• 24 Sep 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Some ministers' dogs eat better than poor Zambians - Bweengwa MP

Some of the ministers’ dogs eat better than our poor Zambians, says Bweengwa UPND member of parliament Kasautu Michele. Debating on President Edgar Lungu’s speech to parliament last Friday, Michelo also said the entire PF government beginning from the president, had failed the nation. And Choma Central UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa observed that...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Zambia won't grant asylum to law breakers - Kampyongo

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says there's no selective application when it comes to refugees and political asylum seekers coming to Zambia, but law breakers are not welcome. He was responding to a question from Kabwe central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube in Parliament, Friday, who wanted to know whether government had a...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Daniel Chansa

Riots erupt in Buchi after cop shoots car washer

Police in Kitwe Monday morning fought running battles with Buchi residents after one officer shot dead a car washer. The car wash in question which is located along the Kazembe road in Buchi uses water from the Nkana Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) pipes. But NWSC disconnect the water due to unpaid bills, a move...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

It wasn’t Lungu’s mandate to disclose irregularities in social cash transfer - Mwanakatwe

Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says it is not President Edgar Lungu’s mandate to tell the nation about irregularities in the social cash transfer scheme but to brag about the impact of the programme in his address to Parliament. And Mwanakatwe says government does not yet know for sure how much of the $4 million British...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Zambia’s debt is being used as a tool to force regime change- Wina

Vice-President Inonge Wina says the country’s debt has been dramatized in such a way that is being used as a tool to destabilize people’s confidence in the PF government in order to force a regime change. And Vice-President Wina says investors will only have confidence in Zambia if citizens stop posting bad news about what’s...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

World Bank downgrades Zambia’s GDP growth to 3.3%

The World Bank has revised Zambia’s real GDP growth projection for 2018 downwards to 3.3 per cent, down from 4.3 per cent, triggered by dampened agricultural activity, among other factors. And World Bank country manager Dr Ina-Marlene Ruthenberg says the country’s lending rates remain too high for the private sector to borrow credit and create...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

CSOs plan joins demos at parley ahead of budget presentation

About 7 Civil Society Organisations have written to Lusaka Police Commissioner Nelson Phiri, informing him that they wish to hold a peaceful protest to advocate for prudent and accountable use of public resources at Parliament, next week. The Alliance for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti signed the police notice on behalf of ActionAid...

• 24 Sep 2018
• Diggers Editor

Kabanshi is a very innocent accomplice

On face value, former minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi stood out as the most decent and innocent Cabinet Minister. She was generally absent from the news headlines, save for a few occasions when she would officiate at a donor event or social cash transfer launch. She could as well have been...