Chapter One Foundation has noted that its Executive Director, Ms. Linda Kasonde, has been placed on Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa’s list of “Zambians who gravely disappointed” in 2020 which appeared in the 26th January 2020 edition of News Diggers newspaper. The critique arose out of a decision that Chapter One Foundation took to challenge the 2020...

TRANSPARENCY International says Zambia’s score on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI, has dropped by one point; from 34 in 2019 to 33 in 2020, an indication that corruption has become endemic. And TIZ says the year 2020 saw high level irregularities in public procurement, citing the highly questionable awarding of a US$17 million contract for...

THE Media Liaison Committee (MLC) says it is shocked by attempts from the National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) to abuse their authority by intimidating News Diggers! from investigating corruption. In a statement, MLC chairperson Ngoma stated that government wings like NAPSA should not collude with Honeybee Pharmacy Limited to stop media institutions from reporting corruption....

HOME AFFAIRS Minister Stephen Kampyongo says the person who shot prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND supporter Joseph Kaunda has been identified, but withholds any further information. And Kamyongo says police officers are human beings are prone to make mistakes but it is cheap politicking that too many people have died under PF's watch. Meanwhile, Kampyongo...

THE Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) says it is due to release the 2020 grade seven and nine examination results next week. In an interview, ECZ acting public relations specialist Nicolas Nkhuwa said that the Council was on course to release the results within the first week of February. He explained that the release of...

THE annual rate of inflation has again jumped to 21.5 per cent in January, up from 19.2 per cent recorded in December, mainly induced by massive price increases in food items, the highest on record since April, 2016, according to the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA). Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of...

AUDITOR General Dick Sichembe has vowed that his office will continue to expose those who mismanage and abuse public funds. And USAID director in the office of the Democratic Rights and Governance Dr Nina Bowen says strong and independent government institutions, the press and civil society have a role to play in rooting out corruption...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Richard Musukwa says Mopani Copper Mines is now projected to hit 150,000 tonnes of copper production per year following ZCCM-IH’s takeover from Glencore Plc. And Musukwa says an intensive search for ZCCM-IH’s strategic partner to run Mopani is underway, with government already having received expressions of interest from companies from...

UN Resident Coordinator Coumba Mar Gadio Diplomats are international citizens. For the period they are in Zambia, they are actually Zambians. They are the eyes and ears of the world in Zambia. Their job is to objectively shine light on what is happening in the country. If they keep quiet, the world will think everything...