17 Jan 2018 – Zambia: News Diggers!

Malanji calls for diplomatic support as Zambia preps to host ECOSOCC
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 17 Jan 2018
Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji has appealed for support from the diplomatic corps as the country assumes Chair of the SADC Organ Troika on....
M’membe challenges Post liquidation, sues ZRA
By Diggers Reporter on 17 Jan 2018
Former Post Newspaper proprietor Dr Fred M’membe has sued five ex-employees together with the Zambia Revenue Authority for consenting to wind up the company without....
Nawakwi questions ZRA Commissioner’s involvement with Nishati clearing company
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 17 Jan 2018
FDD president Edith Nawakwi has challenged Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingley Chanda to explain who is auditing a clearing and forwarding company called....
Luo acts without thinking – ZANASU
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 17 Jan 2018
University of Zambia and Copperbelt University student unions have expressed annoyance at the decision by Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo to ban squatting. ZANASU....
Street vendors are hungry and angry – GBM
By Mirriam Chabala on 17 Jan 2018
United Party for National Development vice-president Geoffrey Mwamba says the ongoing protests by streets vendors in Lusaka are a sign of people’s anger and hunger,....
Kapata demands proof of Mukula smuggling from timber association
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 17 Jan 2018
Lands and Natural Resources Minister Jean Kapata says the Zambia Association of Timber and Forestry Based Industries is composed a bunch of politicians who are....
CBU dean rejects trip to Israel for seminar, says its a waste of money
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 17 Jan 2018
Copperbelt University Dean of students at the School of Mines and Mineral Sciences Dr Kawunga Nyirenda has written to the Registrar of the institution to....
Magistrate commits 11 to High Court for aggravated robbery trial
By Diggers Reporter on 17 Jan 2018
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has committed 11 accused persons to the High Court for aggravated robbery involving K10,161,779.70. Allegations are that Yotam Banda and 10....
Lungu must stand in 2021 so that he collapses with defeat – Kambwili
By Mirriam Chabala on 17 Jan 2018
Chishimba Kambwili says the Constitutional Court should declare President Edgar Lungu eligible to stand in 2021 so that he can fall from the ballot and....
Juvenile pleads not guilty to rape
By Diggers Reporter on 17 Jan 2018
A 16-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape and aggravated robbery. This is in a matter in which the boy, who....
Nawakwi is a finished woman – Kambwili
By Mukosha Funga on 17 Jan 2018
National Democratic Congress political consultant Chishimba Kambwili says FDD leader Edith Nawakwi is a finished woman who has failed to grow her political party and....
My silence doesn’t mean I have nothing to reveal – Kalaba
By Mukosha Funga on 17 Jan 2018
Former foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba says people must not mistake his silence for having nothing to talk about or reveal. And Kalaba says he....
CCPC warns traders for hiking price of chlorine by 1000%
By Mukosha Funga on 17 Jan 2018
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has warned that it will take to task traders who have unjustifiably hiked the price of chlorine by between....
Those mocking Cholera prayers are under devil’s attack – Sumaili
By Mirriam Chabala on 17 Jan 2018
Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Reverend Godfridah Sumaili says those mocking the one-week prayer and fasting period to end Cholera are under the....
HH builds clinic in Bweengwa
By Sipilisiwe Ncube on 17 Jan 2018
Bweengwa UPND member of parliament Kasautu Michelo says Hakainde Hichilema has built a clinic in his constituency which is a demonstration of his commitment to....
Mr Mosho is intelligent, but dangerous
By Diggers Editor on 17 Jan 2018
Like we stated yesterday, it is not our preoccupation to fight for justice in the matters relating to the liquidation of The Post newspaper because....
Cadres too powerful for council – Mwale
By Mirriam Chabala on 17 Jan 2018
Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale says President Edgar Lungu got involved in the removal of vendors from the streets of Lusaka because cadres are too....