Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Linda Kasonde says there is need for transparency in the manner in which judges are appointed. And Kasonde said government officials must not threaten citizens’ rights to speak freely, otherwise the country will return to the days of looking over one’s shoulder at all times. Speaking on Radio Phoenix’s...

“I have no particular love for the idealized “worker” as he appears in the bourgeois Communist’s mind, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on.” ― George Orwell As a Member of Parliament, Garry Nkombo...

As we prepare to mark World Press Freedom Day , my heart bleeds for the journalists,  newspapers, radio and television stations which have become victims of tyrannical, intolerant  and dictatorial regimes around the world which continuously arrest, torture, kill and close them down for merely doing their jobs. Press Freedom is essential in any democratic...

One hundred and thirty six golfers have entered the the 2017 Zambia Sugar Open Golf Tournament that will run from April 27-30 at Lusaka Golf Club. Ten local amateurs and nine professionals will fly the hosts flag at this years tournament. Swede Christofer Blomstrand will not be returning to defend his title but South African...

In this audio, Harrison Miti who survived a police shooting incident yesterday says he cannot fail to identify a police officer in broad daylight, insisting he was shot twice in the stomach. From his hospital bed at UTH, Miti recounts how a police officer in uniform cocked his rifle, pointed to his stomach and pulled...

Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Media Liaison and Public Relations officer Calvin Kaleyi says this year’s Agritech Expo show will highlight the importance of diversification in agriculture. In a statement, Kaleyi said the expo which will run from April 27 to 29 would also help exhibitors grow their businesses. “This Business to Business agricultural platform...

President Edgar Lungu has pardoned Chanda Chimba, a freelance journalist who was jailed for two years in November 2016. Chimba was convicted for disposing off property suspected to have been proceeds of crime. In 2011, Chimba produced highly defamatory articles against then opposition leader, Michael Sata, the Catholic Church leaders and others for the benefit...

We are trying to verify if the person who shot a bus driver and a passenger in Kamwala yesterday is a genuine police officer, says Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo. In a statement today, Katongo confirmed the shooting and the fact that the shooter was wearing a police uniform but claimed it was uncertain if...

UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says concerns raised by the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops should not be ignored because it is accurate. In a statement yesterday, Kakoma said President Edgar Lungu was an oppressive a leader. “The Catholic Bishops’ conclusion that Zambia is a dictatorship or is heading to a dictatorship should be taken seriously...

A police officer this afternoon shot a bus driver, Harrison Miti, in the stomach following an argument in Kamwala. Miti is currently battling for his life at the University Teaching Hospital and a News Diggers! team that rushed there found him under-going surgery. "The incident happened around 15:50 hours," an eye witness narrated. “We were...