• 11 Apr 2018
• Abraham Kalito

ZRA collets K794m revenue above target in first quarter

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingley Chanda says the authority has collected K794 million above the target of K10.37 billion set for revenue collection in the first quarter of 2018. Speaking when he engaged Zambia Chamber of Commerce officials, Tuesday, Chanda said revenue collection had grown by 33% against a revenue projected growth rate...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Panic in PF proves its MPs will support impeachment motion - Miti

Alliance for Community Action Laura Miti says the panic being exhibited by some of President Edgar Lungu’s confidants on the possibility of tabling the impeachment motion proves that some PF members of parliament will support it. In a statement shared on her Facebook page yesterday, Miti stated that it was good to know that some...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Aka gives guidance on dialogue

A genuine, effective and successful dialogue aims to achieve a win-win outcome and requires every participant to be sure and honest that their motivation and objective is not personal and partisan, says veteran politician Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika. Prince Lewanika who is fondly referred to as AKA, said this in a comment to Brebner Changala's statement...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Lungu cements Zambia, India relations with 4 MOUs

President Edgar Lungu yesterday held talks with his visiting Indian counterpart, President Ram Nath Kovind when he visited State House to witness the signing of various Memoranda of Understanding between the two countries. President Konvid who is in Zambia for a three-day state visit at the invitation of President Lungu, arrived in the country on...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Diggers Editor

The Dorcas woman who said the truth to shame the devil

We are suffering together with our children and we have nothing. Even if our children go to school, they can’t find employment. We need intelligent leaders not a drunkard President, said a Seventh Day Adventist woman clad in her “Dorcas” church uniform when she was interviewed on Prime Television. These remarks, however, have attracted a...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Let Church lead dialogue - CCZ

Council of Churches in Zambia Secretary General Father Emmanuel Chikoya says unlike Zambia Centre for Inter-Party Dialogue, the Church has the capacity, manpower and resources to lead the dialogue process. And Fr Chikoya says it is regrettable that the Commonwealth has been kicked out of the dialogue process when a lot of resources have been...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Paul Wallace and Matthew Hill

Zambia's bonds plummet on concern it's pulling a Mozambique

Investors fretting that Zambia may have more debt than it’s let on have sent the nation’s Eurobonds tumbling. Yields on the copper-producing country’s $1.25 billion amortizing bonds due in 2027 rose as much as 54 basis points, the most since February 2016, before paring the increase to 50 basis points on Monday. At 8.45 percent,...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Subletting Zambia Airways to another organization not the best option - EAZ

Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ) president Dr Chrispin Mphuka says subletting Zambia Airways to another organization may not be the most viable option. Last week, a former Zambia Airways pilot Alick Sakala said the national airline only had a 10 percent chance of succeeding. Sakala revealed that the Malawian Airways, which was also in partnership...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Zesco has now stopped collecting TV levy - Kapata

Zesco spokesperson Henry Kapata the power utility company has now stopped deducting TV levy through its system following government's decision to collect the same through other avenues. Last week, a News Diggers! enquiry revealed that government was collecting double TV levy. Minister of Information Dora Siliya said government had taken over the responsibility of collecting...

• 11 Apr 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Unknown people behead juvenile in Chalimbana

Police in Chalimbana on Monday picked up a headless body of a male juvenile identified as Tunashe Mumba. In a statement, Tuesday, police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, revealed that a 28-year-old Sichembe Farm care taker Michael Mumba reported that his son went missing around 14:00 hours. "The report was made by Micheal Mumba aged 28...