Archive: 11 December 2023

11 Dec 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Ngoma wins national welterweight title

BOXER Simon Ngoma was over the weekend crowned the new Zambian welterweight national champion after defeating Bernard Mwango via a unanimous point decision at the OYDC-Zambia. The Exodus Boxing Promotions on Saturday night held a... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Red Arrows down Zanaco

RED Arrows has moved up the Super League rankings after a comeback victory over Zanaco at the Sunset Stadium yesterday. The ZAF-sponsored outfit went into the game mourning the death of its executive committee member... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Godfrey Dube

Maresca knows my quality, it was only a matter of time before I scored – Daka

HE knows my quality. Everyone knows my quality – Patson Daka said of his Leicester City coach Enzo Maresca after putting in a fantastic performance against Plymouth Argyle on Saturday evening. Daka has been one... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Diggers Editor

ZEMA must explain Copper open pit mine blasting rocks next to a school in Chongwe

THIS past weekend, our newspaper launched two weekly publications namely Diggers Lite and Diggers Life, to be published on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The concept, as explained prior to the commencement, is to diversify our... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Govt explains why prolonged debt restructuring won’t affect 2024 budget implementation

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says the prolonged debt restructuring will not affect the implementation of the 2024 budget because Zambia’s MoU with the Official Creditor Committee allows financing institutions to lend into arrears. Recently, the... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Barnabas Zulu

BoZ’s reactions to kwacha performance allow speculators to take advantage – Nkhoma

ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) should not be reactive to sorting out issues surrounding the depreciation of the Kwacha because such moves give advantage to speculators on the market. A speculator... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Barnabas Zulu

Zambia likely to get $184m at end of Dec – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the likelihood that Zambia will access $184 million at the end of the month is high because the country’s economy has shown resilience. Zambia accessed its first IMF package... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Prudence Chota

We’ll need police permits even to celebrate puberty – Mumbi

THERE was heavy police presence in Kabwe on Saturday despite Tutwa Ngulube’s family cancelling his first memorial service. This, however, did not stop some senior PF faction leaders from gathering at his house, where former... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Mwiche Nalwimba

How ‘family members’ are dealt with matters in corruption fight – Musa

ANTI-Corruption Commission Chairperson Musa Mwenye says the only way to measure the commitment to the fight against corruption is to look at how members of the family are dealt with. And Director of Public Prosecution... […]

11 Dec 2023 | Taonga Tembo

There’s no law compelling a President to stay at State House, rules ConCourt

THE Constitutional Court has dismissed Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo’s petition in which he was seeking an order that President Hakainde Hichilema’s insistence to commute almost on a daily basis from his... […]