Archive: 23 October 2018
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Govt shouldn’t give up on IMF bailout package yet – PMRCThe Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has advised government to continue pursuing the IMF economic bailout programme for the country, saying the package is important for balance of payment support. And PMRC has called […]
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Fuel price hike has made local manufacturing industry uncompetitive – ZAMZambia Association of Manufacturers president Rosetta Chabala says the industry is slowly becoming uncompetitive in the sub-Saharan region following the increase in the cost of production caused by continuous fuel price increment. And Chabala says […]
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Employees expose fraud at ZRA, implicate Commissioner GeneralThe Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has allegedly been fraudulently misreporting its revenue collection targets and using the VAT Refund Account to prop-up its position, a whistleblower letter sent to the Ministry of Finance has revealed. […]
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Woman narrates how pastor swindled her out of K260,000A 47-year-old woman of Lusaka’s SOS area has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how a pastor of Interdenominational Jesus Ministries swindled her out of over K260,000 in the name of helping her to start […]
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Sebastian Zulu testifies against Justice Sakala in Mutembo Tribunal caseFormer justice minister Sebastian Zulu says he was shocked to learn that justice Earnest Sakala accepted an appointment to sit on a tribunal to probe Mutembo Nchito, the former DPP who had previously complained against […]
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Commerce ministry accountants stole K450,000 when IFMIS crashed – KandetaThe Ministry of Finance says reports suggesting that over K450,000 went missing after the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) crashed are a misrepresentation, as that money was actually stolen by two former Ministry of […]
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Thieving civil servants are sponsored by opposition – ChitemeMinister of National Planning Alexander Chiteme says Permanent Secretaries cannot manage to detect all the theft going on in government by themselves because the civil service is full of opposition-sponsored workers, colluding to steal from […]
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7 court officials linked to missing cocaine slapped with fresh chargesThe seven court officials linked to the missing cocaine under the custody of the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court have appeared in court with fresh charges. Last week, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) entered a nolle […]
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Bring back impeachment motion, demands GBMUPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has urged the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini to bring back the impeachment motion to the House, saying President Edgar Lungu has gone too far and Parliament […]
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476 died in third quarter accidents – PolicePolice spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police have recorded a slight increase in road traffic accidents in the third quarter of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017. In a statement, Monday, Katongo revealed […]
