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Apr- 2024 -25 AprilHeadline News
Rule of law under threat – ECL
By NATION REPORTER FORMER President Edgar Lungu says the rule of law is under threat under the leadership of President Hakainde Hichilema. Mr Lumgu said yesterday that under the UPND administration, the rule of law was breaking down fast right in front of the eyes of the people. “My point here is that what happened to Martin could easily happen to any Zambian under the current administration of President Hakainde Hichilema where the rule of law is breaking down fast right in front of our eyes. You have seen good people like Mama Edith Nawakwi and Geoffrey Mwamba being frustrated…
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25 AprilBiz & Corporate
Zambia fertile ground for Chinese businesses – Kopulande
By NATION REPORTER ZAMBIA and China are on a verge of a new era of opportunities as Zambia was a fertile ground for Chinese businesses to expand and thrive, says Dr Sebastian Kopulande, president of the Zambia-China Business and Friendship Association. The former Chembe Member of Parliament said on Monday during HLB GlobaL China Service Forum that Zambia had abundant natural resources with diverse investment potential. Dr Kopulande said there was need to jointly reflect and interrogate their partnership regarding the format and shape it had taken over the years and CLICK TO READ MORE
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24 AprilBiz & Corporate
Debt restructuring is a painful exercise – IMF
By NATION REPORTER THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says without the Common Framework on Debt Treatment, Zambia and Ghana would not have made progress towards debt sustainability. According to a transcript of the IMF African Department April 2024 press briefing, IMF African Director for Africa, Abebe Aemro Selassie said debt restructurings are always a very painful exercise both for the debtor countries and creditors that have to take a loss. He said almost always, sovereign debt restructurings took a lot of time. “I would say that without the Common Framework, we would not have made the progress that we have…
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24 AprilHeadline News
Milupi promoting anarchy, lawlessness – Msoni
By NATION REPORTER NASONI Msoni, the All People’s Congress party president has cautioned Mr Charles Milupi against promoting anarchy and lawlessness by instructing the UPND youths engage in violence against citizens as a means of silencing dissenting views on how President Hakainde Hichilema is governing the country. But Mr Milupi says he did not propose violence against Zambians but merely advised youths in Western Province not to insult President Hichilema. “I fear for Mr Milupi should anything happen to anyone. Should anyone be maimed or killed by UPND youths, we know exactly to whom blame must be apportioned,” Mr Msoni…
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24 AprilHeadline News
ECL associate, Mbaya released
By NATION REPORTER MARTIN Mbaya, the man who was on Sunday brutally arrested by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) from a church where he had congregated together with his family was only released yesterday after former President Edgar Lungu visited him at Kabwata Police Station where he had been detained. And former President Lungu has said it is either President Hakainde Hichilema is double-speaking about the respect of the rule of law and human rights or the people he is working with have no regards for his authority and that is why arbitrary arrests, detentions, torture, cruel and inhuman treatment…
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24 AprilHeadline News
Dr Guy Scott is alive, well, in good health
By NATION REPORTER FORMER Vice President Guy Scott is still alive and in good health contrary to assertions that he has died. Jimmy Nyirenda, Dr Scott’s manager indicated that the rumours are not true and must be treated with the contempt they deserved. Mr Nyirenda, who has been Dr Scott’s manager since the 1980s, said it is surprising that people can mislead the nation in such a manner. He said when the rumours circulated it baffled him because it is unZambian for people to speculate without verifying facts. Mr Nyirenda said Zambians should know that the Statesman is well and…
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24 AprilBiz & Corporate
Mopani miners in 13% pay raise
By ROGERS KALERO THE mine workers unions have managed to secure a 13 percent salary increment for their members at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM), who on Monday had threatened to protest after being informed that the new investor at the giant mining company, International Resources Holdings (IRH) had offered them a 10 percent increment The general membership were against the 10 percent salary increment because, according to them, a new investor could start the increment at such a low percentage CLICK TO READ MORE
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24 AprilHeadline News
Economic Crimes Court illegal – Makebi
By NATION REPORTER THE Economic Crimes Court (ECC) is an illegal institution which has been created by the UPND government to persecute and speedily jail a selected class of citizens, particularly those seemingly being associated with the Patriotic Front, Makebi Zulu has said. And Mr Zulu has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of interfering with the Judiciary and that the demand that corruption cases should be heard and determined within five months an instruction to the Judiciary to ignore fair trial for the accused. Mr Zulu says the fight against corruption under the UPND government has been an attractive tool for…
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24 AprilHeadline News
Kalaba doubts authenticity, safety of Eagle mealie meal
HARRY Kalaba has demanded that the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal should be subjected to testing process to ascertain the absence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) following reports that some consumers have been returning the product after buying on grounds that it does not have the standard taste of the mealie meal they know. And Mr Kalaba has chastised Reuben Mtolo Phiri, the Minister of Agriculture for having sanctioned the importation of yellow maize a year after the UPND government raided the country’s silos and sold all the 1.5 million metric tonnes of the locally white maize CLICK…
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24 AprilBiz & Corporate
DEC ARRESTS KAMANGA
By MICHAEL MIYOBA THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has confirmed the arrest and jointly charged Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga and his general secretary Reuben Kamanga for money laundering offences. DEC assistant Public Relations Officer Sydney Katongo confirmed in a statement issued to the media that the two are charge with other two officials identified as Madalitso Kamanga, aged 53, residing in Lusaka’s Woodlands Chalala, and Jairous Siame, aged 44, residing in Lusaka’s Mumbwa Road. The four individuals have been jointly charged with several offences including obtaining money by false pretence contrary to CLICK TO READ MORE
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