• 23 Sep 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

I’m ready to be investigated for being a board member of ZPA – Bishop Mambo

BISHOP John Mambo says if President Edgar Lungu goes ahead to constitute a commission of inquiry into the privatization process, he, as a former board member of the Zambia Privatization Agency (ZPA), is ready to also be investigated. And Bishop Mambo says there is a need to set a proper political level playing field before...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Police spokesperson testifies in Lukuku’s anti-China protest case

ZAMBIA Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has testified as a second defence witness in a matter in which Republican Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku is charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race. Katongo narrated to the Court that on September 5, 2018, she received queries from the media...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Malupenga cherishes Lungu’s leniency, salutes Diggers’ apology

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga says President Edgar Lungu values media freedom. And Malupenga says News Diggers newspaper has shown professionalism by apologizing for misquoting President Lungu. Speaking during the launch of Millennium Television station, Monday, Malupenga thanked President Lungu for his magnanimity in handling media issues. "We are aware of...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Artists' case against ECZ fails to take off as judge is in quarantine

THE matter in which Musicians Chama Fumba, popularly known as Pilato, Maiko Zulu and Brian Bwembya and others have dragged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to the Lusaka High Court could not take off yesterday as Judge-in-charge Gertrude Chawatama is reportedly in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19. The matter has been adjourned to...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court revokes summons for another Marshlands Consortium director for faking COVID-19 status

LUSAKA Magistrate Alice Walusiku has revoked summons for another Marshlands Consortium Limited director Nachi Musonda for missing a court session under the pretext that he was in contact with a COVID-19 patient. Magistrate Walusiku revoked the summons after establishing that the documents which Musonda presented before court relating to him being in contact with a...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

ECZ registers 16,000 voters in a day

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief elections officer Patrick Nshindano says the commission has registered 16,000 voters through the Pre-registration online platform since its launch on Monday. Speaking during a briefing, Tuesday, Nshindano said the commission observed that the Pre-Registration was already a success in the few hours it was launched and that the commission...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Diggers Editor

News Diggers! ePaper Edition 781 Wednesday September 23, 2020