Archive: 21 August 2017

21 Aug 2017 | Diggers Editor

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21 Aug 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Mopani losing $3m a day due to power tariff stand-off

Energy Minister David Mabumba says Mopani Copper Mines is losing $3 million per day since the stand-off with Copperbelt Energy Corporation over tariffs began on August 11. Speaking to journalists after he met Mopani officials […]

21 Aug 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Chipolopolo fear player departures after CHAN qualification

The Zambia National Soccer team technical bench admits that it faces a serious prospect of losing key players for the 2018 CHAN tournament in Kenya. Zambia beat Bafana Bafana 2-0 August 19 to qualify 4-2 […]

21 Aug 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Hamududu questions motive behind UNZA split

Party of National Unity (PNU) president Highvie Hamududu has questioned government’s true motives for restructuring the University of Zambia into five colleges. Last week, Chief Government Spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga announced that the University of Zambia […]

21 Aug 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Farmers opting to feed their maize to animals than selling to FRA – ZNFU

Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Media Liason Officer Calvin Kaleyi says the maize marketing season is collapsing because most farmers have opted to continue holding on their maize due to the low price. In a […]

21 Aug 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia preferred investment destination – Mutati

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says Zambia has become a preferred investment destination in Africa because of good governance and consistent economic policies. In a statement issued to News Diggers! by First Secretary for Press and […]

21 Aug 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Kapijimpanga lauds development journalism students

Zambia’s High Commissioner to India Judith Kapijimpanga says she is delighted that journalists are showing interest development journalism as opposed to reporting bad news all the time. Speaking when Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IICM) […]

21 Aug 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Kambwili pleads not guilty to traffic offenses

Expelled Roan PF member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has pleaded not guilty to three counts of traffic offenses in the Lusaka Fast Track Court. Kambwili, who is being represented by Keith Mweemba, Caristo Mukonka and […]

21 Aug 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Govt u-turns on mandatory HIV testing

In this audio, Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya says government will respect patients’ rights to live against doctor’s advice if they refuse to be tested for HIV. This is contrary to what President Lungu said […]

21 Aug 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Kambwili in court for traffic offenses

Former Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili has been summoned to the Lusaka Fast Track Court to answer for three counts of traffic offenses today. In the first count, it is alleged that Kambwili was knowingly in […]