• 3 Mar 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

No one else can win 2021 apart from Lungu - Lusambo

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema should stop wasting his time by imaging that will ever be President of Zambia. On Saturday, Hichilema said the PF government was an example of failed leadership after analyzing President Edgar Lungu's economic performance. "Just received this interesting analysis on Mr Lungu's performance, Petrol; January...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

State gets busted for lying about Lubinda's whereabouts in assault case

A State prosecutor was yesterday caught lying about Justice Minister Given Lubinda's whereabouts when a matter in which he dragged five PF supporters to court for assault and proposing violence was called before the Magistrates' court. Public prosecutor Stuyversant Malambo told the court that Lubinda was not before court because he was supposed to present...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Julia Malunga

Bill 10 will be presented soon – Lubinda

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda says the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 will soon be tabled in Parliament for the Second Reading during the current sitting. The National Assembly deferred the Second Reading of Bill 10 to the next legislative meeting of the Fourth session of the 12th National Assembly scheduled, which resumed sitting...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

PF revokes Kang'ombe's appointment as C/Belt vice-chair

THE Patriotic Front central committee has upheld the recommendation by its Copperbelt Provincial executive to remove Kitwe Mayor Christopher Kang'ombe from the position of vice-chairperson after he was found guilty of gross misconduct. Speaking when he addressed journalists at the PF secretariat in Lusaka, Monday, Mwila said Kang'ombe misconducted himself when he refused to bid...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Former UNZA student sues Uni Council seeking damages for lost employment opportunities

A FORMER University of Zambia (UNZA) student has dragged the University Council to the Lusaka High Court for allegedly failing to keep and secure his course records after some of them went missing. Kabungo Mumbi lamented that that he has been unable to find any source of employment since he completed his university education. He...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Daniel Chansa

Ndola woman gets death sentence for killing mother

The Ndola High Court has sentenced to death by hanging a 25-year-old woman for strangling her biological mother to death. This is in a case where Hildah Zulu of Lubuto Township in Ndola was charged with murder. It was alleged that on November 26, 2018, Zulu murdered her mother, Rachael Kapambwe, after she returned home...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Diggers Editor

Coronavirus is knocking, how prepared is our govt

Considering the rate at which the Coronavirus is spreading around the world, it is not a question of "if" but "when" a case of this virus will be detected in Zambia. COVID 19 is a highly infectious disease with a mortality rate of about two per cent in countries with advanced health care systems. Mortality...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Matibini exceeded his powers by interpreting the law - ConCourt

THE Constitutional Court has ruled that Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini exceeded his powers when in his ruling declaring Chishimba Kambwili’s Roan seat vacant, he proceeded to interpret statutes in order to "cure" the lacuna he identified in Article 72 of the Constitution as amended. The court noted that the function of...

• 3 Mar 2020
• Julia Malunga

Cops nab 3 Chongwe men for killing gassing suspect

Police in Chongwe have arrested three suspects in connection with the death of Benson Moonga who was burnt to death on suspicion that he was one of the criminals behind chemical spraying. This is according to a statement from police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Sunday. "The suspects were arrested today 01st March, 2020 at 10:00...