Tomorrow, 28th October, 2017, Patriotic Front will join millions of Zambians in celebrating the life of our late founder and President Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata. Founders of nations, movements and organizations often serve as a source of inspiration to their heirs and succeeding generations long after they are gone. While these founders do not transform...

The President of the Republic of Zambia His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa LUNGU needs help. Someone is misleading him. Someone somewhere is putting sand in President LUNGU's Chibuku, spoiling it; or President LUNGU himself is allowing someone to mislead him. Either way, he requires the presence of God to help him lead. Something seems amiss....

I urge the Zambian Government to answer truthfully the issues raised by Honourable Chishimba Kambwili and drop the obvious scheme to divert attention and make him the villain. This diversion suggests a ploy by the government to avoid answering the questions raised. Such tactics usually work in political shadow boxing; but this time the ploy...

Sunday Chanda my young man, do not fight other people's battles and do not get your fingers dirty just because you want to keep that Mazda Van you were given from State House, remember the days Frank Bwalya chased you, you looked like your life had come to an end, you are a nobody in...

In this video, American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres interviews a Zambian professor Dr Henry Musoma, who teaches at A&M University in Texas on his decision to help a single mother baby sit in class. This professor went above and beyond to ensure his student could attend the lecture and make the most of it....

A lot has been said about this case. I will try to make it as plain simple as possible. Magistrate Benjamin Mwelwa was hearing a criminal case. The parties were as follows: The People (represented by prosecutors from the Anti-Corruption Commission and the DPP), and the accused (represented by lawyers). In Zambia and elsewhere in...

Today marks exactly one year since my Vice President, Her Honor Mrs Inonge Wina and I took oath of Office after the Zambian people renewed the mandate of the Patriotic Front (PF). As we commemorate one year of service to the Zambian people, I wish to thank the Almighty God for the grace and favor...

There was confusion here in Chingola yesterday. The road from Chiwempala was closed up to town centre and there were only five mobile police officers trying to manage this situation, there was total confusion. They failed to stop the procession of Jerabos here at Mwaiseni. What caused this confusion was not clear, because there are...

REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI (Coram: Maraga, CJ & P, Mwilu, DCJ & V-P, Ojwang, Wanjala, Njoki S. Ndung’u and Lenaola, SCJJ) ELECTION PETITION NO. 1 OF 2017 BETWEEN 1. RAILA AMOLO ODINGA …………….………………….….1ST PETITIONER 2. STEPHEN KALONZO MUSYOKA ……………………..…2ND PETITIONER AND 1. INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION……………..….…………1ST RESPONDENT...

Ever since President Edgar Lungu travelled to Mfuwe on holiday, there have been numerous claims and speculations suggesting that the Head of State intends to make reshuffles to his Cabinet and government at large. First of all the President is not even in Mfuwe! but further in North Luangwa, News Diggers! has learnt. The first...

Introduction Global HIV incidence may have peaked but calls for scaling up prevention have not diminished. The number of new infections worldwide remains high (4.1 million in 2005) with some regions previously unscathed experiencing rising incidences of HIV. The number of patients presenting late at health facilities with advanced HIV/AIDS is also a cause of...

PRISON DIARY: Part 1 - Motion of Thanks I am grateful to the Almighty God who, from His holy dwellings, arose to set up a 24/7 hour watch over me and all the inmates during my incarceration as a political prisoner for 7 days and 7 nights. Nothing can happen to me apart from what...

PF RESPONSE TO NEWS DIGGERS! OPINION: WHY IS HE SCARED? August 11th, 2017 The Opinions by News Diggers have continued to amaze us with their choice of recycled news sources and the dismissive and angry tone taken. We do not want to believe there is a bitter agenda they want to drive in the minds...

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Zambia is saddened by the death of a celebrated lioness, famously known as ‘Lady Luiwa’ who lived in the Luiwa Plain National Park. As confirmed by African Parks, Lady Liuwa died of natural causes on 9th August 2017 a day before World Lion Day. Lady Liuwa’s iconic...

Today I just want to thank God for my life, the Patriotic Front Party and President Edgar Chagwa Lungu for my freedom as it marks exactly one year since I was ruthlessly beaten by police officers in Petauke bundled in a police van and thrown into Wazanji Prison in Petauke . On this day last...

What a coincidence! I was just finalizing my thesis on seditious laws in Zambia, which also touched on the archaic law of defamation of the President. Then bang! A student has been arrested for defaming the President. In my thesis, I endeavored to trace the historical background of these laws that found themselves in our...

Good morning fellow citizens, Yesterday marked 100 days from the day we were arrested. But we habour no hate for anyone as we believe that everything that happens in life is for a purpose. Our love for Zambia and what we aspire for the country to be has not changed. We are very clear on...

There was never a time when it looked like Candidate Edgar Lungu would be a good President. It was always clear that our democratic, economic and social gains would all regress under him. But somehow, we bought into the twaddle of a humble President blah blah. PF being the first to allow his bizarre rise...

Mr President, you still hold the Power. When you said you would address the nation at 8pm yesterday, every Zambian set their clocks and came to listen to you speak. Ruling or Opposition. Every Zambian from Beijing to New York, From Cape to Cairo, From Lusaka to Masaiti. I was in the middle of a...

For 24 hours rumours swirled through Zambia that President Edgar Lungu planned to initiate a state of emergency. When he finally took to the airwaves to make a special announcement he stopped did something different. Invoking Article 31 of the constitution—Declaration Relating to Threatened Emergency—rather than Article 30—Declaration of Public Emergency—the president requested extra powers...