President Edgar Lungu says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is amongst the longest serving opposition presidents in Africa and he would never leave State House if elected into office. And President Lungu says he will not permit lawlessness in the name of dialogue. Meanwhile, President Lungu has boasted that the PF is ahead of the game...

Only 116,616 out of the 255,449 candidates that sat for the Grade 9 examination have progressed to grade 10. According to the results announced by acting Minister of General Education Elizabeth Phiri today, out of the 116,616 that passed, 58,974 are boys while 57,642 are girls. Phiri said the national progression rate to Grade 10...

UPPZ president Charles Chanda has charged that the newly-formed opposition alliance is going nowhere, warning that if one party falls, then all will fall together. And Chanda claims that there is a hidden printing press in the country which government is using to print ballot papers for 'ghost voters'. Speaking when he featured on Chat...

UPND chairman for elections Peter Mumba says Zambians should out-rightly reject the proposed removal of meal allowances as insinuated by Higher Education Minister Prof Nkandu Luo. Mumba who is former Energy Permanent Secretary told News Diggers! in an interview that if government had no money to continue paying students’ meal allowances, there wouldn’t be reports...

President Edgar Lungu has dropped Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Paul Mihova and appointed Brigadier General William Sikazwe as his replacement. President Lungu has also dropped deputy army commander Jackson Miti and a replacement is yet to be appointed. Until his appointment, General Sikazwe, who has now been elevated to the rank of Lieutenant General,...

Minister of Works and Supply Mutotwe Kafwaya says printing of the 2021 ballot papers locally will add value to the nation and eventually attract back all the works it used to carry out before. According to a statement by Ministry of Works and Supply Public Relations Officer Ndubi Mvula, this came to light when the...

Political Researcher Cephas Mukuka has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to use his Constitutional powers and prerogatived to pardon Rainbow Newspaper editor-in-chief Derrick Sinjela. The Supreme Court recently sentenced Sinjela to 18 months simple imprisonment for contempt of court. But in a statement to News Diggers! Mukuka appealed to President Lungu to pardon Sinjela, saying...

SANAC executive director Gregory Chifire says calls by State House to open a Commission of Inquiry into the privatisation of public assets that took place over 20 years ago, is reckless and an ill-conceived illusion to divert people's attention from the current theft in PF. In a statement to News Diggers! Chifire stated that calling...

UNZA lecturer Professor Bizeck Phiri has warned that unless the general membership of all the political parties in the opposition alliance, together with the top leadership, are committed to key objectives, it may crumble. And political scientist Dr Alex Ng’oma has urged the newly-formed opposition alliance to start offering credible checks and balances to the...

The Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry says it is still facing challenges in implementing government’s agenda in industrialising Zambia due to insufficient funding. But the Ministry says it is partnering with stakeholders to tackle its financial challenges. Responding to a press query, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame stated that...