• 14 Nov 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Reject PF’s tribal politics, Kalala tells Northern, Eastern provinces

Jack Kalala has appealed to Eastern and Northern Provinces to reject PF's tribal politics because they are suffering the same hardships like Zambians in other regions of the country. And Kalala has called on chiefs in Eastern, Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces to stand up for their subjects and demand that the ruling party allows...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

DEC arrests Amos for corrupt practices

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda and charged him with corrupt practices by a public officer and receiving property suspected to be proceeds of crime. And Chanda is scheduled to appear before the courts of law on November 28. On Tuesday,...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Police slap Kabwe trucker with 12 charges of causing death by dangerous driving

A 34-year-old truck driver of Kabwe, who allegedly hit into a tavern in Lusaka’s Buseko Market, killing 12 people, has been charged with 12 counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Elias Sikwenda appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday for explanation of the charges. Several people died and others were were left injured after...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

I won’t be drawn into discussing MMD affairs - Rupiah

I don’t like to be going back discussing issues about the MMD because it will be like I don’t trust my colleagues who are currently running the party, says Rupiah Banda. Last week, MMD president Nevers Mumba lamented that he had cried out and pleaded with the fourth Republican President to support him as president...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Zambia remains at high risk of debt default – CTPD

Zambia is likely to refinance its first US $750 million Eurobond that falls due in less than three years’ time because the country remains at high risk of defaulting, says the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD). CTPD researcher Bright Chizonde observed that government had already defaulted on local debt obligations in a bid...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu has worked hard enough to retain presidency in 2021 - Mwila

Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila says the party is confident that President Edgar Lungu has worked hard enough to retain the presidency in 2021. And Mwila says the Central Committee at its sitting on Tuesday resolved that no party member should destabilize an area where there is an incumbent PF MP adding that...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Nyimba farmers cry foul for being deprived of inputs

Some farmers in Nyimba District of Eastern Province have lamented about not receiving farming inputs despite them being on the electronic voucher system. In an interview, the farmers lamented that some of them had not received fertilizer. “There is a shortage of fertilizer! And on the issue of the e-voucher, for Nyimba District, they gave...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Youths failing to repay empowerment seed money - Minister

Minister of Sports, Youth and Child Development Emmanuel Mulenga has bemoaned failure by some youth enterprises to pay back seed money given to them. Speaking when he met staff from the Zambian Mission in Pretoria, Mulenga said this affected the expansion programmes aimed at increasing the number of youth beneficiaries. Mulenga, however, said 800 youths...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Power cut forces UNZA to cancel exams midway through

The University of Zambia (UNZA) Great East Road campus was yesterday forced to cancel three examinations midway through due to a power cut. In an interview, UNZA public relations manager Habeenzu Mulunda said the three cancelled papers would have to be re-set and rescheduled. “Three papers have been cancelled, that is MC, I think this...

• 14 Nov 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

Two Chinese nationals get 18 months for corruption

The Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced two Chinese nationals to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices involving K 5,000. In a statement issued to News Diggers by Anti Corruption Commission corporate affairs officer Jonathan Siame, Magistrate Thandose Chabala found Quin Yun Lin, 29 of plot No. 1386 Mungwi road, Lusaka and Xiang...