Archive: 22 August 2023

22 Aug 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Rhoda under pressure to deliver at world championships – Kalembo

ATHLETICS national team coach Douglas Kalembo admits that the burden is on Zambia’s sole 2023 World Championship representative, 200 meters female sprinter Rhoda Njovu, to deliver after injury ruled out Muzala Samukonga from the Budapest... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Diggers Editor

Speaker Mutti’s inclinations towards UPND is worrying

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti says she has launched Facebook and Twitter (X) accounts in order to supplement the National Assembly’s existing public engagement platforms and channels of communication. Speaker Mutti also says... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

I’m doing a good job, brags Speaker Mutti as she goes on social media

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti says she is doing a good job in terms of how she is presiding over business in the House. And Speaker Mutti says she has launched Facebook and... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Taonga Tembo

Lsk mayor laments over “bad” management team at LCC

LUSAKA Mayor Chilando Chitangala has lamented that Lusaka City Council (LCC) lacks a good management team as issues of failure to pay workers are addressed every day yet recommendations are not implemented. And Local Government... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Taonga Tembo

Men more likely to see domestic violence as a private matter – Afrobarometer survey

THE Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan survey has revealed that 51 percent of Zambians consider domestic violence a private matter while 43 percent say it should be treated as a criminal matter. Survey findings further show... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

It’s preposterous for PF to claim we barred them from visiting Zumani – Mwiimbu

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says it is mischievous and preposterous for PF to claim that they had been barred from visiting Zumani Zimba in prison upon his instructions. On Saturday, PF... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

We’ve restricted maize, mealie meal movements to protect our food security – Govt

GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect temporarily restricted the movement of maize grain and mealie mealie between districts. Government, however, says movements of the commodities to border towns will still be permitted on a case by... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Diggers Correspondent

Gold scams must have been happening a lot under PF -Tayali

TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says the recent gold scam is just a tip of an iceberg, arguing that things like this could have been happening a lot under the PF government. Commenting on... […]

22 Aug 2023 | Martin Kalungu-Banda

Putting National Interest First as a Measure of Leadership

How do we measure leadership? What qualities constitute good leadership? There are many criteria that can be used to measure leadership, including the following capacities: 1. Listening to and learning from others and the emerging […]

22 Aug 2023 | Angela Muchinshi

We’re used to being insulted – DEC

DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda says the commission is used to being insulted in the course of executing their duties. On Monday, former Foreign Affairs minister Joseph Malanji described the commission’s undertaking... […]