• 4 Jan 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Businesswoman denies failing to refund Andyford Banda after cancelling house sale deal

A BUSINESSWOMAN has denied failing to refund People's Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda K353,000, which was paid to her as part of the purchase price for an apartment in Livingstone. Bridget Zulu has told the Lusaka High Court that Banda had been properly advised that the refund would be made from the proceeds...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

4 LIUTEBM staff in court over theft of K1.5 million

FOUR people, among them, a lecturer and two accountants, at LIUTEBM University have been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing K1,500,000 belonging to the institution. In this matter, Kondwani Kanweka, a 49-year-old accountant of Libala South; Lavender Mwenya, 29, an accountant of Kabwata Township; Muhammad Dambele, 32, a lecturer of Lusaka’s Silverest...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Carnival employee drags 2 directors to court

A WAREHOUSE controller at Carnival Furnishers (Zambia) Limited has dragged two directors of the company to the Lusaka High Court, seeking an order that they should be held liable for the action of the company. Pravin Chopade claims that on December 23, 2020, Balagurumurtheie Pillay, a director and shareholder of the company, while knowing fully...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Abraham Kalito

Kanganja, his DIGs a deadly trio - Nevers

President Edgar Lungu has constituted a death squad police command trio consisting of Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja, and his deputies for operations and administration Charity Katanga and Richard Mweene respectively, says Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) president Never Mumba. And Mumba says Kanganja cannot re-organise the police service to inspire confidence from members of the...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Ndulo must stay away from politics or be bruised, warns Tutwa

KABWE Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says America-based Zambian law Professor Muna Ndulo is misleading Zambians by saying Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja and Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo are guilty of murder. And Ngulube says Prof Ndulo is just a political vuvuzela being used by greedy politicians. In an interview, Ngulube...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

I will double my efforts in enforcing covid rules - Lusambo

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says he is embarking on a vigorous campaign to ensure that people adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures. In an interview, Lusambo said he would start monitoring adherence by bar owners in ensuring they were operating only during stipulated hours. "For me, I know that the people of Lusaka know about...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Kabwita writes Lungu over police brutality, high cost of living

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita has written to President Edgar Lungu, expressing displeasure over police brutality and the high cost of living in the country. In a letter, Kabwita stated that the country had turned into a dictatorship due to the police brutality being witnessed. "The above subject matter makes sad...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Only a fool can vote for PF in 2021 - Katuka

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says only a fool can vote for PF because the party has destroyed the country. Commenting on the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)'s prediction, that the 2021 general elections would be characterised by economic and political turmoil with elections expected to be neither free nor fair, and that the PF was...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

If KBF has big balls, let him form a party and challenge PF - Moonga

LUSAKA Province PF chairman Paul Moonga says Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) should form a political party if he has balls big enough to challenge PF in 2021. And Moonga says in 2021, PF will not allow any opposition leader to insult President Edgar Lungu, threatening to undress whoever dares so that they can "walk naked...

• 4 Jan 2021
• Diggers Editor

News Diggers! ePaper Edition 854 Monday January 4, 2021