TOURISM Minister Ronald Chitotela says tourist operators have described the 2021 national budget as a “tourist budget” because of various stimulus packages in their favour. And Chitotela says artists have also assured him that come 2021, they will retain President Edgar Lungu for giving them the first ever incentive amounting to K30 million. Speaking when...

LAW Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Abyudi Shonga has written to News Diggers, accusing the newspaper of "unfairly and publicly attacking judges who cannot defend themselves". Shonga's letter which was addressed to Editor-in-Chief Joseph Mwenda and copied to Chief Justice Irene Mambilima, stated that public attacks on the judiciary had the capacity to undermine the...

AN investigation by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has revealed that Frank Mugala, a grade 8 pupil, was shot dead by a police officer during an operation in February. And the Commission says it has observed with a deep sense of regret a growing, systemic or pattern of cases of extra-judicial killings of individuals by...

FORMER State House chief policy analyst, Jack Kalala says it is wrong for President Edgar Lungu to assume that development would only come if all councillors and MPs came from one party. In an interview Kalala said President Lungu does not understand leadership as every person in the country was entitled to development, regardless of...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a Bio-Medical technologist of Levy Mwanawasa Hospital for issuing fake COVID-19 clearance certificates. ACC public relations manager Timoty Moono in a statement disclosed that the suspect identified as Kingsley Kakoma aged 35 years of Kasangula Road in Lusaka has since been charged with one count corrupt practices contrary to...

RAINBOW party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says political parties that have lost elections more than five times should be deregistered. On Monday, UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka said if he had his way, political parties such as Kabimba’s Rainbow Party would be deregistered for failure to participate in electoral activities. He was commenting on Kabimba’s...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says he will ensure that dignity is restored in the Zambia Police Service when he is voted into office. And Hichilema has urged Kasama residents to be strong because the injustice and economic mismanagement being experienced under PF will soon end. Yesterday, Hichilema and his entourage were blocked from proceeding to...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu's former Special Assistant for Project Implementation and Monitoring, Lucky Mulusa, says Zambia is right in the last stages of a failed State. And Mulusa, whose last post in government was Minister of National Development Planning, has revealed that he broke ranks with the Patriotic Front after noticing that collective responsibility was turning...