ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says President Edgar Lungu has succeeded in reducing Zambia into a dictatorship, leading to the current economic woes the country is facing. And Milupi, who is also opposition alliance chairperson, noted that the police should be ashamed for allowing themselves to be reduced into instruments of...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has insisted Zambia's sovereign debt stands at US$ 11.97 billion, saying the US$ 27 billion reported by the World Bank was from the private sector. And Dr Ng’andu says there was a bond which was due on Wednesday but government was advised not to pay it because it was going...

PF Copperbelt mobilisation committee chairperson Bowman Lusambo says he doesn't have time to engage the National Arts Council regularise the permits for the invited South African performers Mafikizolo and Master KG, saying the event is in his hands and he will simply cancel it if the foreign artistes are not allowed to come. And Lusambo...

NDC vice president Joseph Akafumba says the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has hit a snag because despite being incarcerated, Chishimba Kambwili is not barred from contesting elections next year. And UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the only reason Kambwili is in prison is because Zambia is being ruled by an autocratic and brutal regime. Speaking...

FORMER Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande says the government should find solutions to the debt situation because they have not been listening to advice. And Magande says time is ticking for Zambia and the debt situation is becoming sour and acidic as creditors are demanding payment of their money. On Wednesday, President Edgar Lungu told United...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja claims two police officers from Mpika Police Station by abducted by UPND cadres who were in the company of their party leader Hakainde Hichilema. But UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says Kanganja should be the last person to make such an allegation against the victimised UPND supporters because he...

USA Chargé d'Affaires to Zambia David Young says the American government wants to see a credible election in 2021. And Young has praised News Diggers! newsPaper for its role in raising awareness on the need for citizens to register to vote. Meanwhile, the US government has committed about K40 billion towards development aid to Zambia...