National Union for Small Scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) president Frank Kayula says ending nshima dependence will not work if the country relies on donor funding to diversify agriculture because such money comes with conditionalities. Speaking at a public discussion organised by News Diggers! in partnership with Hivos Southern Africa last week in Lusaka, Dr...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says it has uncovered a scam in which one of the mining giants in the country has been importing machinery and spare parts without paying customs duty for the past five years. And an inside source at the mining company has revealed to News Diggers! that the firm in question...

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo yesterday took a walk of shame out of the National Assembly after Speaker Patrick Matibini slapped a 30-day suspension on him for slapping Chishimba Kambwili in October last year. But Lusambo, who is also Kabushi member of parliament says he is not ashamed, neither does he regret his actions. Meanwhile,...

Police have finally released Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili who was held at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe airport in Ndola upon arrival from South Africa where he had gone for medical check ups. Around 12:40 hours, senior police officers instructed his lawyer Caristo Mukonka to avail his client at Woodlands Police Station at 08:00...

The European Union has given Zambia €1 million, which is approximately K12 million for DRC Refugees and Local Communities. EU Programme Manager Patricia Pennetier announced this in a statement, Tuesday saying the money would be used for establishing facilities at the Mantapala Refugee Settlement in the sectors of water and sanitation as well as education....

Former Copperbelt University Students Union president Gerald Chiluba says the reopening of CBU should be suspended until the impass between lecturers and the vice chancellor is sorted out. In a statement, Tuesday, Chiluba observed that there would be no proper learning if lecturers' demands were not addressed. "We want to urge the Republican President to...

Former foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba says only the Accountant General can explain how government spent public resources during the 2015 New York trip. And Kalaba says he used to get shocked as foreign affairs minister to see cadres arriving in certain countries whilst he was there on official duty. Speaking on Muvi TV’s The...

We are listening attentively to the answers that the government is giving to members of the public over the exposed expenditure on President Lungu’s trip to the United Nations in 2015. Ironically though, the explanations from State House are making us increasingly confident that the data we published on March 14, is absolutely accurate. We...

Peoples’ Alliance for Change president Andyford Banda says ZNBC cannot be lucrative by operating as a ruling party vuvuzela. Speaking when he featured on UNZA Radio’s Lusaka Star program, Monday, Banda said ZNBC would be closed due to lack of operational funds if its bias towards government did not change. “I have never been on...

High Court judge Edward Musona says the incident which occurred on Monday where he failed to view the video evidence depicting violence in Munali is not only an embarrassment to the court but to the entire Judiciary. However, Judge Musona finally viewed the video yesterday but reserved his ruling for Thursday, March 22. This is...