• 22 May 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

Exam classes will determine when other pupils will return to school – Mabumba

GENERAL Education Minister David Mabumba says government will only make an assessment on when pupils in non-examination classes could return to school after analysing the situation when exam classes resume this June. And Mabumba says he will travel to Muchinga Province to assess the impact of COVID-19, after which he will advise President Edgar Lungu...

• 22 May 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

Chief Puta doesn’t want me in my own constituency, laments Katuta

WORKERS at Chiengi Constituency office in Luapula discovered faeces smeared on the office door while some of it heaped by the doorway as they reported for duty on Tuesday morning. Chiengi member of parliament Given Katuta has, however, charged that Chief Puta must be responsible for this since he has openly declared that he doesn’t...

• 22 May 2020
• Julia Malunga

IBA’s response to media attacks disturbing – FPI

FREE Press Initiative (FPI) Zambia says it expected the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to strongly condemn attacks on radio stations by political party cadres instead of advising them to air pre-recorded programs. Last week, the IBA said radio and television stations should interview certain sources from their homes and thereafter air pre-recorded programs in order...

• 22 May 2020
• Stuart Lisulo

Kalyalya explains why BoZ can’t relax eligibility criteria on K10bn facility

BANK of Zambia (BoZ) governor Dr Denny Kalyalya says the K10 billion Medium-Term Loan Refinancing Facility has a strict eligibility criterion because it is targeted at those who can pay back the money. Meanwhile, Zambia’s international gross reserves have continued falling to record lows of US $1.39 billion, representing just two months of import cover,...

• 22 May 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk man gets death sentence for robbing, killing friend

THE Lusaka High Court has sentenced a 28-year-old music promoter to death by hanging for killing an Egyptian after robbing him of various items four years ago. Meanwhile, High Court Judge Bubile Shonga has acquitted two juveniles, who were jointly-charged with Charles Nyirongo after finding that there was no evidence linking the two to the...

• 22 May 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court acquits five Chawama residents of riotous behaviour

FIVE residents of Chawama who were accused of against gassing have been set free by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale acquitted the five men after noting that there was no evidence in court to show that an identification parade was conducted to verify their identity. Magistrate Mwale said that the three...

• 22 May 2020
• Diggers Editor

Bally may be better than Adada, but he won't fix it. Here's why:

THE dynamic nature of politics means that it's almost impossible to predict who will govern our country during what period. The very fact that Mr Edgar Lungu is Head of State in Zambia today underscores our point. In 2011 when the Patriotic Front formed government, if anyone pointed at Mr Lungu and said ‘this guy...

• 22 May 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

PF buying rural councillors because it’s lost urban voters – Msokotwane

THE United Party for National Development (UPND) says the PF is working hard to buy off councillors in rural areas because it knows that it has lost the urban population due to the economic meltdown. In a statement, Wednesday, UPND chairman for the finance and economics committee Situmbeko Musokotwane observed that the PF was trying...

• 22 May 2020
• Natasha Sakala

HRC, CCMG condemn PF cadres’ attacks on media

THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called on government to immediately take practical steps to put an end to continued violation of media freedoms and freedom of expression by suspected PF cadres in Muchinga Province. And Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) says the continued attacks on the media are inimical to the country’s democracy. On...

• 22 May 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Deal with violent cadres, don't tell media to run away, Laura tells IBA

Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti says comments by IBA Director General Josephine Mapoma suggesting that radio stations should air recorded programs to avoid attacks is an admission that the authority has failed to fulfil its duties. And Miti says Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Dora Siliya’s statement in which she condemned...