• 4 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Lungu's new jet forcing him to travel - Milupi

Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says austerity measures will not apply to President Edgar Lungu because he has a luxury jet which he needs to show off. On Friday last week, President Lungu flew to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attend the funeral of veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Mealie meal supply to drought-hit areas may remain erratic – Kazabu

Former Agriculture and Livestock deputy minister Lackson Kazabu says he strongly doubts that drought-hit areas of the country will receive a stable and consistent supply of mealie-meal mainly due to government’s policy U-turn. Commenting on government’s reversal of the mealie-meal export ban after initially lifting it in early March, Kazabu expressed strong doubts that there...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Pay UNZA, CBU lecturers, demands Kambwili

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has appealed to government to pay Copperbelt University and University of Zambia lecturers their salaries on time, saying they are human beings who should be treated with respect. And Kambwili has condemned President Edgar Lungu for going to attend a funeral in Congo DR with a huge delegation when the Ministry...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF putting up social media monitoring team to end abuse - Mwila

Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Davies Mwila says the ruling party is constituting a social media monitoring team targeted at ending abuse and those found sowing seeds of discord will be expelled. And Mwila says the party’s Central Committee has decided to re-admit former UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) and former NDC spokesperson Eric...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Mwamoma met criteria to be awarded Zesco tender, witness tells court

A senior ZESCO official has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services Limited "precisely" met the criteria to be awarded a tender for the construction of houses and toilets under the Lunzua Hydro Power project. The State witness also said that money which ZESCO paid to Mwamona for the services rendered...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Lungu has shown unparalleled political will to fight corruption - PF

The Patriotic Front says rather than attack President Edgar Lungu and the ruling party whenever investigative wings like the Financial Intelligence Centre publish their reports, Zambians must commend the Head of State for his unmatched political will in the fight against corruption. On Friday, the FIC published their 2018 Trends report which indicated that Zambia...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Kafubu Water sustained highest revenue losses in 2018 – NWASCO

The Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company (KWSC) was found to have the highest revenue losses last year of over K236 million due to illegal connections and unbilled customers, among others, according to NWASCO. The National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO), regulators of water supply and sanitation services in the country, stated in its 2018...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Waitress narrates how 'C5 cop' swindled her out of K2,000

A 25-year-old waitress has testified in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how a man pretending to be a police officer from the criminal crack squad (C5), swindled her out of over K2,000 after promising to find her a job in the police service. In this matter, Luckson Mwambazi, a 49-year-old businessman of Lusaka’s New Chawama area...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Diggers Correspondent

ZUNO asks govt to take over Malcom Wattson Hospital from Mopani

Zambia Union of Nurses Organization (ZUNO) president Tisa Chiponda has asked government to take over Malcom Wattson Hospital from Mopani Copper Mines Limited in Mufulira District for alleged failure to run the facility. Speaking at a media briefing held at Katilungu House in Kitwe, Monday, Chiponda said the mining company exhibited failure to run the...

• 4 Jun 2019
• Diggers Correspondent

PF cadre denies assaulting Chipata journalist

A suspected PF cadre who is alleged to have assaulted a journalist from Chipata’s Breeze FM and got away with K400, has pleaded not guilty to both charges in the Lundazi Magistrates’ Court. In this matter, Frank Mwale, a 41-year-old businessman of Jere Compound in Chipata district, is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm...