We still have a chance at World Cup – Barbra
WOMEN’S national team captain Barbra Banda says people should not write off the Copper Queens as they still have what it takes to turn the tables around following a humiliating defeat against Japan in their World Cup opener. The Bruce Mwape tutored side suffered a 5-0 bashing at the hands of the 2011 World Cup…...
TIZ welcomes new FIC board, calls for appointment of substantive DG
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has commended President Hakainde Hichilema for appointing the new Financial Intelligence Centre Board. And TI-Z has called for the enactment of a law that will stop a government official or anyone around the presidency from receiving personal gifts which exceed a certain value. On Friday, President Hichilema appointed a new Financial…...
Opposition explains silent protest in Parley: “we’ve been reduced to school boys”
BRIAN Mundubile says the silent protest by opposition MPs which has been named the “Nickson Chilangwa sit-in protest”, was necessitated by the ill-treatment they are receiving from presiding officers. The leader of the opposition in Parliament says members of parliament from the opposition have been reduced to school boys by Second Deputy Speaker Moses Moyo…....
Govt must cut its shares in DBZ and let it lend to apex institutions
LAST week, the financial sector was hit with news that Bank of Zambia had, effective July 21, 2023, taken possession of the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ). Announcing the decision, the Central Bank said the lending institution had been under capitalised, making it difficult to function effectively. BOZ: “Notice is hereby given that pursuant to…...
Mutti is very biased, she needs to be impeached – Katuta
CHIENGI Independent member of parliament Given Katuta says there is need to move a motion in the National Assembly to impeach Speaker Nelly Mutti. Last Friday, Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti suspended Katuta from the National Assembly for seven days. The ruling followed a point of order which was raised on Wednesday, June…...
PF women who cried out to Lungu about their suffering targeted the right person – UPND
UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says PF women who were crying out to former president Edgar Lungu about the cost of living targetted the right person because he’s the one who got them used to handouts. Last Friday, some PF women who were receiving Lungu when he visited the funeral house of former Lands minister Jean…...
DBZ was abused, people who borrowed from it haven’t been paying back – Govt
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Development Bank of Zambia was not performing well because people who borrowed money from it have not been paying off the debts. Last Friday, the Bank of Zambia announced that it had with effect from July 21, 2023, taken possession of the Development Bank of…...
HH running away from problems by going to his farm – PF
PF National Chairperson Davies Chama says President Hakainde Hichilema took a trip to his farm in Namwala to run away from current challenges in the country. President Hichilema posted on his Facebook page, Friday, that he was off to his farm to recharge. In another post, the President urged citizens to find time to do…...
Nalumango dates Tanzania
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango will this Tuesday attend the Africa Human Capital Heads of State Summit in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where she is also expected to meet her counterpart. Updating journalists on Vice-President Nalumango’s forthcoming visit, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Tanzania Mathews Jere said the youths would be a central part of the discussions at the summit…....
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1522 Monday July 24, 2023
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