There are no fundamental challenges in Zambia's economy, says President Edgar Lungu's spokesperson Amos Chanda, arguing that the Kwacha is not necessary depreciating but the dollar is appreciating against all other major currencies. And Chanda says government will follow the law to the latter in the disengagement process with Konkola Copper Mines. Meanwhile, Chanda says...

The announced takeover of Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) by government has ignited panic and anxiety in the company’s workforce, as both managers and unionised workers remain in the dark regarding their fate. Some KCM managers who spoke on condition of anonymity told News Diggers! that although it could not be disputed that the mining...

A 43-year-old man has been dragged to court for allegedly swindling Zambia Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) secretary general Cosmas Mukuka out of K2,000 cash by falsely pretending it was meant to refuel a motor vehicle on Presidential duties. Japhet Kalaba Mwelwe, a coordinator of farm 215A Mumbwa, is also charged with attempt to obtain...

ActionAid Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba has wondered why former Community Development and Social Services Minister Emerine Kabanshi was arrested over the social cash transfer scandal when government had earlier stated that the said funds were intact in a ZANACO account. And Ziba has demanded that government should release the audit report arising from an...

UPND chairperson for agriculture Levy Ngoma has urged President Edgar Lungu to emulate UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in fulfilling promises to the people. And Ngoma says the arrest of former Minister of Community Development Emmerine Kabanshi is a misapplication of justice. Speaking in Yesaya village after a successful borehole rehabilitation, Friday, Ngoma said the exercise...

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has become a tool of oppressing Zambians, says civil rights activist Brebner Changala. Commenting on the IBA’s directive to broadcast media to ensure that recordings were submitted to the Authority twice a month, Changala feared that the exercise was part of a scheme by government to use the IBA as...

A banker has asked the Lusaka High Court for a judicial separation from her accountant husband on grounds that he does not provide financial support to the family and has deprived her conjugal rights for four years now. According to a judicial separation filed in the Lusaka High Court, May 17, Miriam Chibinga Simataa who...

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Management in Chingola says it has not yet received official communication from government regarding the takeover but have only seen the development through media reports. KCM corporate affairs manager Eugene Chungu said in a statement, Monday, that KCM management had sought an urgent meeting with President Edgar Lungu to discuss their...

NDC president Chishimba Kambwili says the PF top leadership are a bunch of scared rats who asked police in Eastern Province to cancel his scheduled rally. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu is merely ranting over Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) because "despite threatening to take action against the mining firm, the Head of State is...

The Constitutional Court has ordered PF sympathiser Chanoda Ngwira to apologize to Supreme Court justices Mumba Malila and Albert Wood as well as former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito for interfering in a matter in which the latter is challenging his removal as DPP. The Court has further ordered Ngwira to publish the...