The Chingola Magistrates' Court has set October 9, 2019 as date for a ruling in a case where a Chinese national, Liang Bin Giang, is jointly charged with 13 Zambians for illegal military training. The matter will came up for ruling on case to answer. The Chinese national is charged with 13 Zambian nationals for...

Liuwa UPND member of parliament Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has urged Zesco to allow the mines import their own power in order to cushion the deficit which the country is facing. And Dr Musokotwane says government does not know how to increase the country's earning capacity but it is specialized in borrowing. Meanwhile, Musokotwane has noted...

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) says the country is walking a tight rope with its huge debts, public sector wage bill and effects of climate change on the economy. And PwC has noted that the country’s public sector wage bill is one of the highest in the world and detracts from the optimal use of scarce resources....

Roan Independent member of parliament Joseph Chishala says he is not shaken by the de-registration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) because the party has been working out an alternative strategy to ensure that it remains functional. And Chishala has accused Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo of "cooking something fishy" in the de-registration of the NDC....

President Edgar Lungu says he has no time to politic about climate change because the ripple effects are there for everybody to see. In his Facebook post, Tuesday, President Lungu shared pictures of an extremely dry Victoria Falls in Livingstone, reflecting that Zambia was one of the poor countries failing to cope with climate change....

Some retired civil servants from Malata compound in Lusaka have expressed concern over the continued evictions of retirees from public houses against a policy that sitting tenants can buy the properties. And the residents, who say they have been occupying the houses for over 10 years, have lamented that Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has...

Infrastructure Minister Vincent Mwale says he has engaged the Football Association to seek suitable partners among European football clubs to assist in the construction of a state of the art sports facility in Chipata. Mwale told News Diggers that he has embarked on the construction of a state of the art sports facility in the...

The Attorney General has argued before the Constitutional Court that former Post Newspaper proprietor Dr Fred M'membe’s motion for the court to interpret or review costs he was ordered to pay, is nothing but an attempt to reopen or revisit the final judgement of the court. The Attorney General has therefore asked the court to...

Sinda District Commissioner Paradious Sakala has called on the clergy not to use the pulpit to settle differences with government, but rather sit and quietly resolve issues amicably. Speaking during Sunday Mass at Chassa Catholic Church, Sakala comlained that the clergy tried to use the pulpit to point out the wrongs committed by government. He,...

Trial in a matter in which a Kalinganga man is accused of breaking into High Court judge Sunday Bwalya Nkonde’s house and stealing property worth over K55,000 could not commence yesterday as the police officer with exhibits is on leave. In this matter, Afelo Banda is charged with one count of burglary and theft. Particulars...