• 24 Sep 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court official in court for theft of K200,000

A 40-year-old Judiciary senior clerk of court has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing K200,000 cash, which came into his possession by virtue of his employment. The said K200,000 is alleged to have been an exhibit in another matter where former BancABC employer and murder convict, Precious Longwe, was charged with...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

There's nothing wrong with judges giving their opinion on Bill 10 to Parley - Wynter

Rainbow Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says it is unfair to assume that the submission by judges on Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10 of 2019 will prejudice the Law Association of Zambia's (LAZ) case to petition the amendment to the Constitution. In an interview, Kabimba, a former Justice Minister in the Sata-led PF administration, argued...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Prof Saasa gives Ng’andu tips on 2020 budget

Economist Professor Oliver Saasa says Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu must openly acknowledge that Zambia’s debt has now reached “unimaginable proportions” and outline how it will be dismantled in the 2020 national budget. And Prof Saasa says there is need for the Ministry of Finance to study the cascading effects of Sales Tax and understand...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Julia Malunga

Revoke Forest 27 title deeds, Harrington tells Lungu

Former Minister of Lands, Environment and Natural Resources William Harrington says government’s continued statements that it is committed to addressing climate change would remain mere rhetoric as long as it did not take practical measures. In an interview with News Diggers! Monday, Harrington asked President Edgar Lungu to revoke title deeds issued in the Forest...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

ZRA nabs truck smuggling Konyagi worth K730,000

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has seized a truckload of Konyagi alcohol, which was deliberately misclassified as building materials with intent to defraud the State of K729,820. In a statement released, Monday, ZRA corporate communications manager Topsy Sikalinda revealed that the truck, which was destined for Lusaka, would have paid K43,698 instead of K729,820 if...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

Power tariff hike will increase poverty, warns CSPR

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has warned that the anticipated electricity tariff hike will increase poverty levels in the country. CSPR programmes manager Juliet Ilunga said most businesses that depend on electricity would be negatively affected by the looming power tariff hike, which would contribute to increasing poverty levels in the country. Already,...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Don't blame climate change for everything, the effects are partial - UNZA lecturer

UNZA lecturer Dr Mulenga Kabwe says the climate change currently being experienced in Zambia should not be blamed for putting the country in the dire situation, explaining that the effects are only partial. And Dr Kabwe says not every drought or flood should be blamed on climate change because such occurrences are normal. Speaking when...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

UN forecasts 2.3 million hungry Zambians by March 2020

The United Nations has revealed that about 2.3 million Zambians are expected to be hit by food insecurity by March, next year. In a statement issued to News Diggers!, the UN revealed that according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis undertaken by the Zambian government, data shows that about 1.72 million...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kambwili takes third plea in racial remarks case, denies charge

Defunct National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili has taken a fresh and third plea in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and denied expressing racial remarks to an Indian national. Kambwili, who had his matter re-allocated to another magistrate, Jennifer Bwalya, said he understood the case after it was read out to him and pleaded not...

• 24 Sep 2019
• Diggers Correspondent

2 fishermen drown in Kafue River after Hippo attack

Two fishermen have drowned in the Kafue River after a banana boat they were in was hit by a Hippopotamus, Monday. Kafue UPND member of parliament Miriam Chonya, who rushed to the scene of the accident in the company of officers from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), confirmed the development to a...