• 27 Feb 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

5 Zambians lose R185,000 in S/Africa fraudulent online transactions

The Zambian High Commission in South Africa has reported that five Zambian nationals, among them civil servants, farmers and businessmen have been swindled in Pretoria through various online payment systems. First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Zambian High Commission in that country Naomi Nyawali confirmed the development, Wednesday, revealing that the victims...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Govt calls for increased refugee funding from donors

Government, through the Ministry of Home Affairs, has appealed for increased funding from humanitarian and development donor countries to support the refugees operation across the country in 2019. Commissioner for Refugees in the ministry, Abdon Mawere, said in a statement that although there had been no major influx of refugees lately, the number of refugees...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Choose Zambia over HH, Sunday tells UPND MPs

PF media director Sunday Chanda has appealed to UPND members of parliament to choose Zambia over their party leader Hakainde Hichilema by supporting the Constitution amendment process earmarked for presentation to Parliament this session. On Monday, Hichilema instructed his members of parliament to shoot down the motion to amend the Constitution by Justice Minister Given...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Speaker will declare my seat vacant today - CK

Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili says Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini will this afternoon declare his seat vacant. Kambwili has told News Diggers in an interview that Speaker Matibini will declare the Roan seat vacant in a ruling on a point of order raised by Eastern Province Minister Makebi Zulu...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

DEC asks court to dismiss matter in which Chita Lodge sued it over property

The Drug Enforcement Commission has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss with costs, the matter in which Chita Lodge Limited sued the commission for allegedly seizing its property in Lusaka’s Ibex Hill on the premise that its owned by former Zambia Air Force Commander, Lieutenant General Eric Chimese. In this matter, Chita Lodge Limited...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Mushimba blocks critics on Twitter after failing to justify SA medical bill

Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba has blocked critics on Twitter after they demanded justification for his decision to get his broken arm treated in South Africa, where he stayed for over a month. Mushimba was involved in a road traffic accident on the night of January 18, 2019 after a Toyota Land Cruiser...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kambwili pleads not guilty to racial charge, gets K3,000 bail

Nalikosa mukati na kunse (I am strong inside and out), bragged NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili yesterday after he was granted K3,000 cash bail by the Lusaka Magistrates's Court. And Kambwili denied the charge of expressing racial remarks on an Indian national. In this matter, Kambwili who is also Roan PF member of parliament, is charged...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Lungu nullifies expulsion of Petauke's Jay Jay, Eliboma

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has nullified the expulsion of the two Patriotic Front (PF) senior members of Petauke District in Eastern Province who were expelled by Provincial Chairperson Andrew Lubusha on Sunday for allegedly breaching the party constitution. Lubusha expelled Emmanuel (Jay Jay) Banda and Elias Daka (Eliboma) in a letter dated February 20, 2019,...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

MTN Zambia appoints Philip van Dalsen as new CEO

MTN Zambia has appointed Philip van Dalsen as the company’s new chief executive officer. In a statement availed by MTN communications manager Lisa Mulozi, Tuesday, van Dalsen took over from South African Charles Molapisi, who had since been appointed as MTN Group Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO). According to the statement, van Dalsen was...

• 27 Feb 2019
• Diggers Editor

We’ll cover Petersen, long live freedom of expression

Last week, a celebrated Zambian singer Mukubesa Mundia, popularly known by his stage name “Peterson Zagaze” made two social media postings which landed him in hot soup with media practitioners. The angry journalists treated what the musician posted as an insult to the Fourth Estate. In one Facebook posting, Petersen remarked: “With ‘most’ Zambian journalists,...