Archive: 20 September 2018
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Top leadership responsible for corruption – KalabaFormer Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says the country’s top leadership is responsible for corruption and fraud. And Kalaba has attributed the ballooning of Zambia’s to corruption, abuse of office and overpayment of shoddy contracts. […]
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Lead by example, hike civil servants’ wages first, JCTR tells govtGovernment should lead by example by hiking civil servants’ wages if the minimum wage increment for domestic workers is to prove effective, says the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR). And JCTR says the revised […]
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Lack of transparency on Chinese deals causing anxiety – PACPeople’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has challenged government to make all Chinese contracts public so that citizens can be assured that their interests are protected. And UPPZ leader Charles Chanda says China […]
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Clause on Parley approval for loans not a lacuna – TIZTransparency International Zambia has wondered why the PF is trying to avoid getting parliamentary approval before loan contraction if it is well intended. And TIZ has warned that there will be chaos if Zambians started […]
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Police nab ‘Mr Smith’Police in Ndola have arrested a 32-year-old man employed as a lab technician at Zambezi Portland for allegedly duping women into sending nude videos of themselves under the pretext that a ‘Mr Smith’ would pay […]
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Failure to appoint Auditor General will escalate impunity – ChipimoNational Restoration party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo has warned that the Auditor General’s office remaining vacant for too long may only increase the levels of impunity among culprits who are politically-connected. And Chipimo says until […]
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PF must go, they’re a bunch of thieves – HHUnited Party for National Development president Hakainde Hichilema says the Patriotic Front must go because they are a bunch of thieves. On Tuesday, President Lungu ordered Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Rowland Msiska to conclude […]
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Luapula Police nab witch finder, 3 others for exhuming bodiesPolice in Luapula have arrested four people for allegedly exhuming a dead body of a named person in Mansa district and obtaining remains of the corpse to use for rituals. Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo […]
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Kwacha hits K11 per dollarThe kwacha has depreciated against major currency convertibles to breach the K11 per dollar psychological barrier for the first time since April, 2016. And FNB Zambia says there is a sense of panic in the […]
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Govt loses credibility after bogus denials, reports Africa ConfidentialAfrica Confidential reports that constant denials by the Zambian government of any debt crisis or bad relationship with donors has taken its toll on investor confidence. And Africa Confidential reports that there is a bigger […]
