• 28 Feb 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Delay to enact ATI Bill irks Zitukule Consortium

The Zitukule Consortium says successive governments' hesitation to enact Access to Information Bill is a huge disadvantage to both government and the public because information is unable to flow freely. In a statement, Tuesday, Zitukule Consortium executive director Nicolas Phiri stated that he did not understand why government was afraid to enact the ATI bill....

• 28 Feb 2018
• Diggers Reporter

Zamtel eager to attain US SDGs for Zambia through improved mobile services

Zamtel has reiterated its commitment to accelerating Zambia’s attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) through improved mobile connectivity. Speaking on the sidelines of the on-going World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Zamtel Chief Executive Officer Sydney Mupeta said the gathering was essential for opening up collaboration opportunities between mobile network operators, global development...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Where there's no rail, move cargo by road to nearest train station, govt tells mines

Minister of Transport and Communication Eng. Brian Mushimba says government will not withdraw or revise Statutory Instrument number 7 of 2018 which is ordering a 30 per cent transfer of all goods in transit from road to railway, saying stakeholders who are complaining like Chamber of Mines were extensively consulted. And Eng. Mushimba says where...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

It's not Chitotela's role to inspect RDA projects - Chipimo

National Restoration party leader Elias Chipimo says the admission by Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela that he got a vehicle from RDA to monitor road projects goes to show the levels of abuse of power in the PF government. Last week, Chitotela said on Radio Christian Voice that there was nothing wrong with...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Nancy Moonga

Graveyard vendors to pay K5,000 fine when caught - LCC

Lusaka City Council acting Public Relations Manager George Sichimba has warned graveyard vendors that they will pay a K5,000 fine when caught selling food. Speaking during Hot FM’s Hot Breakfast Show yesterday, Sichimba also warned customers that they would also be fined the same amount. “I want to state now that the SI of 2018,...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

Don't blame us for e-voucher failure - ATPSUZ

Agricultural Technical and Professional Staff Union of Zambia (ATPSUZ) acting General Secretary Hacholi Makondo says its members should not be blamed for the ineffective implementation of the e-voucher system. And Makondo said his union was greatly disturbed to learn that some farmers who sold their maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) only received their...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Diggers Reporter

Court convicts Keith Mukata

The Lusaka High Court has convicted and sentenced Chilanga UPND member of parliament Keith Mukata to death by hanging for the murder of his security guard. But the court has acquitted his lover Charmaine Musonda who had elected to remain silent in her defense. More details later.

• 28 Feb 2018
• Diggers Reporter

ConCourt dismisses Kaingu's appeal

The Constitutional Court has dismissed former higher education minister Dr Michael Kaingu's appeal for the Mwandi parliamentary seat for having a defective record. This was in a matter in which Dr Kaingu was challenging the High Court's decision to uphold Sililo Mutaba's election. In their ruling on whether the appeal was properly before the court...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Nancy Moonga

PF laughs at HH's call to impeach a President he doesn't recognise

The PF says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema must be discarded in the dustbin of political history as a failed politician who tried to use hook and crooks tricks to become President. And PF media director Sunday Chanda says the UPND vice president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba is insulting President Lungu in order to justify his relevance...

• 28 Feb 2018
• Diggers Editor

Ngoni Black Panthers

Eish! This year’s N’cwala traditional ceremony… Hehehehehe! Even Shaka Zulu would be like “Ngicabanga ukuthi lesi sikhumba sesilwane asanele ukumboza,” or whatever translation to mean, ‘comrades, this animal skin is not enough to cover my machine’. LOL. Hats off to Nkosi yama Nkosi nama koswe yonse, the Paramount Chief of the Ngoni people of Eastern...