Archive: 12 October 2020

12 Oct 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia records 91 new COVID-19 cases, 8 BIDs

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya has announced that Zambia has recorded 91 new COVID-19 cases out of 2,741 tests, with eight brought in dead cases recorded in the last 24 hours. Speaking during the […]

12 Oct 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

2021 budget shows Zambia’s economy is between a rock and hard place – ZNFU

THE Zambia National Farmers Union says the 2021 budget has shown that Zambia’s economy is between a rock and a hard place. And the Union says Zambia’s agriculture sector is dire stress and that strides... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

CSOs defend Telesphore from PF attacks

A CONSORTIUM of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on senior political leaders to abstain from endorsing messages that promote anarchy and intimidation. And the CSOs have urged the ruling party to return to the... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Focus on issuing NRCs, Kampyongo tells mobile officers in S/Province

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has urged officers in the mobile National Registration Cards (NRC) issuance exercise to focus on the job and not to be swayed by distractors. Kampyongo was in Southern Province, Sunday,... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Jay Jay gets nolle, rearrest

THE State has entered a nolle prosequi in a matter in which suspended Eastern Province PF youth chairperson Emmanuel Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay, and four others were accused of assaulting a police officer... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Diggers Editor

The tenacity, resilience, courage and patience of Hakainde Hichilema

RECENTLY, we expressed our views on the state of the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) through an editorial opinion that highlighted some of the challenges that we have observed in the party. The... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Farmers drag each other to court over witchcraft allegations

A FARMER of Shicitaza Village of Chief Kaingu’s area in Central Province has dragged another farmer of the same area to the Lusaka High Court for allegedly accusing him of being a witch. Physical Muntanga,... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Parties like Rainbow should be deregistered for not participating in by-elections – UPND

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says if he had his way, political parties such as Wynter Kabimba’s Rainbow would be deregistered for failure to participate in electoral activities. Meanwhile, Katuka has lamented that Zambia is... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha and Daniel Chansa

In 2021, elect all candidates from one party, even if you choose opposition – Lungu

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says if Zambians decide to vote for the opposition in 2021, they must elect members of parliament, council chairpersons and councillors from the same political party, a situation he says makes it... […]

12 Oct 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court sentences Lsk man to death for killing girlfriend

LUSAKA High Court Judge Sharon Newa has sentenced a 22-year-old man of Mandevu to death by hanging for killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, whose lifeless body was discovered in her house by her elder sister. In... […]