Patriotic Front media director Sunday Chanda says the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is accurate in saying that President Edgar Lungu will win the 2021 Presidential election because the ruling party is still the people’s party of choice. And Chanda has insisted that the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) must substitute its "injured" leader,...

Patriotic Front secretary general Davies Mwila says the PF government is enhancing the role of science, technology and innovation to promote productivity and competitiveness in the Zambian economy. In the PF’s weekly newsletter to News Diggers! Mwila noted that the PF government was enhancing the role of science, technology and innovation to promote productivity and...

The Constitution Reform and Education Coalition (CRECO) says allegations by Laura Miti and her Alliance for Community Action (ACA) that Chrizzima Democracy University is not a registered institution of higher learning exposes her ignorance. On Monday, the ACA fact-checking team shared a statement in which it challenged the legality of the just-ended National Dialogue Forum...

MMD faction president Felix Mutati says late president Frederick Chiluba’s legacy has been undervalued in the country. And Mutati says every president that has come after Chiluba is inheriting the economic base that the MMD leader already laid down. Mutati said this soon after Chiluba's first ever Memorial Lecture which was held at Mulungushi International...

Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says government cannot rule Zambia properly without the involvement of all the chiefs and traditional leaders across the country. Kasolo said this in Kasama when he delivered a message of goodwill from President Edgar Lungu to senior chief Makasa of the Bamba people, who celebrated his 90th...

Government has assured development partners that it is taking measures to address economic challenges and ensure that no Zambian starves due to prolonged dry spells experienced in southern and western parts of the country. Officially opening a high-level policy dialogue with development partners in Lusaka, Tuesday, the Minister of National Planning Alexander Chiteme said Government,...

A Chinese couple has been gruesomely murdered by unknown people in their shop in Mumbwa District of Central Province, while the attackers have fled with an undisclosed amount worth of property. Central Province Police Commissioner Chola Katanga disclosed to News Diggers! in an interview that the couple, identified as Zumin Hu, aged 49, wife, and...

A Luanshya woman, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, has won the 2019 Kalemba Short Story Prize for her short story, Inswa. The Chair of the 2019 Kalemba Judging Panel, Nigerian writer and professor of English, Ainehi Edoro, announced Kalimamukwento, as the winner of the USD1000 prize awarded to the best work of original and unpublished short fiction written...

Three male juveniles aged between five and 15 were burnt to death at Chichele Fishing Camp in Chief Chiwanangala in Chilubi District after a grass thatched house in which they were sleeping caught fire on June 16. This is according to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Tuesday. "The incident happened on...

United Party for National Development (UPND) Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says nothing will stop his party from forming government in 2021 because Zambians can’t wait to kick the Patriotic Front out of power. In a report generated by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on June 12, 2019, it was observed that UPND was unlikely to win...