First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), but government says his condition is stable. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Dr Kennedy Malama has confirmed the development to News Diggers! in an interview. “Yes I can confirm that he is in UTH and his condition is stable,” Dr Malama...

The Constitutional Court has discarded the video evidence in the Munali election petition appeal, which was resubmitted after being lost, on grounds that it may be contaminated. The video footage in question was the basis for the nullification of Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo’s seat in November 2016 on grounds that violence shrouded the...

Zambian Canadian journalist David Julian Wightman has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for trafficking, manufacturing and using psychotropic substances among other charges. Julian Wightman, who has been advocating for the legalisation of cannabis, is also charged with inciting members of the public to use narcotic drugs. According to the indictment, in charge one, Julian...

In this audio, National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo says the Threatened State of Emergency must be targeted at arsonists and alleged saboteurs instead of the media or opposition political parties. And Chipimo says it is unlawful to use the Threatened State of Emergency to silence dissenting voices. Meanwhile, Chipimo has challenged police to...

Alliance for Development and Democracy (ADD) president Charles Milupi says it is outside the law for police to be regulating the media and closing down publications under the Threatened State of Emergency. And Milupi says police have continued to infringe upon the rights of citizens because the judicial system has been compromised. Speaking to News...

In this phone conversation, a Chipata PF councillor accuses Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo of receiving "a lot of money" from people to displace residents who voted for the ruling party. Yesterday, Kasolo called for the arrest of Kanjala Ward councillor William Phiri, whom he accused of illegally selling land in an area called...