Small-Scale Farmers’ Development Agency (SAFADA) says government’s hesitation to commence distribution farming inputs to farmers implies that the agricultural sector is neglected and not considered as important. Despite Minister of Agriculture Michael Katambo having told Parliament in July that the distribution of farming inputs would commence on September 1, 2018, government has yet again delayed...

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says it is true that members of parliament from Luapula Province are very organised and coordinated than any other group of MPs in the ruling party, but says she does not believe that they are scheming to oust President Edgar Lungu under the umbrella of "Luapula United" And Mumbi...

Superior Milling Company managing director Peter Cottan says mealie meal prices will definitely be increased following a rise in fuel prices, but added that the adjustment will be insignificant. In an interview with News Diggers! Cottan said transporters and millers would have to pass-on the increase in the cost of production, which included transportation of...

Bahati PF member of parliament Harry Kalaba does not want to resign from the Patriotic Front (PF) party because the moment he does so, he will go into “political oblivion,” says media director Sunday Chanda. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s ‘Hot Seat’ programme, Thursday, Chanda rebuked Kalaba and questioned why he was still...

Zambian Fertilizers Limited has dragged Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) to court for failing to pay the company over K2 million being the value of assorted agricultural fertilizers supplied to them for sale as its agent. And a money lender has dragged a local businessman to court for failing to pay K136,665 owed to him....

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says the opposition party is not moved by threats of arrest targeted at its leader Hakainde Hichilema whom government is blaming for the meal allowance protests that led to the death of a fourth year student at the University of Zambia Great East Road Campus. Unconfirmed reports from within...

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Zambia’s credit rating to ‘B -’ from ‘B’, and maintained the country’s economic outlook to negative, mainly triggered by government’s substantial upward revision in the budget deficit targets. And Fitch has revised its forecast on Zambia’s general government debt to hit 69 per cent of GDP by the end of this...

Zambia national team physical trainer Chintu Kampamba has noted that the current national team squad is more tactical than the one he featured for. The former national team defender said the Wednesday qualifier clash against Guinea Bissau was evidence his statement was true adding that the boys had clever ways of creating scoring chances that...

Africa Confidential says Zambia is buying a new Presidential Jet fitted with a cutting edge military grade defence system which fires lasers at incoming heat-seeking missiles. The Zambian government at its recent Cabinet meeting prodded Attorney General Likando Kalaluka to pursue a possibility of taking legal action against Africa Confidential for what it terms as...

Jealous down, President Edgar Lungu has shown some intolerance against abuse of public resources in this donor aid scandal. Finally, we are proud that he has stroked his long stick in the right direction. This is what we expected from him when he first announced that he would fall like a tonne of brick on...