81 members of parliament have voted against a motion to rescind government’s decision to abolish meal allowances at public universities, defeating 58 MPs who were in support. Kapiri Mposhi UPND member of parliament Stanley Kakubo […]

Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unreservedly handed over back all credentials to Zambia’s most popular soccer icon Kalusha Bwalya. A Goal Diggers! check on Africa’s soccer governing body website found the 1988 African footballer […]

Mines Minister Richard Musukwa says government will not entertain First Quantum Minerals’ offer to buy off ZCCM-IH’s minority shareholding in Kansanshi Mining Plc. Earlier this month, reports emerged that FQM had offered to buy off […]

News Diggers! is not a Yes Bwana (Yes Sir) newspaper, says British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. And Information Minister Dora Siliya has announced that government is reaching out to stakeholders to formulate a […]

Minister in the Vice–President’s office Sylvia Chalikosa has advised farmers to pay attention to warning signs in order to adequately prepare for drought situations. Featuring on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Chalikosa said government could not manage […]

The Zambia Police Command has directed administrators of all existing social media groupings to delete them, warning of severe action if the directive is not adhered to. In a notice circulated on Tuesday, the Police […]

The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has seized various food products and feed containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) from Food Lovers and Spar which were being sold without permits from the Authority. In a statement, Wednesday, […]

UPND parliamentary chief whip Situmbeko Musokotwane says his party will continue mounting pressure on President Edgar Lungu until he fires corruption-accused Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela. On Friday, opposition UPND members of parliament […]

The international community has concluded that there is a prospect of serious trouble in 2021 if Zambia does not hold meaningful national dialogue before then, says British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. And High […]

Government’s debt servicing payments have climbed to an unprecedented K2.5 billion in January, 2019, the highest single disbursement for this specific obligation so far, according to Ministry of Finance data. And Minister of Finance Margaret […]