• 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 restructured KCM into two subsidiary companies which will come into effect on February 1, 2021 in a bid to increase...

• 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 him, the late Kawesha worked for the party from its foundation in 2001 while others have only come on board...

• 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 warned political party leaders against peddling conspiracy theories against the COVID-19 vaccine saying there are processes that protect the public...

• 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 are designed to malign the ruling party because the clergyman is a UPND sympathiser. But in an interview, Archbishop Mpundu...

• 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 the economy once voted into office. In an interview Mukupa said despite some COVID-19 induced hardships and bad weather, PF’s...

• 5 Jan 2021
• Natasha Sakala

CEC hopes copper price surge will trigger increased electricity demand

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) chief executive officer Owen Silavwe says the rise in the copper prices and rolling back of the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for an improvement in the mining business environment, which is expected to stimulate increased electricity demand. In an interview, Silavwe expressed optimism that copper prices, which breached the US...

• 5 Jan 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

There’ll be more hunger if PF continues beyond 2021 – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says Zambians will experience more hunger and economic pain if voters do not change government in the upcoming August 12 general election. And Hichilema says he is ready to dialogue with President Edgar Lungu to stop the killing of innocent people. Meanwhile, Hichilema says it is shocking that some of the...

• 5 Jan 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

4 LIUTEBM staff deny stealing K1.5m

FOUR employees of Livingstone International University of Tourism Excellence and Business Management (LIUTEBM), among them a lecturer and two accountants, have denied stealing K1.5 million belonging to the institution. The four denied the theft charge before the Lusaka Magistrates' Court yesterday. Meanwhile, the matter comes up on February 3, 2021 for commencement of trial. In...

• 5 Jan 2021
• Julia Malunga

There’ll be no wrangles ahead of general conference - Mumbi

PATRIOTIC Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says the ruling party now has three more provinces to conduct intra-party elections before deciding on a date when the general conference will be conducted. In an interview, Phiri also declared that there would be no wrangles in the ruling party during the build up to the general...

• 5 Jan 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court adjourns Kalimanshi's libel case to Jan 8

PF CADRE Innocent Kalimanshi, commonly known as “PF national commander” yesterday failed to show up at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for a case in which he is accused of defaming Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo, as he was allegedly involved in an accident over the weekend. Social media was on Sunday awash with images of...