• 18 Apr 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Prof Hansungule asks UN to recall Rogan

African Centre for Good Governance chairman Michelo Hansungule has written to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) headquarters in New York, demanding for the removal of the UN Resident Coordinator Janet Rogan before she damages the international organisation's reputation. And Hansungule says Rogan has crossed the red line and exposed herself as a local politician...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Kapata must be disciplined over 'it's time to eat remarks' - Chipimo

NAREP president Elias Chipimo says the Patriotic Front leadership has continued to degenerate into a ‘chaotic front,’ leaving in its wake, a trail of destroyed lives while embellishing the coffers of its party members. And Chipimo says the results of this action have been; deepening poverty levels, rising levels of teen prostitution, child marriages, teen...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Abraham Kalito

PLAYERS STRIKE FAZ, demand equal share of soccer proceeds

Linos Chalwe, the general secretary of the The Footballers and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (FAWUZ) says it is shocking that FAZ executive committee members shared allowances in excess of K8,000, 000 at the expense of football players who are the most important stakeholders. In a statement yesterday, Chalwe who is former Chipolopolo striker, observed...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Precious Longwe's lawyer irks Magistrate

Lusaka Magistrate Thandose Chabala has noted with concern the unnecessary excuses by Precious Longwe's lawyer Osborne Ngoma which are causing the case in which she is charged with money laundering to drag. And magistrate Chabala has warned that when the matter comes up on April 25, she will proceed to hear Longwe's defence even without...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Daniel Chansa in Kitwe

Njanji residents in Chingola living in fear, blame KCM for cracked housing

Hundreds of Njanji residents in Nchanga North of Chingola are living in fear over the continued cracking of their houses as a result of mining by Konkola Copper Mines. But KCM and the Chingola Municipal have committed to the possible relocation of the community in Njanji area living in cracked houses in Nchanga North. The...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Abraham Kalito

LCC takes back 'confiscated' goods from Kamwala traders

The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has refuted allegations that some merchandise was looted by Council and State police during the demolition exercise of illegal makeshift shops in Kamwala. In a statement, Tuesday, acting council public relations manager George Sichimba stated that contrary to the assertions, the merchandise was returned to shop owners. “The Lusaka City...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Diggers Editor

Only Kambwili is allowed to defame Lungu

If there is one politician in Zambia whom the Patriotic Front government is determined to destroy, it is Chishimba Kambwili. The Roan PF member of parliament who is also National Democratic Congress leader is, in many ways, the number one enemy of the State. Kambwili is not only a pain in the unmentionables of the...

• 18 Apr 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

PeP must lay off impeachment motion - Nkombo

UPND Whip Gary Nkombo says the impeachment motion will undergo a Parliamentary process which is out of PeP leader Sean Tembo's control and it is therefore illogical for him to call for its withdrawal. In a statement last week, Tembo asked the UPND to withdraw the impeachment motion, remove "frivolous charges" and re-file it. "As...