Archive: 5 January 2021

5 Jan 2021 | Brandina Munyama

LCC bans unmasked commuters at bus stations

LUSAKA deputy mayor Christopher Shakafuswa says managers and officers at all markets and bus stations must ensure that no one accesses their facilities without wearing a mask, failure to which fines will be imposed. Speaking […]

5 Jan 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

200 Carnival employees sue company, demand K10.3m as redundancy package

OVER 200 employees of Carnival Furnishers (Zambia) Limited have sued the company in the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that they have been made redundant and that a redundancy pay amounting to over K10 […]

5 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

Zambia records 14 COVID-19 deaths

ZAMBIA has recorded and 14 deaths and 652 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. According to daily updates availed by the Ministry of Health, Tuesday, Lusaka recorded the highest number of deaths. “652 […]

5 Jan 2021 | Abraham Kalito

We’ve enough time to sway voters in UPND’s favour – Mweetwa

UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the party has enough time to break PF’s perceived strongholds and sway the electorate in their favour ahead of this year’s general election. In an interview, Monday, Mweetwa argued […]

5 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

It’s stupidity to think we can’t revolt – Munir Zulu

PF Lumezi constituency aspiring candidate Munir Zulu says it is stupidity for anyone in the party to think the youths can’t revolt in the country based on restrictions placed on their freedoms to interact with […]

5 Jan 2021 | Abraham Kalito

Milingo’s splitting of KCM not backed by law, says Haimbe

LUSAKA lawyer Mulambo Haimbe says he does not understand which law Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu is using to split the company into two different entities. Last week, Lungu split, reorganised and […]

5 Jan 2021 | Diggers Editor

In a govt of deals, leadership is about eating

SPEAKING during the funeral of former Mufulira district commissioner Hildah Kawesha, Saturday, PF Secretary General Davies Mwila said some ruling party members are cowards who only want to eat when things are easy. According to […]

5 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Brace for drastic measures, there’ll be an explosion of covid cases, warns Chitalu

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya has expressed concern over the rising COVID-19 fatality rate, saying the country should brace for more drastic measures if adherence to guidelines does not improve. And Dr Chilufya has […]

5 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Freely expressing my opinions doesn’t make me UPND – Telesphore

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says expressing his opinions freely does not mean he belongs to any political party in Zambia. Some PF members have been angered by Archbishop Mpundu’s critical statements against government arguing that they […]

5 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

There’s no general mood for change in Zambia- Mukupa

PATRIOTIC Front party national chairperson Samuel Mukupa says there is no general mood for change in the country. And Mukupa says Zambians should not be cheated by opposition leaders who claim they will immediately revive […]