Archive: 25 January 2021
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The $44.8m IDC, NAPSA scandal will be laid bare, it’s a matter of timeLAST week we published an investigation that showed that three government entities, led by the Industrial Development Corporation paid US$44.8 million to acquire 49 per cent shares in a private Chinese company that makes tiles. […]
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21 succumb to COVID-19 in 24 hoursTHE Ministry of Health has announced that the country has recorded 809 new COVID-19 cases out of 7,517 tests done and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the daily update, the Ministry […]
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A National COVID-19 Task force is Urgent and Should be Multidisciplinary with Dr Simon MandaThis feature argues rebounding COVID-19 cases and deaths in Zambia highlight the role and importance of the National COVID-19 Task Force (CoTAF), which should lead a national health system of innovation to curb the reach […]
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PF should search for another presidential candidate – KalabaDEMOCRATIC Party leader Harry Kalaba says the ruling Patriotic Front should start looking for another candidate other than President Edgar Lungu to run in this year’s election. And Kalaba says President Lungu should be the […]
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Milingo asks court to discharge injunction which restrains him from splitting KCMKONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu has asked the Lusaka High Court to discharge the ex-parte order of injunction granted to three Vedanta Resources companies, restraining him from undertaking any reorganisation of KCM […]
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Police delaying Nsama, Kaunda report because they’re complicit – KatukaUPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the report which President Edgar Lungu ordered on the killings of State Prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND member Joseph Kaunda is being delayed because police already know that they […]
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Govt will pay first instalment for Mopani in April – PSZAMBIA is expected to deposit its first instalment of the US $1.5 billion debt acquired following the attainment of majority shares in Mopani Copper Mines in April, 2021, Ministry of Mines Permanent secretary Barnaby Mulenga […]
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Nkhoma challenges IDC to produce valuation report in US$44.8m Marcopolo dealECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma has challenged the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to avail the valuation report that will inform the public why Marcopolo Tiles was valued at US$2,000 per share. Last week, News Diggers published an […]
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There’ll be realignments at MoH to boost accountability – MinisterHEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says there will be a number of realignments in his ministry to boost accountability in a bid to restore public confidence. And Dr Chanda says very soon, the procurement function […]
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If you want to be President, try in 2026 or 2031, Lungu tells challengersPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned anyone wanting to take advantage of the election season of imminent arrest, saying if one wants to succeed him, they can only do so in 2026 or 2031 when he […]
