Archive: 18 January 2018
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ZNBC, Topstar loan scandal is alarming – TIZTransparency International Zambia (TIZ) says it is dismayed to learn from the Auditor General’s revelations that government facilitated a loan acquisition for ZNBC amounting to over $200 million without a concrete repayment plan. Reacting to […]
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Govt suspends Chongwe town clerk, 12 others for abuse of officeThe Local Government Service Commission has suspended Chongwe Municipal Council town clerk Levis Ngoma from his duties for abuse of authority of office and dishonest conduct. The commission has also suspended 12 Chongwe Municipal Council […]
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We are spying on all civil servants – GovtGovernment says it will not tolerate civil servants leaking classified information to the media any more and has since resolved to spy on all public workers through the Smart Zambia surveillance system. At a media […]
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PF cadres, Police screen vendors during reallocation of trading spacePatriotic Front cadres and armed police officers today conducted a screening process for street vendors who are being allocated trading spaces at Lusaka’s City market. Meanwhile, cadres almost pounced on journalists who wanted to get […]
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Supplier of contaminated crude has not paid for damaging Indeni – AGIndeni Petroleum Refinery Limited needs K24,599,542 to repair damages suffered as a result of processing contaminated crude oil. According to the latest report of the Auditor General on parastatals, Gunvor SA, the company which supplied […]
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Undocumented foreign vendors must leave Zambia – MinisterMinister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has warned of stern action against Zambian traders who are in the habit of leasing their trading spaces to foreign nationals who have no legal status. And Kampyongo has […]
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Fake chlorine, sanitizer worries CUTSCUTS has expressed concern on reports that some traders are intentionally misrepresenting various versions of hand wash and detergents as hand sanitizer and chlorine due to increased demand for the two commodities. In a statement, […]
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Lusambo warns ‘lazy’ mayors, town clerksCopperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned water utility companies, mayors and town clerks in the province against having a laissez-faire attitude towards work. And Lusambo has boasted that Copperbelt police are the most professional in […]
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Don’t strip street vendors of their source of livelihood – CTPDThe Centre for Trade Policy and Development says actions targeted at containing the Cholera epidemic have caused problems which need serious reflection for the sake of thousands of traders who have no other sources of […]
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Judge recuses self from hearing M’membe’s case over Post liquidationHigh Court judge Mwamba Chanda has recused herself from handling the matter in which former Post Newspaper Proprietor Dr Fred M’membe is challenging the winding up of his company saying she has a personal relationship […]
