Archive: 8 December 2020

8 Dec 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zesco seeks K45.5 billion loan from suspected bogus lenders

ZESCO Ltd is seeking a Euro 1.78 billion loan from suspicious unlicensed and unregulated lenders based in Bosnia, Italy and Thailand, according to a News Diggers’ investigation. And ZESCO has failed to explain the purpose […]

8 Dec 2020 | Diggers Editor

When Controlling Officers are either incompetent, accomplices or thieves

When you talk about a control framework for financial crimes, some measures are preventative and detective, while others are reactive and corrective through the court processes. The current economic challenges that Zambia faces are a […]

8 Dec 2020 | Abraham Kalito

PF employing immoral campaign methods – Panji

Former home affairs deputy Minister Panji Kaunda says his party, PF, has resorted to dubious campaign methods after realising that they have slim chances of winning next year’s elections. In an interview, Monday, Kaunda said […]

8 Dec 2020 | Abraham Kalito

PRISCA asks ECZ to be efficient in registering inmates

THE Prisons Care and Counselling Association (PRISCA) has urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to be efficient in registering inmates in order for them to fully participate in the electoral process. In an interview, […]

8 Dec 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk widower sues KBF over wife’s estate

A LUSAKA widower has sued Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube in the Lusaka High Court, seeking a declaration he is a beneficiary entitled to a portion of his deceased spouse’s pension benefits. Robbie Mulenga, who […]

8 Dec 2020 | Abraham Kalito

Corruption, violence climaxed under PF in 2020 – Sinkamba

ZAMBIANS will remember 2020 as the year where the economy was brought to its knees, while corruption, anarchy and violence reached the highest levels in the country’s history, says Green Party president Peter Sinkamba. In […]

8 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Tembo denies assaulting PF colleague

KABWATA PF aspiring candidate Clement Tembo has denied assaulting a Libala ward official saying the allegations are coming from scared individuals who want to dent his image. Libala ward seven PF vice chairperson Peter Kazembe […]

8 Dec 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

HH signs social contract, pledges to empower youths once elected

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has insisted that it is time for change because Zambians have suffered enough. Speaking when he signed a social contract with UPND youths, pledging to empower them once he forms government […]

8 Dec 2020 | Abraham Kalito

PF ferrying Congolese to register as voters, charges Katuka

UPND general secretary Steven Katuka says his party has reliable information that the Patriotic Front (PF) is ferrying Congolese nationals into the country to be registered as voters ahead of next year’s elections. And Katuka […]

8 Dec 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Scott shouldn’t be called names for speaking on governance – Kabimba

RAINBOW Party leader Wynter Kabimba says former vice-president Dr Guy Scott has a right to express his views on governance issues and does not deserve to be called names for doing so. And Kabimba says […]