PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says the Citizen’s Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) is moribund and is not helping youths with empowerment projects. And UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the ruling party has betrayed the youths as evidenced by the high unemployment rates. Meanwhile, Democratic Party (DP) president Harry Kalaba says whilst the youth of today...

Copperbelt minister Japhen Mwakalombe says the forthcoming Copperbelt Investment Expo has targeted to create 200,000 jobs for the youth. In an interview after laying wrath for the youth day celebrations in Ndola, Mwakalombe said youths are a resource that should be well nurtured. He said government has taken keen interest in the plight of youths...

A legal entity civil society organization, AGE Justice International, says the Speaker of the National Assembly, the courts and the Electoral Commission of Zambia have treated Chishimba Kambwili very unfairly. In a statement, Tuesday, AGE Justice International executive director Philimon Phiri stated that the Speaker and ECZ were in a hurry to declare the Roan...

Minister of Gender Elizabeth Phiri has urged women in developing nations to actively engage in political governance in order to bridge the social and economic gender gap, for sustainable development. And Phiri has observed that educated women in Zambia are shunning politics because the male-dominated political sphere has remained aggressive. According to a statement issued...

All Peoples’ Congress Party (APC) president Nason Msoni says Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo was being cheeky and mischievous with his sentiments against the U.S embassy, following their call on the IBA to lift the 30 days suspension slapped on Prime TV. On Friday last week during the ‘Let the People...

State House Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says President Edgar Lungu has given Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo strict instructions to ensure that political violence is never repeated in the forthcoming Bahati and Roan parliamentary by-elections. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the 2019 Youth Day celebration in Lusaka, Tuesday,...

UPND deputy spokesperson Patricia Mwashingwele says Hakainde Hichilema's government will reintroduce full bursaries for all needy students in higher learning public institutions. In the UPND news letter to News Diggers! Mwashingwele noted that the current conditions in Zambia especially the state of higher education had nothing to write home about. She stated that the UPND...

Youth Minister Moses Mawere says it was not true that government is only concentrating on empowering youths who are aligned to the PF, arguing that even youths from areas where the party performed badly in the 2016 elections are being empowered. In an interview on the sidelines of the 2019 Youth Day Celebrations, Tuesday, Mawere...

Muzalema Mwanza, the founder of Safe Motherhood Alliance, a Zambia-based social enterprise that develops simple, low-cost disposable baby delivery kits has won the Pitch@Palace Africa 2019 prize. According to a statement issued by Zambia's first secretary for press in the UK, Abigail Chaponda, the announcement was made at Pitch@Palace Africa hosted by Prince Andrew, the...

National Housing Authority (NHA) Director of Finance Charles Chewe has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court and denied allegedly awarding a contract to a debt collector without following applicable laid down procurement procedures. In this matter, Chewe, 54, is facing one count of wilful failure to follow applicable laid down Procurement Procedures or Guidelines contrary...