Archive: 29 December 2019
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2019 has been depressing, frustrating for Zambians – VJVeteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says 2019 has been a depressing and disappointing year for most Zambians due to the negative economic situation and poor governance the country has experienced. And Mwaanga has urged the ruling […]
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I didn’t shoot him intentionally, police officer accused of killing colleague tells courtA 35-year-old Zambia Police Constable accused of killing his fellow police officer, Constable Lenox Kapila in Kaunda Square early this year, has told the Lusaka High Court that the deceased was his friend whom he […]
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Samakayi’s dogs left my son with an open skull, Lusaka woman tells courtThe mother of an eight-year-old boy who was killed by three dogs in Meanwood Ndeke area has narrated before the Lusaka High Court how her child was mauled as he was playing with his friends […]
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Mansa man commits suicide over K20A 27-year-old man of Mansa has allegedly committed suicide after a dispute with his mother over a K20 he wanted to use to buy beer on Christmas Day. Luapula Province Police Commissioner Elias Chushi said […]
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BoZ to buy 40,000 kilos of gold in 2020Government, through the Bank of Zambia (BoZ), will buy and collect more than 40,000 kilogrammes of gold from primary and secondary sources, including artisanal and small-scale gold miners, Mines Permanent Secretary Barnaby Mulenga has announced. […]
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Minister tells ZICTA to sanction Airtel, others for poor serviceTransport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya has challenged ZICTA to up its game in meting out sanctions on any telecommunications company that fails to provide high quality service to consumers. And Airtel Zambia Plc has […]
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Lungu should cut his term of office, not the salaries of public officers. Here is why.A few days ago, President Edgar Lungu announced a 15 to 20 per cent reduction on his salary and the salaries of both cabinet ministers and the chief executives of parastatal companies. Lungu further directed […]
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Lungu is riding a tiger, he can’t climb downThat’s what power does. It goes to your head and when that happens, you cease to see the legal limitations of your ambitions. We saw this from President Edgar Lungu’s expression while in Solwezi where […]
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Every Judgment Is a Lie: A Critique of the Bill 10 Judgment of the Constitutional CourtAlbie Sachs, the celebrated retired judge of the South African Constitutional Court, while delivering a lecture, once asserted that every judgment he wrote was a lie. By this he meant that the formality of every […]
