• 2 Jul 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

UK has given Zambia K16.2m for COVID-19 fight - Woolley

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley says over K16.2 million has been given to the Ministry of Health through the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Zambia’s COVID-19 preparedness. Speaking when he met President Edgar Lungu to discuss a range of matters relevant to the UK-Zambia relationship, Wednesday, High Commissioner Woolley said the support given...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

PF a dictatorship - HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says PF is a dictatorial party which is already using the National Registrations Office to disadvantage citizens in certain regions of the country. And National Democratic Congress (NDC) vice-president Josephs Akafumba says the PF can only hang on to power if they rig the 2021 elections. Speaking to journalists after visiting...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Freedom of expression shouldn't be abused - Young

UNITED States Embassy in Zambia interim Chargé d'Affaire David Young says it is unacceptable to use freedom of expression to invite violence and spread hate speech. And Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says there is need for government to re-strategise the COVID-19 public campaign messages in order to yield desired results as the current perception...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Mukosha Funga

Opposition must field one candidate to beat PF in 2021 - Kambwili

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says the opposition must unite and field one 2021 presidential candidate in order to kick out the Patriotic Front. And Kambwili says the just ended Malawi presidential elections must be a lesson to Zambia and all other African countries that there is power in the vote. Speaking when he was called...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Magistrate commits Chinese murder case to High Court for trial

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has committed two men accused of murdering three Chinese nationals and setting ablaze a warehouse in Makeni area to the High Court for trial. Victor Kabaso, 22 and Henry Mudenda, 18, both of Garden House appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday. They have been charged with one count of aggravated...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Chella denies libel charges

LUSAKA-based photographer Cornelius Chella Tukuta has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and denied issuing defamatory remarks against Information and Broadcasting Minister Dora Siliya and Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner-General Kingsley Chanda. Tukuta, 34, has been charged with two counts of libel in connection with some alleged defamatory remarks he posted on his social media...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

More puzzling pictures emerge of Lungu's association with Zingman, Findlay

MORE pictures have emerged showing President Edgar Lungu dining and wining with influential Lusaka based businessman Valden Findlay and Belarusian oligarch Aleksandr Zingman. In June, 2020, News Diggers published images showing President Lungu interacting with Zingman and Russian businessman Alexander Mikheev, who is the president of Rosoboronexport, a Russian state intermediary agency for the exports...

• 2 Jul 2020
• Diggers Editor

News Diggers! ePaper Edition 721 Thursday July 2, 2020