Daily Archives: March 10, 2018

Mauritius President Gurib-Fakim to resign over financial scandal

Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, is to quit over a financial row. She has been accused of using a bank card provided by a charity to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands of dollars. She is to step down after ceremonies to mark the 50th anniversary of the island’s independence next week. Denying wrongdoing, ...

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VJ oppose removal of ‘tribal tag’ from NRC

Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga   says the president’s suggestion to remove the tribal aspect on the national registration cards is trivial. Dr. Mwaanga wonders why that decision will come about when the tribal aspect on the nrcs has been in existence for so many years. He tells q news that the move should not be allowed because people have already accepted ...

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Mukula scam unearthed

The Timber Producers Association of Zambia (TPAZ) has disclosed that some people are forging documents to export Mukula logs in the name of Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO). TPAZ Vice President Charles Masange also discloses that he took a fact finding mission in china where he discovered that one container of Mukula, trades at K1 million as opposed ...

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