The United Party for National Development (UPND) has accused former Sinazongwe member of parliament Richwell Siamunene of using the current hunger crisis in some parts of the country to campaign for the 2021 general election. But Siamunene, who is also a former Minister of Defense in President Edgar Lungu’s government, has dispelled the allegations, saying...

Local Government Minister Charles Banda says vendors who are trading outside the stipulated hours risk being pounced on as they will be working outside his directive to allow vending only from 16:00 hours to 20:00 hours. On Saturday, the Minister directed the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to allow street vending along Lumumba Road from Duly...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says the only thing he worries about whenever he is arrested are mosquitoes. And Kambwili says when it comes to persecuting opponents, the MMD was much better than the Patriotic Front. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV’s COSTA program, Monday evening, Kambwili said everyone could tell that all the cases...

Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has urged the Absa group not to take personal, tough questions that will be asked by the regulator because the Central Bank only wants Zambians to be offered the best financial services. And Absa deputy group chief executive officer Peter Matlare has called on customers to be...

A Lusaka woman accused of committing adultery with Ministry of Foreign Affairs permanent secretary Ronald Simwinga and outgoing Central Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Patrick Mwanawasa by her husband, has strongly denied the allegations in the Lusaka High Court. Musamba Mulenga Okpara, an investments officer at the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) claims that her husband,...

Six people have died while three others have sustained serious injuries after a driver of a Toyota Ipsum failed to keep to his lane resulting in a head-on collision with an oncoming truck in Mpika. According to a statement issued by Police spokesperson Esther Katongo, Wednesday, the truck driver lost control after being hit into...

Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly Cecilia Sikatele has asked the Constitutional Court to remove President Edgar Lungu and the National Assembly from the petition where LAZ is challenging the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No.10 of 2019, arguing that the two do not have legal capacity to sue or be sued. Sikatele has submitted that the...

An explosion at Konkola Copper Mines this morning set fire to the Cobalt Recovery Furnace, which is part of the Smelter, causing damage to property, although no casualties have been recorded. A source at KCM told News Diggers that the Cobalt Recovery Furnace developed a metal leakage from the taphole. "The main smelter is okay,...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says violence, if not addressed immediately, has the potential to undermine the electoral process. And the commission has maintained that the election will hold as scheduled following assurance by the police command that calm had returned to Kaoma, where a UPND cadre was shot dead by a PF supporter...

Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) media and public relations manager Calvin Kaleyi has backed government’s move to export maize to the Democratic Republic of Congo, describing it as a positive development. In an interview with News Diggers! Monday, Kaleyi said the Congolese needed Zambian commodities and, in return, Zambia needed the DRC’s money. According to...

A 17-year-old juvenile accused of stabbing his friend to death with a bottle at JCS bar in Longacres, has told the Lusaka High Court that he does not remember what happened on that day as he blacked out, twice, after taking a mixture of Castle Lite and Vodka. This was after Lusaka High Court Judge...

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says procurement officials in all public institutions are the ones denying Zambians business because they prioritise foreign investment at the expense of indigenous businesses. And Siliya says mealie meal prices have stabilized following government’s intervention. Speaking when she featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Siliya, who is also information and broadcasting...

President Edgar Lungu says he is grateful to the British government for its decision to resume funding to Zambia’s health sector, explaining that the move will help the country attain its intended health coverage for all citizens. The President said this at State House when he received credentials from the new British High Commissioner to...