8 Feb 2019 – Zambia: News Diggers!

Mwanakatwe targets IMF bailout package this year
By Stuart Lisulo on 8 Feb 2019
Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says she is targeting to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic bailout package by the end of this year. According....
S/Africa’s rand gains against kwacha
By Stuart Lisulo on 8 Feb 2019
The kwacha has depreciated against the South African rand to breach the K0.90 per rand for the first time since November, 2015. And financial market....
Chitotela may not go down alone – Chipimo
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 8 Feb 2019
NAREP president Elias Chipimo says whenever a high profile person is implicated in corruption, it is always clear that they do so with the blessings....
Lsk man in court for duping woman by promising to multiply her K25,000
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 8 Feb 2019
A 30-year-old businessman has been dragged to court for obtaining K25,000 cash from a woman by falsely pretending that he would multiply it when in....
UNZA lecturers to be paid today
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 8 Feb 2019
University of Zambia (UNZA) Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba says lecturers will be paid their January salaries by today. Early this week, UNZA professional unions....
ZANASU vows to fight termination of meal allowances
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 8 Feb 2019
Zambia National Students Union (ZANASU) president Misheck Kakonde has vowed to fight Minister of Higher Education Professor Nkandu Luo’s decision to terminate payment of meal....
UPND will overhaul Zambia’s mining fiscal regime – Chanda
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 8 Feb 2019
UPND mines and mineral development chairman Percy Chanda says the UPND government will undertake a major tax policy and administration reform that will bring various....
NDC will construct fuel depots in all districts – Musenge
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 8 Feb 2019
NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge says the NDC government will construct fuel depots in all districts and ensure that the country has adequate stocks so....
Court hears how businesswoman hid 68 tins of ephedrine at KKIA
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 8 Feb 2019
A Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) assistance investigations officer has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that she arrested a woman at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA)....
Suspension of Lusaka Hustle premature – Bukowa
By Thomas Mulenga on 8 Feb 2019
University of Zambia (UNZA) Media and Communication Studies lecturer Brenda Bukowa says the Independent Broadcasting Authority’s decision to suspend Zambezi Magic’s Lusaka Hustle show was....
Zambezi Portland Cement awaits K580m payment from Finsbury
By Martin Musunka on 8 Feb 2019
Zambezi Portland Cement (ZPC) management has noted the shareholding verdict by the Court of Appeal, but will only comply with the decision if Finsbury Investments....
Siwale Sues FAZ
By Abraham Kalito on 8 Feb 2019
Former FAZ executive member Blackwell Siwale has sued the FA demanding compensatory and exemplary damages whilst further demanding that his ban be declared null and....
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3 Mopani miners die in underground fire
By Daniel Chansa on 8 Feb 2019
Three Mopani Copper Mines miners have died after an underground loader caught fire at Mindola North Shaft in Kitwe. Mopani Copper Mines and police have....
Kasama police nab man for killing brother over Mangoes
By Mirriam Chabala on 8 Feb 2019
Police in Northern Province have arrested a 42-year-old man of Chief Mwamba’s Tibi village in Kasama district for axing his younger brother to death for....
I won’t fire innocent Chitotela, let ACC prove in court – Lungu
By Mukosha Funga on 8 Feb 2019
President Edgar Lungu says Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela will stay in Cabinet despite being arrested on corruption charges because he is innocent....
Kalaba trying to play clean football with a brutal rugby side
By Diggers Editor on 8 Feb 2019
Immediately after the Patriotic Front expelled him from the ruling party, Mr Harry Kalaba graciously lifted his bags, which were already packed, and left. This....
Handball Association targets qualification for All African games
By Abraham Kalito on 8 Feb 2019
Handball Association of Zambia president Bwalya Banda says the Association is working towards qualifying the national team for the 2019 All African Games slated for....
Women involvement in chess tourney thrills Kansanshi
By Mwansa Mambwe on 8 Feb 2019
The first-ever North-Western Chess Open Tournament ended in Solwezi last weekend with the sponsors, Kansanshi Mining Plc, saluting the significant female participation in the event....

No contract extension yet for Numba

By Abraham Kalito on 8 Feb 2019

Zanaco FC coach Mumamba Numba says he has not been offered any contact extension despite his team’s superb start in Super Division League. Numba was....

ACC nabs Legal Aid Board officer for corruption involving K7,500

By Thomas Mulenga on 8 Feb 2019

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Mansa has arrested Oscar Mudenda, 37, a Legal Aid Board officer, for allegedly having received K7,500 using corrupt means. In....