Archive: September 2018

13 Sep 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

President’s interference in Judiciary angers governance stakeholders

Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa has warned Zambians to be careful with the people they elect as their representatives to the National Assembly if they want to have good laws in place. […]

13 Sep 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

NIPA student gets 5 days for marijuana possession

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 24-year-old male student of the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) to five days imprisonment with hard labour for unlawful possession of psychotropic substances, namely 0.4 grammes of […]

13 Sep 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

SA taxi drivers stone Zambian to death

South African taxi and minibus drivers have stoned to death a 28-year-old Zambian national after mistaking him for their west-African enemy in a town called Klerksdorp. According to a statement issued by First Secretary for […]

13 Sep 2018 | Daniel Chansa

Katanga threatens to lock up Chieftainess Lesa

Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has warned that Chietainess Lesa of the Lamba speaking people in Mpongwe will be arrested for inciting violence. Katanga said Chietainess Lesa should stop using her “criminal ways of doing […]

13 Sep 2018 | Diggers Reporter

Zambia next to be owned by China

Africa Confidential reports China is poised to take over strategic government institutions such as ZESCO after reports of the country’s failure to repay loans. China already owns 60% of ZNBC, take a look:

13 Sep 2018 | Diggers Editor

Antonio is dangerously talented to defend lies

PF deputy media director Antonio Mwanza has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of scandalising China and condemning Chinese debt in order to please Hong Kong so that the opposition party can receive political funding […]

13 Sep 2018 | Diggers Editor

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12 Sep 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Theft of cocaine exhibit shows how rotten our society is – Chipimo

NAREP president Elias Chipimo says the trend of missing evidence is a reflection of how rotten our society has become whereby corruption is tolerated at the top. And Chipimo says it is illegal to hold […]

12 Sep 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu’s relatives must vacate ministerial houses, insists Kambwili

President Edgar Lungu’s private secretary Daniel Siwo must vacate the ministerial house allocated to him based on his relationship with the Head of State, National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili has demanded. And Kambwili […]

12 Sep 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

NDC fighting China to get funding from Hong Kong – PF

PF deputy media director Antonio Mwanza has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of relentlessly fighting China’s assistance to Zambia in order to please Hong Kong where they expect to get party funding. And Mwanza […]