NOCZ Paris fundraising tourney on
ELIZABETH CHATUVELA Lusaka NATIONAL Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) is targeting raising K1.5 million from the fundraising golf tournament to support Team Zambia’s journey to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.…
DPP seeks Chimese’s K91m
- State applies for ex-ZAF commander to forfeit money, property CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has applied to have former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Eric…
ZRA starts collecting tolls, licences
NKOMBO KACHEMBA Lusaka ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) has started collecting road tolls and road service licences at Kazungula and Chirundu one-stop border posts (OSBP) following Government’s decision to reduce the…
ACC tells court Hussain flight risk, also on Interpol wanted list
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE State has asked a magistrate not to grant bail to detained Star Motors proprietor Wahdat Hussain because the suspect, who has eight passports, is a flight…
Mobile money transactions hit K452bn
MWILA NTAMBI, GILCHRIST MUSOLO, KABANDA CHULU Kitwe, Lusaka THE value of mobile money transactions in Zambia grew by 52.8 percent in 2023 to K452.0 billion from K295.8 billion in 2022.…
The rise of the fake PhD
AN INFAMOUS story recently coming out of nearby South Africa is that that country’s so-called foremost economist, Thabi Leoka, who acted as an economic advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa and…
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Judge challenges composition of adjudicators in his case
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka DISMISSED High Court Judge Wilfred Muma has challenged the composition of adjudicators to hear a case he is accused of wilful failure to follow procedure, arguing that…
Wina, Masheke special envoys
THERESA KALENGA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has appointed former Prime Minister General Malimba Masheke and former Vice-President Inonge Wina as special envoys within and outside the country. The President said…
Cholera deaths down to single digit
KABANDA CHULU Lusaka ACTING Minister of Health Elias Mubanga says intensive community engagement against cholera has started translating into a further reduction in the cases and mortalities recorded, with deaths…
Eagles mealie meal safe – millers
JUSTINAH MUKUKA Kazungula MILLERS Association of Zambia (MAZ) is satisfied that there is no GMO mealie meal that is being imported into Zambia by Government through the Zambia National Service…