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…...
Lufwanyama pupil explains difficulties of learning amid COVID-19 pandemic
A GRADE 12 pupil at Milemu Secondary School in Lufwanyama District on the Copperbelt Province has lamented that learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic is especially difficult for learners in rural areas. Prescovia Kasazhi, 17, says some of her peers have fell pregnant when schools were indefinitelt closed in March while those from poor and vulnerable […]
72% of enterprises unable to raise funds due to COVID-19 – FSD
A SURVEY has revealed that 72 per cent of Zambian businesses are unable to raise funds due to COVID-19, with the lowest income segments being particularly vulnerable to the economic impacts of the pandemic. The FSD Zambia Impact Survey results show that Zambian businesses critically need working capital, with 72 per cent of businesses unable…...
It’s your loss, not UPND and you’ll keep losing until you rise like Malawi did – HH
UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says it’s not the UPND that is losing when the PF wins elections, but the people of Zambia, adding that citizens will continue losing until they “stand up to the nonsense like Malawians did when their election was stolen” And Hichilema says he is having sleepless nights because he is thinking…...
7 Chongwe family members die in house fire
Seven members of the same family in Chongwe District have been burnt to death after the house in which they were sleeping caught fire. According to police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, this happened around 20:00 hours in Shisholeka village on August 3. “This occured on 03rd August, 2020 at about 20:00 hours at Shisholeka village,…...
Court orders trial in Chilufya’s corruption case to commence today
LAWYERS representing Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya in a case where he is charged with being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime yesterday asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to discharge the accused if the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is not ready to prosecute him. But Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has…...
Bowman vows to go radicle on Lusaka residents who flout COVID-19 regulations
LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned Lusaka residents flouting COVID-19 guidelines to be ready to be “ badly inconvenienced” now that he is back in good health. In an interview, Lusambo said that he had now become radical in the manner he would handle the COVID-19 fight because he wanted to ensure that cases…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 746 Wednesday August 5, 2020
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S/Province Police nab “Chilombwana” on rape, assault charges
POLICE in Southern Province have arrested a 19-year-old suspect commonly known as “Chilombwana” alleged to be behind a spate of crimes such as rape, unlawful wounding, arson, and assault experienced in Zimba and Kalomo Districts. In a statement, Tuesday, Zambia Police public relations officer Esther Katongo announced that the suspect was handed over to the […]