Month: March 2023

By Bennie Mundando WE are taken aback to hear that the issuance of the NRCs in Southern, Western, Lusaka, Muchinga and Central Provinces has been postponed, Governance, Elections, Advocacy, Research Services (GEARS) Initiative Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi has said. The exercise, which was earmarked under phase II, was supposed to

By Bennie Mundando WE are dismayed with the allegations purporting that we have leaked confidential information of individuals on its official website, Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa has said. A day ago, a named online site claimed that confidential information consisting of names, dates of birth,

By Bennie Mundando POLICE in Itezhi-Tezhi District of Central Province are looking for a criminal behind the attack of two Catholic nuns of St Barbara Itezhi-Tezhi Parish. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the event took place on Monday around 21:00 when the criminal, who was masked, entered their house and

By Bennie Mundando GIVE newly appointed Bank of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga time and he will prove his critics wrong, an energy expert, Johnstone Chikwanda has said. Commenting on the ruckus following the appointment of Mr. Mvunga, Mr. Chikwanda says it is clear that some of his nemesis have no

By Bennie Mundando THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has applauded the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) for its compliance to tax obligations. ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says the authority is happy that a quasi-government institution like HPCZ is up to date with paying taxes, an act that is

By Bennie Mundando TOPSTAR Communications Company Limited says it has tested all its staff in Lusaka for COVID-19 and has subsequently sent them home as results are being awaited. The company says it recently conducted COVID-19 tests among staff on the Copperbelt and two members of staff tested positive and

By Bennie Mundando DISASTER Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator Chanda Kabwe is an excited zealot who is dragging the Unit into political activities, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged. Lusaka Province NDC chairperson Kennedy Siyanda says the DMMU is a noble organization which was created to provide

By Bennie Mundando FORMER First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa has called for an end to the culture of insults and disrespect towards President Edgar Lungu and those in leadership. Ms. Mwanawasa says it is unfortunate that the culture of disrespecting the presidency has continued over the years. She recalls that during

By Bennie Mundando MINISTER of Health Chitalu Chilufya has been acquitted of all the corruption charges he has been facing by the Lusaka Magistrate Court. In June, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Dr. Chilufya, 47, and charged with four counts of possession of property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of