Zambia Nantional Farmers Union president Jervis Zimba has refuted the story aired on ZNBC quoting him saying ‘Zambia has enough grain’. In a statement issued on Monday, Zimba stated that ZNFU would make a substantiated position on the 2018 crop yield after a survey was conducted. “The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) wishes to make...

NDC spokesperson Eric Chanda says their national youth chairman Charles Kabwita has been granted K500 bail with one working surety by the Kitwe Magistrates' Court. And Chanda says it’s a disgrace that the police arrested Kabwita who was just a victim, leaving out the perpetrators. Meanwhile, Chanda says NDC will soon prove to the Copperbelt...

Professor Oliver Saasa says the skepticism in investor confidence following the appointment of Margaret Mwanakatwe as Finance Minister is understandable because the international community had confidence in Felix Mutati’s administration. Professor Saasa who is Premier Consult Limited chief executive officer explained to News Diggers in an interview that investors were in doubt after the appointment...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) president Rueben Lifuka has challenged President Edgar Lungu constitute a task force on corruption in order to strictly fight the scourge. And Lifuka says the oath of secrecy was not put in place to coverup criminality among government officials. Speaking in an interview with News Diggers, Lifuka urged President Lungu to...

Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta says government should double this year’s Constituency Development Funds because developmental works have stalled as a result of lack of funding in the past years. And Nkeyema UPND member of parliament Kapelwa Mbangweta says MPs cannot succeed with their development ideas if government doesn't provide CDF in full....

The Constitutional Court on Monday ordered High Court judge Edward Musona to view and verify video evidence in Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo's election petition appeal. When the matter came up for ruling, Constitutional court judges Enock Mulembe, Anne Sitali and Mugene Mulenga said evidence from the petition was missing and therefore, they could...

United Party for National Development (UPND) deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says his party is excited that Dora Siliya has been promoted as Chief Government Spokesperson, saying she will facilitate the downfall of PF, like she did with the MMD. Commenting on the appointment of the Petauke Central member of parliament as Minister of Information,...

Former national heavyweight boxing champion Joseph 'No Pressure' Chingangu has pleaded guilty to trafficking in 23.8 kilograms of Marijuana. Chingangu was jointly charged with a 19-year-old Brian Kapisha who also readily accepted the charge. Magistrate Betty Malupenga set March 7 for facts and sentencing. In April last year, Chingangu was arrested and sentenced to six...

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba has laughed at President Edgar Lungu's pronouncement on the need to remove the reference of "tribe" on the Zambian National Registration Card as a way of fighting tribalism. When President Lungu visited the Rwandan Genocide memorial site in Kigali last week, he observed the need for Zambia to avoid...

Ka Edgar nika kawalala, ngati kafuna kani peleke ku court nili na evidence (Edgar [Lungu] is a thief! If he wants, he can take me to court because I have evidence), UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba told his supporters yesterday. And GBM says if elections were held today, UPND would win by 73 per cent....