Former president of the National Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers Robert Munsanje has charged that Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo lied to Parliament when he said Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) cannot produce the required amount of fertilizer because it has old machinery. Munsanje told News Diggers in a walk-in interview that the Ministry had...

National Democratic Congress president Chishimba Kambwili says the PF cadres who hacked Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo last week are well known but police are hesitant to arrest them. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu's recent trip to Abu Dhabi was a missed call because he found no solutions to Zambia's current problems...

Hakainde Hichilema says UPND members of parliament are under instructions from the people of Zambia to strike down the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 when it is brought for enactment. And Hichilema says the economy under President Edgar Lungu is so rotten that young men are afraid to marry and marriages are breaking...

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the PF should stop shifting blame to the opposition and instead look for lasting solutions to Zambia’s challenges. Commenting on Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya’s statement in Parliament where he accused the opposition of enticing TAZARA workers to protest due to unpaid salaries, Kakoma said there was nothing wrong...

There was a hard-hitting interrogation when the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) appeared before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) regarding the signing of a concession agreement between the agency and Intelligent Mobility Solutions (IMS), without approval from the Ministry of Finance. Ironically, it was ex-RTSA chief executive officer Zindaba Soko who represented the...

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says the Ministry of Finance is not able to give a time frame for when agro dealers will be paid. And Katambo has disclosed that government still owes agro dealers K374 million. Responding to a question by Chinkankata UPND member of parliament Kabwe Mwiinga, who wanted to find out how long...

Sinda District chiefs says Zambians must wake up to the reality of climate change as its effects are clear for all to see. Speaking during the launch of Rocket Cook Stove at Sinda RCZ Church, Thursday, chief Mbangombe of the Chewa people in Sinda and Katete wondered why Zambians were failing to see the danger...

The Constitutional Court has declared sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Chiefs Acts to be inconsistent with Article 165 of the Constitution as amended, ruling that they are, therefore, unconstitutional and should be expunged from the statute book. ConCourt Judge Palan Mulonda stated that allowing the President to appoint a deputy chief,...

Lusaka Province acting PF chairman Paul Moonga has denied any involvement in the attack against Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo and his supporters last week saying he is not a violent person. Last week Thursday, Tembo and his supporters were attacked by some suspected PF cadres along Cairo Road while they were...

United States Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote says it is time to stop the facade that his country enjoys warm relations with Zambia because they are strained. And Ambassador Foote says he will not attend World Aids Day celebrations tomorrow because he has received threats against his life following his comments on homosexuality. At a...