Archive: 4 January 2018
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State House rebuts fake statementsSpecial Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says in a bid to contain fake news, State House has resolved to be announcing, at 09:00 hours, if there will be a […]
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Relatives not allowed to take food to prisoners until cholera is containedMinister of Home Stephen Kampyongo says new inmates will have to be carefully screened before being admitted into prison facilities to prevent the spread of cholera. And government has prohibited the external movement and transfer […]
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KBF says he will represent PF cadres who intercepted Mukula for freeLusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube says he has offered himself to represent the PF youths who were arrested on Tuesday for intercepting a convoy of trucks ferrying suspected illegal Mukula logs. He told News Diggers […]
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Sorry if State House didn’t get my letter on time, but I resigned – KalabaIn a video posted on www.sandbox.diggers.news, Bahati member of parliament Harry Kalaba apologises that his resignation letter was received late at State House, prompting speculation that he was still Foreign Affairs Minister. He said he […]
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Merge Ministry of Planning with Infrastructure – ChibambaEconomist Chibamba Kanyama says it would be logical for President Edgar Lungu to merge the Ministry of National Planning with the Ministry of Infrastructure as the two have overlapping roles. Last week, President Lungu fired […]
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Schools may reopen in February – GovtGovernment has postponed the reopening of primary, secondary, and tertiary learning institutions in all parts of the country to a later date due to the cholera outbreak. Speaking at a joint press briefing with the […]
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ZRA introduces standard customs duty for imported carsThe Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has introduced standard customs duty rates for imported used vehicles to eliminate inconsistencies which were shrouding the process in corruption. ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Topsy Sikalinda disclosed in a statement […]
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Farmers are not resilient to maladministration – MilupiAlliance for Democracy and Development leader Charles Milupi says Zambia will record a poor harvest this season because the PF have failed farmers. On Sunday, Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa said he could […]
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Soldiers won’t end cholera – Sean TemboCholera cannot end by just deploying soldiers to pick papers, says Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo. And Tembo says although the Mayor of Lusaka Wilson Kalumba may have done a few things wrong, […]
