THE Public Service Management Division says there is nothing illegal about the debt swap initiative. According to PSMD Permanent Secretary Boniface Chimbwali, this project is meant to give some relief to highly indebted civil servants, a debt relief by providing flexible repayment plans for their loans. Boniface CHIMBWALI: “If I owe you and you owe...

FORMER Home Affairs deputy minister Colonel Panji Kaunda has condemned President Edgar Lungu's decision to deploy the army to police elections saying the military is trained to kill, not to search for pangas or catapults. In an interview, Col Kaunda, who is First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda's eldest son, said the army was not...

FORMER Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema cannot win this month's general elections because Zambians "don't like him". And Lusambo says there is no reason to vote out a government that has improved the lives of the people. In an interview, Tuesday, Lusambo said people don't like Hichilema. "In 2007, the...

FORMER Vice-President Dr Guy Scott says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should withdraw the biometric verification, arguing that it is an ill-advised innovation. In a statement to News Diggers, Tuesday, Dr Scott said using a system that had not been tried and tested on a massive scale was risky. “Using a system that has...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) corporate affairs manager Patricia Luhanga says the Commission will not hesitate to disqualify the UPND from participating in the upcoming elections if police investigations give a reason to do so following the killing of two PF supporters in Kanyama. And Luhanga says there was nothing sinister about the foreign material...

AN arresting officer has insisted that the court should not grant the five suspected PF cadres accused of proposing violence bail as they are of no fixed abode and may be difficult to locate. This is a matter in which Kassim Lungu, 22, a carpenter; Joseph Besa, a taxi driver; Justine Chanda, 20, a carpenter;...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says his party is confident of winning the polls because it has a verifiable and authentic database of 4.7 million dedicated voters. And Imenda says additionally, there's evidence that a significant number of undecided voters have decided to vote for Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND. In a statement, Tuesday, Imenda...

ATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka has told the Lusaka High Court that the arrest and prosecution of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in 2017 was lawful and without spite or malice. This is a matter in which Hichilema has sued the Attorney General claiming damages for malicious prosecution in relation to a case where he was charged...

MINISTRY of General Education Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Jobbicks Kalumba has announced that the remaining school calendar for the year 2021 will run from Thursday, August 5 to December 10. And Dr Kalumba says learners will not be required to pay school fees for the continuation of Term two. Meanwhile, Ministry of Information...

THE Zambia Army says citizens are free to cast their vote without any intimidation, promising that the military has not been deployed to beat people who are law-abiding. In an interview, Zambia Army Director General for Civil Military Affairs Brigadier General Genoh Muke assured citizens that no one would be beaten without any reason. “These...