Archive: 14 August 2021

14 Aug 2021 | Chamuka Shalubala

Failure to accept defeat is treason – Shamenda

FORMER Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda says the PF are simply putting up faith because it is embarrassing for them to accept defeat. And Shamenda says refusal to accept defeat is treason as it is going […]

14 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

ECZ condemns harassment of poll staff, warns it’ll further delay results

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano has warned that the continued harassment of poll staff will lengthen the process of announcing the results. And the Commission has dispelled allegations that it […]

14 Aug 2021 | Diggers Correspondent

Drive into the new season in a Toyota Rush with betPawa

betPawa is giving every customer the opportunity to start the new English Premier League season with new wheels. One lucky Zambian will take the driver’s seat of a brand new Toyota Rush. Another will win […]

14 Aug 2021 | Daniel Chansa

Don’t declare winners before ECZ announces – Bowman

KABUSHI re-elected member of parliament Bowman Lusambo says people should not declare themselves winners before the official results by the ECZ. Lusambo said Zambia is not Southern Province alone, because the Electoral Commission of Zambia […]

14 Aug 2021 | Chamuka Shalubala

Peace is nice, but we’re ready to go all the way to defend our democracy – Pilato

MUSICIAN and civil rights activist Chama Fumba popularly known as Pilato says Zambians are ready to go all the way if that’s what it will take to defend their democracy. At a media briefing with […]

14 Aug 2021 | Daniel Chansa

Bowman retains Kabushi, as UPND grabs Chifubu, Ndola Central

BOWMAN Lusambo of the PF has retained the Kabushi Parliamentary seat with 18,417 votes against his closest rival, Bernard Kanengo of the UPND, who polled 12,593. And the UPND has grabbed the Chifubu and Ndola […]

14 Aug 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Disenfranchised voters didn’t take verification process seriously – ECZ

SOME Lusaka voters were frustrated on Thursday when they learnt that the polling stations they had registered to vote from were actually out of town. But the Electoral Commission of Zambia has accused the affected […]

14 Aug 2021 | Mwenya Mofya

Our preliminary findings reveal that some people voted without NRCs, voters’ cards – CCMG

ELECTIONS Day Preliminary findings have revealed that at two percent of polling stations, CCMG monitors reported that a few individuals, one to five, were allowed to vote even though they did not have both an […]

14 Aug 2021 | Natasha Sakala

HH on track to achieve first round victory – UPND

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says preliminary results show that Hakainde Hichilema is on track to achieve a resounding first-round victory in Thursday’s election. In a statement, Friday, Imenda thanked Zambians for coming out in […]

14 Aug 2021 | Chamuka Shalubala

HH gets it, as ECZ hesitates to reveal

MMD leader Nevers Mumba has encouraged other opposition parties which took part in the polls not to be disheartened because Zambians had to sacrifice everyone else in the contest in order for UPND to remove […]