Archive: 12 October 2023

12 Oct 2023 | Philip Chisalu

We recorded over 4,000 maternal deaths between 2017 and 2022 – Govt

GOVERNMENT has disclosed that the country recorded a total of 4,709 maternal deaths between 2017 and 2022. Acting Minister of Health Charles Milupi told the National Assembly, Tuesday, that bleeding was the leading cause of... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Financial crisis hits KCM as contractors suspend operations over debt

SOME contracting companies at Konkola Copper Mines Plc, among them Master Mine Service (MMS), have suspended operations due to non-payment of their dues. According to correspondence seen by News Diggers, MMS has suspended its services... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

Registrar’s directive for parties to hold convention within 60 days illegal – PF

THE Patriotic Front has described the Registrar of Societies’ directive to political parties to hold intra-party elections within 60 days to replace office bearers as illegal. The opposition party has further announced that its central... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Angela Muchinshi

Police explain delay in acting on Miles’ break-in case

POLICE Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says officers have not acted on the break-in case involving Miles Sampa because they are waiting for the complainant, Raphael Nakacinda, to give a statement. Last month, the PF reported their... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Muzamba Siandizya

Mutti’s award testimony of distinguished manner she’s steered Parley debates – NGOCC

THE NGOCC has congratulated Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti for scooping the Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the year award. Speaker Mutti was recently awarded as the Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the year 2023 at the... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Chamuka Shalubala

Don’t feel victimised when visited by law, Youth Minister warns indebted cooperatives

YOUTH, Sports and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu says cooperatives that have failed to pay back the loans they acquired from government should not feel victimised when the law catches up with them. The Auditor General’s... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Zondiwe Mbewe

2 ex-ZRA customs officers get 3 years for corruption

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced two former Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Customs Officers to three years imprisonment for corrupt practices involving over K40,000. In a statement issued yesterday, ACC Head of Corporate... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Mwiche Nalwimba

Govt is sleeping well because it has done necessary work to improve lives – Haimbe

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the new dawn government is sleeping well because it has done the necessary work to improve citizens’ lives. And Haimbe says the State’s decision to enter into a consent judgement... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Mwenya Mofya

Mwiimbu urges international organisations to employ more Zambians

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Jacob Mwiimbu has appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other international organisations to employ more Zambians to work for their organisations. In a statement... […]

12 Oct 2023 | Taonga Tembo

Kasanda’s wife in court for assaulting hubby’s lover

LUSAKA businessman Shadreck Kasanda’s wife Lauren Rhaphalle yesterday appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and denied the charge of assaulting her husband’s alleged lover, Rumbidzai Chibanda. Rhaphalle is charged with one count of assault occasioning... […]