The scandals around civil servants misappropriating funds has extended to the Lusaka Province office with Deputy Permanent Secretary Josephat Lombe suspended alongside some accounts staff. The scandal revolves around irregular award of allowances that exceeds their entitlement with the total sum coming to almost K1 million. Lombe has been sent home pending investigations with other…
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their first child together. Kensington Palace announced the news on Monday morning, hours after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed in Australia for their first royal tour as a married couple. “Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that The…
Fred M’membe provides one of the greatest contradictions of our time. After years of breaking bread as a newspaperman, he has somehow reinvented himself as a politician. It may be an experiment that is turning out disastrously, but he is trying hard to find his way in the very rough political terrain. Inevitably he has…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) tackled the question of debt sustainability for income countries calling for greater collaboration to enhance debt transparency and sustainable financing practices by debtors and creditors, both public and private; and strengthen creditor coordination in debt restructuring situations. In a joint statement issued at the 2018 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in…
The Ministry of Defence has come out with guns blazing dismissing reports that government had acquired a US$400 million loan to procure an anti-missile VIP jet for President Edgar Lungu. Defense Permanent Secretary Stardy Mwale said there no such amount being invested a single aircraft or military equipment. FULL STATEMENT For Immediate Release 14th October…
Zambia gave up a first half lead to lost 2-1 to Guinea Bissau in the race for the 2019 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations. Orlando Pirates striker Justin Shonga put the Chipolopolo ahead with an exquisite free kick in the 11th minute after Enock Mwepu had been brought down on the edge of the penalty…
Three people were killed and up to 30 injured when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit 40 kilometres offshore Java and Bali, Indonesia. Thousands of delegates attending the IMF and World Bank summit were on the Islands at the time of the quake. “I felt the quake for at least 30 seconds and I panicked. At…
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