UPND Economics and Finance Committee Chairman Situmbeko Musokotwane says government’s promise that 2019 will be a year of economic prosperity should not be taken seriously because it is not supported by objective facts. And Musokotwane has predicted that mines will subtract from the country's overall economic performance, in view of disagreements over the new tax...

The African Union Commission has awarded the University of Zambia (UNZA) a grant contract worth K9,336,06.94 to research “Diversity of Aspergillus species and aflatoxin contamination along maize and groundnut value chains in Eastern and Southern Africa”. According to a statement availed by UNZA’s public relations manager Damaseke Chibale, the project will address food safety and...

Chief Mnukwa of the Ngoni and Chewa-speaking people in Eastern Province says the traditional leadership in his Chiefdom has appointed a Committee of Inquiry on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), teen pregnancies and early marriages. Chief Mnukwa told News Diggers! in an interview that the appointed committee, which is comprised of headmen and head teachers, would be...

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced an Immigration Consultant to two years imprisonment with hard labour for forging a bank statement he wanted to use to acquire an investor's permit for two Indians. The Court has further fined him K2,000 in another count, in default, serve three months simple imprisonment. Meanwhile, the Court has acquitted...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has called on the media fraternity in the country to help demystify nuclear science technology to help correct the misconception that it is usually used for dangerous purposes. And Mwila says to enhance electricity generation and supply, government has invested in the development of energy infrastructure, which led to the...

Muchinga MMD member of parliament Howard Kunda has purchased a K1,440,000 worth grader for his constituency using CDF. And Central Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kabwe has handed over the machine to the Muchinga District Council for use. Speaking at the official handover of the machine on Saturday, Kunda, who is also parliamentary Public Accounts Committee...

PF media director Sunday Chanda says if NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili attends the dialogue process, the ruling party will send its Intercity branch as representatives. And Chanda says Kambwili must be under the influence of evil spirits which make him insult President Edgar Lungu on a daily basis. Speaking at the PF interactive forum, Sunday,...

President Edgar Lungu has left South Africa for Ethiopia where he is expected to attend an emergency SADC double troika Summit Meeting. Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is traveling with President Lungu, Jospeh Malanji said a SADC emergency meeting had been called over the recently held DRC elections and the announced provisional results. The Summit...

Ministry of Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Reverend Howard Sikwela says various chiefdoms will be empowered by the introduction of more than 10 in game ranches this year. Speaking when he concluded his visit to Mpongwe over the weekend, Rev Sikwela announced that the Ministry will embark on introducing at least 10 game ranches across...

Central Province permanent secretary Chanda Kabwe says a Lusaka based company has announced its plans to invest $72 million in a Paprika production and processing plant. In a statement, Kabwe said investors were been attracted to invest in the area due to the good investment environment created by President Lungu and the investment expo that...

President Edgar Lungu has told the victor in the recently-held Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) elections, President-elect Félix Tshisekedi, to consider forming a Government of National Unity (GNU), on grounds that there are objections to the poll results announced by the electoral commission of that country. “Given the strong objections to the provisional results of...