• 1 Feb 2019
• Daniel Chansa

Rains wash away 15 houses in Ndola's Masala township

Heavy rains have washed away 15 houses in Ndola's Masala township. And seven houses in Luanshya have also collapsed due to heavy rains. Copperbelt has been experiencing heavy rains in the past five days, leaving a trail of destruction. Ndola District Commissioner George Chisulo said 57 other houses are badly damaged. Chisulo who visited the...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Sandra Mulenga

Chambishi man gets 10 years for punching wife to death

A man of Chambishi District on the Copperbelt Province has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment with hard labour by the Kitwe High court for Manslaughter. Musonda Chongo was charged with Manslaughter Contrary to the laws of Zambia. Allegations were that on June 14,2018 in Chambishi District, Chongo unlawfully caused the death of his wife,...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

L/stone MP's arrest a witch hunt - Katuka

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the arrest of the party's Livingstone member of parliament by the Anti-Corruption Commission is a nonsensical witch hunt because no Councillor leaves his office without a plot. In an interview, Katuka said the arrest was politically motivated and meant to silence the party ahead of the 2021 general elections....

• 1 Feb 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

PF's transport infrastructure upgrades will intensify regional trade links - Mwila

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says infrastructure projects undertaken by the PF government such as the Kazungula Bridge have repositioned Zambia to a regional economic hub that will intensify existing trade links. Highlighting PF's achievements in their weekly newsletter to News Diggers! Mwila noted that the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) had identified “improving...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Zambia must abandon some British practices - Sacika

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika has observed that the constituency based system of holding Parliamentary elections is less democratic, unrepresentative of political opinion and too expensive to run. And Dr Sacika has called for the abolishment of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) because it was initially meant to be a bribe to...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Siblings sue Trymore Mwenda for fraud

Two siblings have dragged Southern Province PF publicity secretary Trymore Mwenda to court for allegedly selling his newly-built house to someone else despite collecting a down payment of over K300,000 from them. Dickson Kapuka, who is currently residing in Australia and Marcia Kapuka, are seeking a declaration that the oral contract entered between the parties...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Tenson Mkhala

HH condemns violence in Lundazi, Sesheke

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has condemned violence in Lundazi and Sisheke districts, advising police to be impartial in executing their duties. And Hichilema has pledged to drill a borehole in Nchidwale ward in Katete District, whether or not UPND wins the ward in the upcoming by-election. Meanwhile, Hichilema on Wednesday asked some police officers who...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

UNICEF, Shiwang'andu Council allocate K264,500 for borehole rehabilitation

The Shiwang’andu Town Council, in partnership with UNICEF, has allocated K264,500 for rehabilitation, repair and upgrading of 50 water boreholes in the constituency. According to a statement issued by council public relations officer Mutemwa Sakala, the Shiwang’andu Town Council released K40,500 of its Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to rehabilitate 20 boreholes, while UNICEF released K224,000...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Kasolo fired as ZCCM-IH boss over mine tax remarks

Mines Minister Richard Musukwa has announced that ZCCM-IH chief executive officer Dr Pious Kasolo has been fired. Musukwa says Dr Kasolo will be replaced the ZCCM-IH chief investment officer Mabuto Chipata. Meanwhile, Special Assisatnt to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has distanced himself from a bill board advertising agency called AXXEZ...

• 1 Feb 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Tantameni convicted me over the same drugs she is accused of stealing, woman tells court

A 42-year-old businesswoman has identified Lusaka-based Magistrate Maggie Tantameni as the person who sentenced her to two years' imprisonment for trafficking in the ephedrine that the latter is accused of stealing. Beatrice Saili, who resides in Lusaka West, further told the Court that her trial was conducted in a library at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court....