Credit facility for civil servants will help avoid destitution among retirees – Hamukale
AGRICULTURE economist Edify Hamukale says the introduction of a credit facility for civil servants to enable them engage in agricultural activities will help reduce destitution among career people once they retire. Last week, President Hakainde Hichilema disclosed that the government would this year introduce a credit facility for civil servants to enable them to engage…...
PF accuses UPND of trying to nab Chitambo MP for murder
PF Information and Publicity Chairperson Raphael Nakacinda has charged that the UPND is trying to implicate Chitambo MP Remember Mutale for murder as a way of causing a by-election. And Nakacinda has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of directing for the arrest of Socialist Party leader Fred M’membe and Mutale for treason and murder respectively. In…...
50% of Lsk-Ndola road project must be sub-contracted to Zambians – EIZ
ENGINEERING Institute of Zambia (EIZ) president Eng Abel Ng’andu says at least 50 percent of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project should be subcontracted to Zambians. In an interview, Eng Ng’andu said Zambians had the capacity to participate in the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project and deliver quality works. He argued that the 20 percent sub contracting…...
Wynter behaving like a junior witchdoctor – UPND
UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the party is happy with Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe’s stance to hold back the announcement on the way forward for KCM and Mopani copper mines. Recently, Economic Front Leader Wynter Kabimba said UPND was delaying to conclude the KCM, Mopani deal because they were looking for a…...
UPND are desperate, they’re secretly registering voters in their strongholds, claims Chama
PF National Chairperson Davies Chama has charged that the UPND government is secretly registering voters in their strongholds. Commenting on Socialist Party Leader Dr Fred M’membe’s police summon, Chama said UPND had become desperate because they were losing ground due to unfulfilled campaign promises. “Now that the Socialist Party is being visited, and many more…...
Kateka asks UPND to focus on dropping cost of living
NEW Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka says the UPND government must focus on addressing the high cost of living rather than accepting invitations from other presidents. In an interview, Kateka said one of the ways government could attain stability was by not reviewing fuel prices every month but waiting at least three months before doing so. “We…...
M’membe is being pursued over state security matters – IG
POLICE Inspector General Graphel Musamba has hinted that Socialist Party leader Fred M’membe is being pursued for allegedly endangering state security. Last Thursday, Police summoned Dr M’membe to appear before the Zambia Police Headquarters cyber crimes unit on August 8, 2023 at 10:00 hours. Police also recorded a warn and caution statement from FDD president…...
Money used to finance my tours is from corporate entities, party sympathisers – Imenda
UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda says the money he uses to finance his countrywide inspections of CDF projects is not from government coffers but contributions from private corporate entities and party sympathisers. And Imenda has described the performance of the UPND government in the last two years as brilliant. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1533 Tuesday August 8, 2023
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Police nab fake ‘surgeon’ who killed a woman by trying to remove fibroids
POLICE, working with the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ), have arrested an illegal health practitioner for allegedly causing the death of a patient in an attempt to remove fibroids. HPCZ public relations manager Terry Musonda disclosed in a statement, Monday, that the arrest of 36-year-old Brian Musonda, a Congolese national from Lusaka’s Makeni area,…...