PATRICK Chibamba has insisted before the Lusaka High Court that he is still the recognised senior chief Shakumbila of the Sala people of Mumbwa District. Chibamba has submitted that at no time had he ceased to be senior chief Shakumbila as the purported dethronement did not follow the customary procedures of the Sala people that...

MANSA Central aspiring PF member of parliament Stella Mbewe says former health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya should not re-contest the seat because of the irregularities he is engulfed in. In an interview, Mbewe asked Dr Chilufya to step aside and leave the stage while Mansa residents are still “clapping for him.” “Well, hospitals and clinics...

PF DEPUTY national mobilisation chairperson Geofrey Bwalya Mwamba says newly-appointed UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango is not a political factor and will not add any value to the opposition party because she will not have any impact in wooing the Northern vote. In an interview, Mwamba, who is a former UPND vice-president, said her appointment was...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ ) says the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should expedite their investigations into former Ministry of Health permanent secretary in charge of administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo in order not to be seen to be delaying the process unnecessarily. On Tuesday, ACC recorded a warn and caution statement from former Mulalelo saying it would, in...

ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says government is being untruthful about the real objectives of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill because 83 out of 90 sections are designed to enable the State access citizens’ communications. In a Facebook post yesterday, Miti cautioned that only seven out of the entire...

A PRIEST from St Luke's Anglican Church has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates' Court how he sustained swollen lips after a congregant allegedly assaulted him during a church service. Father Borniface Baleni narrated to the court that when the congregant arrived at the alter, he pretended as if he wanted to sing, before he started...

VETERAN politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga says Zambia has lost its historic description as an “oasis of peace” on the African continent under the PF government because freedom of speech has come under attack. Responding to a press query, Mwaanga stated that it was barbaric for opposition party leaders to be prevented from appearing on community...

THE opposition Alliance has resolved to rally behind Hakainde Hichilema as the sole presidential candidate ahead of the August elections, a decision which NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has disagreed with. And sources within the Alliance have told News Diggers that Kambwili who had been poised to be Hichilema's running mate differed with the rest of...

PATRIOTIC Front media director Sunday Chanda says whenever Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu speaks, his utterances seem to align with the UPND agenda. Recently, Archbishop Mpundu insisted that Zambia is a dictatorship because there is no level-playing field for opposition political parties to operate. But in an interview, Chanda wondered why Archbishop Mpundu did not ever criticise...