UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says it is shocking that President Edgar Lungu has chosen to travel to Turkey and attend the inauguration of that country's President after his government announced stringent austerity measures. Speaking in an interview with News Diggers! Mweetwa said the residents of Lusaka and Chilanga and those from other districts where...

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says continuous debt servicing at more that 38 per cent of the budget coupled with constant borrowing could further slowdown the growth of Zambia’s economy which was recorded at 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2018. Central Statistical Office announce last month that Zambia’s economic growth slumped to 2.6 per cent...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says says he is not afraid of being replaced as UPND leader when the party goes for a convention. And Hichilema says he doesn’t see how any serious government could have appointed Stephen Kampyongo as Home Affairs minister, given his ‘thuggery’ behaviour. Meanwhile Hichilema says UPND will restructure the country’s debt...

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says Lusaka residents must not reward PF violence with votes in the upcoming mayoral elections. And Kakoma has insisted that it is the right of every citizen to defend themselves when attacked - hence his party's stance on not allowing themselves to be attacked by the Patriotic Front. Meanwhile, Kakoma says...

Zesco’s still owes "Electricidade de Moçambique" (EDM) a debt of US$53 million for its export of electricity to Zambia during the power supply crisis, says Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa. And Nkhuwa has insisted that power supply to Zambia had not been cut off despite the outstanding balance owed by the utility to EDM, adding that...

Many Zambian entrepreneurs do not read. The drive to make money, at times using shortcuts, has short-circuited the potential to grow these businesses in a balanced way. Many local entrepreneurs have robust but hugely unsustainable operations owing to lack of knowledge about business presumptions. Entrepreneurship comes as a natural gift. However, this gift is supplemented...

Interest rates on loan facilities should not be expected to drop if government remains a heavy borrower on the domestic financial market, says the Bankers Association of Zambia. Last month, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe blasted some commercial banks in the country in the habit of offering expensive loans with high interest rates, despite the Bank...

Controversial Zambian hip hop recording satirist Fumba Chama, known professionally as Pilato, has dropped another hit cover production depicting Zambia's social political state of affairs and plummeting democracy, just two months after returning from exile. In May 2015, Pilato faced arrest after releasing "aLungu Anabwela" a cover of Nashil Pitchen Kazembe's aPhiri Anabwela, as the...