• 14 Jan 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

NDC will introduce Agricultural Development Bank for loans - Musenge

NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge says an NDC government will introduce an ‘Agricultural Industrial Bank’ that will give loans to business ventures that will convert agricultural produce into finished products. In its weekly newsletter to News Diggers! on agricultural sector plans and reforms, Musenge stated that an NDC government would introduce an ‘Agricultural Industrial Bank’...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Kalumbila lays off 23 expatriates, leaving other employees in limbo

Kalumbila Minerals Limited (KML), a First Quantum Minerals (FQM) subsidiary, has issued 23 letters of separation to its expatriate employees in response to the hiked 2019 mining fiscal regime. KML Public Relations Coordinator Mirriam Harmon stated that the mining firm, which operates the Sentinel Copper Mine in Kalumbila District, has so far issued letters of...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lusaka man drags 3 Chinkankata headmen to court in land dispute

A Lusaka businessman has sued four residents of Chikankata District in Southern Province, among them, three headmen, demanding damages for claiming that his farm was part of the land under their leadership. In this matter, Alexander Kamalondo, a resident of Kabulonga area, is also seeking for a declaration that he is the legal owner of...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Sishuwa Sishuwa

Class of 2018: Zambians who gravely disappointed last year

In contrast to the shortage of authentic, consistent heroes in public life, Zambia had a huge surplus of disappointing individuals and institutions in 2018, as the competition for uninspiring conduct grew even fiercer. Indeed, such is the surplus that if we are really serious about diversifying Zambia’s economy, we will do well to consider exporting...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

NAC hails Lungu's support to the local arts industry

National Arts Council (NAC) chairperson Patrick Samwimbila has called on politicians and the corporate world to support artists in the country by buying their works to help them make a living off their talents. And Samwimbila says the Council sees 2019 as a year of conquest for the arts fraternity. In a statement issued by...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

Lungu calls for Govt of National Unity in Congo

President Edgar Lungu has called for a government of national unity in Congo DR, saying it will create some stability. This is according to a statement issued by his Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda, Sunday. President Lungu was speaking in his capacity as chairperson of the SADC organ on politics, Defense...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Daniel Chansa and Maryline Rose

Yama nga muleiba fikabipa, Kambwili warns Dr Chitalu

Roan PF Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has warned Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya that if he is stealing from government though the procurement of drugs, he will soon face the consequences. And Kambwili, who is Roan PF member of parliament, says miners and civil servants must stand up and reject the suffering inflicted on...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Andyford Mayele Banda

PAC IS THREE! 2021 TIIKOSESA!

The People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) was launched on 10th January 2016 at Hotel Intercontinental – Lusaka. Three years ago a new generation of likeminded politicians, with no political expediency and zero name recognition came together to form a political party based on a conviction that the time was right to overhaul our political leadership....

• 14 Jan 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

ZNS soldier drags command to court for wrongful dismissal

A former serviceman under the Zambia National Service (ZNS) has dragged his former employer to court seeking an order that he was wrongly discharged from the service without following proper procedure. Isaac Zulu, who has also sued the Attorney General, is further seeking for an order that ZNS pays him his salary arrears from January,...

• 14 Jan 2019
• Mwenya Musenge

Agricultural Sector Plans and Reforms

There have been no significant developments in Zambia’s agricultural policy since the 1970’s. It is therefore very important to redefine the agriculture by way of tailoring the education system to teach and lecture conservation farming techniques coupled with good farming methods and deployment of technology, whilst encouraging diversification and increase in both agriculture production and...