• 3 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

There’s freedom of speech but no freedom after speech - TIZ

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) says journalists must be allowed to keep public officers accountable without intimidation or harassment. In a statement to commemorate World Press Freedom Day which falls today, TIZ executive director Wesley Chibamba observed that journalists in Zambia were accused of being sponsored by the opposition of they wrote a story critical of...

• 3 May 2018
• Diggers Editor

News is what you don't want us to publish, anything else is PR

Freedom of the press is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted are not allowed to think for themselves. Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticise and oppose. But this is not the case in Zambia where politicians dictate how much and how often they...

• 3 May 2018
• Abraham Kalito

PF has created invisible jobs - UPND

United Party for National Development Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the Patriotic Front is lying about creating over a million jobs since 2011 because there is no evidence to that effect. And Katuka says PF has not penetrated into the UPND strongholds as they claim and they should forget about scooping the Chilanga parliamentary seat....

• 3 May 2018
• Kalunga Funga

Kabila is the face of instability in South Central Africa - Katumbi

Visiting Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Moses Katumbi has charged that his President Joseph Kabila is a heartless murderer who is the face of instability to Congo's neighbouring countries. Katumbi who is also former Katanga Province governor and wealthy owner of TP Mazembe Football club was speaking in an interview with CNN journalists Christiane...

• 3 May 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Zambia Police records increase in GBV

The Zambia Police Service has recorded an increase in the number of Gender Based Violence and child defilement cases in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first quarter of 2017. In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo stated that Lusaka Province recorded the highest number of child defilement cases with 307...

• 3 May 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Auditor General questions local authorities' lack of direction in latest report

The Auditor General's report on Local Authorities for the years ended December 31, 2014 to 2016 has revealed that of 39 audited councils, seven did not have strategic plans, raising questions on whether they have a sense of direction. And the Auditor General has revealed that local authorities owe ZRA K411,597,888. Announcing the release of...

• 3 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Fresher Siwale finally appears in court

New Labour Party president Fresher Siwale has finally appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court on one count of Defamation of the President for alleging that President Edgar Lungu had stolen someone's identity. Siwale is alleged to have on April 22, 2018, with intent to bring the name of President Edgar Lungu into ridicule, published defamatory...

• 3 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

State wants Kambwili cited for contempt

The State, through Chief Advocate Margaret Chitundu has made an application in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to institute contempt proceedings against NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili saying tampered with evidence before the court. But Kambwili's lawyer Keith Mwemba has asked the court to throw out the state's application saying the court has no jurisdiction to entertain...

• 3 May 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Kambwili writes JCC over Simusamba's conduct

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has filed a complaint against Lusaka magistrate David Simusamba in the Judicial Complaints Commission saying he has exhibited bias and cannot continue handling his case. According to impeccable sources, Kambwili filed the complaint by close of business, Wednesday, and he is yet to file another one today. "There's a complaint which...