The simmering tension between the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and the Executive is descending into frightening levels. In a democratic state where non-governmental institutions such as LAZ are charged with the responsibility of safeguarding people’s constitutional liberties and freedoms, we find the political rebuttals by the Executive to every legal argument LAZ presents very...

Renowned PF cadre Maxwell Chongu says if unity is not restored in the ruling party, it will be impossible to cross over 2021. Chongu was reacting to several praise songs which some 'PF women' have composed, praising the Roan PF member of parliament and encouraging him to contest the presidency. In one of the songs,...

Zambia coach Wedson Nyirenda has axed Lusaka Dynamos midfielder Clatous Chama from this 2018 CHAN qualifiers team that enters camp on Tuesday in Lusaka to prepare for this weekends friendly against Ethiopia. Chama was dropped after storming off the field on July 22 following his substitution in the 37th minute of Zambia's 3-0 home win...

Mount Zion Christian Centre will be hosting Donnie McClurkin, a renowned American artist live in concert at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka on 13th August, 2017. Pastor Donnie is an American gospel singer and minister. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one...

Party of National Unity (PNU) leader Highvie Hamududu says the big man syndrome of worshiping the President even when he is wrong, will end once he forms government in 2021. Speaking when he featured with his executive team on ‘The Assignment’ programme on MUVI TV yesterday, Hamududu said it was such syndromes that always led...

A 28-year-old DMI St Eugene student has pleaded not guilty to three counts of defamation of the President and one count of use of insulting language. Edward Makayi is accused of insulting President Edgar Lungu on Facebook by saying "F**k you" and insinuating that the Head of State had multiple sexual partners including Agriculture Minister...

Mount Zion Christian Centre will be hosting Donnie McClurkin, a renowned American artist live in concert at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka on 13th August, 2017. Pastor Donnie is an American gospel singer and minister. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one...

A 28-year-old DMI St Eugine student has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for three counts of defamation of the President. According to count one, Edward Makayi on April 20, 2017 with intent to bring the name of the President of the Republic of Zambia Edgar Lungu into hatred published a defamatory matter on Facebook...

Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe has confirmed the arrest of three Chinese nationals and two Zambians who were found in illegal possession of 25 pieces of rhino horns weighing 32.2 Kilogrammes as reported by News Diggers! on Friday. Kalembwe said in a statement that the three were arrested by a...

Miles Sampa says President Edgar Lungu is a loving forgiving man who is Head of State because of because of his historic loyalty, patience and discipline. And Sampa has advised Chishimba Kambwili and Mwenya Musenge to be remorseful and seek reconciliation with the Patriotic Front and President Lungu to avoid the mistakes he made. In...

Zambia Under-17 coach Mumamba Numba says his team has performed beyond expectations after Sunday's triumph in the 2017 COSAFA U 17 Cup final in Mauritius. Numba's side beat hosts Mauritius 3-0 to collect their debut COSAFA Under-17 crown. Zambia's victory in the regional Under-17 tournament comes eight months after their Under-20 counterparts won the COSAFA...

Lusaka Dynamos coach Patrick Phiri has described Fwayo Tembo as a true professional after riding a wave of hostile verbal abuse in Saturday's 1-1 away draw at Power Dynamos. Power fans made sure they let Fwayo know about what they exactly felt about his shock decision to dump the club on July 14 to join...

Zambia will tomorrow host country the 2017 Beijing TV Dramas & Movies Season in Africa at Radisson Blu Hotel. According to Top Star public relations officer Jabulani Banda, StarTimes of China in partnership with the Chinese government have been hosting a TV Dramas and Movies Season in Africa for the past four years. Banda said...

The Patriotic Front says there is no doubt that Julius Malema and Mmusi Maimane have one paymaster and they are nothing but puppets of those who seek to control Zambia’s mineral rights through their stooges. Yesterday, Malema, who is leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), called President Edgar Lungu a coward. “There is...

Party of National Unity (PNU) president Highvie Hamududu says farmers will make huge losses in this year due to the low maize floor price announced by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). In an interview with News Diggers!, Hamududu observed that government was listening more to grain traders than farmers. “As Party of National Unity we...

At least thirty six (36) Zambian students are stranded in various parts of India for various reasons like failure by parents to sustain payment of fees. According to a statement issued by Zambia’s First Secretary to India Bangwe Naviley, Zambia’s High Commissioner to India Judith Kapijimpanga said other students had committed offences such as drug...

The Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC ) says no amount of provocation justifies killing someone. In a statement yesteday, NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale said it was disheartening that in the latest incidence, children witnessed their father kill their mother and her suspected lover. “The Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council has bemoaned the increased...

In this audio, Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu is a very insecure Head of State and that is why he has filled his Cabinet with people whom he controls like little children. And Kambwili says “crooked Kaizer Zulu should have been fired a long time ago, why he is kept at State House, only...

In this audio, South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says President Edgar Lungu is a coward. Addressing party supporters during EFF’s 4th Anniversary celebrations in Curries Fountain, Durban today, Malema condemned UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s arrest. He told President Lungu not to suppress the opposition if he is a true leader. “There...

A joint team of government investigators has arrested three Chinese nationals and two Zambians for being found in possession of 25 pieces of rhino horns weighing approximately 32kgs. And Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer who is also Department of National Parks and Wildlife spokesperson, Sakabilo Kalembwe said his ministry will soon be...

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Transparency International Zambia has challenged the DPP to also appeal against Dora Siliya and Maxwell Mwale’s acquittals to avoid a perception that Sylvia Masebo’s case is a result of political persecution. TIZ acting executive director Wesley Chibamba said if the Director of Public Prosecutions was acting in public interest, she must apply the law fairly....

In this audio, University of Zambia Students’ Union president Adrian Matole says over 850 students who have been barred from writing exams next month over fees have no choice but to pay. According to a an internal memo posted on several notice boards at Zambia’s highest learning institution along with the complete list of affected...