• 9 Nov 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

UNZA student found with case to answer in indecent assault matter

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found a 22-year-old University of Zambia (UNZA) student with a case to answer in a matter he is accused of indecently assaulting a female student at the same institution last year. Meanwhile, the arresting officer in the matter testified that on November 30, 2019, the complainant told him that while...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Diggers Editor

The road to 2021 starts today, go register to vote!

WHEN politicians are governing a country, we often remind them that power ultimately belongs to the people. We caution politicians to exercise the authority of their offices, bearing in mind that a time will come when they will be answerable to the citizens. Here in Zambia, every five years, the people gather on one big...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Abraham Kalito

Learn from US elections, you'll suffer Trump's fate in 2021, Mulusa tells PF

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary general Lucky Mulusa says stubborn as they are, PF should learn from Donald Trump and the just ended US elections. Mulusa, a former National Planning and Development Minister, said PF would suffer Trump's fate in 2021. “This arrogance of incumbency, that the PF will be in power until forever,...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Mealie meal price hikes keep cost of living above K7,000

THE cost of living for a family of five has remained at over K7,000, mainly induced by high mealie meal prices that have registered steep rises in recent months, says the JCTR. In the latest Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB), JCTR announced that the cost of living for the mouth of October, 2020, stood...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Daniel Chansa

Mission Press apologises for 'insinuating' Catholic Church has endorsed HH on Ichengelo cover

THE Mission Press has apologized for putting a picture of New Ndola Catholic Diocese Bishop Benjamin Phiri and UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema on it's cover page of the Icengelo Magazine. Mission Press says it is not the intention of Icengelo Magazine to use pictures which have created an impression that the Catholic Church has endorsed...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Abraham Kalito

Business confidence in economy continues to shrink, reveals ZACCI Survey

LOCAL businesses in Zambia have continued to express low confidence in the economy as a result of persistent negative sentiments caused by load shedding and the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a ZACCI Survey. Announcing the Survey in Lusaka, Friday, ZACCI president Dr Chabuka Kawesha disclosed that business confidence in the local economy had shrunk to...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Julia Malunga

Lungu not eligible for 2021, insists Mwitwa

FORMER Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa has insisted that President Edgar Lungu is not eligible to stand in next year’s general election. Last Wednesday, Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe said the President was not worried by the eligibility debate and that he was standing in...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Tenson Mkhala

Save & Remit payment platform launched

COMESA Business Council Chief executive officer Sandra Uwera says the digital financial system has been identified as a focus area for improving the efficiency and performance of SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa. And Save and Remit Services Managing Director Mrs Putty Muuka, said the digital platform such as the one launched Friday, would contribute to the...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

MoH the epicentre of corruption – Kalaba

DEMOCRATIC Party (DP) president Harry Kalaba says the mismanagement of COVID-19 funds by the Ministry of Health has confirmed that it is now the epicentre of corruption. Commenting on the Interim Auditor General’s Report on the utilisation of COVID-19 funds, Kalaba said it was unfortunate that Zambia had a weak leadership to fight the escalating...

• 9 Nov 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Senior PF members praying Lungu isn't eligible for 2021 - Munir

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) sympathizer Munir Zulu says some senior members of the ruling party’s Central Committee are praying that President Lungu is not eligible to stand in 2021. And Zulu says it remains a source of concern that some senior members of the Central Committee continue to sponsor confusion in the party. Meanwhile, Zulu says...