News Diggers! ePaper Edition 766 Wednesday September 2, 2020
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Plans to arrest HH unfold, as govt adopts Nawakwi’s privatisation propaganda
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says government will soon inform citizens should it decide to act on former finance minister Edith Nawakwi’s allegations against UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. On Sunday, UNZA lecturer Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa observed that the Patriotic Front was using Nawakwi to cloth Hichilema with a criminal tag, after realising that the tribalism…...
Most COVID-19 patients at Levy are from Blood Group O – Chitalu
ZAMBIA has in the last 24 hours recorded two deaths and 284 new cases of COVID-19, says Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya. And Dr Chilufya says a simple survey at Levy Mwanawasa COVID facility revealed that most COVID-19 patients were from Blood Group O. Meanwhile, comedian Aubrey Luo, popularly known as Shimumbi, has appealed to […]
Francisco’s move to Austria is big – Enoch
CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Enock Mwepu has described his brother Francisco’s move to Austria Bundesliga side SK Sturm Graz as a big move. Last week, Francisco became the third Zambia to join the Austrian top league after he completed a move from National Division One side Kafue Celtic. “Exactly on the day of the start of the […]
Barclays Bank Zambia, ABSA Bank Zambia are the same legal entity, ABSA tells court
ABSA Bank Zambia PLC has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that Barclays Bank Zambia PLC and ABSA Bank Zambia are one and the same legal entity, adding that all rights and liabilities of the entity prior to the name change are not affected as a result. It has, therefore, asked the court to set…...
Lungu having sleepless nights over UPND – Katuka
UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says President Edgar Lungu’s continued attacks on opposition political parties is an indication that he is afraid of UPND and is having sleepless nights. During the opening of the PF provincial conference in Muchinga on Saturday, the Head of State said there was no alternative to the PF because the…...
Counter some of Lungu’s decisions, chief Mphuka tells Ministers
SENIOR chief Mphuka of the Chikunda people in Luangwa District says ministers and parliamentarians must learn to scrutinise what a sitting Republican President says and say no to certain decisions that he or she makes. Speaking when PF Lusaka Province executive secretary Kennedy Kamba and his campaign team paid a courtesy call on him at…...
Lungu’s dismissal of Kalyalya callous – Sacika
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s decision to dismiss Dr Denny Kalyalya as Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor was callous and lacked human consideration, says former secretary to the cabinet Dr Sketchely Sacika. And Dr Sacika has lamented that President Lungu denied Dr Kalyalya a befitting and dignified exit from the central bank by dismissing him like a…...
Voter registration will proceed in Oct despite postponed mobile NRC exercise – ECZ
THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the delayed commencement of phase two of the ongoing mobile NRC registration will not affect the voter registration exercise, which is still scheduled to commence next month. Last week, Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo said the postponement of the NRC registration exercise was caused by delays in the…...
Nawakwi is the new Chanda Chimba III We saw this in 2011
THE Propaganda that FDD leader Edith Nawakwi has embarked on against her UPND counterpart may look new to some people, but we have seen this before. In 2011, a gentleman called Chanda Chimba III was recruited in the MMD’s propaganda machinery tasked to scandalize late Michael Sata ahead of the election. Apart from Sata, the…...