Archive: 21 October 2022

21 Oct 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

TFM boss asked me to sign false letter to HH and scandalise Masebo – Nkhoma

Economist Noel Nkhoma has revealed that South African company TFM board chairman Mcebisi Mlonzi approached him with a request to sign a misleading letter to President Hakainde Hichilema meant to scandalise Health Minister Sylvia Masebo.... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Glencore defends Mopani sale, mute on $3m campaign donation to PF

GLENCORE International AG has declined to comment on ACC investigations to the effect that it paid PF $3 million in 2016, but states that it engaged in good faith negotiations with the Zambian government on... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Match our record, recruit 24,000 health workers in 5 yrs, Chitalu challenges UPND

FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says he expects the UPND government to match the bar raised by PF of recruiting over 24,000 health workers in five years. And Parliament has rejected a motion moved... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Timothy Kaumba

UPND has numbers to pass partial access to pension law – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is confident that the Bill to amend the National Pension Scheme Act so as to provide for partial access to pension benefits will be passed in Parliament. Speaking when he... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Zambian Gourmet Restaurant penetrates UAE market

A ZAMBIAN-BASED Gourmet Restaurant has partnered with United Arab Emirates-based Seed Group to help the Zambian firm set up a restaurant in UAE. Gourmet Restaurant chief executive officer Mohammed Umar says the collaboration with Seed... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Govt calls for patience among farmers over delayed input distribution: We’ll deliver before rains

AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Phiri says government has released money to pay farmers that supplied to the Food Reserve Agency during the second window of the crop marketing season. And Phiri has assured farmers that his... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Masebo’s dress causing psychological noise to male MPs, laments Chilubi MP

CHILUBI PF member of parliament Mulenga Fube on Wednesday lamented that Health Minister Silvia Masebo’s bareback white dress was causing “psychological noise” to the male MPs in the House. And Chiengi independent member of parliament... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Diggers Editor

It’s a sham election

WHATEVER happens in the Kabushi and Kwacha parliamentary by-elections being held today, it must be recorded in history that this was a sham election devoid of any democratic tenets. It must be put on record... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Nakaonga Nakaonga, Ulande Nkomesha and Esther Chisola

UPND mocks PF, as ConCourt subdues Court of Appeal to resuscitate controversial by-election

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu yesterday took jabs at the PF over their non-participation in today’s Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections, “consoling” them that they’ll definitely contest in future polls. But acting PF... […]

21 Oct 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Govt gave K1bn to KCM under Milingo, failed to recover it – Auditor’s report

THE latest Auditor General’s Report on the accounts of the republic has revealed that government failed to recover about K1 billion which was lent to Konkola Copper Mine during Milingo Lungu’s time as provisional liquidator,... […]