Author: Charles Sakala

LASF JUSTIFIES DECISION TO COMPEL RETIREES TO SUBMIT LIFE CERTIFICATES WHEN ACCESSING PENSION FUNDS

By Lukundo Nankamba The Local Authorities Superannuation Fund-LASF has clarified that the requirement for retirees to submit life certificates when accessing pension funds is intended to help the authority ascertain that a member is still alive and entitled to receive the life pension. Reacting to a statement by Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba that the

ABOUT 18 TEACHERS THAT WERE SECONDED UNDER AN MOU SIGNED BETWEEN ZAMBIA AND SEYCHELLES IN 2018 HAVE NOT BEEN REDEPLOYED SINCE THEIR RETURN IN 2021

By Chileshe Mwango About 18 teachers that had been seconded to Seychelles under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2018 between that government and Zambia have not been redeployed since their return in 2021. Under the MOU, the Zambian government would send teachers to Seychelles on a two year renewable contract but those that wanted

COUNCIL OF CHIEFS IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE DISTANCE ITSELF FROM CALLS TO GAZETTE SENIOR CHIEF MOONZE AS PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF TONGA LAND

By Mastone Moonze The Council of Chiefs in Southern Province has distanced itself from calls made by the Lwiindi Gonde traditional ceremony organizing committee requesting government to gazette senior Chief Moonze of Monze District as paramount chief of the Tonga land. During the official opening of the Lwiindi Gonde traditional ceremony in Monze on Monday

FAILURE TO OPERATIONALIZE KASUMBALESA BORDER POST WITH DRC ON A 24HRS BASIS DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS THE CONGO SIDE

By Michael Kaluba Government has attributed the failure to operationalize the Kasumbalesa border post with neighboring democratic republic of Congo -DRC- on a 24 hours basis, to security concerns on the Congo side of the crossing point. Transport and logistics Minister Frank Tayali says while the Zambian side is ready to operate on a 24

ZAMBIA WOULD STILL SURVIVE EVEN IF IT FAILS TO SEAL THE IMF RESTRUCTURAL PLAN-KABWITA

By Chileshe Mwango Economist Noel Kabwita has charged that Zambia would still survive even if the country fails to clinch the International Monetary Fund –IMF- restructural plan. In an interview with Phoenix News, Mr. Kabwita has since advised government to start looking elsewhere for financial assistance other than the IMF especially now that the country

MOPANI COPPER MINES COMMENCES PAYMENTS TO OVER 450 LOCAL MINE SUPPLIERS AND CONTRACTORS

By Michael Kaluba Mopani Copper Mines PLC has finally commenced making payments to over 450 local mine suppliers and contractors that the mine owed money after a delay stretching a few months despite initially requiring payment within 30 days. In response to a Phoenix News press query, Mopani Copper Mines Public Relations Manager Nebert Mulenga

GOVT URGED TO EXPEDITE PROCESS OF ENACTING ANTI-TORTURE BILL INTO LAW

By Lukundo Nankamba The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes –SACCORD- is calling on government to enact into law the anti-torture bill that has been developed by the Human Rights Commission-HRC and the Zambia Law Development Commission-ZLDC working in partnership with other stakeholders. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the government should
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