Archive: 31 October 2019

31 Oct 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Clergy, politicians must stop using church to drive personal agendas – Zitukule

Zitukile Consortium executive director Nicholas Phiri says church and political leaders in Zambia should stop using the name of the church to advance their political agendas and manipulate citizens. In a statement, Wednesday, Phiri noted […]

31 Oct 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Load-shedding is due to Zesco’s failure to pay us, reveals Maamba

Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) has revealed that the increased hours of load shedding are due to Zesco’s failure to pay for the supply of electricity, which is hampering maintenance of efficient operations at the 300MW […]

31 Oct 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Each household can only buy 1 bag of maize from FRA at a time – Katambo

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says each household is only allowed to buy one 50 kilogramme bag of maize from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) under the current community sales at all agency sale points. Responding […]

31 Oct 2019 | Julia Malunga

Lungu directs Kafwaya to review traffic offence laws to tackle rising accidents

President Edgar Lungu has directed Minister of Transport and Communications Mutotwe Kafwaya to review laws relating to traffic offences to deter would-be offenders, saying recent accidents had been caused by human error. And President Lungu […]

31 Oct 2019 | Rueben Lifuka

Ministerial statement on 51 houses raises more questions

Transparency International Zambia has followed with keen interest the investigations into the ownership of initially 48 and now 51 houses in Chalala area. Following the Presidential directive to the Minister of Home Affairs and all […]

31 Oct 2019 | Natasha Sakala

Uuum! zinthu sizili bwino, people are getting angrier, frustrated – Catholic Bishops President

Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Right Reverend Bishop George Zumaili Lungu has observed that things are getting worse for citizens in the country as they are getting more hungry, angry and frustrated. And […]

31 Oct 2019 | Diggers Editor

A dishonest lawyer is a disgraced lawyer; case of Counsel Lungu

“When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law,” that is what French economist and writer Federec Bastiat […]

31 Oct 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Kabwe councillors fighting me for refusing to be part of their corruption – Tutwa

Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says councillors in his constituency are fighting him because he has refused to be part of those who are grabbing land from citizens. Last Wednesday, 12 councillors […]

31 Oct 2019 | Natasha Sakala

4 on the run after murdering ‘witch’ uncle

Police in Kawambwa are looking for four suspects in connection with the murder of their 68-year-old uncle. In a statement, Zambia Police public relations officer Esther Katongo stated that the victim, Jonas Kambole of Chimfutu […]