Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube has donnated K25,000 to the Magandanyama Disability Club to enable them start a chicken rearing business. This morning, club chairperson Joseph Phiri complained to Ngulube at David Ramusho Secondary School that since inception in 2013, they had never received any form of assistance to enable them to...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency system is down again, halting the issuance of licences and other documents. In a statement, RTSA Public Relations Unit stated that the institution had engaged developers of the system to ensure that it was restored. "This notice serves to inform the General Public that the Road Transport and Safety...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted National Guidance Minister Godfridah Sumaili of contempt charges. Senior resident magistrate Ireen Wishimanga has acquitted Reverend Sumaili after a state advocate Chimbeka Sakala informed her that the Office of the Director Of Public Prosecutions was offering no evidence against the accused person. "On behalf of the DPP the state...

A 75-year-old woman of Lusaka's Matero compound was yesterday shocked to learn that her 80-year-old husband had died three days earlier. Martha Kombe explained to journalists shortly after discovering Samson Mwamba’s decomposed body that the two were on separation but had continued living in the same house; different rooms. “I am usually not home, I...

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says some residents of Lusaka's Kabwata area murdered a suspected thief around 05:30 hours today. In a statement, Katongo stated that his body was found with multiple injuries. "Police received information in the early hours of today at about 05:30 hours that an unidentified male person aged between 25 and...

A 31-year-old housewife of Shibuyunji district appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for murdering her husband's lover. Peggy Naimanga is alleged to have stabbed 23-year-old Jane Simbeye after she found her having sexual intercourse with her husband George Mvula in a grass thatched kitchen at his sisters place. When the case came up, Lusaka principal...

Government has increased civil servants’ salaries between 7.4 and 9.6 per cent effective January 2018. Meanwhile, the General Nursing Council of Zambia has increased licence fees by almost 70 per cent effective 2018. Speaking after signing the agreement yesterday, ZCTU general secretary Cosmas Mukuka said the increments were done in the best interest of both...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema yesterday got a thunderous welcome in Southern Province where he went to attend the Bene Mukuni traditional ceremony. As the Toka-leya speaking people of Kazungula gathered to celebrate the ceremony at Mukuni Village in Livingstone, it was clear that this year's event was twice merrier because of Hichilema's presence. They were...

Indeni board chairman Yamfwa Mukanga says it is not true that the Petroleum Refinery has had 12 board meetings since May this year. Last week, a whistleblower reported to News Diggers! that the board which is supposed to hold meetings four times a year, had met several times already this year and getting siting allowances...