Archive: 16 December 2020
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Zesco’s failure to explain K45bn loan suspicious – TIZZESCO Limited’s failure to explain why it needs to acquire a €1.7 billion loan, translating to around K45 billion, remains suspicious, says Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z). And former finance minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zesco’s […]
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Kalaba, Chitotela pay back illegal salariesFORMER foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba and Minister of Tourism and Arts Ronald Chitotela have paid back the salaries they were paid during their illegal stay in office as ruled by the Constitutional Court in […]
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Govt must heed IMF’s concerns to secure a deal, urges SaasaECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says the recent high-level International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Zambia gives hope that the country might get on a programme if government addresses the concerns raised by the Fund to […]
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Lungu must be voted out for mocking Zambians’ poverty – KabwitaNATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita says Zambians must choose a new leadership in 2021 because President Edgar Lungu has failed and has resorted to mocking citizens by insinuating that the country […]
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PF will bounce back in 2021 because Zambians trust us – MalamaKANCHIBIYA PF member of parliament Martin Malama says the ruling party will bounce back to power in 2021 general election because Zambians trust them. And Malama says opposition candidates campaigning in Kanchibiya constituency have no […]
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ECZ needs sufficient funds for extended voter registration – KalabaDEMOCRATIC Party leader Harry Kalaba says government should ensure that they adequately fund the extended voter registration exercise so that citizens don’t have to queue up for long hours as has been the case. In […]
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Zambia has a lot to learn from Ghana’s elections – MusaFORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye SC has noted that political violence is much less in Ghana compared to what is usually witnessed during Zambia’s elections. And Mwenye says it shouldn’t have taken President Edgar Lungu […]
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Brace for second wave of Covid-19, don’t drop guard – LunguPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned that is citizens stop adhering to the Covid-19 public health guidelines, the predicted second wave of the pandemic will be devastating. Quoting President Lungu in a statement, Special Assistant to […]
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Zambians looking for alternative because PF has failed to fix economy – KatekaNEW HERITAGE Party president Chishala Kateka says PF cannot restore the country’s economy. In an interview, Kateka said Zambians were looking for an alternative because the PF government had blown their chance at improving the […]
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3,000 bags of FISP fertiliser go missing in LuanshyaOVER 3,000 bags of fertilizer under the Farmer Input Support Program have gone missing Luanshya District. In an interview, Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe warned that anyone found wanting would be dealt with harshly. Nundwe […]
