• 15 May 2017
• Diggers Reporter

Rugby: KPF stun champions Arrows

Kitwe Playing Fields (KPF) stunned defending champions Arrows to open a six point lead at the summit of the 2017 Zambia Rugby Union League table. KPF, who are making their second season back after 18 years in the doldrums, shocked Arrows 10-6 in Kitwe on Saturday to stay in the driving seat for a second...

• 15 May 2017
• Diggers Reporter

Under-pressure Saileti relieved after Nkana win

Nkana coach Zeddy Saileti believes his side's home win over promoted City of Lusaka on Sunday is a turning point for the struggling giants. The record 12-time champions beat promoted City 1-0 at Nkana stadium in Kitwe to lift some pressure on Saileti who had picked up just 5 points from his first five games...

• 15 May 2017
• Mukosha Funga

God will lift HH in due course - Religion Minister

In this video, Minister of Religious Affairs Reverend Godfridah Sumaili says she looks forward to meeting UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, to deliver a message that God will lift him up in due course if he humbles himself before the Creator. And Malawian Prophet Bushiri has questioned why the Zambian government is only targeting Christians in...

• 15 May 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

People have become too drunk with power - Kambwili

In this audio, former information minister Chishimba Kambwili says some people have become so drunk with power that they are now treating those who voted for them like dogs. PF officials on the Copperbelt have been bickering over disloyalty to President Edgar Lungu, the most recent brawl being between former provincial minister Mwenya Musenge and...

• 15 May 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

Electricity hike will trigger high cost of living - Mtayachalo

Former National Energy Sector and Allied Workers Union (NESAWU) general secretary Yotam Mtayachalo says the 75 per cent increase in electricity tariffs will compromise the quality of life for many Zambians. Mtayachalo, who is also FDD Copperbelt province Chairman, called on President Edgar Lungu to intervene in the hiked electricity tariffs, arguing that Zambians were...

• 15 May 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

RTSA resumes issuance of road tax

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has resumed issuance of road tax after restoring its system used for recording and printing motor vehicle data. RTSA Public Relations Manager Fredrick Mubanga said in a statement today that the system which broke down on May 02, 2017, had partially been restored. “This notice serves to inform...

• 15 May 2017
• Charles Mafa

Agriculture has failed to end poverty in rural Zambia – UN envoy

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver has warned that many Zambian peasants are at risk of becoming squatters on their own land as commercial farmers dominate the sector. Elver was speaking on Friday last week, at the end of her ten-day visit to Zambia, were she met, among others,...

• 15 May 2017
• Diggers Correspondent

Magistrate defers HH treason ruling to next week

Magistrate David Simusamba today rebuked police officers who seized vehicles at HH’s house and ordered them to release the properties within two hours, but again reserved his ruling in the treason case to Monday 22 May 2017. Acting police superintendent Arthur Shonga, 44, was summoned to give cause why he should not be cited for...

• 15 May 2017
• Mukosha Funga

UPND jubilation causes confusion at court

Confusion reigned at the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court this morning, as UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema who has been acquitted of using insulting language, was moved to another courtroom to appear for the treason charge. Right after magistrate Greenwell Mulumani freed HH on the insulting charge, ecstatic UPND cadres erupted in jubilation inside and outside court 11...

• 15 May 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Court acquits HH on insulting charge

Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has acquitted UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in the case of 'use of insulting language', saying the prosecution has failed to prove his guilt. In his judgement today, he noted that it was clear that the arresting officer Mbita Mpazi did not conduct any investigations in any of the cases including treason,...