United Party for National Development president Hakainde Hichilema says Zambians are tired of lies from the ruling Patriotic Front government. Addressing his supporters at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola, Monday, Hichilema said lies from the PF had caused division, hunger and under-development. “Insala eko ili (there is hunger indeed). Mumayanda, Zambia yonse. (In...

The Tobacco Board of Zambia has projected to sell over 26 million kilograms of Tobacco this marketing season; from April 2018 to September 30, 2018. In a statement, Monday, TBZ executive director James Kasongo stated that the sales would translate into about $78 million in monetary form which would go directly to the pockets of...

Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) president Nevers Mumba says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not change its mind on Zambia’s request for a bailout package because the country has continued accruing more debt. And Dr Mumba says he will continue pressing the government over the country’s correct debt position until it comes out in...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has seized goods worth K 3,719 in Western Province following five separate inspections conducted in over 54 trading places this month. CCPC public relations officer, Namukolo Kasumpa, said in a statement that the seized items had defects and did not meet the minimum requirement for retail, while some...

Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to work on roads and bridges in her constituency saying her people should not be punished for having an opposition MP. And Katuta has accused Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Ronald Chitotela of paying special attention to his constituency at the expense...

Transparency International Zambia president Rueben Lifuka says PF Secretary General Davies Mwila is ill qualified to supervise ministers as he does not even attend Cabinet meetings. Lifuka was responding to a press query on Mwila's statement that as chief executive officer of the ruling party he had the authority to summon any minister or mayor...

Last week, News Diggers published an exposé that accused the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, Edward Chomba, of misleading the nation about his academic achievements. Chomba, who was first appointed to his position by President Edgar Lungu in November 2015 before he was kept in the role after...

Law Association of Zambia president Eddie Mwitwa says even though judges may be satisfied with their working conditions, it remains a fact that they are extremely overwhelmed by the number of cases which are cumulatively assigned to them. In an interview, Mwitwa observed that judges handle upto about 400 cases at a given time, adding...

The world has failed the DRC, president of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has observed. During an interview with London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies streamed on its website, Masisi said tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are rising. “More than the DRC, I think the world has failed the DRC. We have failed...

If the PF cannot stand the heat on the ground ahead of this local government by-election in Sinda district, they should get out of the way, says UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka. Last Wednesday, 15 Patriotic Front cadres beat up a UPND supporter at Sinda Police Station around 22:00 hours. Eastern Province Police Commissioner Sharon...