Archive: 1 April 2020

1 Apr 2020 | Tenson Mkhala

Kampyongo, Malanji, Lombe in quarantine after suspected exposure to COVID-19

Impeccable sources in government have told News Diggers that Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo, his Foreign Affairs counterpart Joe Malanji and Permanent Secretary Chalwe Lombe are in quarantine, after returning from Namibia where they went […]

1 Apr 2020 | Julia Malunga

MoH must identify food that can boost immune system – CSO-SUN

THE Ministry of Health should identify foods which the public can consume to boost their immune system in light of the Coronavirus pandemic, says the Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN). In a statement, […]

1 Apr 2020 | Chibamba Kanyama

Why total lockdown should be managed carefully

The coronavirus has come with dire consequences to human life, economies and the environment. It is, therefore, immoral to oppose any calls for lockdowns because the level of uncertainty, particularly on human life, is extremely […]

1 Apr 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Cabinet Office suspends face-to-face meetings

SECRETARY to the Cabinet Dr Simon Miti says Cabinet has directed and approved unprecedented measures, which include the suspension of face-to-face interactional meetings and for selected workers to work remotely, among others, in a bid […]

1 Apr 2020 | Diggers Editor

Lungu’s Cabinet leadership on COVID-19 scary

Authorities in the USA have just announced that they expect about 200,000 thousand deaths on account of the Coronavirus (COVID 19). In the past few days, European countries with some of the most advanced healthcare […]

1 Apr 2020 | Abraham Kalito

Ndola High Court rules against FAZ

The Ndola High Court has dismissed an application by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) to discharge an injunction that stayed the electoral process and put on hold the election that were supposed to take […]

1 Apr 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Criminals shoot dead Maamba man, injure son

POLICE in Southern Province have received two reports of murder involving a 45-year-old man who was found dead along the railway line and another a 46-year-old who was shot by unknown criminals while sitting next […]

1 Apr 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Cops nab PIA bosses for abuse of office

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested Registrar of Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) Christopher Mapani, Deputy Registrar Insurance Titus Nkhwale and Manager Compliance and Insurance Nicholas Mbuya on two counts of Abuse of Authority of Office. […]

1 Apr 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

HH insensitive in calling for complete lockdown – Chanda

PF media director Sunday Chanda says UPND president Hakainde Hchilema is being insensitive in his call for government to apply a complete lockdown following the COVID-19 outbreak. The country has seen a steady increase in […]