Archive: 31 August 2018
-
Court convicts Brian Chituwo over CDFThe Mumbwa Magistrate Court has convicted former Mumbwa Central Member of Parliament Dr. Brian Chituwo for failure to declare interest in a matter involving the disbursement of K70,000 Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Mumbwa Resident Magistrate […]
-
Mwanakatwe will not wait for IMF if China offers favourable conditions – State HouseSpecial Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) takes 50 years to come through with a balance of payment support programme for Zambia, Finance […]
-
NDC asks govt to explain Katumbi’s Zambian passportNational Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Mwenya Musenge has challenged government to explain how Congolese politician Moise Katumbi was issued with a Zambian diplomatic passport. But Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public […]
-
Policy inconsistencies have made illicit financial flows thrive – CSPRThe Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says illicit financial flows are rampant in Zambia due to lack of consistency in government policies aimed at combating the scourge. Speaking when he featured on an OSISA […]
-
Social Cash Transfer funding hits only 27% – ZIPARThe Social Cash Transfer programme has only received less than 30 per cent funding by the end of the first half of 2018 due to government’s huge debt interest payments, says ZIPAR. And ZIPAR research […]
-
ZNFU urges govt to pay farmers, supply inputs on timeZambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president Jervis Zimba has asked the Ministry of Finance to release funds to pay farmers for crop marketing and input supply. In a statement issued Thursday, Zimba stated that it […]
-
Mining sector has stagnated – ZCMThe Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) has observed that the mining sector has stagnated because too much pressure has been mounted on it to service other sectors of the economy. ZCM President Nathan Chishimba observed […]
-
CiSCA backs church-led dialogueThe Civil Society Constitutional Agenda (CiSCA) says the church is better suited to lead the dialogue process because it demands respect from both local and International players. And CiSCA says President Edgar Lungu’s continued comments […]
-
Govt to start recovering loans from UNZA, CBU alumni this SeptThe Higher Education Loans and Scholarship Board says it will this September begin collecting repayments from UNZA and CBU alumni from as far back as 2004, adding that it is able to trace beneficiaries via […]
-
ZNBC employees sold stolen cables to Chinese, Katanga revealsCopperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has revealed that the ZNBC cables which were stolen by two employees with the help of outsiders were sold to Chinese nationals at K11,000. Katanga told News Diggers! in an […]
