Archive: 2 December 2017

2 Dec 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt lifts ban on night driving

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says government has lifted the ban on night driving effective December 6. Speaking when he conducted an on-the-spot tour of the construction of the 923 meter long permanent rail and road […]

2 Dec 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

UN, AU must stop slave trade in Libya – HH

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the UN and AU should rise to the occasion and implement measures that will stop the slave trade in Libya. In a statement today, Hichilema stated that blaming Libya was […]

2 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt revamps water transportation systems in Luapula Province

Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba says government has embarked on renovation process of the water transportation system to improve modes of movement for people and goods on waterways. And Mushimba has threatened that […]

2 Dec 2017 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Don’t just sit and dream for more money from PF, work hard – Lungu

When we say more money in your pockets, we don’t mean we shall deliver it to your homes, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says people will only feel the impact of lower taxes […]

2 Dec 2017 | Diggers Editor

Good Constitution is useless when lawbreakers are in power

“It has become quite clear to everybody; anyone who has cared to study the Constitution has come to the conclusion that our 2016 amendment of the Constitution was hurriedly done,” so says Minister of Justice […]

2 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

PF has turned agriculture into a risky business – ZNFU

ZNFU president Jervis Zimba has urged President Edgar Lungu to scrutinise the people he has entrusted the agricultural sector with, saying they have been misleading him. And Zimba says the PF government has turned agriculture […]

2 Dec 2017 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Theft in Lusaka Province angers PAC

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent away Lusaka Province permanent secretary Charles Sipanje to pave way for investigations of theft. This was after Sipanje failed to reconcile receipts which he had signed when […]

2 Dec 2017 | William Chileshe

Bickering intensifies amongst Copperbelt PF youths

The Patriotic Front in Kitwe has asked its district vice information and public secretary Gift Kalumba to exculpate himself or be suspended for allegedly attacking the party and President Edgar Lungu. According to a letter […]

2 Dec 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Giving jobs to cadres is global – Frank Bwalya

Patriotic Front deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya says there is no government anywhere in the world that does not prioritise awarding jobs to ruling party cadres. And Bwalya says the ruling party will not waste time […]

2 Dec 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Police cancel Chingola NDC mobilisation meeting

Police on the Copperbelt have cancelled a National Democratic Congress mobilisation meeting which was scheduled to take place in Chingola tomorrow. Party spokesperson Eric Chanda confirmed this in a statement today, accusing provincial minister Bowman […]