Deputy permanent secretary for Central Province Patrick Mwanawasa has resigned from his position, effective November 7, 2019. Mwanawasa was recently sued by a Lusaka businessman Lombe Paul Ikechi Okpara, claiming that the high ranking government official had been committing adultery with his wife. He has however told News Diggers that the adultery scandal has not...

Ikeleng’i UPND member of parliament Elijah Muchima says the 2020 national budget is useless because it will not have any impact on common citizens. And Muchima says the entire PF government has been hijacked by party cadres who hold more powers than their leaders. But Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube has declared...

The Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) has called on government to withdraw the National Health Insurance scheme because it is an added cost to overburdened workers in the country. And Chibanda has disclosed that the Federation has declined to meet Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya because any meeting now will not yield fruit because...

Government must allow mining companies to import their own power by issuing a required license to help cushion the country’s ongoing power deficit, says the Zambia Chamber of Mines. And the Chamber has expressed disappointment that Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu did not make any changes to the 2019 mining fiscal regime. Last week, Liuwa...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested eight people, among them Cool Breeze lodge proprietor, for unlawful possession of devices meant to overcome security measures and theft involving over K180,000, among other charges. And the commission has arrested a Copperbelt University first year civil engineering student for adding cannabis to cakes weighing over one kilogram....

Transparency International Zambia has questioned the monopoly and single sourcing of AVIC International for major government contracts such as the construction of Toll Plazas across the country. And TIZ is demanding for an explanation as to why the Kafulafuta Toll Plaza which is being constructed on a single carriageway is costing US$4.2 million, just as...

The Lusaka High Court has dismissed an application in which Graduare Property Development Limited, a company which constructed East Park Mall, was seeking leave to commence Judicial review proceedings against Minister of Local Government’s decision to continue implementing the proposed Lusaka Roads Decongestion Project. Graduare Property Development, which had cited the Attorney General as respondent...

Kaoma UPND member of parliament Morgan Sitwala has lamented that party supporters do not feel protected because police are fearing ruling party cadres. On Sunday, Western Province police commissioner Charles Lungu said police had nabbed a UPND cadre who shot indiscriminately and injured two people, one of them his fellow opposition party member. And in...

A 77-year-old farmer of Lusaka’s Shimabala area has been dragged to court for allegedly damaging Zambia Police maize worth over K7,000. In this matter, Vincent Kamanga is charged with malicious damage to property. Particulars of the offence are that on July 22, this year, Kamanga, whilst acting together with others unknown, willfully and unlawfully damaged...

MTN Zambia have announced the appointment of its new chief executive officer Bart Hofker effective October 1, 2019, following former CEO Philip van Dalsen's resignation in July, citing “personal reasons". In a statement issued via by MTN Zambia communications & CSI manager Lisa Mulozi, Hofker, a Dutch national, officially took over as the new MTN...

A system that is keen to foster transparency can be seen by its public procurement policies. One way of assuring the public or taxpayers of prudent use of resources is by showing transparency in the procurement of goods and services. People have to be assured that government and its institutions are making efforts to get...

United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) president Charles Chanda and his daughter were yesterday arrested at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court after they appeared in court for allegedly swindling 134 people out of millions of Kwacha on pretex that they had land for sale when in fact not. In the complaint before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court...