Cost of living is too high, clergymen tell Minister
GRACE Ministries Senior Pastor and overseer for Copperbelt Region Bishop Chilala Chingwa has lamented that the cost of living is so high, the church hasn’t been spared. And Council of Churches in Zambia district chairperson Reverend Dome Chilema says it has become difficult for citizens and churches to maintain their lives due to the cost…...
There’s no discrimination in load shedding; I’ve experienced 12-hour outages – Zesco board chair
ZESCO Board Chairperson Vickson N’cube says no one is being discriminated in terms of the load shedding schedule, revealing that he also experiences outages lasting up to 12 hours sometimes. A Parish Priest at St Augustine Catholic Church in Lusaka’s Kalikiliki area, Fr Paschal Mashilipa, lamented on Sunday that Zesco’s load shedding schedule was being…...
We provided advertising services to PF worth K11.4m in 2021, witness tells court
A WITNESS has testified in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that Alliance Media provided advertising services worth K11.4 million to the Patriotic Front (PF) in 2021. This is in a matter where former PF secretary general Davies Mwila and Lusaka lawyer Ann Mwitwa are charged with one count of possession of property suspected to be proceeds…...
I want a movement with people who’ve never been in politics for the past 60 years – Sangwa
CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa SC says he is looking to form a movement with people who have never been in politics for the last 60 years. And Sangwa says it is a sign of failure for the President to ask people to call him when they identify a civil servant who is not working. Speaking…...
Retrieval mission at Sensele resumes, one body found
A DECOMPOSED body of a small-scale miner, alleged to be among the over 30 miners who were trapped at Sensele Mine open pit, has been retrieved months after the mission was suspended in December. This followed the resumption of the retrieval mission for the remaining trapped miners, bringing the total number of retrieved bodies to…...
Court issues have stressed Lungu, he’s trying to divert attention – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says former president Edgar Lungu is stressed because most of his family members are in court answering for unexplained wealth and as such, he is looking at ways of diverting the people’s attention. And Dr Musokotwane says PF caused the most damage to the Kwacha by taking…...
Zambia is privileged to have Nalumango as Veep – Ghanaian Prof
GHANA Tertiary Education Commission Director General Professor Ahmed Jinapor-Abdulai says Vice-President Mutale Nalumango is a good inspirational speaker, emphasising that Zambia is privileged have to her as Vice President. And Prof Jinapor-Abdulai says Zambia is a beautiful country with good people. During the official opening of AFTRA in Lusaka last Tuesday, Vice-President Nalumango said the…...
Diesel shortage looms as supplier withholds stock over ‘low’ price
A SHORTAGE of diesel is looming in Lusaka with most filling stations, especially in the Eastern region of the Capital City running out of the commodity. And sources at Energy Regulation Board (ERB) have told News Diggers that Agro Fuel and its International Partner Vitol Energy who were contracted to supply diesel to Indeni through…...
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Police nab 24-year-old man for raping ‘grandma’
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 24-year-old man of Shantumbu area for raping an 81-year-old woman. In a statement, Tuesday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale disclosed that the suspect, Maurice Chomba, who lived in the same area with the elderly woman, was alleged to have raped the victim on Sunday around 23:00 hours…....