GBV cases drop to 4,409 in Q2 2020
POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo says Zambia has recorded 4,409 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases in the second quarter of 2020, down from over 6,000 during the same period last year. In a statement, Tuesday, Katongo stated that this represented a decline of 1,730 cases over the period under review. She stated that 1,256 children were abused…...
I may be single, divorced, that doesn’t make me high level prostitute – Siliya
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya has testified that the alleged utterances by Lusaka photographer, Cornelius Chella Tukuta, in a video on Facebook that she is a pimp, who hooks up girls with high-profile people, were extremely injurious on her. Siliya told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that she may be single, divorced or have had failed…...
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This money being dished out will land people in jail
WE have been watching, in disbelief, ministers and members of parliament dishing out millions of kwacha to church organisations and community groupings in their constituencies. One minister actually pulled K50,000 from his pocket to donate to a Church. Huh! That’s K50 million in old currency, just moving around with it like pocket change in the…...
Lumwana sign Congolese Ngeleka on 2-year deal
IN a bid to strengthen their backline, Super Division side Lumwana Radiants have signed Congolese goalkeeper Alain Ngeleka on a two year deal. Despite being part of the Nkana team that won the Super Division title this season, the theatrical goal minder was deemed excess baggage last week when the Kitwe side decided against renewing […]
Patson scores brace as Salzburg draw against Liverpool
AUSTRIA based Chipolopolo striker Paston Daka yesterday showed his class when he bagged a brace in a space of 10 minutes as his club RB Salzburg played to a 2 – all draw against English champions Liverpool. Liverpool played Salzburg in their final pre-season match ahead of their Community Shield final against FA Cup champions […]
More young people are succumbing to COVID-19, reveals Dr Mulenga
HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says two facility deaths and 137 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the last 24 hours. And Ministry of Health Director of Infectious Diseases Professor Lloyd Mulenga says there is an increase in the number of young people succumbing to COVID-19. Speaking during the daily COVID-19 updates, Tuesday, […]
Court acquits Chitalu
LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has acquitted Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya after the prosecution said they would offer no further evidence in a matter he was charged with four counts of possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Meanwhile, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) acting director general Rosemary Khuzwayo on Tuesday failed to…...
Yaluma fires Fisho Mwale as ZDA board chair
COMMERCE Minister Christopher Yaluma has fired Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Board Chairperson Fisho Mwale with immediate effect for unknown reasons. Confirming the development in a brief interview, Monday, Mwale, who is also a Yalelo Limited director, said he was no longer the ZDA board chair after having his contract of employment terminated. “It is true…....
Economy almost shutting down, I have to take charge – Lungu
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the economy is almost shutting down in some sectors due to the COVID-19 pandemic so it is imperative that he takes control of the situation, as the man in charge. And President Lungu says he will not hesitate to fall on the opposition like a ton of bricks if they misbehave…....