Archive: 27 December 2018

27 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube in Lusaka and Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Lusambo de-campaigns Luanshya Mayor ahead of C/Belt intra party polls

Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo has advised party members on the Copperbelt to vote for someone who is not serving as mayor or member of parliament to the position of party chairman saying […]

27 Dec 2018 | Milimo Namangala

EAZ becoming a PF surrogate – Musenge

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) to seriously introspect the new Council members to avoid a situation where the professional institution is rendered a PF surrogate. And the […]

27 Dec 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

UPND won’t tolerate foreigners owning land in Zambia – Bauleni

UPND chairman for lands Adrian Bauleni says under a UPND government, the current happenings where foreigners are grabbing land across the country will cease because ownership will exclusively be for Zambians. And Bauleni says the […]

27 Dec 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Skin me alive before you abolish meal allowances, Kambwili tells Luo

Nkandu Luo should come and skin me alive first before she abolishes meal allowances, NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has dared. In an interview, Kambwili condemned Higher Education Minister Professor Luo, who recently told a CBU […]

27 Dec 2018 | Geofrey Zulu

Chipata court jails 3 for unlawful possession of ivory

The High Court, sitting in Chipata, has jailed two men to seven years’ imprisonment with hard labour for illegal possession of eight kilogrammes of ivory and leopard skin. In a press release, Wednesday, Ministry of […]

27 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt terminates contract with contractor hired to build health posts in Muchinga

Ministry of Health has terminated a with a contractor who was engaged to construct 51 health posts in Muchinga on reasons that he had challenges with the host government. Speaking at a ground breaking ceremony […]

27 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Failed alliances create worst enemies, warns Msoni

All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has warned political parties forming alliances to always bear in mind that their next most bitter enemies are those that fallout from a failed alliance. In a statement, […]

27 Dec 2018 | Diggers Editor

Jailing Sinjela won’t restore lost public confidence in Judiciary

All power should be checked. No one should exercise power that cannot be checked. When that happens in any system, you must know that the system has crossed from the civilised exercise of power to […]

27 Dec 2018 | Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Ndola indecent assault victim goes missing

The complainant in a case where five Ndola women inserted a bottle of beer in her vagina as punishment for allegedly going out with a married man has gone missing. It is alleged that on […]

27 Dec 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

There’s nothing wrong with smoking marijuana, Lusaka man tells court

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 28-year-old man of Chipata Overspill to six months’ simple imprisonment for trafficking and unlawful use of marijuana. This was after the accused, John Frazer Mwamba, informed the court […]