• 30 Apr 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

We’ll now give Musenge more charges because of indiscipline, says Kambwili

National Democratic Congress leader Chishimba Kambwili says the party is contemplating giving Mwenya Musenge more charges because of his statement that the NDC had withdrawn its membership from the Opposition Alliance. Speaking to journalists at Lusaka Magistrates’ Court shortly after making an appearance in one of his matters, Monday, Kambwili said he regarded Musenge as...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Indian in court for calling a Zambian 'black dog'

A 28-year-old Indian man yesterday appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for allegedly calling a Zambian "black dog". And Chief Resident Magistrate, Lameck Mwale has granted the accused cash bail of K15,000 with two working sureties bound in the sum of K30,000 in their own recognizance. In this matter, Patel Shahnawazy is facing one count...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Chibuyu Finance remains most expensive lender – BoZ

Chibuyu Finance Limited remains Zambia’s most expensive lender of loan facilities among the 32 non-bank financial institutions with a total effective annual interest rate of 187.5 per cent. According to a publication of charges, fees and commissions compiled and published by the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) as at March 31, 2019, Chibuyu Finance is the...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Daniel Chansa in Ndola

Cop leads Ndola court to mealie meal smuggling scene

A police officer Monday afternoon took the Ndola Magistrates' Court to the scene of crime where PF Ndola District Youth Chairman Oscar Himanga was apprehended with 70 bags of 25 Kg mealie meal which was earmarked for smuggling. Himanga, who is PF Kamba ward councillor, was arrested for smuggling mealie meal to the DRC. This...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Tutwa, his Dialogue Forum can go to hell, we'll meet in Parliament - Mwiimbu

Monze Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu has told National Dialogue Forum Legal Counsel Tutwa Ngulube to go to hell with this threats against opposition members of parliament who have opted out of the event. And Mazabuka UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo has dared conveners of the National Dialogue Forum to commence a...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Govt asks NDF to legalise ministers' stay in office after dissolution of Parley

National Dialogue Forum (NDF) spokesperson Isaac Mwanza has disclosed that government has proposed a total of 78 amendments to the Republican Constitution at the ongoing Forum, which will be up for consideration beginning tosay (Tuesday). Meanwhile, Mwanza says the number of people attending the forum has continued to drop because the secretariat is sending away...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chreso University students fear losing scholarships

Hundreds of students at Chreso University in Lusaka fear losing their scholarship after management asked them to reapply for considering, under an on-going audit. The students claimed, in an interview with News Diggers, that the new management had frozen their scholarships which were signed by the previous administration and asked them to reapply. But university...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

UNZA, CBU salaries delay again

Copperbelt University (CBU) Registrar Hellen Mukumba has informed university staff that their April, 2019, salaries will be delayed. In an internal memo dated April 26, 2019, addressed to all members of staff, Mukumba stated that the delays were due to circumstances beyond management’s control. She, however, assured staff that management was doing everything possible to...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

PF cadres storm Power FM, interrupt Kambwili’s programme

Patriotic Front cadres in Kabwe have stormed Power FM and disrupted a live programme where NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili was featuring. Kambwili was making his concluding remarks when the cadres arrived around 10:00 hours and forced their way into the studio by breaking the door, demanding that the programme be stopped immediately. The cadres tried...

• 30 Apr 2019
• Thomas Mulenga

30-year-old man set ablaze for stealing car side mirror

Police deputy spokesperson Ray Hamoonga has disclosed that a 30-year-old man has died after being set ablaze for allegedly stealing a side mirror of a vehicle. And Hamoonga says a 25-year-old man of Chawama compound drowned in Lusaka West’s Tubalange Dam where he had gone to swim with his friends, after a camp meeting for...