NAREP president Elias Chipimo has urged opposition parties who have come together to form an alliance to be prepared to learn from each another, saying no political party in Zambia is complete in itself. In NAREP's weekly newsletter to News Diggers! Chipimo stated that recently, 10 opposition parties came together, not to select a candidate...

Five people have died, while three others have sustained serious injuries, after the mini-bus they were travelling in overturned in Mazabuka District. The accident occurred, Wednesday, around 06:40 hours at Dallas area North of Mazabuka town on the Great North Road in Southern Province and involved six vehicles, Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo confirmed in a...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says revelations by some mining companies to effect job cuts in the extractive industry are a ploy to blackmail government not to effect the proposed tax changes. On Monday, Chambishi Metals on the Copperbelt asked 30 per cent of its workforce to go on voluntary separation, barely a few days...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has partnered with the Zambian government to hand over 10 pre-fabricated medical-supply storage units for 11 districts at a cost of nearly US $900,000. In a statement issued via US Embassy public affairs officer Sean McIntosh from Chongwe, the prefabricated storage units are meant to give access...

The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has granted a K10,000 cash bail with two working sureties bound in a sum of K5,000, each in own recognizance, to a senior clerk of court who's jointly-charged with Lusaka-based Magistrate Maggie Tantameni and two others for allegedly stealing 34 Kilogrammes of ephedrine valued at K1,870,000. In this matter, the senior...

Patriotic Front (PF) media director Sunday Chanda says the nine opposition political party leaders who met which Hakainde Hichilema to discuss means in which they can block President Edgar Lungu's 2021 presidential bid, have all proved that they are useful idiots to the UPND leader. In a statement, Chanda said it was "stinky thinking" for...

Last week, President Edgar Lungu stunned the whole country when he made reference to the Chinese people, saying they were many and as resilient as cockroaches, which can survive any tough environment. He said just like stubborn cockroaches that hide anywhere they find space, like in the fridge or stove, Chinese are all over Zambia...