Archive: May 2019

28 May 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Consider only women for Katuba seat, Maureen urges parties

Former first lady Maureen Mwanawasa has urged political parties wishing to participate in the Katuba parliamentary by-elections to only field female candidates in line with the country’s vision of attaining 50-50 gender representation in governance. […]

28 May 2019 | Chibamba Kanyama

An encounter with Henk Mulder, ZANACO boss

I had met him a few times before when he came to officially open training programmes in which my company, Bridges Limited, was involved. However, last week gave me an incredible long encounter with Henk […]

28 May 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

CCPC warns schools against forcing parents to buy uniforms from them

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) public relations officer Namukolo Kasumpa has warned schools that are in the habit of forcing parents of pupils to buy school items from them or selected suppliers. In a […]

28 May 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia is food secure, assures Katambo

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says the country is food secure because the maize which the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) buys can cover for up to five years. And Katambo says there is no need to […]

28 May 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court puts Nshinka on his defense in Precious’ murder case

The Lusaka High Court has found businessman Nshinka Kaputo with a case to answer in a matter in which he is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Precious Mangesana, and causing grievous harm to his three […]

28 May 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Load shedding will have severe consequences on economy – Mpombo

Former defence minister in the Levy Mwanawasa government George Mpombo says Zesco’s planned load shedding will have severe consequences on the economy. Recently, Zesco Spokesperson Henry Kapata said the Kariba power plant would shut by […]

28 May 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Moody’s downgrade shows Zambia remains at high risk of Eurobond default – Kanyama

Zambia’s credit rating downgrading to negative has sent worrying signals to domestic and international creditors that government may default on the Eurobond due to mature in 2022, among other looming debts, says economist Chibamba Kanyama. […]

28 May 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Student swindles fellows out of K24,000 by pretending to have room for rent

A 24-year-old student of Matero township has been dragged to court for allegedly swindling eight people out of over K24,000 by falsely pretending that he had rooms for rent. In this matter, Shams Phiri is […]

28 May 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

When I wake up on the wrong side, the Hybrid Chicken will be gone – Miles

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa says Hybrid management will one day wake up and not find their chicken statue on the Chainama roundabout, for breaching his guideline. And Sampa says the Hybrid managing director has been […]

28 May 2019 | Diggers Editor

Zambia: where fake news makes better sense than reality

It feels like soon, we will wake up as a country and thank God that what we are currently going through was just a dream. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen. This is not […]