29 Aug 2019 – Zambia: News Diggers!

Hamududu demands govt action on high mealie meal prices
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 29 Aug 2019
Party of National Unity (PNU) president Highvie Hamududu says government must find a lasting solution to escalating prices of mealie-meal outside market forces. And Hamududu,....
Man gets 6 months for beating wife’s lover
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 29 Aug 2019
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 38-year-old builder of Mtendere township to six months imprisonment with hard labour for beating a man he accused....
Lungu an absentee President – Katuka
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 29 Aug 2019
UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says Zambia has an absentee President with no grain of knowledge on how to address the numerous problems facing citizens.....
Mufulira Wonderers players boycott training over non payment of allowances
By Abraham Kalito on 29 Aug 2019
Mufulira Wonderers players have absconded training in protest to non payment of transitional league season allowances, two days before the 2019/2020 FAZ/MTN super league kicks....
Donors must mount pressure on PF to fix economy – UPND
By Julia Malunga on 29 Aug 2019
UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka has called on the international community to intensify pressure on the ruling PF regime to take the right course and....
Sales Tax will kill Zambia’s mining industry, warns Saasa
By Stuart Lisulo on 29 Aug 2019
Renowned economist Professor Oliver Saasa says government’s determination to eventually implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on January 1, 2020, will eventually result in....
Make Zambia hostile to financial crimes, demands FIC boss
By Natasha Sakala on 29 Aug 2019
Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Mary Chirwa has called on stakeholders to help make Zambia hostile to perpetrators of illicit financial flows. And Chirwa....
Luapula residents have rejected Bill 10 – local NGO
By Julia Malunga on 29 Aug 2019
Luapula Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) forum chairperson Nsama Kearns has refuted claims that the people of Luapula have agreed to the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill No.....
Kambwili must blame himself for NDC’s de-registration – Musenge
By Mirriam Chabala on 29 Aug 2019
Chishimba Kambwili should not blame PF for the cancellation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) certificate but must instead own up and apologise to those....
Police arrest Kambwili for defaming Lungu by saying “imbwa sha ku Chawama”
By Mirriam Chabala on 29 Aug 2019
Police in Lusaka have arrested National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili and charged him with Defamation of the President contrary to section 69 of....
Corruption not unique to Zambia, it exists worldwide, Kasolo tells British Envoy
By Julia Malunga on 29 Aug 2019
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says Zambians have propelled corruption to the very top of the country’s agenda, which makes....
ZNFB sue 3 members of executive committee for illegal stay in office
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 29 Aug 2019
The Zambia National Federation of the Blind (ZNFB) has dragged three members of its executive committee to the Lusaka High Court seeking an order of....
Tone down when appearing in court, Magistrate warns Kambwili
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 29 Aug 2019
Lusaka Magistrate Nsunge Chanda yesterday warned National Democratic Congress (NDC) party president Chishimba Kambwili to tone down when appearing before her court. Magistrate Chanda said....
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LAZ rejects Parley’s invite to make submissions on Bill 10
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 29 Aug 2019
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has rejected the invitation by the National Assembly to appear before the parliamentary Select Committee to scrutinize the proposed....
Air France-KLM Cargo resumes flights to Lusaka
By Stuart Lisulo on 29 Aug 2019
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has announced a resumption of its freight services into Lusaka from Amsterdam in September, 2019, since stopping the service back....
Zambian Breweries posts K193m profit
By Stuart Lisulo on 29 Aug 2019
Zambian Breweries Plc has posted increased of profits after tax of K193 million in the half-year period ending June 30, 2019, partly triggered by increased....
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Mwitwa seeks injunction to restrain National Assembly from considering Bill 10
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 29 Aug 2019
Law Association of Zambia president Eddie Mwitwa has asked the Constitutional Court to restrain the National Assembly from continuing with the legislative process to enact....
Another ZAF employee testifies in Chimese’s case
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 29 Aug 2019
A tile fitter at the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) has testified that he fitted tiles at the nine flats and a storey building in Lusaka’s....

CJ swears in Lusaka Province Local Government Planning Appeal Tribunal.

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 29 Aug 2019

Chief Justice Irene Mambilima has sworn in a five-member team of the Lusaka Province Local Government Planning Appeal Tribunal. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony at....

Wina bans govt officials from issuing conflicting statements on mealie meal prices

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 29 Aug 2019

Vice-President Inonge Wina has stopped government officials from issuing conflicting statements on the escalating mealie meal prices, saying the Minister of Agriculture or the Chief....

Zambians tolerated Kaunda until he touched mealie meal

By Diggers Editor on 29 Aug 2019

Yesterday, we showed how government was playing double standards by blaming private millers and retailers for the escalating mealie meal prices when in fact, government....

Lusaka accountant proposes 50/50 stake in gold mines

By Mirriam Chabala on 29 Aug 2019

Lusaka-based chartered accountant Victor Nyasulu says the discovery of gold deposits in some parts of the country can help get Zambia out of its current....