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Apr- 2024 -26 AprilHeadline News
Joblessness a time bomb against UPND – Silavwe
By NATION REPORTER JOBLESSNESS is a ticking time bomb that the UPND administration should be wary of, an Jackson Silavwe, the leader of the Golden Party has warned. Mr Silavwe said in a statement yesterday that the country’s population growth did not match economic prosperity and that many youths were jobless because the environment for employment creation was being stifled. He said while it was commendable that the UPND government had made some historical recruitments in the education and health sector, it was extremely erroneous to think that unemployment had been fixed. “It is impossible for Government in any dispensation…
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26 AprilHeadline News
Emoluments Commission accused of hindering HH’s vision of harmonized conditions
By NATION REPORTER WORKERS at the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and the Bank of Zambia are disgruntled by the Emoluments Commission (EC) that is hindering and frustrating President Hakainde Hichilema’s vision of harmonized and fair conditions of service among several institutions. The workers from both NAPSA and BoZ who have sought for anonymity for fear of victimsation have complained that they are extremely demotivated and frustrated because the EC has been procrastinating in completing and effecting the harmonization of conditions of service. They told the Daily Nation that NAPSA and BoZ were critical institutions to the economic progression of…
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26 AprilFootball
FAZ AGM suspended
By MICHAEL MIYOBA THE Ndola High Court has suspended the FAZ elections scheduled for April 27 in Lusaka. Judge Greenwell Malumani ordered the suspension of the FAZ annual general meeting after Lusaka lawyer Lewis Mosho, acting on behalf of Damiano Mutale and Mabvuto Phiri as the plaintiffs had asked the court to postpone tomorrow’s meeting until basic issues about the constitution’s mutilation are answered to the satisfaction of stakeholders. In an ex parte order signed by Judge Malumani, the FAZ meeting will have to wait for the hearing of the case where FAZ president Andrew Kamanga and General Secretary Rueben…
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25 AprilHeadline News
Special audit report political
By NATION REPORTER MUTOTWE Kafwaya has described the special audit report on external debt for the Republic of Zambia spanning 16 years back, to the presidency of late Levy Mwanawasa by Dr Don Mwambwa as badly calculated politics and poor propaganda against a selected class of citizens whom the UPND has targeted to persecute and victimize through political vengeance. Mr Kafwaya has describeded the audit reports on Zambia’s external debt dating back to 2006 as nothing but total nonsense, useless, illegal and a waste of public resources. Mr Kafwaya, the Patriotic Front (PF) Lunte Member of Parliament says Zambia has…
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25 AprilFootball
My crime was to stop stealing at FAZ – Kamanga
By MICHAEL MIYOBA FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga says the only crime he committed since he took over the FAZ presidency is to stop the stealing of money meant for football development. On Wednesday, the Drug Enforcement Commission arrested Kamanga, his general secretary Reuben Kamanga and two other individuals identified as Madalitso Kamanga and Jairous Siame on money fraud charges amounting to K341, 902 and an additional K99, 980 worth of air tickets. According to DEC’s investigations, it was revealed that Kamanga and FAZ general secretary Reuben, obtained K341, 902 from government as allowances for Madalitso and…
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25 AprilBiz & Corporate
Former Taxman, Chanda advises against reliance on external pleas for debt forgiveness
By NATION REPORTER FORMER Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Director General, Kingsley Chanda advised against relying on international pleas for debt forgiveness, saying the country has capacity to pay back both internal and external debt. Dr Chanda’s optimism of Zambia having capacity to service its debt was banked on the country’s abundant natural resources such as minerals, land, water bodies, and timber. The former ZRA Chief, also a Tax and Business Consultant, said these natural resources had the nation’s potential to generate substantial revenues capable of servicing its entire debt within a five-year timeframe. Dr Chanda advised against relying on international…
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25 AprilHeadline News
Litunga, Chitimukulu have shamed tribal politicians – Kateka
By NATION REPORTER BY gracing each other’s traditional ceremonies, the Litunga and the Chitimukulu have exposed politicians who thrive on regionalism to advance their selfish political cause, Chishala Kateka the New Heritage president has said. Ms Kateka said in a statement yesterday that the New Heritage Party believed that the gestures by the two traditional leaders were thoughtful and timely and called out the lie that some Zambians were ensnared by tribalism. “On the contrary, it is very clear from the two historic events, that will be remembered for generations to come, that in fact tribalism is a cynical political…
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25 AprilBiz & Corporate
ActionAid denounces IMF, WB colonial domination on Africa
By NATION REPORTER THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank should stop propagating their colonial domination especially on African and poor countries and instead cancel their debts, ActionAid has stated. The ActionAid said for the 80 years, the IMF and World Bank had been in existence, not much had changed but instead, global South countries had been pushed further into debt and reeled from the impacts of IMF-imposed austerity measures. This was contained in a collective political statement yesterday by the ActionAid as IMF and World Bank, the powerful institutions ended their Spring meetings in Washington DC. ActionAid…
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25 AprilBiz & Corporate
Cost of monthly household needs skyrockets to K10, 603
By NATION REPORTER THE cost of basic needs for a household last month increased by nearly three percent standing at K10, 603 the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has stated in its monthly Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB). The increment was attributed to higher prices of certain food items, notably a 25kg bag of roller mealie meal, priced at K284.43 from K226.67, and fruits such as oranges and apples, which rose to K43.22 from K27.21 per kg. “The JCTR underscores the significance of this continual increase in the BNNB, particularly regarding its impact on households across Zambia. With…
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25 AprilCrime
Miles Sampa’s ignorance over some withdrawn cases baffles PF
By MILLENNIUM REPORTER THE Patriotic Front (PF) has withdrawn all, but two cases that were a multiplicity of matters in which the former ruling party has sued expelled Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa for staging a coup against the legitimate leadership of the former ruling party. Emmanuel Mwmba, the PF information and publicity chairperson said in a statement that following meetings with the Chief Justice, Mumba Malila, it was mutually decided that the multiplicity of cases was of concern to the resolution of the leadership conflict. Mr Mwamba said what was of concern was the numerous preliminary issues especially…
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