• 16 Jan 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

DEC arrests 4 Serenje radio staff for trafficking in cannabis

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested four Serenje Community Radio Station workers for trafficking in various quantities of cannabis. In a statement issued to News Diggers!, DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo stated that those arrested include Male Kapema, 40, the station manager, Masulani Banda, 28, a radio technician, Wilfred Nyirongo, 28, a reporter...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Natasha Sakala

NGOCC condemns PF, UPND for not adopting women in Chilubi

The Non-governmental Gender Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has expressed disappointment at the non-adoption of women by the PF and UPND in the Chilubi parliamentary by-election. In a statement, Wednesday, NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale said the two political parties missed an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to women’s participation in decision-making. “The Non-governmental Gender Organisations'...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Diggers Editor

How Zesco imported Air from Eskom and made people pay for it

We have argued from the the onset that increasing electricity tariffs again in order to allow Zesco to import emergency power would have the same impact on the economy as not having power at all. We warned that increasing tariffs would in turn increase the cost of doing business and the cascading effect of that...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Chipimo's son admits trafficking in narcotic drugs

Former NAREP president Elias Chipimo’s son, Chito, on Wednesday took fresh plea in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and admitted trafficking in 1.43 grams of cocaine and other charges. In this matter, Chito, 23 of Kasangula Road in Roma, is charged with three counts of trafficking in narcotic drugs, possession of psychotropic substances and unlawful use...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Take those arrested for rioting in Chingola to court, demand relatives

Some residents of Chingola’s Chiwempala area have complained that police are taking too long to charge rioting suspects who have been in custody since January 8 this year. Last week, Chiwempala residents rioted and looted shops over suspected ritual killings that had been going on in the area. But some family members of the riot...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Natasha Sakala

Zambia Airways shareholders will bear blame for its failure, not govt - Kafwaya

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says the failure of Zambia Airways will not be the government’s as the airline is being run by the Industrial Development Corporation and Ethiopian Airlines. The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) recently said the introduction of Zambia Airways might be reversed like the sales tax because the...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Bus drivers protest "unfair impounding" by police officers

Lusaka local route bus drivers on Tuesday protested at Central Police over alleged unfair impounding of their vehicles by officers. And bus drivers lamented that police officers had been asking them to pay K450 each time a bus is impounded in a day, without issuing receipts. But Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says he will...

• 16 Jan 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Maid admits poisoning boss' breakfast

A 44-year-old housemaid who was dragged to court for allegedly administering poison to breakfast prepared for her female boss has pleaded guilty in the Lusaka High Court. Naomi Muyemba had initially pleaded not guilty in the last sitting but opted to change plea when the matter came up on Wednesday before High Court judge Ruth...