INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has warned that his officers will not hesitate to arrest people who will be found posting unverified results and statements on social media. Speaking during a media briefing, Tuesday, Kanganja said 12,152 police officers had been deployed to man polling stations. “Zambia will be holding its general elections on...

FORMER Second Deputy Speaker Mwimba Malama says a change of government will not guarantee that Zambians will be eating well. And Malama says the issue of corruption is being blown out of proportion by enemies of PF so that it looks like it is something serious and big. In an interview, Malama assured Zambians that...

LUSAKA Province PF chairman Kennedy Kamba has charged that the privatisation issue will not rest until Hakainde Hichilema is "six feet under". And Kamba says the party wants Hichilema to contest the presidential elections even in 2026 because he is a weaker opponent. Meanwhile, Kamba says civil servants are no longer searching for greener pastures...

UPND Alliance chairperson Charles Milupi says the alliance remains confident of scooping this week's general elections given the overwhelming support from Zambians. And NDC president Josephs Akafumba says it will be suicidal to vote for PF because it has two visionless people leading it. At a media briefing, Monday, Milupi said numbers which gather around...

ZESCO corporate affairs manager Dr John Kunda says the partial blackout experienced in most parts of the country on Sunday was a result of a system fault at Kafue Gorge Upper power plant and had nothing to do with elections. And Dr Kunda has assured that the power utility company will supply power during and...

MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary general Lucky Mulusa says PF is a rejected party such that any pronouncement that it has won the elections will create chaos. In an interview, Monday, Mulusa said PF needed to dissolve after the polls because its governance culture was something which Zambians did not want to experience again....

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka says the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) should be blamed for agreeing to the request to single source by a procuring entity which is notorious for not following the rules. Lifuka was commenting on a News Diggers investigation which revealed that the Ministry of Health duped ZPPA and fraudulently awarded a...

FORMER Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says it is unfortunate that people complaining about the uneven playing field during campaigns are the ones who leave a trail of destruction and violence wherever they go. Commenting on last week's incidences in which the police blocked Hakainde Hichilema and other UPND Alliance partners from conducting most campaign...

US Embassy in Zambia interim Chargé d'Affaires David Young says President Edgar Lungu's threats that UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema will be arrested once he is re-elected are not helpful during campaigns. And Young has urged Zambians to be sceptical about opinion polls predicting election winners as they do not guarantee how the votes will be...

MARCOPOLO Tiles Limited chief executive officer Huang Yao Chi has threatened to sue News Diggers over its revelation he and his business associate paid IDC officials in excess of US$500,000 after IDC successfully purchased minority stake in their company. But News Diggers says it stands by the findings of its investigation, inviting Huang to take...