Archive: 27 October 2022

27 Oct 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

ACC nabs ex-MoH Head of Procurement in Honeybee Case

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and charged former Ministry of Health Head of Procurement Wilson Lungu for conspiracy to defraud the government of over US$17.9 million in the Honeybee drug supply tender. The Commission recently... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Police narrate how 6 Kafue girls faked abduction to cohabit with arrested suspects

POLICE have apprehended two Kafue men aged 24 and 29 for defilement while they are searching for three other suspects who are on the run. In a statement, Thursday, deputy police public relations officer Danny... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Godfrey Dube

Haalubono urges Buffaloes to fight and Conquer

COSAFA Champions Green Buffaloes Women Football Club jetted out of the country for Morocco ahead of the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League which kicks off this weekend with coach Charles Haalubono challenging his lasses to... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

HH dates Lesotho

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is on Friday scheduled to travel to Maseru, Lesotho, for Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane’s inauguration as Prime Minister. In a statement, Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Stanley Kakubo said President... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

World Bank approves $275m concessional financing for Zambia

FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has announced that the World Bank has approved $275 million concessional financing for Zambia. In a statement, Thursday, Dr Musokotane said the approval was granted through the World Bank’s International... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Diggers Editor

National Events Runaway

27 Oct 2022 | Godfrey Dube

Zambia rugby women’s team suffers defeat against Uganda

THE Zambia women’s 15s rugby national team suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of hosts Uganda at the ongoing 2022 Rugby Africa Women’s Cup Pool B qualifiers at the Muteesa II Wankulukuku stadium. Coach... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Godfrey Dube

Mutapa ropes in 5 U20 players into U23 squad ahead of Sierra Leone return leg

UNDER-23 national team coach Oswald Mutapa has roped in five members of the triumphant 2022 COSAFA U-20 team into his team ahead of the return leg of the 2023 U-23 AFCON qualifier against Sierra Leone... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Godfrey Dube

FAZ sets group survival target for Copper Queens at World Cup

FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) technical director Lyson Zulu says the association has given the women’s national team a target of making it out of the group at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup set... […]

27 Oct 2022 | Godfrey Dube

FAZ bans fans from Chambishi stadium, fines club K50,000

THE FAZ Disciplinary committee has slapped Chambishi FC with a five-match ban on spectators and a K50,000 fine for failure to control their fans who caused the abandonment of the week eight fixture against Red... […]