Archive: 10 October 2019

10 Oct 2019 | Julia Malunga

Over 50% of Zambians living in poverty – Govt

Ministry of National Development and Planning Permanent Secretary for Development Planning and Administration Chola Chabala says 54 per cent of the Zambian population, especially women and girls, have continued to live in poverty. Speaking at […]

10 Oct 2019 | Julia Malunga

Snake poison confusing Lungu, we’ve no powers to stop the rains – HH

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has laughed off President Edgar Lungu’s statement that the opposition party is bringing misery to the country by praying against rains so that the people get frustrated and kick out the […]

10 Oct 2019 | Julia Malunga

I know I’ll win in 2021 – Lungu

I know I will win in 2021 because I know what the people want, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu has advised the people of Kaoma not to engage in violence in today’s by-election. […]

10 Oct 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mealie meal prices slowly dropping – MAZ

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala says millers have started reducing mealie meal prices after government assured them that there is still enough maize stock in the country. And Chintala has confirmed that […]

10 Oct 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

Lungu cheapening Presidency by buying councillors – Katuka

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka has accused President Edgar Lungu of cheapening the position of the Republican Presidency with the continued buying of councillors from the opposition. Reacting to the defection of Mpulungu Katwe Ward […]

10 Oct 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Zimbabwean builder narrates how Chita Lodge CEO sent him K700 so he could flee Zambia

A Zimbabwean builder has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that Chita Lodge managing director James Chungu sent him K700 last month, via Airtel Money, and advised him to leave Zambia, saying the Drug Enforcement […]

10 Oct 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

Police yet to arrest PF cadre who shot dead UPND member

Police say they are yet to arrest the PF cadre who shot dead UPND member Laurence Banda in Kaoma on Sunday. On Sunday, Western Province Police Commissioner Charles Lungu told News Diggers! in an interview […]

10 Oct 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

5 insist on being heard in LAZ’s Bill 10 matter

The three political party leaders and two others challenging Law Association of Zambia (LAZ)’s decision to sue President Edgar Lungu and the National Assembly for attempting to alter the Constitution through Bill 10 of 2019 […]

10 Oct 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Debt repayments mustn’t impede social sector spending in 2020 budget – ZTP

Zambia Tax Platform Coordinator Ibrahim Kamara says implementation of the 2020 national budget must address how the country’s rising public debt will be effectively dismantled, while ensuring sufficient resources will be made available to address […]

10 Oct 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

LAZ files grounds against single judge’s decision on Bill 10 case

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has submitted before the Constitutional Court that justice Annie Sitali misdirected herself on a point of law when she refused to restrain the National Assembly from considering the Constitutional […]