• 23 May 2018
• Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Kitwe magistrate sentences PF official to 9 months for fraud

Kitwe magistrate Kapinda Chipamu has sentenced Patriotic Front Copperbelt vice information and publicity secretary Kelvin Sinywangwe to 9 months imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining money by false pretence. However, the sentences have been suspended for 12 months. Sinyangwe, a former Kitwe Mayor, was facing two counts of obtaining money by false pretence when he...

• 23 May 2018
• Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Kitwe juvenile gang member pleads guilty to assault

A juvenile member of another notorious gang in Kitwe called the "Hundreds" has admitted to one count of assault and causing boldly harm. The Juvenile from Mulenga Compound whose age is yet to be established by the courts admitted to having assaulted Elizabeth Mulenga on 26 April 2018, there by causing her boldly harm. Five...

• 23 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

PF warns party aspirants to tame their mayoral ambitions

Patriotic Front deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri has urged party members with ambitions to stand as mayors to be ‘cool’ and wait for the party to call for applications. On Monday, PF Mpulungu Ward councillor in Mandevu Constituency, Christopher Shakafuswa, petitioned the Constitutional Court over his eligibility to contest the executive mayor by-election following the...

• 23 May 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

AVIC is carrying PF vision for Zambia, says Lusambo

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says government considers the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) International part of the Zambian community because it shares PF’s vision for Zambia. In an interview with ZNBC staffer Chitalu Mulenga at his office, Tuesday, Lusambo commended AVIC International for its contribution to the aviation sector and improvement of the...

• 23 May 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Indo-Zambia Bank employees complain of poor conditions

Employees at Indo Zambia Bank (IZB) have complained that the bank does not pay the housing allowances while those in management positions pay themselves 40 per cent of their salaries for accommodation. And the employees, through News Diggers! whistle-blower platform, further complained that the bank has no in-house pension scheme alleging that when one dies,...

• 23 May 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Defiance on night travel by bus drivers disappoints Mushimba

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba says he is disappointed with the low compliance levels among truck and bus drivers to Statutory Instrument number 76 which prohibits travelling during the night. But Mushimba says accidents by buses and trucks have reduced by 16 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, since the SI was implemented...

• 23 May 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

UPND vows to step up pressure on PF in Parley

The UPND has pledged support to Chiengi member of parliament Given Katuta’s demand for accountability on the missing drugs at medical stores, saying the issue is already on the party’s agenda for the upcoming Parliamentary session starting next month. Choma UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa confirmed that the party would continue seeking answers until...

• 23 May 2018
• Diggers Editor

What’s the point in having a voiceless running mate?

Exactly two years ago, President Edgar Lungu announced to the nation his choice for presidential running-mate candidate. He told the people of Zambia how he arrived at Ms Inonge Mutukwa Wina and what leadership qualities he found attractive in her. “There is no secret at all that the Vice-President has executed her role very well....

• 23 May 2018
• Joseph Mwenda

Fire burns down police spokesperson's house

In this video, a fierce inferno sweeps through a house belonging to substantive Zambia Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga Chanda in Lusaka's Chamba Valley area. Witnesses say the cause of the fire remains unknown, but that it started from one of the rooms yesterday evening and the fire brigade did not arrive on the scene early...