Category: Business

By Hellen Bwalya 19/01/24 Minister of Home Affairs and International Securities Jacob Jack Mwiimbu says the Zambian Government continues to take strides in contributing to the fight against post-displacements to persons all over the world. Serving as United Party for National Development (UPND) Monze Central Member of Parliament (MP), in the Southern Province, Mwiimbu says Zambia has a history of hosting refugees that dates as far back as 1940, an open door policy seen by a surge in the number of refugees seeking asylum. Launching the National Refugee Policy and Implementation Plan; at Lusaka’s New Government Complex on Independence Avenue,...

FRAUDULENT BY-ELECTIONS The by-elections that are being held by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) are nothing but a fraud, a waste of money and time. We have been participating in these by-elections since 2021 and experiencing the same violent and fraudulent conduct by the United Party for National Development (UPND), which the ECZ and police don’t seem to be able to do anything meaningful about. We have been victims of UPND violence in most of these by-elections, but we, the victims, have ended up being arrested and detained by police but never prosecuted. We have reported many incidents of...

By CHALI MULENGA Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia A Watchperson at Maramba Cultural Village has told the Livingstone Magistrate Court that he was concerned when he heard people speaking at the plot next his work place and decided to find out. This is in a case where Israel Mushoke, Shah Jayendra Kumar Chianglal, and Lata Jehendra Shah, are facing three charges, ranging from procuring execution of documents by false pretence to criminal trespass. It is alleged that the trio, along with unidentified accomplices, allegedly engaged in a scheme between Saturday, January 1, 2022, and Thursday, June 30, 2022. Operating in Livingstone,...

PREPARING YOURSELF FOR RETIREMENT- DR JOBBICKS KALUMBA Preparing yourself for retirement .when retirement age arrives you must be prepared, Mentally, Physically and Financially. 1) Children. Your children should not be too young or too spoiled to force to stay at work longer. It’s better to have all your children at younger age struggle with them with lower salaries and teach them self reliance, independence, self control and patience. Again never count them as investment, they will complain help if they wish. But the disaster is when you have to maintain them with your pension. 2) Car. In your young working...