Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says the ruling party has reconciled with Kabwe member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube after he apologised for his attacks. And Mwila has blamed street vending on privatisation, saying those who became millionaires during that time cannot pretend to be champions of the rights of informal traders today. Meanwhile, Ngulube...

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says President Edgar Lungu had no powers to fire the Public Service Pension Fund CEO Richard Mwiinga. And Sacika says President Lungu’s appointments to senior management positions in the public service show a trend of tribalism. Recently, President Lungu went against the Public Pensions Act by interfering...

Development can not be done through politicking or through rhetoric but through tangible work on the ground says Luapula Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa. And the minister says he is driven to push for development in his province because Luapula is one of the least developed. Chilangwa is one of the revered ministers in the Patriotic...

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in the Lusaka magistrate court for allegedly raping and attempting to murder a 25-year-old woman. Keith Chemu was acting together with former Zambia National Soccer team head coach George Lwandamina's son Mofya; who committed suicide. The duo allegedly tied, beat and raped the victim who sustained multiple cuts on the...

As News Diggers! we have always restrained ourselves from commenting on the liquidation of The Post newspaper because some members of staff at our media institution hail from Bwinjimfumu. As aggrieved victims of The Post closure, we fear that the language we might find appropriate to use against the government agents who were behind the...

Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta says it is unfair to make all constituencies suffer over problems created by the PF. Last week, Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale said funds meant for CDF had been diverted to fight Cholera because it was an emergency. “Ministry of Finance could not release CDF because they had...

Police in Lusaka yesterday thwarted a protest march by angry traders who attempted picket President Edgar Lungu at State House, following government's move to ban street vending in town. Traffic flow along Independence Avenue was drawn to a complete stop as the protesting traders slept in the middle of the High Way in defiance to...

Higher Education Permanent Secretary Mabvuto Sakala says government will not going to be dismissing people simply because others have said so. On Tuesday, hundreds of CBU workers and lecturers locked up Prof Ngoma in his office as they sung songs of disapproval of his leadership. But in an interview with News Diggers, Friday, Sakala said...

UPND National Chairperson Mutale Nalumango says there is need for a professional civil service where public servants will be protected from political interference. And Nalumago says President Edgar Lungu is a tribalist using tribe to hire and fire people. In a statement, Monday, Nalumango expressed sadness on the recent termination of the Public Service Pension...

NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale says government should put up accountability mechanisms to give comfort to members of the public that donations being made towards the fight against cholera are not misapplied. In an interview with News Diggers, Mwale said the line ministries and the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit should preside over all the...

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says elections are close and the opposition party is heating up to remove the PF from office. And Mwamba has asked Zambians to vote for rich people because their primary purpose is not to steal. In an interview, Saturday, GBM said not even flimsy arrests would slow down their party....