By BUSINESS REPORTER GOVERNMENT should extensively consult on the issue of sales tax as tax regimes are being implemented, Livingstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) president, Namakau Siyanga has said. Ms Siyanga noted that the Government must be commended for tirelessly working hard to engage cooperating partners for economic recovery. She said the State…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the army to protect Chinese companies following a spate of thefts. Addressing a group of 120 Chinese investors on Wednesday, Mr Museveni announced increased patrols and CCTV installation in industrial parks. China has significant investments in Uganda but businesses have lost large sums of money in robberies. The government…
Former Bank of Zambia Governor, Caleb Fundanga has warned that negative sentiments have a likelihood of worsening the country’s debt situation if left unattended to. Speaking at a public debt indaba under the theme addressing Zambia’s economic challenges for a stronger future, Dr Fundanga says the speculation on the country’s current debt situation is as…
By CHARLES MUSONDA THE State has opposed a bail application by a Lusaka businessman who has been jailed six years for forging a title deed he attempted to use to sell another person’s farm. Morgan Phiri, 64, has been jointly sentenced with a Mary Moyo for forgery and uttering a false document but Phiri is…
By NATION REPORTER A POLICE officer and two others have pleaded not guilty to one count of possessing 19 kilograms of ivory without a certificate. In this case, Amon Longwe, 45, a police officer of Chilenje, Donald Chikonde, 27, a businessman of Olympia, and Donald Phiri, 26, a taxi driver of Mtendere Township are charged…
CHOMA Central UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa yesterday stood on a point of order in Parliament complaining that infrastructure development and housing minister Ronald Chitotela has consistently threatened him with death on account of his parliamentary debates. Mweetwa, the UPND deputy spokesperson, says threats of death will not deter him from speaking fearlessly and…
PF media director Sunday Chanda has described as a foolish act UPND Lusaka Province chairman Obvious Mwaliteta to report him to police for allegedly instigating youths to burn Hakainde Hichilema when he visits the Copperbelt. Mwaliteta told journalists after emerging from the Lusaka Central Police Station that Hichilema did not deserve to be threatened…
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection is of a strong view that human beings should live a dignified life due to the fact that they are created in the image and likeness of God. Government is urged to thus fulfill its obligation to ensure that dignity of lives is upheld by promoting pro-poor policies that…
Former Bank of Zambia Governor, Caleb Fundanga says negative sentiments about the country’s debt situation can have an impact on the pricing of debt. Dr. Fundanga says negative comments through various channels of communication should be avoided at all cost. The Former Central Bank Chief has pointed out that the country has witnessed a lot…
LeBron James has become the fifth highest points scorer in NBA history, passing Wilt Chamberlain, as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trailblazers 126-117. The 33-year-old beat Chamberlain’s record of 31,419 points with a free throw late in the fourth quarter. James, who now has 31,425 career points, scored a season-high 44 points. It…
Denmark is withholding 65m krone (£7.5m; $9.8m) in aid to Tanzania after “unacceptable homophobic comments” from a senior politician, a minister says. Development minister Ulla Tornaes did not name the official but said she was “very concerned” by the comments. Last month, Paul Makonda, commissioner for the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, called on the…
The EU says much work still needs to be done on Brexit, despite agreeing a draft withdrawal document with the UK. “We still have a long road ahead of us on both sides,” chief negotiator Michel Barnier said. The EU has set out a series of meetings leading to one on 25 November where it…
Denmark has frozen millions of kroner of aid to Tanzania after a leading politician in the east-African country voiced some very homophobic opinions recently. Two weeks ago, Paul Makonda, the regional commissioner for the city of Dar es Salaam, urged the citizens of his country to report homosexuals to the authorities and pledged to hunt…
The Republic of Gambia has requested the Zambian government for support in its judicial reforms by seconding judges to their judiciary. Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, made the request during a bilateral meeting with his Zambian counterpart, Joseph Malanji. The Gambian Minister said that the recommendation for Zambian judges…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the army to protect Chinese companies following a spate of thefts. Addressing a group of 120 Chinese investors on Wednesday, Mr Museveni announced increased patrols and CCTV installation in industrial parks. China has significant investments in Uganda but businesses have lost large sums of money in robberies. The government…
By NATION REPORTER WE strongly feel that castration is the only solution to stop sexual violence against innocent girls, says Zambian National Men’s Network (ZNMN) national coordinator, Nelson Banda. This follows the recent defilement of two girls aged 13 in Lusaka in separate incidents. In a statement released to the Daily Nation, Mr Banda feels…
By SIMON MUNTEMBA THERE is no biasness in the allocation of the Constituency Development Funds (CDF), says Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale. And Mr Mwale disclosed that a total of 30 town clerks and council secretaries would be charged with various offences in trying to ensure that they adhere to financial regulations. Mr Mwale said…
Zambia is for the first time poised to conduct the 2020 Census of Population and Housing electronically. This came to light during the Stakeholders’ and Cooperating Partners’ meeting on the 2020 Census. And Vice President Inonge Wina says the 2020 Census will be useful in the evaluation of the country’s Seventh National Development Plan and…
Gender Minister Elizabeth Phiri has called on the police to take necessary action against a man captured in a video harassing his wife. The man was harassing the wife for allegedly committing adultery. Mrs. Phiri says there are better ways of airing grievances than resorting to violence and breaking the law with impunity. Mrs. Phiri…
Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji says Zambia has an independent judicial system that has gained international recognition. Mr. Malanji however says Zambia is still looking at selected judicial reforms. He was speaking during the bilateral talks he held with his Gambian Counterpart Mamadou Tangara. This was on the sidelines of the 20th extra ordinary session…
Japan has advised the Zambian government to strengthen the health sector if it is to continue achieving development in a sustainable manner. Japanese Ambassador to Zambia, Hidenobu Sobashima says this is why his Country intends to contribute to this process in cooperation with the Japanese private sector. Mr. Sobashima says this contribution includes the funding…
Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima has noted the need for speedy dispensation of cases and affordable justice for all. Justice Mambilima says a predictable legal system contributes immensely to the development of the country as recent trends have shown that investors are more inclined to invest their money in jurisdictions where litigation is predictable. She has…
Vice President Inonge Wina says it is important that the 2020 census of population and housing is properly executed to inform the 2021 electoral process. In a speech read on her behalf by National Development Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme during a 2020 census resource mobilization stakeholders meeting, Ms Wina says the census will provide a…
By AARON CHIYANZO ONLY 517 students are likely to miss their examinations because they have failed to meet the minimum requirements for registration, University of Zambia (UNZA) vice chancellor Luke Mumba has clarified. Professor Mumba said that students with outstanding fees but who had registered with the university would be allowed to write examinations while…
…for straying into Zimbabwean territory on Lake Kariba By OLIVER SAMBOKO EIGHT Zambian fishermen have been arrested in Zimbabwe after they strayed into foreign waters on Lake Kariba. The eight, all of Kanyelele compound in Siavonga were nabbed by the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Rangers during an operation. According to a source in Zimbabwe,…
Chief Justice Irene Mambilima says the judiciary will continue to come up with innovations that improve the justice delivery system. Justice Mambilima says the judiciary in partnership with the Law Association of Zambia is currently formulating policy to acquire an electronic case management system. Chief Justice Irene Mambilima She says judges and magistrates will be…
President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman has asked the Zambian government to consider opening an embassy in Prague. President Zeman says the physical presence of an embassy will facilitate deepened relations between Zambia and the Czech Republic. He was speaking at the Presidential palace shortly after receiving credentials from Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany Anthony…
Justice Minister Given Lubinda says cyber security laws are not meant to curb freedom of expression. Mr. Lubinda says the internet is meant to improve the lives of the people. He is however saddened that some people are using the internet to harm others. Mr Lubinda was speaking at the Inter- Ministerial Conference on Cyber…
…No quashing summons by police By AARON CHIYANZO IT IS irresponsible and retrogressive for Kelvin Bwalya Fube and his proxies to ask President Edgar Lungu to order the police not to summon UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema over his careless remarks when he did so willingly, because he is not a sacred cow, Patriotic Front (PF)…
By NATION REPORTER WE are deeply saddened by the failure by the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) to trace culprits involved in mobile money scams leading to an increase in the number of people being defrauded, the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) have said. PeP president Sean Enock Tembo said it was sad…
