Archive: 8 January 2021

8 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia records 1029 COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths in single day

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya has announced that the country has recorded 1,029 new COVID-19 cases out of 11,855 tests done with 18 deaths in the last 24 hours. During the COVID-19 update, Friday, […]

8 Jan 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Union drags LWSC to court, demanding 15% salary increment

THE Zambia Water and Sanitation Engineering and Allied Workers Union has dragged the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Limited (LWSC) to court, demanding a salary increment of 15 percent across the board for unionized employees... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court allows victims to serve summons on 8 village banking swindlers via newspaper ads

THE 59 people who have sued eight administrators of an online business for swindling them out of over K6.7 million have been granted permission by the Lusaka High Court to serve the court process on... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Stuart Lisulo

US Capitol Hill violence irks Mwaanga

INCOMING US President Joe Biden will have the unenviable task of rebuilding America’s battered image in the eyes of the world once he takes over from outgoing President Donald Trump, says veteran politician and diplomat... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

Lungu’s disregard of COVID guidelines endangering lives – Nevers

MMD president Nevers Mumba says President Edgar Lungu must consider slowing down his various trips around the country in view of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic which has continued to take more Zambian lives. President Lungu... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Airports Authority stops HH from flying to C/belt

AUTHORITIES at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) yesterday stopped UPND president Hakainde Hichilema from traveling to the Copperbelt Province to attend the burial service of party Copperbelt youth chairman Ronald Bwalya Manenga. And on the... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

Munir ditches PF, cites rampant infighting

LUMEZI constituency aspiring candidate Munir Zulu has abandoned the ruling party, claiming that Eastern Province PF chairperson Andrew Lubusha has constantly been fighting him. In an audio recording, Thursday, Zulu announced that he would now... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

I paid back already, I don’t know who added me to the plea – Mwale

HOUSING and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale and former Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge say they have already paid back the monies they received after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016, contrary to an affidavit that... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

TIZ asks Lungu to suspend Chitalu, his PSs over Honeybee scandal

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia has urged President Edgar Lungu to suspend Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya and both his permanent secretaries in order to pave way for an independent investigation into issues raised in the... […]

8 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

Even if Vedanta pleads to God, they’re not coming back – Lungu

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says Vedanta will not come back to run Konkola Copper Mines, even if they go to God or to a South African court. And President Lungu says he is very strong, courageous... […]