Monthly Archives: January 2016

Livingstone Court convicts two for driving without licenses

The Livingstone Subordinate Court has convicted and banned two Livingstone based unlicensed drivers from obtaining a Driving License in Zambia for the next 3 years. The two are Cliff Chinduka Chinkusu and Moses Mufungulwa both from Livingstone. According to an order made available to the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA), the two were convicted of the offense of Driving ...

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Former Chipata Town Clerk arrested for misappropriating K1M

Former Chipata Municipal Council Town Clerk Ekan Chingangu has been arrested for misappropriation of a capital grant valued at K1, 000,000 The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has since charged him with willful failure to comply with applicable procedure relating to management of public funds and obtaining pecuniary advantage by false pretence contrary to the Laws of Zambia. It is alleged ...

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Lungu’s 500, 000 jobs promise was a lie- UPND

President Edgar Lungu has been accused of having deliberately mislead the Zambian people that government is capable of creating 500, 000 jobs in just one year. The opposition UPND says President Lungu lied when he promised, during the launch of the 2015 Youth Policy and Action Plan for Youth Empowerment, that 500,000 jobs would be created by the end of ...

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ADD predicts depletion of govt treasury by April

The opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) has projected that Zambia’s treasury coffers are likely to be depleted as early as end of March or beginning of April this year. ADD president Charles Milupi says his party foresees a lot stress on this year’s K53.1 billion national budget owing the expected expenditures by government. Mr. Milupi has referred to ...

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Man Utd ease to cup win at Derby

Manchester United relieved the pressure on manager Louis van Gaal by beating Derby in the FA Cup fourth round. Van Gaal dismissed claims he offered to resign after losing to Southampton on Saturday, and his team were more positive against the Championship side. Wayne Rooney curled in from 20 yards to put United ahead before George Thorne cut through their ...

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Malaysia fund ‘may be missing $4bn’

About $4bn (£2.8bn) may have been stolen from a fund owned by the Malaysian state, a prosecutor says. The 1MDB fund was set up in 2009 to pay for major new economic and social developments in Malaysia. Last year, Swiss authorities opened an investigation into 1MDB after it amassed more than $11bn (£7bn) of debt. Switzerland’s attorney general said on ...

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Bowie leaves $100m fortune to family

Rock star David Bowie left an estate valued at about $100m (£70m), according to his will which has been filed in New York. Half will go to his widow, Iman, along with the home they shared in New York. The rest is shared between his son and daughter. It was also revealed that Bowie had requested that his ashes be ...

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Govt lacks political will to lift economy from crisis -Nkhoma

Economist Noel Nkhoma has observed a lack of political will by the government to lift the country’s economy from its current position. Mr. Nkhoma has also noted that government’s continued borrowing has contributed greatly to what he has described as an economic crisis the country is facing. He says he has not seen any tangible steps and actions taken by ...

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ISCZ spells doom on political party alliances

The Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia (ISCZ) has charged that some political party alliances that will be formed ahead of August 11th are bound to fail because some politicians are not sincere with others. ISCZ President Suzyo Zimba says all political party leaders would want to form alliances with other parties in order to get into power, and later forget ...

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Referendum alongside August 11th polls will be overload on ECZ – FODEP

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has observed that the holding of the constitution referendum together with four elections will be tedious and an overload on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi says his organization would have loved to see the referendum being held later to allow the Electoral Commission of Zambia concentrate on conducting ...

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