• 21 Jun 2019
• Felix Kashweka

Somizi not allowed in Zambia - Sumaili

Minister of Guidance and Religious Affairs Reverend Godfridah Sumaili says South Africa’s gay media personality Somizi Mhlongo will not be allowed to make an appearance at this year's Lusaka July show. Event Organisers, PR Girl Media, announced this week that Somizi had been invited as their special guest at this year's Lusaka July. “It's not...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

National Financial Switch will slash bank charges, fees – BoZ

Zambians will soon enjoy the benefits of reduced financial transaction charges and fees once the National Financial Switch (NFS) platform is fully implemented, says Zambia Electronic Clearing House Limited board chairperson Dr Bwalya Ng’andu. The establishment of the NFS started in 2014 as a project under the auspices of the Zambia Electronic Clearing House Limited,...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Chipampe must tell Lungu to hold press conference – Kabwita

National Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita has called on President Edgar Lungu’s newly-appointed Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe organize a press briefing for the Head of State as his first priority. Kabwita argued that President Lungu should stop using Parliament or the airport runways as a platform to...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Martha Mwanza and Felix Kashweka

Brandy is coming, if you don't like her try Vodka - fans

Stanbic Bank Public Relations and Communications Manager Chanda Chime Katongo says Grammy award-winner Brandy will this year headline the 2019 Stanbic Music Festival. The news has set social media ablaze with colourful quotes from fans who have vowed not to miss the event. Katongo said the US mega star will join top local artists such...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

If Yellow Card protestors go-ahead without permit, we'll move in with full force, warns Katongo

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says if Yellow Card protesters go ahead with their planned protest without a permit, officers will move in with force. And Katongo says it is not right to label the entire police service corrupt when some hard working officers are able to acquire some wealth in an honest manner. But Governance...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Chipata Correspondent

Chipata robbers shoot one dead, injure 2

Armed robbers on Wednesday night shot dead a 27-year-old man and stole over K80,000 after attacking a business center at Kapata Market in Chipata. Eastern Province Police Commissioner Luckson Sakala told journalists, Thursday, the incident happened around 20:00 hours at a shop called Mr Phone. He said one of the victims, Daniel Phiri, of Mthila...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Declare hunger crisis a national disaster - Caritas

Caritas Zambia has called on government to acknowledge the gravity of the hunger problem in the country and declare the affected areas a national disaster. Southern, Western and some parts of Eastern, Central and Lusaka provinces experienced total crop failure, meaning that households in these areas did not harvest anything that would help to sustain...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Mukosha Funga

Vedanta responds to Lungu: KCM not for sale

Vedanta says President Edgar Lungu's remarks in Mozambique that talks for a KCM buyer will be concluded within a month shows that the decision was taken in advance of any court ruling. In a statement, Thursday, Vedanta stated that KCM was not for sale it will challenge any attempts to sell the business. "Vedanta also...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Natasha Sakala

VJ wonders why rich countries don't embrace refugees

Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga has wondered why more than 70 million refugees around the world are being looked after by poor countries who's citizens can't afford one meal a day. In a statement to commemorate World Refugee Day, Thursday Mwaanga wondered what had happened to the global village concept when rich countries were putting up...

• 21 Jun 2019
• Diggers Editor

GBM acquitted! His strategy is working, he’ll get rich again

We heard how President Edgar Lungu was personally offended by the remarks made by former UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) where the latter threatened to go for “Lungu’s throat” as he addressed his supporters. Those who walk the corridors of power actually tell us that the Head of State considered the statement as a...