January 2018 – Zambia: News Diggers!

Zambia needs to implement waste management strategy – Sinkamba
By Mirriam Chabala on 31 Jan 2018
Green Party leaders Peter Sinkamba says Zambia will not see a lot of measures being taken to completely eliminate the cholera epidemic until government implements....
There is food in the ruling party, PF official tells defectors
By Daniel Chansa on 31 Jan 2018
UPND Copperbelt treasurer Tom Diwali has resigned and joined the ruling Patriotic Front. And Copperbelt PF chairman Steven Kainga says there is food in the....
Give UPND chance to rule – Mwashingwele
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 31 Jan 2018
UPND Deputy Spokesperson Patricia Mwashingwele has asked Zambians to give her party an opportunity to government, and end corruption. And Mwashingwele has challenged Vice-President Inonge....
Beatrice Hangwende’s transfer from Mukobeko causes public outcry
By Mirriam Chabala on 31 Jan 2018
The Zambia Correctional Service says the transfer of Lusaka business woman Beatrice Hangwende from Mukobeko Maximum Prison in Kabwe to Lusaka’s Chimbokaila Remand Prison is....
Open letter to the President: Zambia is above the interest of any political party
By Chanda Waibela on 31 Jan 2018
To the President, His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Your Excellence Sir, it is almost a reality that the cadres from the ruling Patriotic Front....
Njoya’s wife gets 5 years for assaulting niece
By Diggers Reporter on 31 Jan 2018
Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani has sentenced Zambia Association of Musicians president Njoya Tembo’s wife Brenda to five years simple imprisonment for assaulting her niece. In....
IMF bailout delay won’t affect budget – Govt
By Mukosha Funga on 31 Jan 2018
Government says the delay in sealing the International Monetary Fund package will not affect financing of the 2018 budget. In a statement, Tuesday, Ministry of....
ConCourt adjourns Lungu’s eligibility case indefinitely
By Diggers Reporter on 31 Jan 2018
The Constitutional Court has adjourned President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility case indefinitely owing to the complaint filed by the petitioners against ConCourt president Hildah Chibomba. Christian....
Lungu is preoccupied with third term bid – Chifire
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 31 Jan 2018
Youth activist Gregory Chifire has observed that President Edgar Lungu is preoccupied with his ambition to stand for the third term, instead of working to....
Lusaka man gets 6 years for robbery
By Diggers Reporter on 31 Jan 2018
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has jailed a 24-year-old-man to six years imprisonment for robbery. Facts are that Stanely Chola of Lusaka’s Kalikiliki compound on September....
PF cadres deny theft charges
By Diggers Reporter on 31 Jan 2018
Four PF cadres who intercepted a convoy of trucks ferrying Mukula logs have pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft. In this matter, Venny....
Stakeholders focusing on Cholera victims, ignoring the causes – Oxfam
By Mirriam Chabala on 31 Jan 2018
Oxfam Zambia Media and Communications Liaison Officer Malama Mwila says players in the fight against cholera have paid too much attention to victims of the....
PF has nothing against Pilato, he can come back home – Sunday Chanda
By Mirriam Chabala on 31 Jan 2018
Patriotic Front (PF) media director Sunday Chanda has charged that satirical singer Chama Fumba alias Pilato is being hosted by UPND funders in South Africa....
Don’t look at tribe of Times, Daily Mail board members but experience – Antonio
By Mukosha Funga on 31 Jan 2018
Patriotic Front deputy media director Antonio Mwanza says it is shocking that the first thing some people saw when government announced the board of directors....
Court convicts Njoya’s wife for assault on child
By Diggers Reporter on 31 Jan 2018
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted Zambia Association of Musicians president Njoya Tembo’s wife Brenda for brutalizing her 13-year-old niece with a cooking stick. And....
PF is dodging dialogue because they survive on violence – UPND
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 31 Jan 2018
Chirundu UPND member of parliament Douglas Syakalima says PF has been dodging the inter-party dialogue because they are a bunch thieves who are benefitting from....
Campaigns have started; don’t be left behind
By Diggers Editor on 30 Jan 2018
We have observed that the Patriotic Front has switched into full campaign mode. The chief executive of the ruling party Mr Davies Mwila and his....
Discuss appetite to overstay in office, VJ tells AU
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 30 Jan 2018
Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga says it is disappointing that the insatiable appetite of African leaders to cling to power at all costs is never....

Alick Banda replaces Telesphore Mpundu as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka

By Mirriam Chabala on 30 Jan 2018

The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Right Reverend Bishop Alick Banda to replace His Grace Most Reverend Telesphore Mpundu as Metropolitan Archbishop of the....

PF only respects chiefs during campaigns – Mwaliteta

By Mirriam Chabala on 30 Jan 2018

UPND Lusaka Province chairman Obvious Mwaliteta has observed that the PF government only respects chiefs during campaign time, but has no regard for traditional leaders....

Police hunt for lesbian couple

By Mirriam Chabala on 30 Jan 2018

The Zambia Police Service says officers are looking for the two ladies whose pictures went viral on social media alongside a story purporting that they....

Koswe doesn’t want to go – HH

By Mukosha Funga on 30 Jan 2018

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says ‘Koswe’ is appointing his tribesmen to key institutions to extend his stay in power. And ADD leader Charles Milupi says....

Petitioners want new ConCourt judge to hear eligibility case

By Mukosha Funga on 30 Jan 2018

One of the Petitioners in President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility case wants the case to be heard by a full bench of seven judges. Robert Mwanza....

UNZA in shocking dilapidated state due to lack of funding – V/Chancellor

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 30 Jan 2018

Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba says the University of Zambia students’ hostels are in a shocking dilapidated state due to lack of funding, and it....

NAREP demand Eurobond audit

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 30 Jan 2018

National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo says there is need for a full audit of how government used the US$1 billion Eurobond which it....

Muna set for 4th rally title

By Mazuba Muleya on 30 Jan 2018

NATIONAL rally champion Muna Singh junior is geared for the fourth consecutive title this season. Muna said in an interview after receiving his Class A....

ZANACO beats Mozambique’s Ferroviaro 4-1

By Mazuba Muleya on 30 Jan 2018

ZAMBIA’S CAF Champions League envoys, Zanaco, kicked off the Zimbabwe training camp with a 4-1 victory over Mozambican side Ferroviaro de Beira. The Mozambican side....

Mundende can’t resist political interference at Zesco, he is a product of it – Milupi

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 30 Jan 2018

ADD president Charles Milupi says it’s ridiculous for Zesco managing director Victor Mundende to claim that he resists political interference at the parastatal, when he....

Lungu’s cohorts want Chibomba to recuse herself from eligibility case

By Mirriam Chabala on 30 Jan 2018

The Petitioners in President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility case have lodged a complaint against Constitutional Court president Hildah Chibomba for alleged gross misconduct and incompetence. And....

Lusaka woman gets 5 years for burning son over relish

By Diggers Reporter on 30 Jan 2018

A 26-year-old woman of Lusaka’s Meanwood Phase 4 has been sentenced to five years simple imprisonment for burning her three-year-old son for stealing relish. Racheal....

Govt policies are pushing us to abandon Agriculture – ZNFU

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 30 Jan 2018

ZNFU Media and Public Relations Manager Calvin Kaleyi says it will be impossible for government to make agriculture the mainstay of the economy if they....

Kambwili pleads not guilty to forgery

By Nancy Moonga on 30 Jan 2018

Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili has pleaded not guilty to forging documents and one count of uttering false documents contrary to the laws....

Nigerian Prophet pleads not guilty to trafficking

By Diggers Reporter on 30 Jan 2018

Nigerian Prohpet Julius Issac Amata has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court on two charges of trafficking in psychotropic substances. Amata, who is being represented....

Let’s go back to FISP, e-voucher is killing farmers – Lubezhi

By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 30 Jan 2018

Namwala UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi has asked the government to revert to the old Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), saying the current e-voucher....

TIZ takes govt to task over Star Times single sourcing

By Mukosha Funga on 30 Jan 2018

Transparency International Zambia has demanded to know why government single sourced Star Times when there was no emergency, and other companies offered more cost effective....

He exists and thrives off it: why Lungu cannot stop the lumpen behaviour of PF cadres

By Sishuwa Sishuwa on 29 Jan 2018

The thuggery of ruling Patriotic Front (PF) cadres never seems to cease and appears to grow more frequent as time passes. Media reports on their....

ActionAid moves to evaluate campaign promises

By Mirriam Chabala on 29 Jan 2018

ActionAid Zambia has embarked on a project to track down promises made by the Patriotic Front during 2016 election campaigns in order to provide a....

Mumbi Phiri regrets attack on NDC members

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 28 Jan 2018

Patriotic Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says PF will not protect any member who will be found taking part in violent activities, regardless of....