The Ministry of Finance says reports suggesting that over K450,000 went missing after the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) crashed are a misrepresentation, as that money was actually stolen by two former Ministry of Commerce accountants, who have since been fired. And the Ministry says government’s commitment to transparency and accountability in the utilisation...

Minister of National Planning Alexander Chiteme says Permanent Secretaries cannot manage to detect all the theft going on in government by themselves because the civil service is full of opposition-sponsored workers, colluding to steal from Zambians. And Chiteme says it does not matter whether an investigation has been instituted into Vespers Shimuzhila's death because it...

The seven court officials linked to the missing cocaine under the custody of the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court have appeared in court with fresh charges. Last week, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) entered a nolle prosequi in a case in which the court officials and two businessmen were facing three counts of drug trafficking in...

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has urged the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini to bring back the impeachment motion to the House, saying President Edgar Lungu has gone too far and Parliament should not be used to protect criminals. And GBM says Zambians need a fresh start and the only suitable political...

Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police have recorded a slight increase in road traffic accidents in the third quarter of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017. In a statement, Monday, Katongo revealed that 476 people died in 394 different road traffic accidents during the third quarter of this year. "During the third...

Zambia's Shepolopolo has been drawn in Group B of the Total 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Championship where they will face defending champions Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. During the draw in Accra on Sunday night, hosts Ghana were drawn with Cameroon, Algeria and Mali in Group A. Zambia’s group will be based in...

Zambia National Women Football Team manager Chibwe Besa says she reckons Zambia as a football powerhouse in Southern Africa adding that the country has competed favourably at different levels of the sport on the continent. Besa said the Total African Women football championship to be hosted by Ghana would be one of the numerous competitions...

Armed police officers in Mwinilunga district of North Western Province on Sunday forced Bahati PF member of parliament Harry Kalaba to cut short his visit and leave the area saying they only had enough manpower to protect Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya who was also in the same area. And Mwinilunga police officer-in-charge, only...

Government has with immediate effect suspended the 2018 Grade 7, 9 and 12 examinations due alleged malpractice across the country. And government also cancelled a Mathematics Paper 2 exam which was supposed to be written this after it was widely leaked. At a media briefing today, Minister of General Education David Mabumba said all exam...

Renowned Kitwe Businessman Wallace Banda showered insults on Garden Hotel staff who challenged him to pay cash after his ATM card failed to swipe. Banda who is a close ally of President Edgar Lungu and National Development Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme, checked into the hotel for some drinks and accumulated a bill which he could...

Mufulira Rugby Club Chairperson Thomson Ngulube has expressed happiness at the level Rugby is growing in Zambia. Ngulube said the sport had taken a longer period to be embraced by most Zambians as compared to other sports disciplines that had elevated from minor sports status. In an interview with Goal Diggers! on the sidelines of...

We would like to start by acknowledging the humility of the American Ambassador to Zambia His Excellency Mr Daniel Foote. This is not a man who has been very well known to us because he has mostly been loudly silent since he took over office from Mr Eric Schultz. But we have just realised that...

Footballers and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (FAWUZ) says it is displeased with the double standards that exhibited by soccer fans in the country. FAWUZ general secretary Linos Chalwe noted that soccer fans had little loyalty and support towards footballers in the country, adding that their loyalty ended only in games won. In an interview...

The Chipata Magistrates’ Court sitting in Mfuwe under Mambwe District has convicted 13 people for trafficking in loose cannabis, cannabis seeds and unlawful cultivation of fresh cannabis plants. And a 50-year-old man, popularly known as “satana” and his wife, have been sentenced to three and two years, respectively, for trafficking in 136.5 kilogrammes of dry...

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