• 1 May 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Oxfam calls for equal resource sharing

Oxfam says Zambia’s mineral resources are only benefiting individuals in positions of influence at the expense of those in communities where they are found. In an interview, Oxfam southern engagement and influencing head Sonia Kwami said extreme poverty in areas where resources such as minerals were found was a sign that citizens in those areas...

• 1 May 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Govt too weak to stop exploitation by foreign investors - ZCTU

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Cosmas Mukuka says foreign investors have no regard for the country’s labour laws because government begs and treats them like darlings when asking for their investment. Speaking to News Diggers in an interview ahead of today's Labour Day commemorations, Mukuka said most of the foreign investors were...

• 1 May 2018
• Diggers Editor

Like teachers, our politicians need aptitude tests too

The Teaching Service Commission of Zambia has announced that it will introduce aptitude tests for teachers, starting with applicants who seek to be recruited later this year. Commission chairperson Stanley Mhango said the requirement for already qualified teachers to sit for matriculation is not meant to demean the dignity of the service, but to improve...

• 1 May 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Lubinda blames UPND for Constitution lacunas

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has blamed the UPND for lacunas contained in the Constitution saying they pressurised government to release the document before it could be taken to legal experts for scrutiny. And Lubinda says it is disturbing to hear the UPND question the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID)’s competence to mediate the dialogue...

• 1 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lusaka man seeks to divorce cheating wife

A Lusaka man has asked the High Court to dissolve his 11-year-old marriage saying his wife’s behaviour of denying him conjugal rights has caused him grave mental distress and torture. Pascal Nsakashalo, an unemployed accountant has lamented that his wife Mokwani Namakando Nkakashalo, a Stanbic Bank employee, has been denying him conjugal rights for years...

• 1 May 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Lungu highlights benefits of tree planting

President Edgar Lungu says uncontrolled harvesting of vulnerable tree species threatens economic development and national security. Speaking when he launched a tree planting exercise dubbed 'Zambia Plant a Million Trees Initiative' in Chinsali, Monday, President Lungu implored Zambians to take it upon themselves to plant trees for the sake of sustenance. "Zambia is one of...

• 1 May 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

By-election victory proof that PF will rule for over 100 years - Mumbi

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi has reiterated that her party will rule for over 100 years because it has a winning strategy, as demonstrated by victories in the just ended local government by-elections. She was reacting to complaints from the opposition that the Patriotic front won because it used violence to intimidate voters. “PF as...

• 1 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court adjourns Kambwili’s ACC case to May 28

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has adjourned to May 28, for mention, a matter in which NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili is charged with 34 counts of being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime involving over K5 million. When the matter came up yesterday, trial magistrate Mwaka Mikalile was not available and...

• 1 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

PF humble in church, but brutal against its rivals - Imenda

PF pretends to be a Christian party and pretends to be humble when in church but once they face their political rivals they become very brutal, UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda has observed. And Imenda says the ruling party’s victory in the ended by-elections did not reflect their popularity but their corruption and violence....