Archive: 2 February 2021

2 Feb 2021 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

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

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo Stephen Kampyongo is a kind of person Adolf Hitler would have loved to have been in charge of his police – someone who will willfully torture themselves to advance […]

2 Feb 2021 | Abraham Kalito

Zambia records 1,191 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda has announced that the country has recorded 1,191 new cases of COVID-19 out of 8,355 tests conducted and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Tuesday, Dr […]

2 Feb 2021 | Julia Malunga

Lungu fires Mulalelo, Chomba

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has fired Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo and replaced her with Emmanuel Ngulube after the former was suspended for one month following revelations of her involvement in the... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Mporokoso DEBS commits suicide after testing COVID-19 positive

MPOROKOSO District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Joseph Kamalondo has committed suicide in a hospital bathroom after testing positive to COVID-19. In a statement, police spokesperson Esther Katongo stated that Kamalondo was found hanging on oxygen... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Natasha Sakala

COVID-19 deaths were under-reported in Lsk, reveals study

A STUDY by the Boston University School of Public Health has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic in Lusaka has been highly underestimated with the COVID-19 deaths having been under-reported between June and September, 2020. According... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

4 pupils appear in court for murder

THE four pupils who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Kabulonga Secondary School pupil have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. The four, who are believed to be pupils of Twin Palm... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court dismisses Vedanta’s case against Milingo’s plans to restructure KCM

THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed a case where three Vedanta Resources companies sued Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu over plans to restructure and reorganise KCM into two separate subsidiary companies; namely... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Tenson Mkhala

Schools reject unmasked pupils, as parents worry

SOME schools in Lusaka yesterday turned away some unmasked pupils from attending classes. A spot check in some schools around Lusaka District revealed that pupils were allowed entry into school premises without being screened, although... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Julia Malunga

Honeybee’s defective kits are weapons of mass destruction – Mbulakulima

MILENGE PF member of parliament Mwansa Mbulakulima says Honeybee-supplied defective medicines, test kits and condoms are weapons of mass destruction. And Mbulakulima says he does not understand why Honeybee is being stubborn instead of showing... […]

2 Feb 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Honeybee sues ZAMRA seeking injunction to restrain authority revoking its license

HONEYBEE Pharmacy Limited has sued the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in the Lusaka High Court seeking an order to forbid the authority from revoking its license. Honeybee, which is being represented by Tutwa S... […]