Archive: 17 January 2018
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Govt withholds salaries for FIC employeesThe Ministry of Finance last month cut funding to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) leading to unpaid salaries for members of staff at the government investigative wing. And Finance Minister Felix Mutati told News Diggers! […]
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A Strange Encounter‘A double brandy please,’ I said to the barman, as I looked round at the assembled company, spotting a well suited gentleman sitting all alone in the corner. As soon as I got my drink […]
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RTSA board met 17 times in 2015, paid itself over K2m in allowances – AGThe Auditor General has revealed that instead of having four board meetings in a year, the Road Transport and Safety Agency Board met 17 times in 2015 resulting in overpayment of K2,038,081 in allowances. And […]
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Cholera is not a demonic issue – CCZCCZ secretary general Father Emmanuel Chikoya says Cholera is a sanitation issue, not a demonic one. And Minister in the Vice-President’s Office Sylvia Chalikosa has lamented that people are withdrawing their trucks after Kanyama residents […]
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Police raised K40m from traffic fines in 2017 – SpokespersonThe Zambia Police Service says the number of road traffic accidents recorded from January to December in 2017 has decreased to 30,163 from the 32,350 accidents recorded in 2016 during the same period. And the […]
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Malanji calls for diplomatic support as Zambia preps to host ECOSOCCMinister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji has appealed for support from the diplomatic corps as the country assumes Chair of the SADC Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in August this year. Meanwhile […]
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M’membe challenges Post liquidation, sues ZRAFormer Post Newspaper proprietor Dr Fred M’membe has sued five ex-employees together with the Zambia Revenue Authority for consenting to wind up the company without his permission. But Post Liquidator Lewis Mosho has filed a […]
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Nawakwi questions ZRA Commissioner’s involvement with Nishati clearing companyFDD president Edith Nawakwi has challenged Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingley Chanda to explain who is auditing a clearing and forwarding company called Nishati, which she says belongs to him. And Nawakwi says […]
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Luo acts without thinking – ZANASUUniversity of Zambia and Copperbelt University student unions have expressed annoyance at the decision by Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo to ban squatting. ZANASU president Joseph Busenga says Professor Luo makes decision without critical […]
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Street vendors are hungry and angry – GBMUnited Party for National Development vice-president Geoffrey Mwamba says the ongoing protests by streets vendors in Lusaka are a sign of people’s anger and hunger, adding that the country’s economic status is “rubbish”. Featuring on […]
