• 9 Oct 2018
• Daniel Chansa

Chiteme drags Kabwita to police for impersonation in a WhatsApp group

National Development Planning minister Alexander Chiteme has reported National Democratic Congress national Youth Chairman Charles Kabwita for impersonation in a WhatsApp group. On Monday, Chiteme who is Nkana Member of Parliament reported Kabwita at Kitwe Central Police. According to police, Chiteme has accused Kabwita of using his name in a WhatsApp group to insult State...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Thomas Mulenga

Someone must pay for Vespers' death - Pilato

Satirical singer Chama Fumba, popularly known as Pilato, has called on President Edgar Lungu to institute an inquiry in the death of Vespers Shimuzhila, a fourth year student who died of suffocation after Police officers fired teargas in her room. Pilato, who on Sunday evening joined UNZA students in mourning Vespers, challenged President Lungu to...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Mukosha Funga

It’s premature to blame police for Vespers’ death - Kampyongo

It is premature to blame police for Vespers Shimunzila’s death, says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo. And Kampyongo has announced that police and other law enforcement agencies are conducting investigations into what transpired prior, during and after the UNZA riots on October 5, 2018. “The investigations which are currently being conducted by the Zambia Police...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Vespers gets mammoth send off

Thousands of citizens yesterday joined University of Zambia students for Vespers Shimuzhila's requiem mass at the UNZA SDA church along Katimamulilo Road in Lusaka. People from various sectors, ranging from staff at the University of Zambia, political party leaders, business executives, musicians, students from various higher learning institutions and ordinary citizens, all clad in black,...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Zambia will remain poor for many more years to come - Research Institute

Indaba Agricultural Research Policy Institute (IAPRI) Executive Director Chance Kabaghe says Zambia will be poor for many more years to come because of government's hesitance to invest heavily in the agricultural sector. And Kabaghe has asked government to crop-diversify from maize as a measure to fight malnutrition and encourage people to eat health food. In...

• 9 Oct 2018
• CUTS

The Impact of High debt Levels on the 2019 National Budget

Over the past two weeks we have discussed the high debt levels the country has accumulated and the implications this has for Zambians. On the 28th of September 2018, the Minister of Finance announced the 2019 national budget which showed the impact of debt on the national purse. Debt payments have consumed the largest allocation...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

LAZ offers legal services to Vespers' family

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it intends to reach out to the deceased UNZA student’s family to provide the requisite legal support in order to ensure that ends of justice is met in the matter In a statement issued and signed by the LAZ Council, the association condemned police for teargassing hostels which...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Daniel Chansa

Bread of Life elder pleads not guilty to making obscene material

Chingola Bread of Life Church Elder has pleaded not guilty to a charge of making and circulating obscene materials. Charles Kalombo appeared for plea before Chingola Resident Magistrate Peggy Banda, Monday. Kalombo 44, of 54 A Kapele Street was charged with one count of making and circulating obscene materials contrary to section 177(1) (a) cap...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Joseph Mwenya

Fire sweeps through John Chinena market

The famous John Chinena roadside market has been gutted by fire with about 30 stands destroyed. Confirming the development, Chibombo Town Council Chairperson, James Ntalasha said the fire started around 17:00 hours, Monday. Ntalasha said quick action by the fire Brigade prevented further damage to property. "Yes, I can confirm that an inferno has swept...

• 9 Oct 2018
• Diggers Editor

If he’s eating with both hands, Haabazoka will soon get constipated

Since he was elected president of the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ), Dr Lubinda Haabazoka has taken quite a bashing from some of his fellow economists, opposition political figures and, of course, some sections of the public. These people have argued that something has changed in the man’s tone when debating national issues. They are...