• 31 Jul 2019
• Tenson Mkhala in Nchelenge

MMD/PF marriage is dead - Mutati

MMD faction leader Felix Mutati says the marriage between the Patriotic Front and his party is dead. Speaking when he addressed some party officials in Nchelenge and Kawambwa Districts in Luapula Province, Monday, Mutati said the marriage was no longer bearing fruits. "In 2016, we entered into a marriage with our friends the PF and...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Security guard in court for stealing 4 fire extinguishers

A 49-year-old security guard from Central Statistical Office has been dragged to court for allegedly stealing four fire extinguishers worth over K4,000, from his employer. In this matter, Teddy Sekwila of Lusaka is charged with one count of theft by servant. Particulars of the offence allege that between June 5 and 6 this year, Sekwila...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Health Insurance Scheme deductions will commence in August - Chilufya

Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says deductions for the Health Insurance Scheme, from both employee earnings and employer contributions, will begin in August 2019. And Dr Chilufya says service provision for the health scheme will be effected four months from the month of enforcing the deductions in order to allow for final preparations and testing...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Devil's heart influenced me to steal, Lusaka man tells court

A 31-year-old man of John Laing Compound has been slapped with a six months jail sentence for stealing 20 litres of cooking oil, after he told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that the devil's heart influenced him to commit the offence. Magistrate Ammie Masoja convicted the Lusaka man after advising him to stop accusing the devil....

• 31 Jul 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

CBU will reopen on August 19, says Mushimba as he reverses students' expulsions

Higher Education Minister Dr Brian Mushimba has announced that the Copperbelt University which was closed indefinitely by his predecessor Prof Nkandu Luo will be reopened on August 19, 2019. And Mushimba has lifted the suspension of all the students who were cited by the institution. He has further reversed the expulsion of all the expelled...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

Vodafone attributes network outages to lack of capital injection

Mobile Broadband Limited, trading as Vodafone Zambia, says the delay in capital injection to the company has led to some areas experiencing network outages. In joint-statement issued by brand and corporate communications manager Mutale Kapaso and assistant Mwangala Ikacana, Vodafone stated that the withholding of funds by some shareholders of Afrimax Holdings, the holding company,...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Rueben Lifuka

Don't threaten whistleblowers, give us clear, tangible roadmap for wiping out corruption

President Edgar Lungu's pronouncements made during the swearing in of the ACC Commissioners cannot go without comment and as Transparency International Zambia, we wish to make a couple of responses to what was said: While we agree with President Lungu that corruption, whenever it rears its ugly head, should be nipped in the bud, we...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Diggers Editor

PF is doing to Vedanta what it did to The Post

The real battle between Vedanta Resources Limited and the government of the Republic of Zambia is now in full swing. At some point, those who were warning government to handle Vedanta with care sounded like they had been paid by foreigners to sing their agenda. When we said innocent Zambians were going to pay because...

• 31 Jul 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF MP disagrees with central committee on deputy ministers

Former deputy minister in the Ministry of Energy Charles Zulu says he strongly supports the National Dialogue Forum proposal to reintroduce deputy ministers, contrary to the position of the PF central committee. And Zulu says some government ministries have not been effective because ministers are overwhelmed with work. In an interview, Zulu, who is also...

• 30 Jul 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

We've failed to find the owner of seized 48 houses so we can't go to court - ACC

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has closed the case against a Ministry of Finance official who allegedly owned 48 housing units recently forfeited to the State on grounds that the matter lacked evidence linking him to the said properties. And the Commission says President Edgar Lungu decides how to deal with his appointees under investigation for...