• 6 Nov 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

There’s no money to print, distribute inquiry report on election violence - Kasolo

Information Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says government has not published the report of the Commission of Inquiry in Voting Patterns and Electoral Violence of 2016 due to lack of funds. Three years ago, President Edgar Lungu appointed a Commission of Inquiry led by retired Supreme Court Judge Munalula Lisimba to investigate the leading cause of...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

3 cops, PF member, RTSA inspector committed to High Court for trial in robbery case

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has committed three police officers, a PF member and a Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) inspector to the High Court for trial on aggravated robbery charges involving Sea food worth over K1 million. In this matter the accused; Gift Kasaro 30, a politician of Meanwood Ibex; Nathan Kalaba, 37, a...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Thieving civil servants don't get charged because they work on instructions from above - CSAWUZ

Thieving civil servants are not being charged or fired because they do not work in isolation, says Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) president Davies Chiyobe. Commenting on the observation in the latest Auditor General’s report where some erring officers were being transferred instead of being punished for not accounting for funds,...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Govt can't afford to re-launch Zambia Airways when it defaulted on Russian Super-jet - CTPD

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says it is concerned about Zambia Airways Limited’s financing model considering government’s stressed fiscal position and ongoing liquidity crisis within the private sector. In a statement, Monday, CTPD researcher Bright Chizonde described as worrying that government had not yet explained to the public exactly how it planned...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Permanent Secretaries to blame for thieving civil servants - Sacika

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says most permanent secretaries are incompetent and are to blame for the rampant theft cases among civil servant. In an interview, Monday, Sacika said permanent secretaries failed to perform because they were untrained political party supporters. “Permanent secretaries are responsible and accountable for the management of human...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Sata was right, the educated are cowards – Kambwili

Chishimba Kambwili says PF founding President late Michael Sata was right when he referred to educated people as cowards, charging that technocrats now cannot correct the wrongs in government. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu is a captured Head of State, stressing that if he is not captured, then he is part of the rot....

• 6 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Stanbic asks court to throw out Savenda’s K7.6m claim

Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited has asked the Lusaka High Court to strike out a case in which Savenda Management Services Limited has sued it seeking an order for immediate payment of over K7.6 million balance for being an abuse of Court process. Stanbic Bank Zambia has submitted that the originating process is an abuse of...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

28 miners trapped after power outage at Konkola, Milingo says no fatalities

A two-hour power outage at Konkola Copper Mines on Monday caused flooding at Shaft One in Chililabombwe, leaving 28 miners trapped underground before power was restored. But Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu has explained that immediately after the incident happened, emergency protocol procedures were effected, adding that no fatalities or damage to...

• 6 Nov 2019
• Diggers Editor

How else could the judges have ruled on Bill 10, after submitting to Parliament?

The Law Association of Zambia has lost an application for an injunction to stop Parliament from proceeding to enact the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 while its petition is still before the Constitutional Court. Four ConCourt judges ruled that the Bill can proceed but Judge Margaret Munalula dissented, saying this was a proper...