Archive: 18 April 2017

18 Apr 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Panic after IG, Amos phone call leak

A combined team of police and officers from the Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) have raided CEC Liquid Telecom in search of phone tapping equipment. The move comes in the wake of a leaked […]

18 Apr 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

HH has right to see personal doctor – Court

Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has ordered that opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema be attended to by his personal medical doctor saying it is the right of the accused to receive speedy and proper medication. Ruling […]

18 Apr 2017 | Charles Mafa

JCTR welcomes IMF aid, but wary of conditions

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections Executive Director Fr. Leonard Chiti says his organisation will support the planned IMF aid package to Zambia if no stringent conditionality for a bailout programme is attached. Cabinet has […]

18 Apr 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu commissions Chilenje Hospital, boasts ‘PF is on track’

We are not politicking; we are here to work, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says those who do not recognise government’s efforts to stop complaining but move around the country and see development […]

18 Apr 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Police sprayed toxic gas on my co-accused private parts – HH

Hakainde Hichilema’s co-accused were tortured by police who pepper-sprayed their private parts, making excretion painful, defense lawyers have told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. And the defense lawyers have also complained about the manner in which […]

18 Apr 2017 | Diggers Editor

HH is not the only one on trial

The treason charge leveled against Mr Hakainde Hichilema, president of the opposition United Party for National Development will be for the courts to adjudicate. Therefore the rest of us, especially those who did not witness […]

18 Apr 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Police surround court as UPND surge for a glimpse of HH

There is heavy police presence at the Lusaka Magistrates Court where UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is scheduled to appear for explanation of the charge of treason. Several police vans loaded with heavily armed officers are […]

18 Apr 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Free our son: South Chiefs rise for HH

We the Royal Highnesses wish to express our disappointment and dismay over the raiding of the house and arrest of Mr. Hichilema who we consider as our son, say Southern Province chiefs. In a statement […]

18 Apr 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Arson spreads as HH heads to court

Katondo Court building in Kabwe yesterday went up in flames in unclear circumstances. And in Choma, unknown people burnt down a makeshift warehouse at Makalangu Market in Choma, destroying property worth thousands of Kwacha. Kabwe […]