Archive: 1 October 2017

1 Oct 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt to set up an K87 million infrastructure fund

Government has allocated about K87million to set up an infrastructure Fund which will be used for financing projects. Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Mukuli Chikuba said the Infrastructure fund will be used to finance projects […]

1 Oct 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Arresting critics will not end poverty – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says arresting those with divergent views cannot bring about development. According to a statement issued by his deputy press secretary Brian Mwiinga, HH was speaking when he graced the Gonde Lwiindi […]

1 Oct 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Zanaco chicken out of league game after key players join Chipolopolo

Zanaco have chickened out of Sundays league game against bottom placed City of Lusaka. The defending champions, who are 2nd on the table and three points behind Green Buffaloes cite the unavailability of four players […]

1 Oct 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Leave Chibolya alone – Sinkamba

In this video, officers from the Drug Enforcement Commission and Zambia Police destroy structures which were drug hubs in Lusaka’s Chibolya compound. But Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba says police must stop abusing people’s rights […]

1 Oct 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

15 badly injured as bus overturns in high speed traffic police chase

Over 15 people have been seriously injured after a bus which was being chased by a traffic officer on a motorbike overturned in Lusaka’s Villa Elizabetha area. Some of the victims told News Diggers! at […]

1 Oct 2017 | Diggers Editor

HH must stop flaunting his wealth and join the struggle

Hakainde Hichilema, president of the opposition UPND strikes us as a man who can restore order if he went into State House. In many respects, he is a decent politician; too decent in fact because […]

1 Oct 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Increased TV levy excites Kampamba

In this audio, Minister of Information Kampamba Mulenga says the K2 increment in TV levy will go into content improvement and promoting local artists. But Mulenga dodges a question about why the national broadcaster does […]

1 Oct 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mwamba angers WhatsApp group members for defending Laura Miti’s arrest

Former State House press aide George Chellah yesterday led several members of a WhatsApp group in grilling Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba after the diplomat posted what they described as a shameless […]

1 Oct 2017 | Diggers Reporter

National team leaves for Ghana camp ahead of Nigeria clash

Chipolopolo’s home-based call-ups are leaving Zambia in two groups outbound for Johannesburg en route for their four-day training camp in Ghana ahead of Saturdays 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifier against Nigeria in Uyo. […]

1 Oct 2017 | Diggers Reporter

Zambia’s hero against Algeria drops from Chipolopolo squad

Zambia striker Brian Mwila has been ruled out of next weekends showdown against Nigeria. Mwila is still recovering from a knee injury he sustained on September 2 in Zambia’s 3-1 home win over Algeria in […]