Archive: 9 December 2020

9 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia hits 18,000 COVID-19 cases

MINISTRY of Health permanent secretary Dr Kennedy Malama has announced that the country has recorded an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases with 362 cases recorded in the last seven days compared to 162

9 Dec 2020 | Diggers Editor

PF is recruiting foreigners to vote because they know what they did to Zambians

The prerequisite for one to take part in the elective process in Zambia is citizenship status. For a person to be considered a citizen of Zambia and eligible to vote, he or she must possess

9 Dec 2020 | Julia Malunga

Lubinda wonders why Zambia’s corruption fight hasn’t yielded results in 30 years

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda says Zambia doesn’t seem to make progress in the fight against corruption despite the formation of a number of institutions such as Anti-Corruption Commission and Transparency International Zambia. And Lubinda says

9 Dec 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zesco’s K45bn loan will cripple economy – Milupi

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development president Charles Milupi says PF’s continued desire to acquire more debt will cripple the economy. Commenting on a News Diggers investigation which revealed that Zesco was seeking to acquire a

9 Dec 2020 | Abraham Kalito

It’s impossible for foreigners to register as voters – Nshindano

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano says it is not possible for foreign nationals to register as voters because the commission’s screening process can detect them. On Saturday, UPND Secretary General

9 Dec 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Zambia will lose millions of dollars in KCM arbitration – Ndulo

PROFESSOR Muna Ndulo says the arbitration process involving Konkola Copper Mines (in liquidation) will not only be a prolonged process, but will also be a very expensive one for Zambia as it will cost the

9 Dec 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court convicts Kanyama man for causing death of his daughter

A 32-YEAR-OLD man of Kanyama township as been convicted by the Lusaka High Court for causing the death of his two year-old daughter early this year. Luckson Manda, who was charged with manslaughter, was angered

9 Dec 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk woman in court for forging law degree

A 34-YEAR-OLD woman has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging a Zambia Open University (ZAOU) Bachelor of Laws degree and uttering the said false document to an examinations officer at ZIALE.

9 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

25% of Zambian families sold assets to meet basic needs in Sept – FSD

A SURVEY by the Zambian Financial Sector Deepening Limited (FSD Zambia) has revealed that 25 per cent of Zambian families sold some assets to meet basic needs in September, an increase from 12 per cent

9 Dec 2020 | Julia Malunga

Lungu washes hands, orders ex-ministers to obey the law, pay back

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says all ministers and deputy ministers who stayed in office after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016 must pay back the salaries and allowances they got as ordered by the court. In