NOMINATED member of parliament Raphael Nakachinda says UPND members of parliament have continued to misinform their electorate with rhetoric and personal opinions on the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019, rather than facts. In an interview, Nakachinda said he had toured several parts of the country and he had determined that UPND MPs had...

GOVERNMENT has postponed the 2020 Zambia International Trade Fair which was scheduled to take place in Ndola from 1st to 7th July due to COVID-19. In a statement, Monday, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Christopher Yaluma stated that the decision was arrived at after consultations with the relevant stakeholders. "The World is currently facing unprecedented...

BELARUSIAN businessman Aleksandr Zingman who appeared in controversial pictures with President Edgar Lungu, Lusaka Businessman Valden Findlay and Russian businessman Alexander Mikheev, has blamed another businessman Vitale Fishman as the person who is behind the allegation levelled against him. Zingman's UK-based lawyer Daniel Delnero has told News Diggers, that the person behind the allegations made...

Dictators often rise to power out of conflict or a coup d'etat. However, there have been dictators who got into power democratically or legally. Adolf Hitler, for example, was appointed chancellor, or head of government, by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933. After Hindenburg DIED, Hitler made himself "Fü­hrer" (a combination of president and chancellor)....

In a desperate attempt to pass Bill 10, surrogates of the ruling party have resorted to releasing a myriad of lies and distortions of legal principles relating to parliamentary practice. One of their main untruths is what exactly is the correct Commonwealth Parliamentary procedures relating to voting of members of parliament. Recently, they have argued...

ZAMBIA Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) says it concerned with the declining levels of vigilance among Zambians as they continue watching and saying nothing on the increasing incidents of human rights abuse, political violence and high levels of corruption. And the ZCCB has insisted that Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 does not reflect...

PARLIAMENTARY debates will only commence on Tuesday June 16, 2020 as parliamentarians are this week undergoing orientation on how business will proceed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In a Facebook post, Tuesday, the National Assembly of Zambia stated that from 9th to 12th June, member of parliament would be undergoing Covid-19 orientation. "Parliamentarians undergo orientation on...

A LUSAKA resident has dragged Zambian Breweries PLC to the Lusaka High Court seeking damages for injuries caused to his health after allegedly consuming Mosi Lager containing fungal growth. Fredrick Chinsala claims that after consuming part of the said beer, he suffered from nausea and later started experiencing skin rashes and irritating sores on his...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili says PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has no legal right to ban Ministers from making comments on foreign investors who flout labour laws in the country. And Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu cannot stop such illegalities because he is involved. In an interview, Kambwili said Mwila had no...

RENOWNED musician Brain Bwembya popularly known as B-Flow says his State House visit did not result in any reconciliation between him and Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo although the latter offered to invite him to his house for talks. Speaking on Radio Phoenix "Let the People Talk" Bwembya said he went to State House to...