• 7 May 2021
• Chamuka Shalubala

UPND’s manifesto on energy is vague, outdated - Kamba

PF Lusaka Province chairman Kennedy Kamba says UPND’s manifesto on energy is outdated and a clear sign that the party has run out of ideas. In a statement, Thursday, Kamba said most of the highlighted issues in the UPND manifesto were vague as President Edgar Lungu had made significant strides to resolve them. He claimed...

• 7 May 2021
• Diggers Correspondent

Bumper harvest no guarantee of reduced mealie meal prices - CSO-SUN

CIVIL Society Scaling-Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) Alliance country coordinator Mathews Mhuru says the record of maize production in the 2020/21 agricultural season is not a guarantee that mealie meal prices will be reduced. And Mhuru has urged the Ministry of Agriculture to start promoting production of other crops other than maize in the country. On Wednesday,...

• 7 May 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Attend to the plight of protesting prosecutors, HRC urges govt

HUMAN Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga has called on government to quickly resolve the issue surrounding the continued sit-in protest being conducted by public prosecutors. Yesterday the sit-in protest entered its fourth day, crippling the progress of cases at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. The prosecutors are demanding that government resolve the issues relating to...

• 7 May 2021
• Natasha Sakala

Lubinda renews his pursuit for LCC Alderman status

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda has asked the Lusaka High Court to hear the matter in which he has renewed his application to commence judicial review against the Lusaka City Council’s decision to postpone the implementation of its resolution to bestow upon him the status of Alderman. Lubinda, who is Kabwata PF member of parliament, has...

• 7 May 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

It's game on, I am ready to face PF on the ground - HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says time has come him and his party to kick off the mobilisation campaign and defeat the Patriotic Front. Hichilema who paid his nomination fees on Wednesday, May 5, insisted in an interview that Zambians had suffered enough hence the need for the UPND to form government. “It is game on,...

• 7 May 2021
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Masebo rubbishes defection claim: "PF propaganda will devastate gullible people"

UPND chairperson for mobilisation Sylvia Masebo has rubbished claims by members of the Patriotic Front (PF) that she and Obvious Mwaliteta are defecting to the ruling party today. And Mwaliteta who is former Lusaka Province minister says there is no way he can go back to PF. PF members yesterday celebrated after a report circulated...

• 7 May 2021
• Natasha Sakala

Deceased contractor's administrator sues Mopani for negligence, demands K2.5m

MOPANI Copper Mines Plc has been dragged to court by an administrator of a former contractor employee who is claiming about K2.5 million over the death of his brother, Anthony Phiri. Sylvester Phiri, an administrator and elder brother of the deceased is seeking damages for negligence, damages for the dependants under the fatal accidents Acts...

• 7 May 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

ConCourt's decision to throw away my petition was predetermined - Kapalasa

KATUBA UPND member of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa has lamented that the Constitutional Court’s decision to dismiss his petition where he was seeking an interpretation of certain provisions in the Constitution in relation to President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility, was predetermined. In an interview, Kapalasa said he was not happy with the proceedings because he was never...

• 7 May 2021
• Diggers Editor

News Diggers! ePaper Edition 943 Friday May 7, 2021

• 7 May 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

64,000 Zambians get Covid vaccine, 64% of which are men

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says 64, 011 Zambians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the past three weeks. And Dr Chanda says the country has recorded 97 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,765 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Thursday, Dr Chanda said on Wednesday 5,029 citizens were vaccinated with...