Archive: 20 May 2020

20 May 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

Don’t be desperate to join PF, by-elections are costly, Kafwaya tells councillors

FORMER North-Western Province Minister Dawson Kafwaya has called on opposition councillors wishing to join the ruling PF to wait for the dissolution of councils and Parliament, saying unnecessary by-elections were costly. And Kafwaya has disagreed […]

20 May 2020 | Diggers Editor

Bravo govt! That’s how a good govt should react to lawlessness.

THE government has taken great exception to the conduct of PF cadres who disrupted a radio programme in Muchinga Province where opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was featuring. Describing another incident in Mpika where the […]

20 May 2020 | Natasha Sakala

PF a terrorist organization – HH

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has charged that PF is a terrorist organization. And Hichilema says PF has a scheme to close down media houses to silence alternative voices in the country. On Monday evening, Iso […]

20 May 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

Chitotela’s already retired from politics, Lungu won’t have third term – Syakalima

CHIRUNDU UPND member of parliament Douglas Syakalima says Tourism and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela should already consider himself out of politics if his condition for contesting next year’s election is President Edgar Lungu’s availability for […]

20 May 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

Ng’andu must seek debt write-offs – Mutati

FORMER Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the solution to Zambia’s debt crisis does not lie in deferment of debt service as suggested by the multi-laterals and the G-20, but a complete write-off of whatever the […]

20 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Govt expects cops to nab unruly PF cadres who stormed Muchinga radio station – Siliya

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says she expects police to apprehend unruly Patriotic Front cadres that have continued to disrupt radio programmes in Muchinga Province which feature opposition political leaders. In a statement, Tuesday, Siliya, […]

20 May 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk man sues State for being clobbered by cops at a bar

A 56-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Obama area has dragged the State to court seeking damages for injuries sustained after allegedly being beaten at a bar by some police officers who were enforcing COVID-19 regulations. David […]

20 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

I’m yet to receive report on PF cadres’ invasion of radio station in Muchinga – Mwila

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says he is yet to receive a report on the continued attack and disruption of radio programmes featuring UPND president Hakainde Hichilema in Muchinga Province. Last week, Hichilema was denied […]

20 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambia records 60 new COVID-19 cases

ZAMBIA National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) director Dr Victor Mukonka has announced that Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded 60 new COVID-19 cases from 495 tests conducted. At the daily COVID-19 briefing today, […]