• 23 Apr 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Chingola records 2 COVID-19 cases

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says a Chingola couple that recently travelled to Dar-es-Salaam via Nakonde has tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the countrywide total to 76. At a briefing today, Dr Chilufya said this brings the total number of COVID-19 on the Copperbelt to four. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya said two individuals had been discharged...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Stuart Lisulo

Mines in a desperate situation - Chamber

MINING companies operating in Zambia have increasingly become more desperate because they lack a robust stimulus package to continue functioning sustainably in the country’s deteriorating economy, the Chamber of Mines has warned. And the Chamber has urged government to urgently engage the mining sector to forestall the negative impact that will arise on the health...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

Sumaili’s remarks against Freemasons’ personal - Changala

GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala says remarks by National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili against the Freemason Foundation following their donation to Chilenje market in Lusaka are personal. During a press briefing at her office, Tuesday, Rev Sumaili disclosed that her Ministry was gathering more information about the Freemason Foundation after the organization...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Abraham Kalito

FAZ says halted elections can be conducted

THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has stated that the 2020 elections can be conducted since the ex parte order which stayed the polls was suspended in a ruling made on April 20, 2020. And FAZ says demands made by soccer administrators Damiano Mutale and Patson Lusaka to be awarded K5 million costs in interlocutory...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Number of health staff contracting Coronavirus is worrying – ZMA

ZAMBIA Medical Association (ZMA) president Dr Samson Chisele says the number of medical personnel that have been testing positive for COVID-19 is worrying. And Human Rights Commission spokesperson Mweelwa Muleya has called for enhanced protection of COVID-19 frontline health staff and payment of risk allowances to them. So far, nine frontline health staff – four...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

TIZ fears COVID-19 funds might be abused without careful monitoring

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) president Rueben Lifuka has urged government, among other stakeholders, not to relax and fall into a false sense of security following some gains made so far in the fight against the Coronavirus, but ensure that the response efforts are continued and accounted for at all levels. And Lifuka has called on...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Julia Malunga

Zambia faces difficult policy choices to manage COVID-19 and debt - IMF

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zambia faces difficult policy choices to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country requires additional interventions in the health sector while trying to restore debt sustainability. And the IMF says its country office in Lusaka remains open and operational, even though a decision has still not been made...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Natasha Sakala

We have to unlock certain sectors of the economy – Lungu

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he will engage Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya to begin unlocking some sectors of the economy, even if it means the continued wearing of face masks, as the country continues battling COVID-19. And the President has discouraged the importation of goods that can be locally produced, saying Zambian companies have...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Prime TV loses application for conservatory order to quash govt’s cessation of business

THE Lusaka High court has declined to grant the conservatory order sought by Prime Television in matter where it has petitioned the court for an order quashing Information Minister Dora Siliya’s decision to cease all cooperation with the station. Lusaka High Court Judge Catherine Phiri dismissed Prime Television’s application for a conservatory order in its...

• 23 Apr 2020
• Diggers Editor

The stupidity of closing media houses that you’ll need when out of power

“I run this institution, and when I make a decision, it’s final! You are not supposed to be here! When I do a press briefing, they are not supposed to be here. That’s a decision I have made because they don’t cover us. Chapwa! You can leave. I have made a decision, they can leave....