• 15 Sep 2017
• Diggers Reporter

Mumba Yachi gets bail

Singer Mumba Yachi has been granted K5,000 cash bail after obtaining a temporal residence permit from the Immigration Department. And Lusaka magistrate Ruth Kapulo has warned Mumba not to go out of the country without informing the court or risk being cited for contempt of court. This is in a matter in which the accused,...

• 15 Sep 2017
• Zondiwe Mbewe

We expect Lungu's speech to inspire hope for Zambia - SACCORD

SACCORD says it looks forward to a speech from President Edgar Lungu today, that will inspire hope for the future of the country as Parliament resumes in the midst of political tension. In a statement availed to News Diggers! SACCORD executive director Boniface Chembe also said he expects President Lungu to commit himself to the...

• 15 Sep 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

Huge carryover national debt worries CTPD

The Center for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has observed that Zambia's national debt has continued to swell as it is carried forward from one budget circle to another. In an interview with News Diggers! CTPD executive director Isaac Mwaipopo expressed concern over the amount of debt that the country had accrued overtime which he...

• 15 Sep 2017
• Enesi Kaoma

Judiciary applying law selectively - US based PF founder

A United States-based PF Founder Henry Sakala says the Zambian Judicial system sometimes applies the law selectively depending on individuals involved. Speaking when he featured on Straight Talk Africa on Wednesday, Sakala agreed with concerns raised by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema, who also featured on the programme, that those who were close to the system...

• 15 Sep 2017
• Diggers Reporter

National airline a waste of money - Kambwili

Roan member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili says the move by government to reintroduce Zambia Airways will be a waste of money and a hive of corruption. Speaking at his residence in Luanshya, Kambwili said the PF government kuwayawayafye (was not serious) as it had its priorities misplaced. “What we said when Mr Sata was alive...

• 15 Sep 2017
• Diggers Editor

You are a President not Octopus

“There is no project too small for me to commission; it’s unfortunate that I can only be in so many places at the same time. But if time allows, I’ll be everywhere to commission all projects, even if it meant commissioning just a toilet I would gladly do so,” says President Edgar Lungu. We disagree...