National Democratic Congress (NDC) vice-president Josephs Akafumba says the PF has subjected many Zambians to an extremely high cost of living which only a superhuman being can survive. And Akafumba has insisted that the PF is a dead party awaiting burial in 2021, owing to their poor management of Zambia’s economy, which has increased poverty...

The Former Government Employees Association of Zambia says it will continue to camp at the Ministry of Justice even after assurances of quick action by Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe. The former Ministry of Justice employees were retrenched between 1997 and 1999 and have been converging daily at the Ministry of Justice to pray in...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo should start by arresting President Edgar Lungu for declaring that he will win the 2021 elections. On Tuesday, Kampyongo said UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema should stop saying he will win that election because he would soon make a mistake and get arrested. “It’s...

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says if he won’t be fired this year, he will ensure that Zambia Airways starts operating. In an interview, Kafwaya said relaunching the airline was a tedious process and he could not give a clear timeframe. “This year [it'll be operational], if I remain Transport minister, if I am...

President Edgar Lungu has assured the people of Mambwe District in Eastern Province that government will provide food and tents to ensure that people in areas which were recently hit by floods are as comfortable as possible. The Head of State was speaking in Malambo constituency when he paid a courtesy call on chief Mukanya...

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has described UNZALARU general secretary Dr Kelvin Mambwe as an educated idiot because he has failed to use his education to improve the institution which he is a part of. And Phiri says she does not comment on technical issues because she is only a certificate holder, disclosing that...

Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited has submitted before the Lusaka High Court that as Konkola Copper Mines’ majority shareholder, it has a right to the assets of the Company in liquidation, and as such, can commence an action challenging any illegality in the disposal of the company assets by the Provisional Liquidator. It has further argued...

Cavmont Bank Limited has dragged Lawrence Sikutwa and his company, Lawrence Sikutwa and Associates, to the Lusaka High Court, demanding payment of all sums due to it under a Loan Agreement of October 7, 2016 and third party mortgage amounting to 240,463.26 USD. The bank has cited Lawrence Sukutwa and Associates Limited, Amalgamated Tourism Investment...

A State witness has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how musicians Jordan Katembula and Wilson Lungu, popularly known as JK and Wile respectively, allegedly facilitated for the sale of a 60x40 plot in Chadleigh worth K300,000. Rexious Chomba, 32, was testifying in a matter in which Ministry of Lands employee Mwiza Phiri is facing...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) says it is investigating the sudden increase in cement prices effected on the local market. In a statement issued to News Diggers!, CCPC public relations officer Rainford Mutabi announced that the Commission was concerned with the collective increase in the price of cement, which it had been monitoring...