Archive: 15 September 2021

15 Sep 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambia continues to record low number of Covid cases

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the country has in the last 24 hours recorded 112 new COVID-19 cases out of 6,296 tests conducted. In a statement, Wednesday, Masebo said the new cases were reported from […]

15 Sep 2021 | Diggers Editor

Running a new dawn govt with PF structures is dangerous betrayal

FOR some time now, we have been raising questions regarding President Hakainde Hichilema’s decision to maintain the Edgar Lungu-appointed heads of strategic government institutions in their positions. Some people have wondered why we are raising […]

15 Sep 2021 | Julia Malunga

Parley approves turning gender ministry into Office of the President dept, among other changes

THE NATIONAL Assembly has unanimously approved the abolishing, creation and realigning of ministries. The Ministry of Gender has been dissolved and moved to the Office of the President while the Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional […]

15 Sep 2021 | Chamuka Shalubala

Out of 10, Bally has scored zero so far – Lubinda

PF vice president Given Lubinda says President Hakainde Hichilema has so far scored zero out of 10 since he assumed office. And Lubinda says President Hichilema’s speech during the opening of the 13th National Assembly […]

15 Sep 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

MoH owes drug suppliers K2.2bn, UTH director tells Masebo

THE Ministry of Health has revealed that it currently owes suppliers of drugs about K2.2 billion. And Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says the public holds a view that the country’s health sector has collapsed. Meanwhile, […]

15 Sep 2021 | Mwenya Mofya

Suspension of debt swap shocks CSAWUZ

THE CIVIL Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) says it’s surprised that government has suspended the debt swap, two months after its introduction, without following the due process of the law. Reacting to […]

15 Sep 2021 | Natasha Sakala

GBM denies 3,000 pre-marked ballot papers allegation

PATRIOTIC Front deputy mobilisation chairperson Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, alias GBM, has refuted claims that he gave an assistant presiding officer pre-marked mayoral ballot papers to be fused into ballot boxes in Lusaka’s Matero area. Mwamba […]

15 Sep 2021 | Mwenya Mofya

The grassroots want me to defect to UPND, says Kaumbwe PF candidate

KAUMBWE constituency PF aspiring member of parliament Aaron Mwanza says the grassroots want him to defect to the ruling UPND. And Mwanza says the PF lost the presidential elections because of the insecurity that was […]

15 Sep 2021 | Daniel Chansa

Kitwe has highest number of unsafe abortions – ZAGO

THE Zambia Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians study has revealed that Kitwe has the highest number of unsafe abortions in the country at 14 percent. ZAGO president Dr Swebby Macha has noted that seven percent […]

15 Sep 2021 | Julia Malunga

Don’t derail govt programmes, Nundwe tells civil servants

COPPERBELT Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe says he doesn’t want to see any civil servant derailing the programmes of the UPND government. In an interview, Nundwe advised civil servants to work hard and execute the programmes, […]