News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1623 Tuesday December 12, 2023
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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 Tyola Punch boxing tournament that attracted huge crowds from boxing lovers. Ngoma emerged winner of the 12-round national welterweight title…...
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 Lyson Simwanda, who died on Saturday night after being involved in a Road Traffic Accident (RTA). Arrows went down to…...
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 of Maresca’s least favourite players, featuring sparingly this season but with Kelechi Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy unavailable, the Chipolopolo star…...
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 news content without necessarily veering away from our current focus on investigative reporting and general political news. The Saturday publication…...
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 Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) raised a concern that the implementation and execution of the 2024 national budget may…...
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 is any individual or firm that accepts risk in order to make a profit. Speculators can achieve these profits by…...
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 in March this year after reaching a staff level agreement with the Washington based institution. In a statement, Friday, IMF…...
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 PF deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri said it seemed women would soon need a police permit to celebrate puberty. Meanwhile,…...
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 Gilbert Phiri says it is commendable that government has made a decision to ensure that there is electronic procurement of…...