his 46-year-old wife. Joseph Mukosha, a businessman, is facing one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Particulars of the offence are that Mukosha, on March 7, 2024, in Lusaka, did assault Estelle Banda, thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm. It…...
We’re importing inflation arising from Russia-Ukraine war – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says people in Africa are importing inflation arising from the Ukraine-Russia war and cannot therefore claim to be shielded from the conflict. Speaking at the 12th African Land Forces summit in Livingstone, Wednesday, President Hichilema said Africa wanted to work with the global community as partners in various investment areas. “We’ll like…...
