PF Deputy Parliamentary Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube has warned retired Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu to stay away from politics or he will be dealt with politically. Archbishop Mpundu, during Prime TV’s Oxygen of Democracy programme last Monday, said Zambia was plagued with unbridled corruption and described the country as no longer being a democracy, but a...

Chief Mpunka of the Chikunda speaking people of Lunagwa district says minerals in Lower Zambezi National Park will deplete due to illegal mining. And Luangwa Pastors Fellowship secretary Pastor Derrick Kashinamlunda says the Church stands with the people in the district on allowing mining in the national park. Speaking to journalists at his palace, Chief...

ActionAid Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba has described 2019 as a depressing year both economically and governance wise. In a statement, Ziba recounted various governance scandals of 2019. "As the year 2019 ends, ActionAid Zambia describes 2019 as depressing especially where socio-economic and political governance is concerned. On the economic front, economic growth projected to...

Police on the Copperbelt have arrested a well known Jerabo leader for brandishing guns in his garage. Maxwell Mofya, commonly known as "Tablet", is a leader of small scale miners in Chingola and a member of the PF security wing. On December 28, 2019, Tablet was seen in a video which went viral on social...

One would have thought that by being an academician, UNZA don Sishuwa Sishuwa would be a person whose outlook would be guided by empirical evidence and objectivity. Far from it! The prejudice and cynicism in his recent article in News Diggers wherein he attempted to disparage and “hex” President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s announcement that he...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has called on government to improve regulation of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Zambia and formalize it to limit its rapid spread. Government has acknowledged the prevalence of illegal gold mining in the country, as evidenced by the challenges still being faced in quantifying the...

We have observed that the Patriotic Front has switched into full campaign mode. The chief executive of the ruling party, Mr Davies Mwila, and his campaign mobilization team are toiling from province to province trying to recruit members. Even President Edgar Lungu has openly declared that campaigns have started. He has realized that citizens mean...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set February 13, 2020 as election date for the Chilubi parliamentary by-election and three local government ward elections in Southern and Western Provinces. The Chilubi parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of area member of parliament Rosaria Fundanga in November while the vacancies in Nachikungu, Kakwacha and...

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is not capable of revamping the country’s economy, alleging that he is “a criminal” who caused some of Zambia's economic problems. And Lusambo says Hichilema should go and do economics with his cows. In an interview, Lusambo said Hichilema cannot revamp Zambia’s economy because he...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda says President Edgar Lungu has demonstrated that he has failed to govern the country and should therefore not contest the 2021 presidential election. Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya last week said when she featured on Prime Television’s Special Interview programme that she believes 2019 would be described...