A Zambian Pastor together with three of his family members based in South Africa has been involved in a near-fatal road accident after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned five times. Pastor Davis Mwamba Zuze who was travelling with his wife and his two sons identified as Bill Zuze, 23 and Gracious Zuze, 12...

Ministry of Finance Spokesperson Chileshe Kandeta says minister Felix Mutati made a mistake when reading the state of the economy speech to parliament. In an interview with News Diggers! Kandeta said it was not possible that Zambia could accumulate external dept exceeding US$10 billion within five months. "It was a slip [of the tongue], it's...

Minister of Finance Felix Mutati says Zambia's debt has increased by about US$10 billion dollars between December 2016 and May 2017. The minister said this during his state of the economy address in the National Assembly yesterday. "Mr Speaker, Zambia's external debt stock as at the end of May 2017 increased to US $ 17.2...

President Edgar Lungu has congratulated newly appointed Crown Prince of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman who is also Defence and Deputy Prime Minister. The President has also congratulated His Majesty King Salman, saying Zambia was ready to work with His Royal Highness in consolidating the relationship of the two countries. In...

Fake news is slowly driving the mainstream-media news agenda in Zambia, and the whole country is slowly drifting away from real governance issues. The original authors of fake statements are always fully aware that the story is a lie, but when posted on the Internet, the story takes on a life of its own –...