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 continue punishing farmers. And Kaleyi has observed that agriculture will die in Zambia if government imposes a maize exports ban again this year. Recently, Minister of Agriculture Dora Siliya said...

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 of Zambia. And Kambwili has expressed excitement that his case has been taken to court after receiving a lot of accusations from Economic Equity Party (EPP) leader Chilufya Tayali. When...

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 by Kabwe central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube, denied both charges. The 42-year-old took plea before magistrate Brian Simachela. The prophet was arrested on January 25, 2018 by the...

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 system has proved to be a failure. Speaking in an interview with News Diggers! Lubezhi said many farmers in her constituency were complaining that their e-voucher cards had not yet...

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 deals. And TIZ says as Chief Government Spokesperson, Kampamba Mulenga must stay away from politicking but provide well researched answers to pertinent questions on the Star Times deal. In a...

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 latest antics can be read or heard almost every week and produce much tutting and shaking of heads around dinner tables in Kabulonga, Ibex, Woodlands, Rhodes Park, Kalundu, Sunningdale, Longacres,...

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 platform for citizens to monitor, assess and evaluate the ruling party's performance. Announcing the intention at a consultative meeting held with the media at the ActionAid offices in Lusaka last...

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 their position in the party. And Lusaka Province police commissioner Nelson Phiri says investigations are still ongoing in a matter where some NDC members were attacked by suspected cadres have...

Sudan caused something of an upset with a 1-0 win over Zambia in the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). Zambia started the game in Marrakech promisingly with some early chances for Augustine Mulenga and Kondwani Mtonga, Sudan took the lead just after the half-hour mark as Maki Bakhit Saifeldin turned debutant John Mwengani...

The House of Chiefs have cited political interference as the number one challenge in the administration of customary land by traditional leaders. House of chiefs Chairperson Chief Ngabwe told the parliamentary committee on Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources that politicians are usually the ones causing and making it difficult to manage customary land because they...