Copperbelt University Student Union (COBUSU) expelled president Lawrence Kasonde says his fellow expelled Union leaders will appeal to the Ministry of Higher Education to be reinstated. And National Democratic Congress (NDC) Copperbelt provincial chairman Chipoka Mulenga says the expulsion of the Copperbelt Students Union leaders was quite harsh and unfair. In an interview with News...

The first step towards Zambia getting out of its current economic crisis is for President Edgar Lungu and his government to be honest with the citizenry, Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi has observed. And Milupi says effective austerity measures need to be announced by President Lungu if they are to have...

ADD president Charles Milupi has challenged the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) to explain why it inflated the cost of the tender awarded to AVIC International for the River View Park development project. Last week, NAPSA head of corporate affairs Cephas Sinyangwe rubbished and described as misleading a News Diggers! which revealed that the pensions...

Hundreds of netizens over the weekend joined Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti and three other "Yellow Card Protestors" in expressing their displeasure over rampant corruption in the country. But Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has insisted that those alleging that there is corruption in government are merely hallucinating because "His Excellency the...

Copperbelt University Student Union (COBUSU) expelled president Lawrence Kasonde says his fellow expelled Union leaders will appeal to the Ministry of Higher Education to be reinstated a. And National Democratic Congress (NDC) Copperbelt provincial chairman Chipoka Mulenga says the expulsion of the Copperbelt Students Union leaders was quite harsh and unfair. In an interview with...

A 23-year-old student of High Ridge area in Kabwe has been dragged to court for allegedly forging the University of Zambia (UNZA) student Bio Data and result history forms. In this matter, Christopher Mubanga is charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of uttering false documents. Particulars of the offence in the first...

The Ministry of Health has suspended sponsorship of all programmes at all its departments in provinces, districts, health facilities and training institutions. Health Permanent Secretary for administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo announced this in a memo dated June 6, which was addressed to all directors, provincial and district health directors, medical superintendents in-charge at government health facilities...

A Barman has testified in a matter where a 32-year-old Zambia Air Force (ZAF) soldier is accused of abusing and torturing her 11-year-old niece, saying he found the victim soaked and shivering in one of the toilets at the bar. In this matter, Mildred Luwaile, of ZAF Twin Palm, is charged with assault on a...

Police on the Copperbelt Province are looking for Chifubu PF member of parliament Frank Ng’ambi so that they can re-arrest and slap him with more appropriate charges for battering his wife. Copperbelt Province Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga confirmed this to News Diggers! in an interview, saying police had already received orders from the Office...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested 637 people countrywide for various offences during the “Operation Chalo” that was conducted last weekend. DEC spokesperson Theresa Katongo disclosed in a statement, Tuesday, that out of the total number arrested, 183 are for drug-related offences, while 335 were found with property suspected to be proceeds of crime...

Rainbow Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says First Lady charities are nothing more than conduits of corruption. And Kabimba has insisted that white collar criminals are being acquitted of crimes they have committed simply because those charged with the responsibility of prosecution are the very people committing crimes. Speaking when he featured on Joy FM’s...

Mufumbwe UPND member of parliament Elliot Kamondo says Hakainde Hichilema always tells his MPs that they are free to challenge him. And Choma UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa says all UPND MPs are solidly behind Hichilema. In an interview, Monday, Kamondo said Hichilema was not averse to competition. “As UPND actually we are very...

State-owned Times of Zambia reports that China has written off more than US $22 million of debt owed by the African Copper mining giant, as talks escalate that the recently 'nationalised' Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Plc will be taken over by a Chinese mining parastatal. On Monday, another State-controlled newspaper, the Zambia Daily Mail, ran...

It is the responsibility of every father, or whoever is head of the house, to provide for his family. This includes making sure that rent is paid, electricity and water bills are paid, for those who live in town, and mealie meal plus relish and other household needs are available, for those who live in...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has called on government to reopen the Copperbelt University (CBU) without any further delays, saying that the institution’s closure is detrimental for Zambia’s economic development. In April, Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo closed CBU indefinitely after students at the institution rioted over delayed meal allowances, among...