by admin_ijhub | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
“The community must be able to say … how is this money used?” says Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) National Coordinator Ian Mwiinga. Across six Zambian councils, more than K238.5 million in property rates has been reported in 2026. In...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
From the Bulletin & Record Archives A personal memoir* While this issue of The Bulletin & Record was going to press, we learned with great sadness of the death of famous South African novelist and Nobel Prize winner, Nadine Gordimer. Gordimer’s writings became...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
More evidence has emerged of a seemingly chaotic scramble by South Africa’s intelligence apparatus to neutralise the now-suspended Inspector General of Intelligence (IGI), Imtiaz Fazel. A newly-emerged letter penned by Fazel, dated 9 June 2026 and directed at...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, while inside they are full of extortion and intemperance. Blind Pharisee! Clean the inside of the cup and dish first, so that the outside may also be clean.” — Matthew...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
In a seven-page press release on Thursday night, Eskom conceded it had made R3-billion in irregular payments to its diesel suppliers. It stopped short of calling these prepayments – as amaBhungane’s investigation has alleged – instead referring to “advanced payments”...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
In the run-up to Zambia’s 13 August general elections, democracy was exercised not only at rallies, campaign meetings and polling stations, but also on the screens of ordinary citizens’ phones and computers. In this two-part series, Blessing Vava reports. A young...
