• 25 Jun 2021
• Diggers Correspondent

Inflation reaches a record 24.6 percent

THE annual rate of inflation has increased to 24.6 percent in June, up from 23.2 percent recorded last month, mainly induced by price increase in some food items, ZSA data shows. Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of June, Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) interim statistician general Mulenga Musepa disclosed that the increased...

• 25 Jun 2021
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Dr Sampa drags HPCZ to court for suspending his practicing certificate

RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Brian Sampa has dragged the Health Professions Council of Zambia to court over its decision to suspend his practising certificate. Dr Sampa who has applied for leave to commence judicial review in the Lusaka High Court, is seeking a declaration that the purported decision of HPCZ to...

• 25 Jun 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Suspected PF cadres burn down Kalungungwisi FM in Chiengi

SUSPECTED PF cadres yesterday set ablaze Kalungungwisi radio station in Chiengi, Luapula Province resulting in property worth K16,000 being destroyed. Meanwhile, according to the Police, the radio station is reported to have been set ablaze by unknown criminals in the early hours of June 24. A video has gone viral on social media showing residents...

• 25 Jun 2021
• Mwenya Mofya

PF not using Covid as an excuse, it has devastated the economy - Chama

FORMER Defence Minister Davies Chama says Zambians understand that the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the economic hardships and will not blame the PF government. In an interview, Chama said Zambians understood the devastating effects of the pandemic, therefore would not blame government. “Like you have said, we are in the campaigns and the opposition...

• 25 Jun 2021
• Ulande Nkomesha

Sangwa, Mwiimbu challenge ECZ's decision to cancel Lusaka, Mpulungu elections

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa says ECZ is causing problems to the electoral process with its interpretation of the law. And UPND chairperson for legal affairs Jack Mwiimbu says the decision taken by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to cancel the Lusaka Central parliamentary election is unlawful. Article 52(6) of the Republican Constitution states that:...

• 25 Jun 2021
• Diggers Editor

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• 25 Jun 2021
• Chamuka Shalubala

I'm sending shivers in other camps hence fake stories that I'm unwell - GBM’s daughter

KASAMA Central PF aspiring member of parliament Sibongile Mwamba has dispelled social media reports that she has been flown to South Africa for treatment after she suffered a stroke. Sibongile who is also PF national mobilisation vice chairperson Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s (GBM) daughter, says she is sending shivers in other camps, hence the fake news....