• 18 May 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Kambwili seeks to be exempted from oath of secrecy

Former chief government spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has written to President Edgar Lungu, requesting to be exempted from the oath of secrecy so that he can freely tell the Zambian people what has gone wrong in the country. In a letter which he personally delivered to State House Wednesday afternoon, Kambwili sought to be freed of...

• 18 May 2018
• Rueben Lifuka

TIZ demands disclosure of all gifts Lungu has received

Introduction The recent revelation that the Government of the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) offered a generous gift of land to President Edgar Lungu and the subsequent public statement from the Chief Government Spokesperson- Hon Dora Siliya confirming this revelation, is a matter that raises a number of legal and ethical questions. From the onset,...

• 18 May 2018
• Mukosha Funga

HH writes Lubinda over 'misunderstanding' of roadside meeting

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has written to Justice Minister Given Lubinda, asking him to take seriously the views exchange when they met a service station in Lusaka. Lubinda has downplayed the roadside meeting, saying nothing tangible could come out of it and that he never agreed to any suggestions from the opposition party, but HH...

• 18 May 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

Land was given to the President in his private capacity - Amos

State House says President Edgar Lungu received the controversial piece of land in the Kingdom of eSwatini in his “private capacity” as a citizen of Zambia. And State House has rebuffed any suggestion that President Lungu’s newly-acquired piece of land in that country abrogates any provisions of the law, including Section 21 of the Anti-Corruption...

• 18 May 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Lusaka remains most expensive city for family of five – JCTR

Lusaka remains the most expensive city for a family of five as the cost of living in the capital city is still way above K5,000, according to the Jesuit Centre of Theological Reflection. In a statement, the JCTR stated that the cost of living last month in its Basic Needs Basket (BNB) only marginally reduced...

• 18 May 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Mulongoti warns against violent campaigns

People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti has implored political parties participating in the Chilanga parliamentary by-election to desist from violence, saying there will be no country to run to if people kill each other. And Mulongoti says UPND vice-president Geoffrey Mwamba did not propose any violence by saying that he would blow up people’s heads if...

• 18 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kambwili pleads not guilty to contempt charges

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has pleaded not guilty to contempt allegations leveled against him by Chilufya Tayali. In this matter Tayali, who is EPP leader, alleged that Kambwili tampered with evidence in a case in which the latter is facing three counts of forgery, uttering false documents and giving false information to a public officer....

• 18 May 2018
• Diggers Editor

We miss the ‘mad’ man

Because of his unwavering aggression while in the opposition, political rivals called him a mad man. They likened his desperation for get into power to that of Adolf Hitler and fascist Benito Mussolini as well as Idi Amin on the African continent. His critics warned that if Zambians made the ‘mistake’ of electing him to...

• 18 May 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Trymore Mwenda's sister testifies against him

Southern Province PF publicity secretary Trymore Mwenda’s sister has narrated in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that when she learnt that her brother was indecently assaulting his biological daughter, she concluded that it was ritual purposes. This is a matter in which Mwenda, 41, of Avondale has been dragged to court with his wife Racheal Kafula...

• 18 May 2018
• Diggers Correspondent

The swaziland "gift" timeline

August 2013, Edgar Chagwa Lungu is Minister of Home Affairs, the State suspends Copperbelt Police Commissioner Mary Tembo for receiving a car as a gift from Grizzly Mining firm without declaring interests. FAST FORWARD TO CURRENT EVENTS: 1: JULY 2017 – RDA awards K701 Million Contract to Inyatsi Roads Zambia Limited, a subsidiary of Inyatsi...