Real Estate Investments Zambia Plc (REIZ) posted reduced profits after tax of K2.8 million during its 2018 financial year down from K25 million recorded in 2017, triggered by a decline in rental income, data shows. And the company has projected that the property market is likely to remain challenging this year. According to a statement...

The Constitutional Court has subpoenaed the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini and ZNBC Director General Richard Mwanza to testify in a matter where 44 UPND members of parliament have been dragged to court for boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s address to Parliament in 2017. This is a matter in which a Kabangwe resident...

PF campaign manager in the Kafue Council chairperson by-election Given Lubinda has dismissed claims by UPND campaign manager Obvious Mwaliteta that the ruling party is collecting voters’ cards in exchange for mealie meal. Reacting to Mwaliteta's accusations in an interview, Tuesday, Lubinda dismissed the claims, saying the PF remained focused on running a clean campaign....

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a former Choma Mayor for allegedly failing to declare interest in a matter involving the allocation of plots during his tenure. In a statement released, Wednesday, ACC Corporate Affairs officer Jonathan Siame stated that Profesor Mwaanga, 46, of Choma was arrested and charged with failure to declare interest when...

Minister of Tourism and Arts Charles Banda has scolded the Zambia Tourism Agency (ZTA) for failing to avail him with sufficient information on relevant matters relating to the sector. But ZTA board chairperson Peter Jones says one of the challenges the board is usually faced with is late funding for events. Speaking during a meeting...

A miner at Konkola deep shaft number one underground mine in Chililabombwe has been crushed to death by an electric locomotive. Copperbelt police commissioner Charity Katanga has confirmed this to News Diggers! Katanga has identified the deceased as James Katai, 48, of house number 986 Buchi in Kitwe. She said Katai was part of the...

Constitutional Court judge Martin Musaluke has dismissed NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili's application for a stay of execution of the decision by the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini to declare his Roan seat vacant. Judge Musaluke dismissed the application for want of prosecution when neither Kambwili nor his lawyers showed up for hearing...

Expelled PF Member of the Central Committee (MCC) Christopher Yaluma says he has accepted the decision by party Secretary General Davies Mwila to remove him from the party’s decision-making committee. In an interview, Tuesday, Yaluma, who is also Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry said he will continue being a member of the PF and...

You do not need to incite a hungry person because the belly will incite you into action, says UNZALARU president Dr Evans Lampi. Commenting on salary delays in an interview, Dr Lampi appealed to government to stop shifting the burden of external debt to local workers as it was stagnating development in the country. Zambia’s...

A notable number of Zambian female role models working in largely male-dominated economic sectors have urgently called for enhanced women empowerment. The women, brought together by the Private Enterprise Programme (PEP) Zambia, have also reminded the country on the need to finance women’s business ideas as this has potential to grow Zambia’s economy. Speaking at...

Chieftainess Nyanje of the Nsenga people in Sinda District has challenged uneducated parents to ensure their children stay in school and avoid engaging in traditional dances during weekdays. Speaking to Nyau dancers from Matiya Village and the general public, Sunday, chieftainess Nyanje, who spoke through a senior induna Scout Phiri, stressed that children need to...

Roan NDC aspiring candidate Joseph Chishala says government’s decision to give back some slug dump sites to youths on the Copperbelt is not an empowerment scheme, but a trick to solicit votes in Luanshya. Last week, Mines Minister Richard Musukwa gave a provisional license to small-scale miners popularly known as Jerabos to start mining activities...

Barrick’s Lumwana Mining Company (LMC) has disbursed over K4.2 million to Lumwana Community Trust (LCT) as initial funding to undertake social projects in Kalumbila District this year. Lumwana Community Trust (LCT) came into existence from an agreement reached between Barrick Lumwana Mining Company and three chiefdoms – Mukumbi, Mumena and Matebo, right at the commencement...

Cyclone Idai, a tropical storm that ravaged through Mozambique in recent days, has compromised energy security in the SADC region, says Energy Forum Zambia (EFZ). Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, a coastal country, leaving around 1,000 people feared dead, according to that country’s President Filipe Nyusi. The storm made landfall near the port city of Beira...

“It is not being a satanist to be wealthy, it is not being corrupt to be wealthy. Te sambi ukulya bwino, te bu satanist ukwikala bwino. Bonse efyo tu kabila (it is not satanism or a sin to eat well and live in luxury, that is what we all long for). So, what I am...

Zambia's High Commissioner to Kenya Brenda Muntemba has died following a road traffic accident she was involved in on the 22nd of February 2019. Muntemba, 49, had been on life support in a Nairobi hospital but succumbed yesterday. Prior to her appointment as High Commissioner, Brenda Muntemba served as Southern Province Police Commissioner and Zambia...