RENOWNED Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Fube Bwalya popularly known as KBF says President Edgar Lungu should not participate at the general conference. Speaking when he featured on One Love Radio, Friday, KBF said he would support any other candidate other than President Lungu. Responding to a caller only identified as brother Banda one who wanted to...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)estimates that Africa loses USD 50 billion annually to tax evasion. In some place the figure is much higher; for example, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa places the figure at USD 100 billion annually. Tax evasion and avoidance pose a huge threat to development by widening...

LEAVE my in-laws out of this and face me head on in the elections this August, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has told President Edgar Lungu. And Hichilema has charged that the police are trying to plant weapons on his farms. Meanwhile, Lusaka Province Police Commissioner Luckson Sakala said he was surprised to hear that there...

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda says the recently-held UPND general conference was not a genuine gathering, but a “WhatsApp election” because it lacked proper procedural functions for the outcome to be respected. And Lubinda says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should be the last person to talk about tribalism. In an interview, Lubinda said that for any...

UPND Chilanga District youth chairman Sipho Hlazo says Chilanga PF member of parliament Maria Langa should be ashamed for lying to Zambians that she had done a lot for her constituents when she has only brought trouble to the area. In a statement issued to News Diggers!, Hlazo expressed disappointment that Langa had made too...

ACTING Higher Education Minister Dennis Wanchinga says the ministry has identified congestion in classrooms and lecture theatres as a potential super-spreaders of the coronavirus. And President Edgar Lungu has directed the University of Zambia administration to investigate whether all the money paid by students for accommodation gets deposited in the university account. Speaking during the...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the move by government to invest in Marcopolo Tiles company is extravagant, unnecessary and wasteful and only done in a bid to create an opportunity for corruption. Speaking when he featured on Phoenix FM Let the People Talk programme, Friday, Hichilema said government should focus on investing in sectors like...

TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says those who are generally attacking the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill are just politicking as criminals are the ones who should be worried about its enactment. A consortium of civil society organisations last week said the Bill provided several avenues for abuse of the cyber space by...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says leaders must just see tribalism in the words or actions of others and remain completely blind and deaf to tribalism in their own words or actions. Debating President Edgar Lungu’s address to the House, Dr Ng’andu said the scourge of tribalism cannot be fought by merely pointing accusing fingers...

DORA Siliya should not lie that corruption scandals have been detected by government systems because it is the independent news media that have exposed the vice, says governance activist Brebner Changala. Last Tuesday, Siliya who is Chief Government Spokesperson as well as Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, told Parliament that she was pleased that government...