Govt formally takes over Zamtel operations, deploys police & appoints Mwanakatwe as CEO
Government has taken over ZAMTEL operations , appointed Mupanga Mwanakatwe as chairman and acting CEO and has deployed police officers across all Zamtel officers. A statement from State House Tuesday midmorning said ‘government having accepted without reservation the report on the findings of the Committee Investigating the sale of Zamtel, His Excellency, Mr Michael Chilufya [...]
The PF government has de-registered the Committee of Citizens, one of the few NGOs that are vocal on the PF regime. Registrar of Societies Clement Andeleki said he has also deregistered the Evangelical Youth Alliance International which is led by Moses Lungu, another critic of the current regime. Andeleki says the NGOs were de-registered on 23rd January, [...]
Continue reading …Obviously enemies of online media and particularly the Watchdog are disappointed that the story that President Michael Sata has been assassinated was not carried by any Zambian website. On Sunday, someone, maybe a government operative, altered Sata’s biography on Wikipedia and entered new information that he died on Sunday after taking a single but fatal [...]
Continue reading …The Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) has observed that the freezing of Zamtel bank accounts by the Drug enforcement Commission (DEC) is mostly likely to cause uncertainty among investors in the country. PSDA chairman Yusuf Dodia has told QFM that the freezing the Zamtel accounts without any court order may imply especially to the investor [...]
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He further urged the company management to stop paying the workers according to the set minimum wage of K419,000 saying that only applies to domestic workers and shop keepers.
He said as much as government appreciates investment from both local and foreign companies, it will not allow them to offer slave wages to the workers.
Continue reading …Patriotic Front (PF) Mongu District Youth Chairman Oscar Lioyo has allegedly swindled Mongu Municipal Council Town Clerk Sishumba Mulowa. Lioyo got K700, 000 meant for councillor ‘seating allowance after pretending to be a councillor. The tricking happened the other week during a council meeting in the council chamber. A named councillor disclosed to the watchdog [...]
Continue reading …We believe the trend started by Dr Chiluba could have also been extended to Dr Mwanawasa had he not died in office. The New president could have demanded for an explanation from him on issues he could have omitted to do when he served as Head of State. Good luck or bad lack, he died in office. The action spared him from the anguish he could have suffered at the hands of the new president.
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