• 29 Jan 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Mwila will meet Prime TV to resolve differences - Siliya

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says PF secretary general Davies Mwila will on Tuesday meet Prime Television management to discuss the matter in which the SG chased some journalists from his press briefing. And Siliya has accused some opposition leaders of blowing the "misunderstanding" between Mwila and the journalists out of proportion and using it...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

You can't gag media in this modern world, HH tells Mwila

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has condemned the harassment of two Prime TV journalists by PF Secretary General Davies Mwila saying media practitioners need support in order for democracy to function. In a video statement, Hichilema said in today’s modern world, it was impossible to gag the media. “It’s a sad situation, it was sad to...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Kapata explains her community work: giving cash handouts doesn't help

I cannot continue giving out handouts in terms of empowerment to women because very few women have plans of what to do with the money, Mandevu PF member of parliament Jean Kapata says. And Kapata says she stocks mealie-meal at her constituency office to help out bereaved families in Mandevu, as buying coffins for every...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

World Bank grants UNZA US$6m for Zoonatic research lab

Government has received a US$6 million grant from the World Bank to help finance the setting up of a Zoonatic research laboratory at the University of Zambia (UNZA). According to a statement issued by First Press Secretary at the Zambian mission in Tokyo, Yotamu Mugara, UNZA Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba, who is in Japan...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

ZNFU asks govt to intensify fight against army worms

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has called for closer collaboration with government in sensitizing farmers whose fields had been affected by the fall army worms to prevent further spread of the pests. Fall army worms were first discovered in December last year in some parts of Lusaka Province and government had engaged strategic partners...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk man gets 6 months for keeping dog meat in his house

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 36-year-old man of Barastone Park to six months imprisonment with hard labour for keeping dog meat in his house, thereby polluting the air. The 36 year-old was reported to police by his relatives last year after tenants at their farm complained of the smell and flies which were...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Cops must get criminal charges for causing Vespers’ death – HRC

Police officers caused Vesper Shimunzhila’s death and criminal charges should be preferred against them, recommends the Human Rights Commission. And HRC says the state must cover all medical expenses and compensate students who lost property in the fires caused by police officers on October 4, 2018. Meanwhile, HRC has asked Minister of Higher Education Professor...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Tenson Mkhala

Men must champion gender equality – Engwase

Non-Governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) executive director Engwase Mwale says it is critical for women and men to recognize and appreciate their different roles in order to attain gender equality. And Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Henrik Cederin says Zambia has made a lot of progress in improving gender equality. Speaking during the Swedish and...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Tenson Mkhala

Lupando was a man of integrity - Lungu

President Edgar Lungu yesterday led hundreds of mourners at Cathedral of the Child Jesus in putting to rest Zambia's former vice president Lupando Mwape. President Lungu described Mwape as a man of integrity who believed in doing the right thing all the time. Addressing mourners during a requiem mass, President Lungu says Mwape was driven...

• 29 Jan 2019
• Diggers Editor

Ba Sichalwe; mwashuleni

The Nsenga people of Eastern Province say “mulandu uli nga nchishupu”, meaning a crime is like a fart; you never know when it will pop out and when it does, you can’t control its smell. Sometimes, we human beings try to hide our true character from the public, in the hope that as long as...