• 9 Mar 2018
• Abraham Kalito

SAFADA predicts hunger this year

THE Vice-President's office has revealed plans to establish a ‘National Disaster Fund’ to finance catastrophe response programmes of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit. Meanwhile, Small Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) director Boyd Moobwe says government should not deny the fact that Zambia will be hunger-stricken this year following a dry spell that characterized the...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Diggers Editor

Holiday for what? Is it Achalasia Day?

There are a lot of Zambians employed in the formal sector who are happy that they are not going for work today. They are happier because after yesterday’s holiday, they will continue to relax, socialize and probably drink the whole long weekend until Tuesday. These are the citizens President Edgar Lungu wanted to please with...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

NGOCC says women's lives aren't getting any better

Non-Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) chairperson Sara Longwe says Zambian women are in a worse economic situation now than in the old times before the country got its independence. Longwe told News Diggers in an interview in commemoration of International Women's Day which fell yesterday that there was need for the government to wake up...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Govt targets to construct 246 communication towers in 2018

Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba says government has put up 110 communication towers out of the 1,009 earmarked for construction by 2021 at a cost of $280 million. Mushimba told Parliament in a ministerial statement, that government would this year construct an additional 246 towers. “As previously communicated, this important project by the...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Nancy Moonga

Private sector must join govt efforts to achieve 7NDP goals - Chiteme

Minister of National Development Planning Alexander Chiteme has called on government institutions and the private sector to work with his ministry to achieve goals set out in the 7th National Development Plan. And Chiteme says the Green Climate Fund will benefit small scale farmers from selected districts. Briefing the press in Lusaka on Wednesday, Chiteme...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Amos Chanda explains today's holiday

Amos Chanda says President Edgar Lungu decided to declare today a holiday in order to give full support and solidarity to the International Women’s day commemoration and facilitate a smooth transition into youth day on Monday. Chanda who is President Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations, explained to News Diggers in interview yesterday...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Kalaki

Kalaki on Thursday: The State of the Disaster

‘Hey,’ shouted Sara, ‘come and look at this.’ I hurried into the sitting room to find her staring at the TV, which showed yet another parliamentary ritual in progress. ‘What’s this?’ I asked irritably. ‘If it’s Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address then I’ve already heard his smooth and devious hypocrisy.’ ‘That’s why I want...

• 9 Mar 2018
• Diggers Editor

A hungry cop is more dangerous than a thief

During the 2018 Zambia Police Day on Sunday, Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja said there was urgent need for the men and women in uniform to create a rapport and partnership with members of the public in order to regain the dwindling confidence from members of society. We cannot agree any less; members of the public...