Archive: 31 January 2018

31 Jan 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Njoya’s wife gets 5 years for assaulting niece

Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has sentenced Zambia Association of Musicians president Njoya Tembo’s wife Brenda to five years simple imprisonment for assaulting her niece. In this matter, facts before the court were that Brenda beat

31 Jan 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

IMF bailout delay won’t affect budget – Govt

Government says the delay in sealing the International Monetary Fund package will not affect financing of the 2018 budget. In a statement, Tuesday, Ministry of Finance Public Relations Head Chileshe Kandeta insisted that that the

31 Jan 2018 | Diggers Reporter

ConCourt adjourns Lungu’s eligibility case indefinitely

The Constitutional Court has adjourned President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility case indefinitely owing to the complaint filed by the petitioners against ConCourt president Hildah Chibomba. Christian Democratic Party president Dan Pule, Zambia Republican Party leader Wright

31 Jan 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Lungu is preoccupied with third term bid – Chifire

Youth activist Gregory Chifire has observed that President Edgar Lungu is preoccupied with his ambition to stand for the third term, instead of working to improve the lives of the poor people who voted him

31 Jan 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Lusaka man gets 6 years for robbery

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has jailed a 24-year-old-man to six years imprisonment for robbery. Facts are that Stanely Chola of Lusaka’s Kalikiliki compound on September 5, 2017 stole K1,400 from Uwingeneye Claudine. On the said

31 Jan 2018 | Diggers Reporter

PF cadres deny theft charges

Four PF cadres who intercepted a convoy of trucks ferrying Mukula logs have pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft. In this matter, Venny Musonda, Augustine Mukuka, Robson Chipili and Fanny Zimba are charged

31 Jan 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Stakeholders focusing on Cholera victims, ignoring the causes – Oxfam

Oxfam Zambia Media and Communications Liaison Officer Malama Mwila says players in the fight against cholera have paid too much attention to victims of the pandemic while ignoring the causes of the disease in Zambia.

31 Jan 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

PF has nothing against Pilato, he can come back home – Sunday Chanda

Patriotic Front (PF) media director Sunday Chanda has charged that satirical singer Chama Fumba alias Pilato is being hosted by UPND funders in South Africa where they have prepared a string of interviews to dent

31 Jan 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Don’t look at tribe of Times, Daily Mail board members but experience – Antonio

Patriotic Front deputy media director Antonio Mwanza says it is shocking that the first thing some people saw when government announced the board of directors for Times and Zambia and Daily Mail was tribe instead

31 Jan 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Court convicts Njoya’s wife for assault on child

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted Zambia Association of Musicians president Njoya Tembo’s wife Brenda for brutalizing her 13-year-old niece with a cooking stick. And magistrate Greenwell Malumani yesterday remanded Brenda in custody following her