PF presidential running mate Professor Nkandu Luo says the education structure during the late president Kenneth Kaunda’s administration was designed in such a way that children were taught beyond just academic knowledge. And Prof Luo says the reason why President Edgar Lungu chose to take Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s body to Choma first before his hometown...

THE University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers’ Union (UNZALARU) says the decision by government to fire Dr Brian Sampa is unreasonable and ill-timed. On Monday, the Ministry of Health fired Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Sampa for allegedly absconding from work for more than 10 days. “I wish to inform you that...

PF presidential running mate Professor Nkandu Luo says she has maintained most of her childhood friends because she has realised that political friendships are not genuine. And Prof Luo says the remaining days before the August 12 election are crucial for the party to win. Speaking when she addressed party structures in Kanyama Constituency in...

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says the Patriotic Front will not sanction any mass mobilizations for solidarity of any sort at the court grounds, as the party respects the rule of law. In a statement, Tuesday, Mwila said the PF disapproved of any statements or behaviors that seek to undermine the independence and integrity of...

Welcome to your premium university of choice, I can assure you that there is no forbidden fruit here, jokes Eden University chief executive officer Kelvin Kaunda, as he welcomes a News Diggers! crew to his institution. It's early Tuesday, and KK, the university 'president', (no known relation with the founding president Dr Kenneth Kaunda), has...

UPND chairperson for mobilisation Sylvia Masebo has rubbished claims by members of the Patriotic Front (PF) that she and Obvious Mwaliteta are defecting to the ruling party today. And Mwaliteta who is former Lusaka Province minister says there is no way he can go back to PF. PF members yesterday celebrated after a report circulated...

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says the Church Empowerment Fund is a blatant form of corruption and it should be stopped. But Northmead Assemblies of God Church presiding Bishop, Joshua Banda, has defended the initiative, saying the Church, like many other sectors that benefitted from the Central Bank stimulus package, deserved government help to recover from the...

THERE was panic and finger pointing during a Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing of the Ministry of Health drug supply scandal yesterday as government officials and directors of Honeybee Pharmacy sweated to explain how a US$17 million contract was awarded to an unregistered company which delivered toxic drugs and substandard condoms. And Ministry of...

BLACKFIRE Mining Limited has written to the office of the Inspector General of Police, the National Prosecution Authority (NPA), and the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ), complaining about State Council Eric Silwamba’s alleged interference in the prosecution of some Stanbic Bank officers accused of theft of money amounting to US $125, 000. And the copied...

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says Zambia will soon remain nothing but a pseudo democracy, with the only permanent feature being the holding of frequent and contentious elections. And Lifuka says it is annoying to read statements of PF cadres justifying police’s continued use of live ammunition on unarmed citizens. In a statement, Lifuka lamented that...