• 29 Jun 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

Inflation reduces to 7.4%

THE annual rate of inflation has dropped to 7.4 per cent from 7.8 per cent recorded in May, according to Central Statistical Office data Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of June, which has dropped to 7.4 per cent from 7.8 per cent in May, CSO acting director of census and statistics,...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

State House downplays resignation of Auditor General

State House says Auditor General Ron Mwambwa informed President Edgar Lungu about his decision to resign weeks ago, and as such "there is nothing sinister" about the development. And President Edgar Lungu has complained about a tendency by Zambians "politicising everything on baseless grounds" in order to gain political mileage. Commenting on the resignation of...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

PF, Rupiah's MMD have collectively looted $15bn - Chishimba

United Progressive People (UPP) president Saviour Chishimba says the total extent of looting of national resources from the Rupiah Banda-led MMD regime to the current PF government has reached US$15 billion, which is equivalent to K150 billion. And Chishimba says State House has reduced its dignity to that of conmen when it defended the US$34.5...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kambwili mocks Sampa's jobless admission

Any candidate contesting the forthcoming mayoral by-election in Lusaka because he have no job is only going to participate in the thieving going on in the PF government, says NDC leaders Chishimba Kambwili. Meanwhile Kambwili’s lawyers have rejected the state’s application to tender in photocopied documents as evidence in a matter in which he is...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Govt can’t implement austerity measures without clear road map - Kanyama

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says the recently announced austerity measures to stabilise the country’s economy will not produce the desired results if there is no commitment from government. In a statement shared with News Diggers! Kanyama noted that the austerity measures that government had come up with would only be achieved if there was a clear...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

We collected K186m from toll gates in first quarter of 2018 - Chitotela

Minister of Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela says collection of revenue from entry ports during the first quarter of this year jumped to over K186 million, surpassing the K132.4 million collected in the corresponding period last year. Issuing a Ministerial statement rendered to Parliament, Wednesday, on the road tolling programme in the country, Chitotela disclosed...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

HH is not worth dying for, Antonio cautions UPND youths

Hakainde Hichilema is not worth dying for, PF deputy media director Antonio Mwanza has told UPND supporters, whose deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka encouraged to defend themselves using any weapon when attacked. And Mwanza has asked the police to cite UPND president Hakainde Hichilema, his vice, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and Mucheleka for inciting party supporters...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Diggers Editor

It’s like hyenas are running a butchery.

When we reported that US$1 million worth of drugs and HIV test kits were stolen from Medical Stores Limited, the Ministry of Health responded that it was not “breaking news” because the government was already handling this matter. Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya told the nation that government was going to pay back the...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Greens will not take part in by-elections ahead of 2021 - Sinkamba

Green party leader Peter Sinkamba says his party has embarked on a strategic plan to build a sustainable resource base and refine its policies ahead of the crucial 2021 general election. And Sinkamba says those calling for the resignation of Mines Minister Richard Musukwa over the death of 10 small-scale miners at the infamous Black...

• 29 Jun 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Benos to hang for killing Reeves

Lusaka High Court judge Gertrude Chawatama has convicted and sentenced Tshabu Benos to death by hanging for killing her lover Reeves Malambo. This is the matter in which Benos 38, stabbed her lover, Malambo, 48, with a dagger after a fight at her home in Ibex Hill last year. When the matter came up for...