FORMER ZRA BOSS APPEARS BEFORE COURT
Former Commissioner General of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Kingsley Chanda and former Director of Administration at the ZRA, Callistus Kaoma, have appeared before the Lusaka Magistrate Court. The duo…
ZAMBIA’S FISCAL DISCIPLINE ELATES WORLD BANK
World Bank Director, Nathan Belete, says the Bank is so far impressed with Zambia’s fiscal discipline. Speaking when he met President Hakainde Hichilema at State House in Lusaka, Mr. Belete…
NDOLA COUNCIL SECURES LAND FOR ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY PLANT
Ndola City Council has secured about 100 hectares of land for the establishment of an electric car battery plant. Ndola City Council Public Relations Manager, Rebecca Mushota, says the council…
POLICE ARREST EX-PRESIDENT’S SON DALISO LUNGU FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
Former president Edgar Lungu’s son Daliso has been arrested and charged with money laundering and being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. His lawyer Charles…
VUBWI STEPFATHER GETS 35-YEARS FOR DEFILING STEPDAUGHTER
The Chipata High Court has sentenced to jail a 26-year-old man of Vubwi district to 35-years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling and impregnating his stepdaughter. Alfred Phiri, of Thembulo…
PF BLOGGER RIZWAN PATEL ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS
Police have formally charged and arrested Rizwan Dawood Patel, aged 41, of Bebos Construction and Supplies Limited, for two counts of forgery contrary to Section 342 of the Penal Code…
MAZABUKA RELIGIOUS GROUPINGS REJECT VACCINES
Mazabuka District Health Department has learnt that some religious groupings in Mazabuka have refused to have their children under the age of five go for under-5 immunizations. Mazabuka District Health…
OVER 1000 TRADING PLACES ABANDONED AT CITY MARKET
Over one thousand stands have been abandoned at Lusaka City Market as traders are opting to trade from the streets. Traders inside the market have complained that this has resulted…
WHAT IS DEBT RESTRUCTURING AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Yesterday, I posted a video of the IMF MD Kristalina Goergieva congratulating President HH and Zambia on being a good example in reference to debt restructuring. Under the comments, I…
ZAMBIA TRIUMPHS: CREDITORS GRANT GOVT DEBT RELIEF, SETTING PRECEDENT FOR STRESSED NATIONS
Bloomberg Africa reports that a French official has revealed that Zambia has reached an agreement in principle to restructure $6.3 billion of debt with bilateral lenders that are expected to…