Court refuses to halt DPP’s case against Milingo
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court division, has dismissed former KCM Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu’s application to halt the case in which the DPP is seeking permission to confiscate over $24 million seized from accounts belonging to his law firm. Milingo wanted the matter halted pending his appeal to the Court of Appeal…...
CAZ lauds cancelation of decision letter for Mwembeshi Resources
CONSERVATION Advocates Zambia says ZEMA’s decision to cancel its decision letter to Mwembeshi Resources is a strong warning to other investors in the habit of raping Zambia’s environmental laws. THE Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) on August 24, 2023 canceled the decision letter issued to Mwembeshi Resources Limited for proposed large scale mining activities in…...
LAZ should pull up its socks, take interest in lawyers playing politics – Haimbe
JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe has advised the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to take keen interest in lawyers who take part in politics. And Haimbe says a number of people stop him to give him kudos for the positive works that government is doing. Meanwhile, Haimbe says there is no law that states that the…...
HH a scared little man, he doesn’t want us speaking to people – Lubinda
PF vice-president Given Lubinda says President Hakainde Hichilema is taking the country more than 50 years backward by stopping people from congregating. And Lubinda says Zambians don’t have to wait for 2026 in order to reclaim their democratic space. Meanwhile, Lubinda says the PF will file another notice to hold a rally to see whether…...
Personal attacks on Nevers in Zim worry SADC
SADC has expressed concern over statements made about its electoral observation mission in Zimbabwe and personal attacks on its head, Nevers Mumba, following the release of its preliminary statement on that country’s harmonised elections. President Hakainde Hichilema as Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation, appointed Mumba to lead the electoral…...
HH launches UPND ‘alms giving’ exercise to celebrate 2 years in office
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has launched a 10-day UPND activism exercise where party members are expected to provide assistance to vulnerable citizens. Speaking during the launch in Mongu, Saturday, President Hichilema said party members in the various committees should use the activism week to give out food to the vulnerable in society. “We have done two…...
I will be a preacher after public service – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he wants to be a preacher once he is done with public service. And President Hichilema has urged the church to tell his government what the people in communities are saying or complaining about. Speaking when he joined in the thanksgiving mass to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Catholic Diocese…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1547 Monday August 28, 2023
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State House dares Kasanda to name his accomplices
STATE House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka has described businessman Sedrick Kasanda’s threats that he will reveal State House personnel allegedly linked to the airport gold scandal as blackmail. On Wednesday, lawyers representing Kasanda, Makebi Zulu Advocates, wrote to the Attorney General over President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent briefing on the airport gold scandal, which they…...
ZEMA cancels Mwembeshi Resources’ decision letter for mining activities in Lower Zambezi
THE Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has canceled the decision letter issued to Mwembeshi Resources Limited for proposed large scale mining activities in Luangwa district. ZEMA has since given Mwembeshi Resources Limited 14 days within which to surrender the decision letter. In May this year, ZEMA ordered Mwembeshi Resources Limited to cease all mining and…...
