• 28 Nov 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

2 Kafue Sugar general workers in court for theft

Two general workers at Kafue Sugar have been dragged to court for stealing over 100Kgs of sugar valued at K1,416, property of their employer. In this matter, Innocent Namushi, 35, and Wamunyima Namasiku, 26, general workers of Nampundwe area in Shibuyunji District are charged with one count of theft by servant. Particulars of the offence...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Let's all agree, PF must go in 2021 - Andyford

The Patriotic Front does not deserve another term in office and it must go in 2021, says People's Alliance for Change leader Andyford Banda. And Banda says it is unsustainable to keep preventing opposition leaders from engaging the electorate using the police. Speaking when he featured on UNZA Radio's Lusaka Star, Monday, Banda said it...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Abraham Kalito

Tame your hotheads, VJ tells Lungu, HH

Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga says President Edgar Lungu and his rival Hakainde Hichilema should tame irresponsible elements and hotheads in their parties because they have the potential to derail or undermine the dialogue process. In an interview, Tuesday, Mwaanga noted that the two parties had persons and elements who should be disciplined to in...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Abraham Kalito

PF’s Lusinde loss a tip of an iceberg - Ngoma

Former Sinda member of parliament Levy Ngoma has warned that the Patriotic Front’s loss of the Lusinde Ward by-election is a tip of the ice berg because residents are angry with the regime’s poor service delivery. And Ngoma says President Edgar Lungu is promoting tribalism by expecting Easterners to vote for him on a ‘wako...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Kanchele Kanche

Purchase of new Presidential jet a mockery to suffering Zambians - Msoni

APC leader Nason Msoni says the purchase of an executive private jet by government when people can not access quality medical care speaks to the moral bankruptcy of the leaders running government. Msoni told News Diggers that it was not surprising to see the leadership in government spend colossal sums of money on an executive...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Don't be used in economic conflict against Chinese, Lubinda tells Zambians

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says Zambia should resist the temptation of being used in an economic conflict against the Chinese. And Lubinda has revealed that Zambia has voted in the affirmative at the United Nations –UN- on maintenance of a suspension of the death penalty. According to a statement issued by Zambia's First Secretary for...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court acquits UPND cadres of possessing offensive weapons

Lusaka Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya has acquitted four United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters who were charged with being in possession of offensive weapons and materials. Remmy Mukoba and three others were accused of being in possession of one plastic bottle of glycerine, two plastic bottles of potassium Pamanganette, one bow and three arrows outside...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Stuart Lisulo

Prince Harry extols Zambia-UK bilateral ties

England’s Prince Harry says the private sector remains a catalyst towards ending poverty in Zambia. Speaking during his first official visit to Zambia at the British High Commission’s Residence in Lusaka, Monday evening, the Duke of Sussex emphasized that Zambia’s private sector remained an effective means towards reducing poverty in the country. Prince Harry, who...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

I don't agree with Supreme Court's decision on Chifire, but I accept it - Ntewewe

In the wake of the unfortunate decision by the Supreme Court of Zambia to jail Gregory Chifire for six years, the Young African Leaders Initiative calls on fellow activists, politicians and the media to reflect on our common duty to protect the Judiciary, says Andrew Ntewewe. Ntewewe, who is YALI president, said in a statement...

• 28 Nov 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Social media shouldn’t erode ethics, Mujajati tells health practitioners

Health Professionals Council of Zambia (HPCZ) registrar Dr Aaron Mujajati has appealed to health practitioners across the country to always remember that they are still bound by the professional code of conduct. Dr Mujajati said the coming of the Internet must not affect medical ethics in any way, and that the Council would not accept...