• 16 Feb 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court adjourns Tembo’s murder case to March 11

A LAWYER representing Zambia Army officer, Lieutenant Nigel Mwaba, who is accused of murdering his lover Dr Tasila Tembo, yesterday informed the Lusaka High Court that the accused’s mental assessment report for a condition known as disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorder, is still not ready. The matter has since been adjourned to March 11, this...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Julia Malunga

UPND should explain how it can engage IMF – Magande

FORMER Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande has wondered why government and the opposition do not engage him on matters regarding the economy because he has solutions that can help solve the country's problems. And Magande says the UPND could have used their recently-held general conference to inform the nation on how they would engage the International...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

ZAMRA treating Honeybee unfairly, laments Tutwa

HONEYBEE Pharmacy Limited's lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says it is shocking that the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has decided to revoke the company’s licence when discussions on the matter are still ongoing. And Ngulube has charged that ZAMRA is now being used by Honeybee’s competitors to fight the company. Commenting on the Authority’s announcement that...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk resident sues Chawe Investments over K1m

A LUSAKA resident has sued Chawe Investments Limited in the Lusaka High Court for allegedly refusing to pay him over K1 million due to him under the Financing Agreement. The said company is alleged to have contracted to borrow monies from Fredrick Mulenga on a multiple loan basis to execute a work order it had...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Julia Malunga

PF will set general conference date this weekend - Mwila

PATRIOTIC Front secretary general Davies Mwila says the Central Committee will this weekend sit to deliberate on the date of the party’s forthcoming general conference. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Monday, Mwila also said the ruling party would also consider suspended Eastern Province youth chairperson Emmanuel “Jay Jay” Banda’s fate. “I want to...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Julia Malunga

Lungu can’t absolve his responsibility to fight corruption – ACA

ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) says suggesting that President Edgar Lungu is being put under pressure when called upon to do more to fight corruption is tantamount to encouraging him to abandon his sacred duty of defending the nation. Last Thursday, Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe had argued that if there was no one convicted...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

9 deny stealing Kambwili’s $160,000

THREE more people have been added to a case in which five former employees of Chishimba Kambwili and a student are accused of stealing US $160,000 belonging to the NDC leader. The accused persons, who are now nine in total, have, however, denied stealing the said money before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. The nine include...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Natasha Sakala

We must remove PF because of criminality, negligence – Changala

GOVERNANCE activist Brebnar Changala says PF must be removed from office due to criminality, negligence and unprecedented levels of corruption. In an interview, Changala said it was genocide for government to deliver expired medicines as many had since perished as a result of criminal elements in the medical supply chain. “You build clinics and hospitals...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Kabwe council failed to collect K719,850 balance from sale of plots - AG

THE Auditor General's Report on the audits of accounts of local authorities for the financial year 2018 and 2019 has revealed that Kabwe Town Council failed to collect a balance K719,850 from the sale of residential and stall plots. The Report stated the Council did not collect rent in amounts totalling K331,032 from 100 properties...

• 16 Feb 2021
• Diggers Editor

News Diggers! ePaper Edition 885 Tuesday February 16, 2021