Archive: 28 January 2021

28 Jan 2021 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

Class of 2020: Zambians who gravely disappointed last year – Part II

UN Resident Coordinator Coumba Mar Gadio Diplomats are international citizens. For the period they are in Zambia, they are actually Zambians. They are the eyes and ears of the world in Zambia. Their job is […]

28 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambia’s COVID-19 cases hit 50,319

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says the country has recorded 1,408 new COVID-19 cases out of 13,524 tests done in the last 24 hours and 17 deaths. Speaking at a media briefing, Thursday, Dr Chanda […]

28 Jan 2021 | Diggers Editor

When you are fighting corruption, the corrupt and their allies fight back

ONE of the most important roles of a newspaper is to inform the public about matters that affect them. The media plays a critical role in safeguarding public interests by simply informing the public. A […]

28 Jan 2021 | Abraham Kalito

Marcopolo worth more than $200m, IDC justifies investment

INDUSTRIAL Development Corporation (IDC) Chief Investments Officer Muchindu Kasongola says the purchase of 49 per cent shares in Chinese owned manufacturing Company Marcopolo was arrived at following a thorough evaluation process which revealed that the […]

28 Jan 2021 | Brandina Munyama

‘Spoiler’ parties must join PF to avoid rerun – Moonga

LUSAKA Province PF chairman Paul Moonga says opposition political parties which know they cannot win this year’s general election should join the ruling party to avoid spoiling votes and triggering a rerun. In an interview, […]

28 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

CSOs condemn Honeybee’s threats against Diggers

A CONSORTIUM of civil society organisations say Honeybee Pharmacy Limited’s maneuvers to discredit and shut down News Diggers! through letters addressed to statutory bodies in the hope of finding breaches are attempts to curtail the […]

28 Jan 2021 | Natasha Sakala

EFF calls for nationwide strike if workers aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19

ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) president Kasonde Mwenda says February 5, 2021, has been declared the beginning of a countrywide work standoff if chain store workers, mobile money booth agents, marketeers and mini-bus drivers are not […]

28 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

IDC is PF’s cash cow – Kateka

THE PF have transformed the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) into their cash cow as evidenced by the several questionable transactions overseen by the board chairperson President Edgar Lungu, says New Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka. […]

28 Jan 2021 | Julia Malunga

ECZ already implementing Ugandan-style election – Mwiimbu

MONZE Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu says it is clear that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is trying to learn bad habits from notorious electoral commissions in Africa such as Uganda that […]

28 Jan 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Using NAPSA to fight Diggers an abuse of state institutions – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says abusing public institutions like the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) to suppress press freedom by threatening News Diggers! newspaper is wrong. And Hichilema says because of former health minister Dr […]