• 27 Dec 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt terminates contract with contractor hired to build health posts in Muchinga

Ministry of Health has terminated a with a contractor who was engaged to construct 51 health posts in Muchinga on reasons that he had challenges with the host government. Speaking at a ground breaking ceremony to signal the commencement of the construction of a first level hospital in Shiwangandu, Wednesday, Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya...

• 27 Dec 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Failed alliances create worst enemies, warns Msoni

All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has warned political parties forming alliances to always bear in mind that their next most bitter enemies are those that fallout from a failed alliance. In a statement, Msoni noted that any reckless premature endorsements are a sure death nail of any progressive alliance. “Political alliances are formed...

• 27 Dec 2018
• Diggers Editor

Jailing Sinjela won’t restore lost public confidence in Judiciary

All power should be checked. No one should exercise power that cannot be checked. When that happens in any system, you must know that the system has crossed from the civilised exercise of power to tyranny. The freedoms that we enjoy today are not a luxury; they are a necessary ingredient for civilised co-existence. The...

• 27 Dec 2018
• Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Ndola indecent assault victim goes missing

The complainant in a case where five Ndola women inserted a bottle of beer in her vagina as punishment for allegedly going out with a married man has gone missing. It is alleged that on December 1, 2018, Precious Kapambwe 25 , Bridget Chisha 21, Magrette Mwansa 25,Catherine Banda 29 and Maureen Mutale 29, jointly...

• 27 Dec 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

There's nothing wrong with smoking marijuana, Lusaka man tells court

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 28-year-old man of Chipata Overspill to six months' simple imprisonment for trafficking and unlawful use of marijuana. This was after the accused, John Frazer Mwamba, informed the court that he didn’t see anything wrong in smoking marijuana as it was for medicinal purposes, adding that if he can’t...

• 27 Dec 2018
• Diggers Editor

Drop Luo, let Mabumba run Higher Education

Professor Nkandu Luo was an awful choice for Minister of Higher Education. You just have to listen to her to appreciate that she has no energy to run such a demanding ministry of colleges and universities. Hers is a bitter tongue, laced with all kinds of political frustrations. What has she done to deserve this...