Archive: 16 November 2017
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Mutati annoys LAP GreenN over debt settlement claimLibyan investment portfolio LAP GreenN has vented anger at Finance Minister Felix Mutati for claiming that the Zambian government was in the process of settling its US$395 million debt owed to the company when in […]
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Police summon Mast editor-in-chiefPolice in Lusaka have summoned The Mast Newspaper editor-in-chief to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department. According to the summon shared by PF media director Sunday Chanda today, The Mast editor-in-chief is required to present […]
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PAC questions Judiciary’s copy and paste responses to audit queriesThe Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has complained that the Judiciary provides the same responses to audit queries every year. But the Judiciary says that it is because PAC asks the same questions every year. Meanwhile, […]
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Zimbabwe crisis a wake-up call for SADC – HHUPND president Hakainde Hichilema says the current political situation in Zimbabwe is a wake-up call for SADC which has for a long time adopted a laissez-faire attitude in dealing with crises. And HH has wondered […]
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Siliya doesn’t consult farmers before making decisions – ZNFUZambia National Farmers Union president Jervis Zimba says farmers have no appetite to participate in this year’s farming season because the PF government has destroyed the agriculture sector. And Zimba says the farming sector is […]
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Kabimba’s running mate forms own socialist partyFormer Rainbow party running mate Dr Cosmas Musumali has formed his own political party called the Socialist Party (SP). In August 2014, late president Michael Sata dropped Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba, who later formed the […]
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D/Speaker orders UPND MP to stop mentioning HH’s name in ParliamentDeputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala yesterday threatened to stop leader of the opposition Jack Mwiimbu from debating after he mentioned Hakainde Hichilema on the floor of the house. This was when Mwiimbu, […]
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There is no illegality in investing money offshore – KanyamaEconomist Chibamba Kanyama says there is no illegality in the investment of money in offshore accounts, except that many individuals who have had chance to enjoy such incentives have been abusing them to a point […]
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It’s time for Zambians to hold selfish leaders to account – COBUSUCopperbelt University Students Union (COBUSU) president Njikho Musuku says it is selfish for leaders to plunder public resources at the expense of suffering citizens. The recent Auditor General’s report revealed that the Ministry of Higher […]
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Trump reverses ban on elephant trophies from Zambia, ZimbabweThe Trump administration announced Wednesday that the remains of elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia can now be imported to the United States as trophies, reversing a ban under former president Barack Obama. African […]
