Archive: 31 December 2018

31 Dec 2018 | Milimo Namangala

G7 multiple-choice exams need to be revised – ZNUT

The 100 per cent pass rate for grade 7 pupils this year can mainly be attributed to spaces made available by the upgrading of some primary schools to basic level, not necessarily that the pupils […]

31 Dec 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

PAC will overhaul Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission – Andyford

PAC president Andyford Banda says government under his party will restructure the Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) so that it focuses more on ensuring that businesses succeed as opposed to giving loans. And Banda says […]

31 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

ZCID’s involvement in national dialogue perpetuating confusion – Sinkamba

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says the anticipated national dialogue failed because the Church involved the Zambia Centre for Inter-party Dialogue (ZCID) in the coordination process. In an interview, Sinkamba, the Green Party president, said […]

31 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

‘Vote buying’ is unsustainable, observes PF’s Charity Banda

Patriotic Front aspiring chairlady for Lusaka Province Charity Banda says the only way to make youths and rural women stop complaining about the party’s failure to support them is through economic empowerment. Speaking when she […]

31 Dec 2018 | Diggers Editor

Privatisation inquiry must excite UPND

As observed by development activist and entrepreneur Patrick Sikana, Zambia is very good at setting up commissions of inquiry to find out what everybody already knows, but we can’t find enough money to find out […]

31 Dec 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

HH longest serving opposition president in Africa, he won’t leave State House – Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is amongst the longest serving opposition presidents in Africa and he would never leave State House if elected into office. And President Lungu says he will not […]

31 Dec 2018 | Diggers Reporter

More fail grade 9 exams compared to 2017

Only 116,616 out of the 255,449 candidates that sat for the Grade 9 examination have progressed to grade 10. According to the results announced by acting Minister of General Education Elizabeth Phiri today, out of […]

31 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Opposition alliance is going nowhere, charges UPPZ

UPPZ president Charles Chanda has charged that the newly-formed opposition alliance is going nowhere, warning that if one party falls, then all will fall together. And Chanda claims that there is a hidden printing press […]

31 Dec 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

If PF has money for plundering it should have money for students meals – Mumba

UPND chairman for elections Peter Mumba says Zambians should out-rightly reject the proposed removal of meal allowances as insinuated by Higher Education Minister Prof Nkandu Luo. Mumba who is former Energy Permanent Secretary told News […]

31 Dec 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lungu appoints new Army Commander

President Edgar Lungu has dropped Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Paul Mihova and appointed Brigadier General William Sikazwe as his replacement. President Lungu has also dropped deputy army commander Jackson Miti and a replacement is […]