Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has directed the provincial medical office to ensure that more doctors are deployed to Chawama level-one hospital in order to improve the patient-doctor ratio. And Lusambo has also directed Lusaka District Commissioner Captain Davison Mulenga to ensure that the contractor engaged to expand the hospital harmonizes the conditions of service...

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says there is no law that requires political parties to get permission from police to conduct campaigns during elections. Reacting to the directive made by Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo to Western Province Police command that all political parties participating in the Sesheke by-election must be included on the police schedule...

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says there are a number of economic and developmental milestones that the Patriotic Front has achieved that continue to guarantee its popularity. And Siliya has also assured that government is willing to negotiate with mining companies over the new fiscal regime, but insisted that government would not allow a situation...

Eastern Province MMD chairperson Jacob Mwanza says parents need to get more involved in providing guidance on their children's education in order to stop vices like teenage pregnancies. In interview, Mwanza observed that parents were not doing enough to guide their children on the need to focus on education. "It's difficult to know which is...

A Lusaka resident, Edward Sichali, has refused to withdraw a matter in which Chilufya Tayali has been slapped with seven counts of contempt of court and publishing defamatory statements against him, despite the accused’s plea to have the matter settled outside court. And Lusaka Magistrate Silvia Munyinya has granted Tayali one week to seek legal...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has urged mining companies to respect the integrity of Zambian workers and desist from using them as a means to influence government policies. And CTPD says mining companies must be transparent in telling the government what the actual costs of production are instead of referring to their...

Copperbelt has a total of 4,564 inmates as of January 7, Kansenshi Correctional Facility officer-in-charge Bwalya Kuyomba has disclosed. Kuyomba said this during the opening of the Ndola High Court criminal sessions, Monday. "As of today, we have the break down of inmates as follows; Kansenshi correctional facility 489, Ndola remand 372, Luanshya 407, Mufulira...

In his political discourse column published in News Diggers! on Monday, University of Zambia lecturer Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa named National Democratic Congress (NDC) party leader Chishimba Kambwili on his list of Zambian heroes who inspired the nation in 2018. “The Roan constituency rebel PF MP has quite successfully recast himself as the spokesperson for the...

Ministry of Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary (PS) Reverend Howard Sikwela has called on directors and heads of statutory bodies at his Ministry to follow procedure when executing institutional mandates in the year 2019. In a statement issued by Ministry of Tourism Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe, Rev Sikwela stated that shortcuts should be avoided...

The courts are getting overwhelmed with land dispute cases. Almost everyday, there is a land dispute matter somewhere in the country. These cases do not only involve private citizens or entities; we have seen that government wings are also taking each other to court over land ownership dispute. Traditional leaders have also not been spared;...

The Kabwe High court has sentenced a 42-year-old man of Luano district to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his step daughter. In this case, Simon Munkombwe was alleged to have had unlawful carnal knowledge of his step daughter aged 15 on May 13, 2018 while his wife was away, contrary to Section...

The Ndola Magistrates' Court has issued a bench warrant against a woman who was indecently assaulted by five other women who accused her of sleeping with one of their husbands. In this matter, it is alleged that on December 1, 2018, Precious Kapambwe 25 , Bridget chisha 21, Magrette Mwansa 25,Catherine Banda 29 and Maureen...

Debt servicing payments gobbled K1.5 billion in December, 2018, the highest single disbursement for an official government function last month, according to Ministry of Finance data. And Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says the 2019 national budget has commenced implementation. In a 2018 budget brief issued from the Ministry of Finance, Monday, government paid K1.5...