People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti has lamented that his friend, Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji has forgotten him just because he is now in power. And Mulongoti says there's no honor in celebrating a drunkard. Malanji hosted a public rally in Kitwe, Sunday, where several government and PF officials mocked the opposition saying they were...

After the UPND had lost the [2016] election, I thought that I was just literally done with politics, says Late president Michael Sata’s son, Mulenga. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s Breakfast Show, Tuesday, Mulenga said he left the PF to join UPND in 2016 due to differences within the party but after reflecting,...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says the Patriotic Front will win the 2021 elections because Zambians have embraced the ‘sebanya wikute’ culture where citizens are willing to embarrass themselves for personal benefit. And Sinkamba says Zambia has the worst managed economy among sub-Saharan countries, listing the debt distress as a testimony of that. In an...

Two NDC officials, among them a member of the party's Central Committee, have died in a road traffic accident in Monze District. According to a statement issued by the NDC media team, the bodies of the deceased are lying in Monze District Hospital. "The duo were part of the NDC entourage driving to Choma district...

At least 10 illegal miners, commonly known as Jerabos, have been confirmed dead while seven are seriously injured after the infamous Black Mountain collapsed on them at 09:50 hours this morning. Kitwe Central Hospital public relations manager Phoebe Chileya has confirmed the development to News Diggers! "Yes, so far we have received 10 bodies which...

Sometimes life presents us with rare opportunities to experience the wickedness of mankind and the consequences of selfishness, all in one frame. Two politicians are talk of town in Lusaka today because of the strange political decisions they have made in the recent past. It is not long ago, and in fact, the newspaper editions...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has admitted that it is possible that the Lusaka Apex Medical University student who died in Chalala was shot by an officer of the Zambia Army because they use the undeveloped land around that area is used as a firing range. And Kampyongo has attributed the rising number of criminal...

The statutory instrument which compels mines and other businesses to transport 30 per cent of their bulk cargo by rail, will not be enforced until Zambia Railways has increased its freight-carrying capacity and improved its infrastructure, board chairman Lubinda Linyama has said. According to an article posted on Mining for Zambia yesterday, Linyama was speaking...

Ministry of National Development Planning Permanent Secretary Chola Chabala says government is taking all necessary actions aimed at minimizing further environmental degradation and ramifications on the economy caused by climate change. In a statement, Tuesday, Chabala stated that government was implementing all the necessary actions to mitigate the devastating effects of climatic change. He emphasized...

Precious Mangesana’s friend has testified in the Lusaka High Court that the deceased would sometimes ask her for foundation (makeup) to cover up bruises on her neck inflicted by her boyfriend, Nshinka Kaputo. Betsy Mbando, 28, of Salama park, an assistant billing officer at Multichoice, testified that Precious once told her that Nshinka owned a...