• 13 Feb 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

There's nothing wrong with PF campaigns - YALI

Young African Leaders Initiative president Andrew Ntewewe says there is nothing sinister about ministers going to their constituencies to campaign because they are supposed to mingle with their voters on a regular basis. In an interview, Ntewewe said YALI had been advocating for Mrs to visit their constituencies often on a regular basis. “We have...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

7NDP will fail if citizens' mindsets don't change - PMRC

The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) says a negative mindset among citizens is one of the key national constraints to development and social transformation. According to a report compiled by PMRC, under executive director Bernette Deka's supervision, any country’s economy could only be grow if citizens played their respective roles and responsibilities diligently. “The...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

President retires civil servants in national interest as punishment - Sinkamba

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says dismissing or retiring public officers in public interest without showing cause for doing so is unconstitutional and illegal in Zambia. In a statement, Sunday, Sinkamba argued that the ‘retirement in public interest’ mode of exit was usually triggered at the pleasure of the President it is abused to punish...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Commercialising FRA will stunt Agric sector growth – Stakeholders

A group of civil society organisations and farmer associations says government’s decision to commercialise the Food Reserve Agency because that will severely undermine the development of Zambia’s agricultural sector. During a consultative workshop held on December 6, 2017, government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, announced that it would review the FRA Act Chapter 225 of...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Cholera excuse for not reopening UNZA, CBU is fake - Mulongoti

People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti says the Cholera excuse for government's failure to reopen the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University in not genuine because students hostels have always been inhabitable. In an interview with News Diggers! Mulongoti said it was strange for the Minister of Higher Education to come out as though she didn't...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

UPND writes Kampyongo, demand permit for E/Province card renewal

UPND has written to the Minister of Home Affairs Steven Kampyongo requesting that his office overturns the decision by the police to cancel their Eastern Province card renewal exercise saying that there might be a political hand involved. Meanwhile, UPND has also written to Ministry of Tourism permanent secretary Liya Mutale opposing government's decision to...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Police using Defamation of the President law to victimize the poor - PAC

People’s Alliance for Change leader Andyford Banda says it is shocking that police seem to be applying the Defamation of the President law predominantly on people of a lower class. Last week, Police in Kitwe arrested a 37-year-old man of Chimwemwe for saying Lungu ‘wamafi fye’. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga identified the suspect as...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Wynter rubbishes ACC excuse for incompetence

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says the excuse given by Anti-Corruption Commission Director General Kapetwa Phiri that the Commission is failing in its duties due to invisible influence threatening witnesses from giving information to the ACC is washy, because the commission under the law has powers to prosecute anyone who obstructs an investigation. And...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Diggers Editor

Lungu’s good decision lacks wisdom

President Edgar Lungu’s announcement that he will not travel abroad this year is unrealistic, and must worry every concerned citizen about the kind of leadership that is in State House. This decision proves that our Head of State doesn’t have a focused agenda for Zambia; he speaks out of impulse rather than from a critically...

• 13 Feb 2018
• Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

Kwame Nkrumah closes as lecturers down tools

Government has indefinitely closed Kwame Nkrumah University following a standoff between management and lecturers over unpaid dues. Addressing irate students at the old graduation square, Mulungushi University Dean of Students Affairs, Dr Mpande Siachaba asked students to vacate the university premises by midday, Monday, saying management would communicate an opening date. “When we met with...