• 21 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

Mwanakatwe needs rehab - Munshya

A Canadian-based Zambian lawyer says Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe needs to check herself into rehab because alcoholism is a serious illness which can be treated through rehabilitation. A video of Mwanakatwe dozing in a suspected drunken state while deliberations at the National Dialogue Forum were going on has gone viral on social media and...

• 21 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

Some UPND MPs participated in NDF via text – Sakwiba

United Liberal Party president Sakwiba Sikota says a number of UPND members of parliament who shunned the National Dialogue Forum were texting him to sneak in their ideas during the forum. And Sikota says those who stayed away from the process should not complain about the resolutions that were passed because their absence made it...

• 21 May 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

PF scared because CK is damaging their structures - Chipimo

National Restoration Party president Elias Chipimo says the PF is scared of Chishimba Kambwili’s ability to cause damage to their structures by telling the truth about corruption and misrule of the country. Commenting on police's decision to cancel a scheduled NDC rally in Chipata on Saturday because Kambwili was among the speakers, Chipimo said the...

• 21 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Changala condemns unions' failure to protect dismissed Kabwe Council workers

Governance activist Brebner Changala has asked management at the Kabwe Municipal Council to withdraw the dismissal of its 13 workers who participated in a nationwide protest by local government workers against their six months’ salary arrears in April. And Changala has blamed the workers’ unions for failure to intervene in the dismissal of the 13...

• 21 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

KCM takeover has caused fear, anxiety among investors - Chamber of Mines

Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) president Goodwell Mateyo says the manner in which President Edgar Lungu announced the fate of Konkola Copper Mines has unfortunately caused unnecessary anxiety, not only with KCM employees and its stakeholders but the wider investor community. Responding to a press query from News Diggers following government's decision to repossess KCM...

• 21 May 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Zambia needs enlightened, efficient ministers - Sacika

Former Secretary to Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says the recommendation by the just ended National Dialogue Forum (NDF) to reintroduce deputy ministers is an act of betrayal to the people of Zambia. And Dr Sacika says a coalition government cannot working in Zambia, where too many powers are vested in the Republican President. In an...

• 21 May 2019
• Mukosha Funga

High Court orders Diamond General Insurance to compensate Downtown mall Complex repairs

Lusaka High Court Judge Mwaba Chanda has ordered Diamond General Insurance Company to compensate Downtown Shopping Complex Limited for damages caused to the building when a hailstorm ripped part of the roof in January 2016. Judge Chanda says Diamond General Insurance Company should compensate Downtown Shopping Complex for the cost of repairs to the damaged...

• 21 May 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

ZNBS in K26.7m mortgage irregularities

The Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) had 56 mortgages in amounts totalling K26.7 million with various irregularities, such as unregistered mortgages and missing mortgage deeds, the latest Auditor General’s Report reveals. And ZNBS was found to have lost rental income totalling K375,468 during its three-year financial period between 2015-2017 due to failure by management to...

• 21 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Arrest free fall of kwacha before it creates inflation crisis - Hamududu

Party of National Unity (PNU) president Highvie Hamududu says government should undertake a mid-year 2019 budget review to find remedial measures on the missed macro-economic targets. And Hamududu says the free fall in the exchange rate of the Kwacha must quickly be arrested before it creates serious inflation pressures. In a statement to News Diggers,...

• 21 May 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Criminals using Wina's name to swindle people, warns police

Police have launched an operation to fish out criminals who are using Vice-President Inonge Wina’s name to swindle members of the public via social media. In a statement, Police spokesperson Esther Katongo said the said criminals have been using forged immigration documents in Wina’s name purporting to be application forms and appointment letters. Katongo stated...