Yusufu eyes more accolades after winning POY
LAST season’s player-of-the-year Yusufu Saddam Phiri is looking to replicate his performance in the upcoming campaign for his side Red Arrows. On Friday evening, Phiri, who is currently with the national team in South Africa, was voted the best player after helping the airmen to the league and cup double. In an interview yesterday, Phiri…...
Win or bust as Chipolopolo face Warriors
ZAMBIA’s must win encounter at the COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup finds them facing familiar foes, Zimbabwe at the Wolfson Stadium in South Africa. After losing 2 – 0 to Kenya on the opening day, Zambia faces elimination from Group B should they fail to collect maximum points against Zimbabwe, who beat Comoros 1 – 0…...
Current footballers play for social media – Chamanga
VETERAN striker James Chamanga has a problem with most Chipolopolo players as he feels that they don’t play for the Zambian jersey. You may understand Chamanga, he comes from an era of Zambia’s most successful team. Although not the most talented squad, his generation has an Africa Cup of Nations trophy to show for its…...
Copper prices hit US$10,129 per mt
ZAMSTATS has disclosed that export earnings from refined copper in May 2024 increased by 22.6 percent to K19.2 billion from K15.7 billion in April 2024. ZamStats Statistician General Goodson Sinyenga has also revealed that export earnings from agricultural products increased to K2.1 billion in May 2024 from K1.2 billion in April 2024. At the May…...
VEEP lied, PF paid all farmers – Katambo
FORMER agriculture minister Micheal Katambo says it’s shocking for Vice-President Mutale Nalumango to suggest that government sold maize from the country’s reserves because there was need to pay the farmers who had provided it. Katambo says the UPND leadership will cry to some of the decisions it was making today, such as depleting maize reserves…...
Court approves KCM Scheme of Arrangement, orders Vedanta to deposit $225m for creditors
THE Lusaka High Court has approved the Scheme of Arrangement for Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). The court has ordered Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited to deposit into the Escrow Account US$225 million for creditor settlement, US$20 million for a once-off community support loan and US$750,000 for a once-off employee bonus by July 8, 2024. The court…...
Stakeholders propose revision of PAYE
THE Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has proposed an increase in the Pay As You Earn threshold from K5,100 to K5,500 in the 2025 national budget. And NGOCC has further proposed a reduction in the PAYE tax rate from 37 to 35 percent. Presenting a budget proposal at the ongoing National Consultations for the…...
Lungu wonders whether HH, Cabinet, need psychiatric evaluation
FORMER president Edgar Lungu says it is absurd that the UPND administration finds it normal to keep blaming his party for its failures and bad leadership. The PF leader has wondered whether President Hakainde Hichilema and his Cabinet need a psychiatric evaluation following their recent statements on the nation’s challenges. In a statement, Saturday, Lungu…...
News Diggers! Lite Edition 60 Sunday June 30, 2024
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There’ll be longer power outages due to maintenance works in Zim – Zesco
ZESCO has announced that customers will experience longer power outages due to maintenance works on the Insukamini – Mpokoje 400kV interconnector, which is Zambia’s main transportation corridor of power imported from Mozambique. In a statement, Saturday, the Zesco Corporate Affairs Department said the maintenance works were scheduled for June 30, 2024, from 08:00 hours to…...
