A businessman has sued FAZ president Andrew Kamanga in the Lusaka High Court for allegedly digging a foundation on a plot on Lumumba road that allegedly belongs to him. Eustace S Mwewa, who has also sued the Lusaka City Council (LCC) as first defendant, is seeking an order by the court to the council to...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says the PF is scheming to jail him until after 2021 through the Constitution amendment process so that they can have a free ride and scoop the general election. And Hichilema alleges that President Edgar Lungu is scheming to extend his term of office to seven years through current Constitution amendment...

Six Zambia Police officers and reserves who allegedly robbed robbers last month, have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court with a charge of theft by public servant involving over K200,000, about 500 Chinese Yen and US$600, which came into their possession by virtue of their employment. Meanwhile, a taxi driver who is jointly charged with...

A 53-year-old man of Lusaka’s John Laing Compound has shot a suspected criminal three times, leaving him with gunshot wounds on his right arm and leg after he found him stealing rabbits at a named house. According to a statement issued, Tuesday, acting Police Spokesperson Danny Mwale stated that Kelvin Simpungwe was shot by Febian...

Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says Zambia has a lot to gain from maintaining a special relationship with China but government should be careful with how it borrows money. In a statement, Tuesday, Mwaanga observed that Zambia had enjoyed a favorable trade surplus with China since independence. “Notwithstanding debt repayments for this Tazara loan, other agricultural...

The Kabwe Municipal Council has joined countrywide protests over delayed salaries. Essential government services in Kabwe were yesterday paralysed following the downing of tools by ZAMPOST, Fire Brigade and Local Authority workers who are demanding to be paid their five months’ salary arears. A check by News Diggers! found the Post Office, Fire Brigade and...

Sinda District UPND deputy youth chairperson Yobe Mwale in has accused the Patriotic Front of distributing the relief maize flagged off by President Edgar Lungu last Thursday to it's cadres only. But PF district chairperson Michael Phiri rubbished Mwale’s claims, saying the maize which was being distributed to PF cadres was donated by Sinda Independent...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has demanded for guidelines on the imminent Sales Tax’s implementation because there is still uncertainty among tax payers on how it will work. In a statement released, Tuesday, CTPD executive director Isaac Mwaipopo urged the Ministry of Finance to issue guidelines on the Goods and Services Tax...

The first quarter of 2019 has not been friendly to the livestock industry in Zambia. This is due to among other things: drought in some areas of Southern, Western, Central, and Lusaka provinces. As if this was not enough, came an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Mbala, then Chisamba and finally Monze...

Senior chief Musele of Kalumbila District in North-Western Province has appealed to government through the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) to connect his community to the electricity grid. Speaking when Kalumbila Minerals Limited (KML) handed over a newly-built Mukila Wantambu Community School to government, senior chief Musele observed that REA had over the years prioritised many...