The Ndola Magistrate Court has convicted Halifax Freight Services for defrauding the Government of revenue amounting to about K3.3 billion. Halifax Freight Services a Ndola based freight services company was charged with 69 counts of forgery, false representation, false declaration, theft by servant and theft by agent, failure to notify the Commissioner General respectively. The company whose Director was Perry ...

President Edgar Lungu has launched the 2015 National Youth Policy and Action Plan on Empower and Employment which he says must result in the creation of more than 500,000 jobs for the youth by the end of 2016. President Lungu has since declared an end to the era of rhetoric that succeeds on scoring short term political mileage at the ...

Renowned Constitutional lawyer Sakwiba Sikota has counseled Zambians to realize that adopting a new constitution through a referendum does not in itself make it law. Mr. Sikota says even if the constitution was to be adopted through a referendum as many stakeholders are advocating, the constitution will still have to go through Parliament to be enacted into law. In an ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has been commended for finally relinquishing the portfolio of Defense Minister. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD), which had earlier recommended that President Lungu appoints a suitably qualified person to occupy the position, is pleased the President has eased his burden by relinquishing the position. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says ...

The Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) has appealed to ZESCO to adhere to its load shedding timetable to help companies plan well. ZFE Executive Director Harrington Chibanda says this will allow employers to plan their production processes which will tally with the periods when they have power supply so that employees can only come for work when there is power. ...

Secretary to the treasury Fredson Yamba says the country is not falling into a debt trap contrary to suggestions by some stakeholders. Mr. Yamba says the country can only fall into a debt trap when its debt is equal to its GDP, which is not the case because the country is away from that mark. He points out that the ...

Barcelona added the Uefa Super Cup to their treble win of trophies last season despite blowing a 4-1 lead with a stunning 5-4 win over Sevilla thanks to Pedro Rodriguez’s extra time winner. Two magnificent free-kicks from Lionel Messi plus goals from Rafinha and Luis Suarez looked to have Barca well on course to claim their fourth trophy of the ...