Archive: 5 September 2018

5 Sep 2018 | Tenson Mkhala

Police nab RPP leader for protesting against China

Police in Lusaka have arrested RPP leader James Lukuku and charged him with conduct likely to cause a breach of peace for protesting against the Chinese influence in Zambia. Lukuku was picked up along Independence […]

5 Sep 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

KCM financial crisis gets worse as it fails to pay managers’ salaries

Konkola Copper Mines has delayed August salaries for managers so that it can raise enough resources to pay a substantial amount towards clearing its debt with Copperbelt Energy Corporation. In a memo dated September 4, […]

5 Sep 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Witnesses narrate how Siame was fired from IDC

Witnesses on Monday narrated to the Industrial Relations Court the events which led to former IDC executive director operations Paul Siame’s termination of employment in a matter where he sued the Industrial Development Corporation for […]

5 Sep 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Miles returns to social media, u-turns on apology and takes on critics

After announcing to the public that he would be off social media in order to uphold the decorum of the office of the Mayor, Miles Bwalya Sampa has returned to Facebook under a pseudonym “Emmanuel […]

5 Sep 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambian dies after taking 7 gunshots in SA

A 54-year-old Zambian national identified as Kenneth Sikopo has died after he was shot seven times by two unknown assailants in Germiston, South Africa. Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba has confirmed this […]

5 Sep 2018 | Diggers Correspondent

Even if you steal from govt, you’ll be buried in underwear – Nundwe

They will screw you in jail, as others ‘chew’ your wife outside if you don’t stop stealing, Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe warned government accountants in Ndola, Tuesday. And Nundwe says no matter how much […]

5 Sep 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

2 cops in court for corrupt practices

Two Zambia Police officers have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for corrupt practices involving unspecified amounts of money. The two, Dennis Kayombo Mano and Elias Mutondo, are also facing a charge of corrupt practices […]

5 Sep 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt acquires $30m Chinese grant to upgrade Mulungushi Conference Centre

Government has acquired a US$30 million grant from China for the modernisation of the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in readiness for the 2022 African Union (AU) Heads of State summit. And China has granted Zambia […]

5 Sep 2018 | Diggers Editor

We support speed cameras, but not Internet call charges

President Edgar Lungu says Zambians have accepted the 30 ngwee internet calling tariff, and has since directed Ministry of Communications and Transport Honourable Brian Mushimba to go ahead and sign the Statutory Instrument which will […]

5 Sep 2018 | Abraham Kalito

BoZ abolishes unwarranted bank charges, fees

The Bank of Zambia has promulgated into law the decision to prohibit unwarranted fees that commercial banks charge depositors effective Tuesday, September 4. Last week, the central bank notified financial institutions of its intention to […]