The Lusaka City Council has deployed seven fire trucks to pump out water from flooded residential compounds. In an interview with News Diggers, Tuesday, Lusaka Mayor Wilson Kalumba said the trucks would be deployed to areas which needed them most. "First of all we have fire trucks seven fire trucks. So we will only deploy...

YALI president Andrew Ntewewe contrary to public perception, his organisation is not PF-aligned. And Ntewewe says Zambians must support the motion of limiting the number of times a presidential candidate can contest to avoid anger and bitterness in those that have lost elections. In an interview, Ntewewe said if the PF moved away from concepts...

Patriotic Front media director Sunday Chanda says the ruling party reserves the right to report any defamatory material in circulation to relevant security wings. In a statement yesterday, Chanda distanced the PF from images of President Edgar Lungu-branded tissue which had gone viral on social media. "The ruling Patriotic Front wishes to distance itself from...

Economist Lubinda Haabazoka says government should stop contracting more loans to finance developmental projects and focus on repaying the already existing debt. And Dr Habazoka has insisted that Zambians should not cry over government’s decision to withdraw negotiations for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) because it was also debt. Commenting on State...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says Professor Nkandu Luo cannot resolve the problems facing universities because she is too busy competing with lecturers on who is more educated. In an interview with News Diggers! Monday, Kabimba observed that Prof Luo was not treating lecturers with the respect they deserved. “The appointment of Prof Luo...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has arrested a Bolivian national for trafficking is 2.1kg of cocaine wrapped in condoms and concealed in fifty five roll on bottles. And former boxer Joseph Chingangu has also been arrested for trafficking in cannabis. Meanwhile, the DEC in Central Province has arrested 11 people for unlawful cultivation and...

Party of National Unity leader Highvie Hamududu has expressed disgust at the ongoing premature campaigns in the country, which he says are distracting government from delivering services to the people. In an interview with News Diggers! Hamududu said it was shocking to see a ruling party desperately begging to be voted into power when it...

The statement from Zambia Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo explaining what led to the accident involving Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s motorcade on Sunday, amounts to nothing but an admission of guilt. In their statement, the police are admitting that there was a light truck coming from the opposite direction of the presidential motorcade, which did...

The Commonwealth Enterprise and Business Council has invited newly appointed Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe as a dignitary speaker at the Commonwealth Business Forum to be held in the United Kingdom. Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council Lord Marland of Ostock, Alistair Johnson extended the invitation when he delivered a congratulatory message to Mwanakatwe...

Patriotic Front National Youth Chairman Stephen Kampyongo has assured farmers in Eastern Province that government will make sure the e-voucher system works well this year. And Kampyongo says people should be weary of politicians like Chishimba Kambwili who want to become president when they failed to do anything for the youth whilst in key positions....