On 16 August, opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema walked to freedom after spending four months in detention. This moment was celebrated as a coup for the Commonwealth, a sign of democratic functioning and an indication of President Edgar Lungu's softening position towards political opponents. The reality, however, may be the...

UPND Whip Garry Nkombo says attending Parliament this Friday will not mean his party members of parliament have recognised President Edgar Lungu as duly elected Head of State. In an interview with News Diggers! Nkombo who is also Mazabuka Central MP explained that parliamentarians had the duty to attend National Assembly sessions with or without...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says it is too late for President Edgar Lungu to appease farmers. Reacting to the Head of State’s decision to relook the K60 per 50kg bag of maize price in an interview today, Kabimba said the damage had already been done. “There is no maize to buy! So that...

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has urged the ruling Patriotic Front and the opposition UPND party to desist from making statements that can jeorpadize the process of dialogue between President Edgar Lungu and Hakainde Hichilema. Speaking in an interview today, SACCORD executive director Boniface Chembe said the process of...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says under the current Constitution, government will give more campaign funds to political parties with more members of parliament. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s Hot Seat programme today, Lubinda said that political parties needed to be controlled on the amount of money to use during campaigns as they would...

Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela has explained that the announced $1.2 million dollars total cost of the construction of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway will also include among other things, the construction of bypass roads from Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi as well as toll plazas. Chitotela said the project will also include the construction...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) president Rueben Lifuka says there seems to be a deliberate ploy within government to mismanage the procurement of crude oil in order to facilitate for corruption activities. Reacting to the revelation by News Diggers! that an Oil trading company Gunvor has sued the Zambian government for refusing to take "contaminated" oil,...

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming says China has been playing an important role in human capacity building by providing a number of training opportunities to Zambian citizens in the last three years. And Ambassador Youming says China has become the prime destination for overseas students of its wide diversity in cultural and technological facilities....

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