Archive: 22 December 2017

22 Dec 2017 | Felix Kashweka

Ty 2 ‘smiles’ again

R&B and dancehall singer Ty2 last weekend remarried at a colourful ceremony in Lusaka. Ty2, the Smile hit maker whose real names are Mbangweta Mwendaweli married for the second time to Tathiana Chikumbi. The handsome […]

22 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Police charge Chipili MP with malicious damage to property

Luapula Province Police Commissioner Hudson Namachila says Chipili independent member of parliament Jewis Chabi who was arrested on Wednesday for pulling down PF flags in Mansa has been charged with malicious damage, released on bond. […]

22 Dec 2017 | Diggers Correspondent

Ndola High Court acquits cop of murder

The Ndola High Court has acquitted a police officer and his co accused of a murder charge. This is in a case in which Muzamu Banda, a police officer stationed at Lubuto Police Post in […]

22 Dec 2017 | Felix Kashweka

Kalaluka is Miss Zambia 2017

Here is the thing, I don’t quite enjoy writing stories that people won’t finish reading, so it’s a boring announcement, but I promise to keep out the boring stuff. Here we go. Twenty-year-old Musa Kalaluka […]

22 Dec 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Author sues Airtel for copyright infringement

An author has sued Bharti Airtel Development Forum Limited in the Lusaka High Court for infringing his copyrights by using his lyrics in a song without authority. In a statement of claim filed on December […]

22 Dec 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Former Energy PS gets acquittal in Trafigura case

Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has acquitted former Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Charity Mwansa and her director Charles Mulenga of charges of abuse of authority of office in relation to the procurement of oil from […]

22 Dec 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Teacher in court for corrupt practices

A 35-year-old Olympia Park Secondary School teacher has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for corrupt practices Jacob Shawa was dragged to court by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Shawa, being a public officer, is alleged to […]

22 Dec 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Don’t sell Indeni to yourselves, ZCSD warns PF

Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) executive director Lewis Mwape says the process of bringing on board partners to invest in Indeni oil refinery should be done consultatively in a transparent and effective manner. Reacting […]

22 Dec 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Former Ministry of Energy PS asks for acquittal in Trafigura case

Former Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Charity Mwansa and her director Charles Mulenga have asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to acquit them on charges of abuse of authority of office in relation to the procurement […]

22 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Mutati’s lies cost Zambia the IMF deal – Nevers

Nevers Mumba says Finance Minister Felix Mutati’s act of under-declaring the country’s debt in Parliament early this year prompted the IMF to cancel its negotiations for a loan facility with Zambia. Commenting on IMF resident […]