Archive: 14 January 2021

14 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia records 1,700 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in 24 hours

ZAMBIA has in the last 24 hours recorded 1,700 new COVID-19 cases out of 9,038 tests with 5 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the daily update, the Ministry has stated that the

14 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

ZRA still owes mines K7.1bn in VAT refunds

THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) still owes mining companies a total of K7.1 billion in VAT refunds, says ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda. And Chanda has announced that the Authority paid a total of K12.9...

14 Jan 2021 | Diggers Editor

The real heroes are our sources

WE have received overwhelming commendation over our efforts in exposing irregularities in the US$17 million medical supply contract awarded to Honeybee Pharmacy, which has eventually resulted in the dismissal of the Minister of Health Dr

14 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

VERBATIM PART 6: Confusion at MoH needs immediate attention – Kunda

THIS is the last part of verbatim from the Parliamentary Accounts Committee hearing, where the Ministry of Health PS, Honeybee Pharmacy, ZAMRA, Medical Stores and other government agencies appeared for questioning over the US$17 million

14 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

Ng’andu says he’s not aware ex-ministers’ debt was cleared by PF allies

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says he does not know if PF paid the K4.7 million on behalf of ex-ministers who illegally stayed in office in 2016 directly to his ministry. On Tuesday, PF secretary

14 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

I don’t want to brag, I can account for all my donations – Malanji

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Joe Malanji says he does not want to appear like he is bragging by coming to the media to disclose all his sources of wealth, insisting that he is able to account

14 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

COF asks Mambilima to institute Tribunal which can probe Ministers’ failure to annually declare assets

CHAPTER One Foundation (COF) has written to Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima asking her to institute a tribunal which can investigate why Cabinet Ministers and the Speaker of the National Assembly have failed to declare their

14 Jan 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

KOOK College sues Zambia-Somali Association coordinator for defamation

KOOK College of International Studies Limited has sued Zambia-Somali Friendship Association national coordinator Ally Firin in the Lusaka High Court for allegedly accusing it of having been involved in human trafficking of some Somali trainees.

14 Jan 2021 | Abraham Kalito

Milingo’s KCM split will create more challenges, warns HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says PF has exacerbated Konkola Copper Mines’ (KCM) challenges by splitting it into two entities. And Hichilema says a similar situation is evolving at Mopani Copper Mines where PF will create

14 Jan 2021 | Daniel Chansa

Ndola man sues his bishop for adultery

BISHOP Donald Chirambo of Ndola’s Beacon of Hope Tabernacle Church has been sued for adultery. In this matter, Bishop Chirambo is alleged to have an adulterous relationship with a married congregant. This is according to