• 7 Jun 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

DEC throws shade at FIC report

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says it is wrong for the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) to publicize its Trends report to the public because it contains raw data meant for Law Enforcement Agencies only. And the DEC says the Commission only received and is investigating 16 cases involving about K22 million. Meanwhile, the Commission says...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Airtel agent in court for defiling 2 girls

A 30-year-old Airtel agent of Lusaka's Makeni area has been dragged to court for allegedly defiling two girls under the age of 16. In this matter, Micheal Old is charged with two counts of defilement of a child contrary to section 138 (1) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia ....

• 7 Jun 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

When your stay endangers the presidency, you have to step down - Chanda

One must listen to his or her inner voice whenever there is a feeling that a continued stay in public office may endanger the political success of a sitting Republican President, says President Edgar Lungu’s outgoing Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda. And Chanda says the Financial Intelligence Centre reports are tantamount...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

A serious President would ask law enforcement to expedite FIC report investigations – HH

United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema says President Edgar Lungu cannot act against those involved in corruption despite knowing each one of them by name because he is also an accomplice. And Hichilema says he is not surprised about President Lungu's desire to stop the FIC from publishing its reports because he...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Govt must lift ban on livestock movement – Ngoma

Government must urgently lift the ban on livestock movement to safeguard farmers’ incomes and address the shortage of beef in some areas of the country, says UPND chairperson of agriculture Levy Ngoma. In a statement issued, Wednesday, Ngoma appealed to government to lift the ban on livestock movement as a means of safeguarding farmers’ incomes,...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

AU will honor Kaunda - Mahamat

African Union Commission Chairperson Mousa Faki Mahamat says the AU will honour Zambia's founding president Dr Keenth Kaunda. According to a statement issued by Zambia's first secretary for press Inutu Mwanza, Thursday, Mahamat was speaking when he received letters of credence from Zambia's Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) Emmanuel Mwamba. He said the...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

DEC nabs 2 FRA accountants, businessman for theft of over $110,000

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka has arrested two accountants from the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and a businessman for theft involving over US$110, 689. And the commission has arrested a former protocol officer at the Ministry of General Education for theft by public servant, fraudulent false accounting, forgery and uttering of false documents....

• 7 Jun 2019
• Sishuwa Sishuwa

Open Letter to Minister of Higher Education, Prof Nkandu Luo

Dear Minister Luo, On 29 April 2019, News Diggers published the most recent public comments you have made on the continued closure of the Copperbelt University (CBU). In the published story, you were quoted by the newspaper as expressing the hope that ‘President Edgar Lungu will decide to reopen the Copperbelt University now that the...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Diggers Editor

Honouring Lungu with doctorate is okay, but for what achievement?

No matter how bad a person can be, there will always be something that they are good at. A person considered the most useless in a community has a role to play in the balance of nature. When you critically think about it, even death is useful. Painful as it is, if death was eliminated...

• 7 Jun 2019
• Mirriam Chabala

Laura, Pilato notify police of "Yellow Card Corruption Protest"

Alliance for Community Action Laura Miti, governance activist Fumba Chama alias Pilato and two others have applied for a police permit for a protest dubbed "Yellow Card Protest Against Corruption". According to a letter addressed to Lusaka Province Police Commissioner Nelson Phiri dated June 6, the four intend to protest against issues raised in the...