Archive: 11 February 2021

11 Feb 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia records 1,025 COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths

MINISTER of Health Dr Jonas Chanda has announced that the country has recorded 1,025 new COVID-19 cases out of 6,699 tests and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours. During the COVID-19 update, Thursday, Dr

11 Feb 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

DEC nabs G10 pupil for trafficking heroin

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a 17-year-old boy of Chirundu District and five others for trafficking in 300 sachets of heroin. DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo stated that the 17-year-old boy was

11 Feb 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Mundubile denies sending Mporokoso PF cardes to disrupt Kalaba’s radio programme

MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brain Mundubile says he has asked party officials in his constituency to investigate what led to the disruption of a radio programme featuring Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba on Tuesday.

11 Feb 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

UPND cadres were chanting “we want change” at High Court roundabout, cop tells court

Trial has finally started in a case in which 11 UPND cadres are accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace, with more than two police officers testifying in the

11 Feb 2021 | Julia Malunga

Inmates will only participate physical voter verification since they don’t have phones – CG

ZAMBIA Correctional Service ( ZCS) says inmates will not verify their details through the electronic inspection of the provisional voter register because they don’t have phones. In an interview, ZCS Commissioner General Dr Chisela Chileshe

11 Feb 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambians will blame opposition if we fail to unseat PF – Malite

NATIONAL Democratic Congress media director Emmanuel Malite says Zambians will blame the opposition if they fail to unite and unseat PF in the upcoming August elections. In a statement, Wednesday, Malite said there was too

11 Feb 2021 | Natasha Sakala

We received 20,000, not 200,000 covid test kits from Jack Ma Foundation – MoH

THE Ministry of Health has revealed that there was a typing error by Zambia’s embassy in Ethiopia which showed that this country received 200,000 COVID-19 test kits and one million face masks from the Jack

11 Feb 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Unlike UPND, we won’t intimidate anyone wishing to challenge Lungu – PF

DEPUTY PF national chairperson Davies Chama says the ruling party is a democratic grouping which unlike UPND, will not intimidate anyone who seeks to challenge President Edgar Lungu at the convention. And Chama says the

11 Feb 2021 | Julia Malunga

Voter verification USSD code will work on Airtel numbers today – ECZ

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia says it is waiting for Airtel to conclude configurations so that users can finally access the *214# USSD code to verify their voter details. Voter verification began on Sunday. However,

11 Feb 2021 | Julia Malunga

It’s difficult for Lungu to act when no one has been convicted of corruption – Freedom

PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says if there is no one convicted as a result of corruption, it is very difficult for President Edgar Lungu to do anything. Meanwhile, Sikazwe says Zambians are too intelligent