Archive: 19 September 2019

19 Sep 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Tutwa reports Sangwa to LAZ for “professional misconduct”

Lusaka Lawyer Tutwa Ngulube has written to the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) complaining about professional misconduct against Constitutional lawyer John Sangwa with regard to his letter to President Edgar Lungu in which he asked […]

19 Sep 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambia plans maize exports to DRC

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says government is finalising a Memorandum of Understanding with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for exports of maize and other crops. And Katambo has claimed that current national food stocks […]

19 Sep 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

ConCourt sets Sept 27 for ruling on preliminary issues in LAZ Bill 10 case

The Constitutional Court has reserved judgement on the Law Association of Zambia’s (LAZ) request to dismiss a notice of motion by the State to have the petition where LAZ is challenging the Amendment of Bill […]

19 Sep 2019 | Stuart Lisulo

Bailiffs seize furniture, laptops from Atlas Mara

Atlas Mara Zambia says it deeply regrets the interruption in the provision of its banking services that occurred on Wednesday as a result of an execution of a High Court judgement in favour of one […]

19 Sep 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

HH shouldn’t be moving around like a cockroach in the kitchen – Bowman

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to stop moving around like a “cockroach in the kitchen” as he insists on carrying out his donations. And Lusambo has charged that Hichilema’s […]

19 Sep 2019 | Charles Mafa

Health ministry maintains silence on low quality mosquito nets

The Ministry of Health has not given its official position on whether Zambia received in 2017 approximately 2.7 million DawaPlus alleged low quality treated nets, known in technical terms Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLINs). DawaPlus brand […]

19 Sep 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Zambeef driver commits suicide

A 48-year-old male driver for Zambeef’s Chisamba branch, identified as Elvis Malokota, has committed suicide by hanging. And Police in Lusaka’s Garden compound have picked up an amputated left leg of an unknown person. In […]

19 Sep 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

No one has died from hunger for Lungu to declare a crisis, Kasolo tells HH

Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has challenged UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to provide evidence that any people have died from the current hunger situation to merit declaring a national disaster. And Kasolo […]

19 Sep 2019 | Diggers Editor

Power is like buttocks, when you go up, prepare to go down

Those who speak in defence of the government and the ruling party have continued to spread the narrative that talking about corruption is bad for the country. They are telling people not to be proud […]