• 6 Apr 2020
• Julia Malunga

Corporal punishment is illegal, it's assault - Mwenye

FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye State Counsel says it is worrying that senior government officials and some police officers are promoting a beating culture of alleged law breakers in an attempt to enforce public health regulations on the Coronavirus. Earlier this week, Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo warned that he would whip individuals who would...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Hong Kong Bar Association urge Zambia’s judiciary to seriously reconsider Sangwa’s suspension

THE Hong Kong Bar Association has called on the Judiciary of Zambia to seriously reconsider the barring of constitutional lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, from appearing before any court in Zambia. In a letter to the Judiciary of Zambia acting Chief Registrar Prince Boniface Mwiinga, Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes, State Counsel, expressed...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Julia Malunga

Lockdown, but don't quarantine trade, Mutati tells SADC, COMESA

LET us not quarantine trade and collaboration, former commerce and trade minister Felix Mutati has told SADC and COMESA regional leaders locking down borders in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic which is claiming thousands of lives globally. And Mutati says given the rising fiscal deficit, the weakening kwacha and depleted international reserves, Zambia needs...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Samfya Beach project to continue despite the floods, says Council

Samfya Town Council says it will continue with its K3.6 million beach project despite floods in the area that have submerged houses and other infrastructure. And the local authority says it will resort to the use of sandbags to protect roads against erosion following increasing water levels in Lake Bangweulu. Luapula Province has this year...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Ex court official gets 7 years for obtaining money by false pretences

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has jailed a former court messenger seven years for obtaining different amounts of money from people on the pretext that he would get them employed in the Judiciary. Wycliff Banda, who had pleaded guilty to five counts of obtaining money by false pretences, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment with...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Daniel Chansa

Panic buying causing artificial food shortages, laments Mwakalombe

COPPERBELT Minister Japhen Mwakalombe says there is no need for panic buying of food stuffs in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as this is creating artificial shortages. Mwakalolmbe said this during a tour of shopping malls to check on the compliance of social distancing and hand washing. "The government is still able to bring food...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Free-falling kwacha suffocating businesses – Muhanya Solar

MUHANYA Solar Limited managing director Geoffrey Kaila says the kwacha’s rapid depreciation against major convertible currencies, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has put pressure on local businesses in Zambia. And Zambia Association of Manufactures (ZAM) vice-president Chipego Zulu says government move to ease liquidity by injecting K2.5 billion into the local economy will be in...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Diggers Editor

Is Kampyongo suggesting that slim people, like his appointing authority are HIV suspects?

We are in shock. We can't seem to understand what exactly angered Home Affairs Minister Honourable Stephen Kampyongo about our headline which reported the fact that he was in quarantine after suspected exposure to the Coronavirus on his trip to Namibia. In the much complained about headline and story, we never reported that the Minister...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Topstar wants to help PF's continued stay in power, insists Kalaba

DEMOCRATIC Party president Harry Kalaba says Topstar wants to help PF to continue being in power by blacking out Prime Television from its platform so that people can only watch ZNBC. And Kalaba has proposed a lockdown of provinces in the country that have recorded cases of the COVID-19, so as to prevent further spread...

• 6 Apr 2020
• Natasha Sakala

BoZ warns of record economic, public health shocks from COVID-19 outbreak

THE Bank of Zambia has warned of unprecedented economic and public health shocks resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, although the disease’s full impact cannot be quantified at the moment. And the Central Bank has established a K10 billion targeted Medium-Term Refinancing Facility to provide medium term liquidity in the wake of the deteriorating macroeconomic environment...