Archive: 9 May 2018
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Tutwa gets K10,000 bail, vows to side with the poorThe Kabwe Magistrates’ Court has granted area PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube K10,000 bail with two working sureties. This in a matter where the Kabwe Municipal council has dragged him to court for allegedly […]
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Household income has increased by 86% – LunguPresident Edgar Lungu says Zambia’s life expectancy has increased by 43% while household income increased by 86% percent between 1995 to 2015. In a speech read on his behalf by acting Transport and Communications Minister […]
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Global Fund seeks to recover over $1m worth of drugs stolen at Medical StoresGlobal Fund has resolved to recover US $1,064,788 from Zambia’s Ministry of Health which was stolen in form of ARVs, HIV test kits, malaria and other drugs. According to an investigation report released on April […]
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Sports PS in punch up with mechanic after quarrel over carA Lusaka based mechanic Daniel Tembo has accused Sports Permanent Secretary Joe Kapembwa and his family of assaulting him after they picked a quarrel over a car problem. But Kapembwa told News Diggers in an […]
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ZCTU exposed Lungu’s hypocrisyZambians are politically fatigued. They have seen and heard so many depressing developments on news which have forced them to detach themselves from the political circle of their country. Families have resolved to mind their […]
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Govt’s intervention in agricultural sector undermining ZAMACE – CUTSThe Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) says government should establish a legally-binding document that outlines its interventions in the agriculture sector to avoid inconsistency and unpredictability of policies. And CUTS has observed that government […]
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Democratic Party ‘courts’ KalabaThe newly-registered Democratic Party says it is in talks with former foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba to convince him ‘join’ the party so that he can be its 2021 presidential candidate. In a statement to […]
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Police nab notorious ‘Tokota Boys’Police in Kitwe have arrested 14 juveniles belonging to a notorious group called ‘Tokota Boys’ that has been mercilessly beating and robbing of people. In a statement, Wednesday, Zambia Police spokesperson Ester Mwaata Katongo said […]
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Fresher remains in prison as he scouts for willing civil servants to bail him outNew Labour party leader Fresher Siwale is still in detention as senior government officials have refused to sign as his sureties. On May 4, Lusaka principle resident magistrate Alice Walusiku granted him K10,000 bail in […]
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Public accountability under PF dead and buried – ZCSDPublic accountability in Zambia has been dead since 2013 due to the breakdown in the rule of law under the PF administration, says ZCSD executive director Lewis Mwape. In a statement, Zambia Council for Social […]
