Archive: 16 February 2023

16 Feb 2023 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Thieves steal medical equipment worth K1.6m from ZAMMSA warehouse

ZAMMSA Board Chairperson Dr Anna Chifungula has disclosed that medical equipment worth K1.6 million has been stolen from a ZAMMSA warehouse in Lusaka. Dr Chifungula says this is the second break-in that has occurred at...

16 Feb 2023 | Diggers Editor

16 Feb 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Zambia loses to SA in Badminton

ZAMBIA suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat against South Africa to be eliminated in the quarter-finals at the ongoing 2023 Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) All Africa Mixed team championship in Johannesburg. This was Zambia’s second...

16 Feb 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

UNZA owes MoF K5 billion – AG’s report

THE Auditor General’s report has revealed that the University of Zambia (UNZA) has not been liquidating the $2,200,000 loan it got from the Ministry of Finance in 1993 to acquire land, causing the loan amount...

16 Feb 2023 | Muleta Kapatiso

Defamation of the President is Gone, but Criminal Defamation Still Exists

Since 2022, Zambia has made significant steps towards consolidating democracy through law reforms. The decades-long debate about the constitutional legitimacy of the crime of defamation of the President was resolved by the National Assembly through

16 Feb 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Gen Lubaya visits U20 Chipolopolo in Egypt

ZAMBIA’s Ambassador to Egypt Major General Topply Lubaya has tipped the Uneder-20 national team to make the country proud as they prepare for the TotalEnergies Egypt AFCON tournament that kicks off this weekend. The Zambian...

16 Feb 2023 | Godfrey Dube

We K5 million budget for 2023 – CAZ

THE Cycling Association of Zambia (CAZ) says it needs a K5 million budget to carry out programmes on its calendar which includes hosting international races and opening a cycling school. Speaking in an interview yesterday,...

16 Feb 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Govt aware of sports infrastructure dilapidation in universities – Nkandu

Minister of Sport, Youth and Art Elvis Nkandu says government is aware of the state of sports infrastructure dilapidation in most universities. When he toured and donated sports equipment at Chalimbana University, Wednesday, Nkandu said...

16 Feb 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Zambia edges North Macedonia

Zambia 1-0 Macedonia SHEPOLOPOLO coach Bruce Mwape was unimpressed with the scoreline yesterday after a narrow 1-0 victory over North Macedonia in the opening game of the Turkish Cup. Grace Chanda’s stoppage time goal was...

16 Feb 2023 | Roland Kalangu

UPND officials forgetting that they were elected because they said ‘Bally will fix it’ – SP

SOCIALIST Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says UPND officials have conveniently forgotten that they were elected into office because they said Bally was going to fix the problems that Zambia had. In an interview, Bwalya said...