• 17 Jan 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

UPND, NDC threaten to pull out of Chilubi race if ECZ fails to censure PF

National Democratic Congress NDC president Chishimba has threatened that his party will pull out from the Chilubi parliamentary by-election if the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) fails to address maneuvers by the PF to deprive the opposition from using the ferry. And Kambwili has castigated PF Deputy Parliamentary Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube for attacking Professor...

• 17 Jan 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Start preparing your exit, Chilubi is ours, Mumbi taunts HH

Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should start preparing for his retirement after losing the Chilubi parliamentary by-election slated for February 13. And PF campaign manager for the Chilubi by-election Brian Mundubile has dispelled claims by the opposition UPND that his party is trying to sabotage opposition campaigns...

• 17 Jan 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

ECZ’s failure to sponsor stakeholders to Dubai will trigger suspicion – Chipenzi

Gears Initiative Zambia executive director McDonald Chipenzi says failure by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to sponsor stakeholders to go and witness the printing of the 2021 ballot papers in Dubai will heighten suspicions regarding the electoral process in Zambia. In a statement, Thursday, Chipenzi stated that the reason advanced by ECZ not to...

• 17 Jan 2020
• Stuart Lisulo

CUTS bemoans MTN’s expensive non-expiry bundles

MTN Zambia has launched a new range of non-expiry mobile data bundles dubbed: “Freedom Bundles” which will see its subscribers being forced to pay more than four times the amount than on the regular time-limited bundles. But Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) Zambia centre coordinator Chenai Mukumba has complained that the new bundles are extremely...

• 17 Jan 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court orders PF to pay Lusaka Voice over K400,000 for adverts, breach of contract

The Lusaka High Court has entered judgment in default of appearance and defence against PF secretary general Davies Mwila in a case where Lusaka Voice Newspaper Limited sued him, claiming over K300, 000 for campaign advertorials and adverts placed in its publication during the 2015 presidential election. According to an amended judgement in default of...

• 17 Jan 2020
• Diggers Correspondent

How Rolland turned K5 into K84,007.93

Rolland Mpande Kanini described betPawa as family after he won K84,007.93 from just a K5 bet. The Solwezi resident received K45,406.99 plus an 85% win bonus for betting on 17 legs. betPawa offer the best win bonus in Zambia for all bets with three legs or more, including 250% for 30 legs. He said: “I...

• 17 Jan 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

We stand by our report, Diggers - EIA

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says it stands by its Mukula exposé and with News Diggers, emphasizing that it supports journalists’ rights to work without fear of persecution. And the EIA has asked Zambian government officials to focus their efforts on ending the illegal trade of Mukula. EIA made these remarks in a tweet yesterday....

• 17 Jan 2020
• Diggers Editor

How drug trafficking, wildlife smuggling destroys communities

Zambia has joined the list of African nations that have legalised cannabis to some degree, as policy towards the drug slowly changes among countries in the region and investments in its medical benefits grow. Last month, the Zambian government’s spokesperson Dora Siliya revealed that a special Cabinet meeting on December 4, 2019 legalised the production...