Covid-19 cases hit 7,000 in Zambia with 176 deaths
MINISTRY of Health spokesperson Dr Abel Kabalo has announced that Zambia has recorded 229 new cases of COVID-19 with three deaths in the last 24 hours. And Dr Kabalo says the overall positivity rate of specimens received daily in COVID-19 testing laboratories has risen from 1.8% to over 25% in one month Speaking during the […]
Zambia records 229 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths
THE Ministry of Health spokesperson Dr Abel Kabalo has announced that Zambia has recorded 229 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours out of 1,112 tests done. And Dr Kabalo said the cumulative total was now 7,022, adding that there were three deaths in the last 24 hours. Speaking during the COVID-19 briefing, […]
PF cadre gets 2 years for slapping Lubinda
LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has convicted and sentenced a 39-year-old driver of Kalingalinga Township to two years imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting Justice Minister Given Lubinda when he toured Kabwata Market last year. In his judgment, magistrate Mwale said the prosecution team had proved the assault case against Martin Mambwe beyond reasonable […]
UPND will cry next year – Chama
THE UPND remains in denial that they are losing grip in their perceived strongholds, as evidenced by their losses in local government by-elections, says PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama. In an interview, Chama, who is also Defence Minister, argued that the UPND were fast-losing grip in their strongholds, but wouldn’t admit it because they…...
Budget deficit caused by debt servicing, not COVID-19 – Musokotwane
FORMER finance minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says it is incorrect to attribute Zambia’s budget deficit to COVID-19 because it was caused by debt servicing obligations. And Dr Musokotwane has urged government to implement empowerment programmes that can remove young people from perpetual poverty, rather than making piecemeal donations. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TVs,…...
ZAFFICO didn’t submit expenditure returns worth $1.2m from sale of Mukula logs – AG
THE Auditor General’s Report has revealed that the Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation Limited (ZAFFICO) did not submit expenditure returns to the Office of the Accountant General in amounts totalling US$1,200,000 from the sale of Mukula logs. And the Report disclosed that the corporation paid K 4,560,947 towards electricity bills for former institutional houses…....
Kambwili wasn’t involved in incorporation of Mwamona – Witness
A witness has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili was not in any way involved in the incorporation of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services. James Nyasulu, 62, told the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court that he is the one who lodged the registration documents of Mwamona Engineering at PACRA on August 23, 2001…...
Lungu making COVID-19 fight difficult – Lubezhi
NAMWALA UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi says President Edgar Lungu’s continued flouting of health regulations is giving members of parliament a tough time to convince their electorate about the dangers of COVID-19. And Lubezhi says after seeing President Lungu surrounded by large crowds in Makeni when he went to commission the flyover bridge, her…...
It’s impossible to stop people from seeing Lungu – Chipampe
IT is impossible to stop Zambians from all walks of life from seeing President Edgar Lungu, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, says Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe. On Monday, a multitude of PF cadres flouted COVID-19 guidelines to witness the commissioning of the Makeni overpass. Rather than enforce […]
EWSC owes ZRA K9.7m in PAYE – AG
THE Auditor General has revealed that the Eastern Water and Sanitation Company (EWSC) owes the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and the Local Authority Superannuation Fund a combined total of K10.5 million in respect of outstanding statutory obligations. And the Auditor General has revealed that the water utility incurred a cumulative revenue loss of around K37.6…...