Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says the development projects being spearheaded by the Millennium Challenge Account and USAID are improving lives of millions of Zambians. According to a press statement issued by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Zambian Embassy in Washington DC Cosmas Chileshe, Kalaba said USAID to Zambia has greatly...

Laura Miti says the Joint Action for Accountability in Zambia will go ahead with its planned peaceful demonstration at Parliament buildings this Friday even without police permission. And Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo says the JAAZ demonstration will also serve as a platform for citizens to fight against the misapplication of the...

A high speed police chase this morning sparked riots in Ndola after a pirate taxi driver who was being pursued swayed off the road and killed a street vendor. The incident happened around 10:00 hours today when a group of anti-piracy police squad patrolled Chisokone main station in Ndola. Police were pursuing a pirate taxi...

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini says Parliament should be able to detect and prevent abuse of public resources. Speaking when he officially opened the seminar for parliamentarians on the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP)at Parliament building today, Speaker Matibini said Parliament was supposed to hold government accountable for the way tax payer’s...

Zambia Council for Social Development executive director Lewis Mwape says the Political Parties Bill is a devil crowned with angelic appearance. In a statement today, Mwape, who listed some of the bills government should have prioritised, observed that stakeholder consultations were merely legitimizing the evil. “We are with the view that Government should have prioritized...

Deputy Inspector General of Police Malcolm Mulenga has warned salaula traders to stop selling military attire. In a statement today, Mulenga regretted that despite several warnings people were still wearing defence force or police uniforms. He reminded citizens that being convicted for wearing such attire carried a sentence of not less than 15 years. "Zambia...

A GRZ vehicle carrying grade nine examination papers from Zambezi east DEBs to Zambezi West Bank schools was yesterday submerged in the river. Meanwhile, police in Solwezi have arrested a middle aged man for murdering another man he found having sex with his wife. In a statement yesterday, North Western province police Commissioner Auxensio Daka...

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says all those planning to protest against the purchase of 42 fire tenders at $42 million should wait for a response from the regulating officer. In a statement today, Katongo warned that police would not condone unlawful meetings and processions. “As Zambia Police, we wish to remind all those with...

Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Garry Nkombo says the scheduled dialogue between his party and the PF is expected to address among other things, Constitutional lacunas, the electoral process, the Public Order Act and the victimisation of civil servants. Speaking on a Diamond Television programme dubbed ‘Costa’ last night, Nkombo hailed President Lungu for...

The opposition UPND has accused the ruling party of working with District Commissioners to campaign using government resources in the just ended local government by-elections, which the PF won 9 out of 12 seats. In an interview with News Diggers! UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango said since the PF claimed to be popular they needed...

ADD president Charles Milupi says many boards in parastatals are created to award ruling party cadres. Reacting to a whistleblower’s report that the Indeni board had met several times already this year and getting sitting allowances of between K7,000 and K21,000, Milupi observed most parastatals were not run in a correct manner. "Every board meeting...

Wedson Nyirenda has lamented that plans fell through to camp Chipolopolo in Spain ahead of the 2018 l FIFA World Cup Group B away qualifier against Nigeria. The proposal to setup camp in Spain fell through due to operational reasons. "It would have been a plus to camp in Europe because of the conditions and...

The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union (CSAWU) says the government deliberately suggested a ridiculous pay rise offer so that the workers can enter into a dispute and eventually lose out. In an interview with News Diggers! union president Davies Chiyobe said that the public service agreed to the minimum increment even though it was...

In this audio, People’s Party leader Mike Mulongoti says President Edgar Lungu cannot fight corruption because he is corrupt. Reacting to President Lungu’s remarks that those with evidence of corruption on the fire tenders should come forward in an interview, Mulongoti said the Head of State was unreliable. “President Lungu keeps talking about the fight...