• 11 Oct 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Govt pays Prime TV to televise ZNBC programme

Prime Television viewers were shocked, Wednesday night, when the private TV station aired state broadcaster ZNBC's Sunday Interview programmme featuring Information and Broadcasting Minister Dora Siliya. Some Prime TV viewers wondered whether this was an admission that the national broadcaster had lost its viewership due to biased reporting. But when contacted, Prime TV proprietor Gerald...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Recognize suicide as public health concern - MHUNZA

Disability rights advocacy organisations, the Mental Health Users of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) have called on government to recognize suicide as a major public health concern and invest in community support services aimed at addressing the stigma it is associated with. And the organisations have urged government to amend the Mental Health...

• 11 Oct 2019
• John Chola

Govt challenges Royal Air Charters to penetrate commercial market

Royal Air Charters (RAC) needs to extend its services to the commercial flights market as government believes the move will advantage the airline and help the country in implementing the “Northern agenda,” says Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga. Speaking at the official launch of the Royal Air Charters’ newly acquired 50-seater Embraer ERJ...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

LAZ subpoenas Lubinda, Kalaluka to testify in Bill 10 case

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has subpoenaed Minister of Justice Given Lubinda and Attorney General Likando Kalaluka to appear before Constitutional Court today to testify in the petition where it is challenging government’s attempt to alter the Constitution of Zambia through Bill 10, 2019. According to a combined writ of subpoena to Lubinda and...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

Musukwa bemoans continued loss of revenue from illegal gold exports

Zambia is losing huge revenue from illegally-exported gold, says Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Richard Musukwa. Rendering a Ministerial statement to Parliament, Thursday, Musukwa said illegal gold mining had denied the country of the much-needed revenue, as most of the gold reported ended up in the hands of foreign traders. “Most of our gold,...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Diggers Editor

KCM destruction will cost Zambia more billions

Yesterday, a fire engulfed a section of the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) smelter leaving components of the Cobalt Recovery Furnace damaged. Although the fire was visible to the mining community that lives within the vicinity, the government appointed Provisional Liquidator Mr Milingo Lungu downplayed the incident, saying it was nothing sinister. “It was just a...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Rising reports of sexual harassment in universities worry Mushimba

Higher Education Minister Dr Brian Mushimba says all sexual harassment vices in higher learning institutions will be severely dealt with under a new enhanced surveillance programme which government is currently implementing. And Mushimba has directed all heads of universities and colleges not to protect perpetrators of sexual harassment. In a statement issued by his office,...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Natasha Sakala

We'll launch 2nd national strategy on financial education to boost inclusion - Ng'andu

Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has announced that government will soon be launching the second national strategy on financial education to accelerate the uptake of financial services in Zambia because inclusion still remains low. In a speech read on his behalf by Minister of Finance Permanent Secretary Mukuli Chikuba, Wednesday, Dr Ng’andu observed that financial...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court refuses to stay Siwale's Defamation of the President case

Lusaka Magistrate Alice Walusiku has refused to halt the proceedings in a matter in which New Labour Party Leader Fresher Siwale is accused of defaming the President, saying no interlocutory application can stay proceedings in a criminal matter. This was after Siwale’s lawyers asked magistrate Walusiku to stay the criminal proceedings because of their intention...

• 11 Oct 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Zambia Army officer, Lusaka woman die in Mpika bus crash

Central Province Police Commissioner Chola Katanga says two people have died on the spot and many injured when a Scania Marcopolo Bus belonging to the Zambia Army failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree along the Great North Road on its way to Lusaka from Mpika. And PF media director Sunday Chanda has...