• 12 Oct 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Zambia Sugar disputes CCPC's unfair pricing findings

Zambia Sugar Plc says it will file an appeal to the Competition Tribunal against CCPC's decision to fine the firm K76,728,650 for price discrimination and unfair pricing. In a statement today, Zambia Sugar Managing Director Rabecca Katowa stated that the company was in the process of preparing an appeal. "Zambia Sugar acknowledges the Press Statement...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Mukosha Funga

IMF is right about Zambia’s debt – Chikwanda

In this audio, Former Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda says the International Monetary Fund’s concerns on Zambia’s debt are not far-fetched. And Chikwanda says it does not make sense for a country like Zambia to have a GDP of $26 billion. Meanwhile, Chikwanda says inflation figures are unrealistic because they do not take into account...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

They hacked my account to delete State House exposé - Kambwili

Expelled Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili has re-posted an article on his Facebook page in which he is threatening to expose Amos Chanda's corruption on Saturday. Yesterday, Kambiwli posted a picture of an unfinished building alleging that it belonged to Chanda, who is Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations....

• 12 Oct 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

D/Speaker demands ministerial statement on Chengelo bullying

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala has asked general education minister Dr Dennis Wanchinga to issue a ministerial statement on the graphic bullying involving pupils at Chengelo Christian Boarding School. Namugala said this in Parliament yesterday when she gave a ruling on a point of order raised by Mazabuka Central UPND member of...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

I use public transport weekly - Minister

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba says he has made it a habit to use public transport from Lusaka's Chilanga area to town every weekend in order to observe how the sector operates. Speaking when he featured on 5FM's The Burning Issue programme today, Mushimba also said there was a lot that needed to be...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

I can't work for Lungu, I don't recognise him - Nevers

MMD leader Nevers Mumba says reports that he is looking for a job in the PF government are false, adding that he cannot work for a President whom he does not recognise as legitimately elected into office. And Mumba has appealed to all MMD members who left the former ruling party to apply for readmission...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

There has to be a timeframe for resolving petitions - FODEP

FODEP executive director Chimfwembe Mweenge says the Constitutional Court’s silence on the nullification of Munali and Lusaka Central parliamentary seats is another ambiguity from the 2016 elections that is delaying justice delivery. Speaking to News Diggers! in an interview yesterday, Mweenge lamented the failure by the ConCourt to stipulate a timeframe in which to dispose...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Shunning traditional ceremonies won't help Lungu - Eric

Fourth Revolution Party leader Eric Chanda says President Edgar Lungu's decision to stay away from traditional ceremonies will divide the country further. And Chanda says chiefs of Southern Province will remain offended until the Head of State and his Cabinet tender an honest and official apology for bad remarks made by ruling party officials. Speaking...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Mukosha Funga

I was wrong about church being political - Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says he has come to the realisation that the politics and religion are one and the same thing, adding that he was wrong to condemn the church for being political. And the Head of State said it was not feasible for him to consult everybody before coming up with the National Day...

• 12 Oct 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

2018 budget is insensitive to the poor - CSPR

CSPR says the 2018 national budget is insensitive to the needs of poor the people because it has focused more on resource mobilisation through increased taxation. Responding to a press query from News Diggers! today, CSPR executive director Patrick Nshindano urged government to introduce universal social protection coverage so that all citizens could be covered....