- Allegations in AG’s report inaccurate – MikalileMIKALILE Trading Investment proprietor Stephen Mikalile says the allegations cited in the latest Auditor General’s report on Zambia’s external debt against the company are not accurate. And Mikalile says his company will continue conducting business in many other countries and not just in Zambia. Meanwhile, Mikalile has lamented that load shedding is negatively affecting businesses, especially those dealing in perishable commodities. The Auditor General’s report on Zambia’s external debt stock for the financial years ended December 31, 2006 to 2022 revealed that on October 27, 2017, the Ministry of Education signed a contract with Mikalile Trading Company worth US$401,838,720 for.......
- This is what happens when you leave the corrupt to enjoy freedomMR 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 how he governed this country. There is no doubt that former president Edgar Lungu had support from many Zambians, but what is true is that those who supported him chose to ignore the many atrocities that were happening under his watch. Mr Lungu’s government was.......
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- We’re importing inflation arising from Russia-Ukraine war – HHPRESIDENT 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 Africa to work with the global community as partners in the investment areas, projects, mining, green energy, given the climate change damage that has been…….
- Mopani’s 13% salary hike equals K840 increase for lowest paid workers – NUMAWNATIONAL 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 to all its unionised employees, making it the highest in the mining sector. In an interview, Wednesday, Simujika applauded the increment, while revealing that the…….
- AZADI seeks bailiffs’ assistance to seize Chitotela’s goods over K5.9m debtAZADI 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 recover the balance of over K5.9 million owed to AZADI Investments Limited. The Lusaka High Court, Economic and Financial Crimes Court, last year ordered Chitotela…….
- Lameck Banda undergoes knee surgery in ItalyCHIPOLOPOLO 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 presence of the medical director of US Lecce, Dr Giuseppe Congedo,” read the statement. “The arthroscopic surgery consisted of cleaning the patella and the integrity…….
- Lessons learned from misinformation that accompanied Kalaba’s accidentIt was a typical Saturday afternoon; I was about to sit down for lunch when my phone rang. It was my friend, Chashinsha. Without any preamble, he blurted out, “Is it true?” Confused, I responded, “What do you mean?” His response was: “Check Facebook—multiple media outlets are reporting that Rainford Kalaba has died.” In that instant, my appetite vanished. I hurried to open Facebook and saw it plastered across the most credible online publications, his former club TP Mazembe, and....