Recently, a group of event promoters decided to invite renowned South African dancer and socialite Zodwa Wabantu for a show in Lusaka this month. What followed was a statement purportedly issued by he Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Rev Godfridah Sumaili, banning the entertainer from entering Zambia on grounds that she dances without...

Minister of Mines Richard Musukwa says no one will succeed to remove President Edgar Lungu through the back door because the people who voted for him are happy with his leadership style. Reacting to a directive by UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to opposition MPs to impeach President Lungu on allegations that he had breached the...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned former information minister Chishimba Kambwili to for questioning today. But the NDC leader wondered how the state would summon him to the ACC offices for questioning while at the same time expecting him to appear in court for other charges. According to a call out issued by an investigations minister...

Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says government has imposed an immediate ban on the importation of risky food products like processed meats in a bid to prevent an outbreak of listeriosis. At a media briefing, Monday, Dr Chilufya said government had directed chain stores like Pick n Pay and Shoprite to remove such risky...

Minister of Tourism Charles Banda says the drones launched by World Wildlife Fund to monitor wildlife will help reduce poaching. Speaking during the launch at Lusaka National Park, Friday, Banda hailed WWF for the initiative saying it was a cost effective surveillance method. “The major threat to the wildlife sector in particular is loss of...

Last week, Minister of Justice Given Lubinda condemned Zambia’s current Constitution as ‘an extremely talkative’ document that was poorly ‘drafted by laypeople’ and contains several ‘inconsistent’ clauses that makes amending it inevitable. Welcoming ‘late’ submissions on the proposed constitutional amendments from a consortium of civil society organisations (CSOs), Lubinda blamed the flaws in the existing...

The Center for trade policy and Development Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo has advised government to restructure the financial sector in a way that will attract venture capital investors. And Mwaipopo has advised government not to limit the amount of money that farmers can redeem under the Farmers input suppot programme. In an interviews, Mwaipopo observed...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says his party is the only party which can liberate Zambians from the PF's bad leadership and corruption. And Hichilema has insisted that the taxes introduced by the PF are too much for citizens to bear. Speaking when he received some defectors in Chawama yesterday, Hichilema said the UPND was the...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it is overwhelmed by the responses received from consumers over it's intervention in cases of unfair trading by various companies and business institutions. In an interview with News Diggers! Sunday, CCPC Consumer Protection director Brian Lingela said the total number of resolved consumer and trader cases per year...

The African Liberal Network (ALN) has implored the Zambian government to uphold ideals of the African Charter on human rights and good governance by departing from its dictatorial rule and allow democracy to prevail. ALN has also asked the Zambian government to amend the Public Order Act; prevent the escalation of tension; political violence and...