GOVERNANCE activist Rueben Lifuka has advised the UPND government to depoliticize the public service by appointing credible and capable individuals in the civil service. And Lifuka says Zambia should not have any President who finds themselves in a position where there is a possibility of removing their immunity because of criminal allegations. Speaking when he...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya has advised the UPND government not to be overconfident because they might have a rude awakening. In an interview, Fr Chikoya said Zambians wanted a better and efficient government. He said the overwhelming turnout on voting day and at the inauguration ceremony was an...

AMNESTY International says Hakainde Hichilema's inauguration as Zambia’s President is an opportunity to turn the tide on the country’s worsening human rights situation. In a write up to News Diggers! Amnesty Director for East and Southern Africa Deprose Muchena said President Hichilema had an opportunity to pull Zambia from the brink. He urged the newly...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has amended the charge in which PF cadre Innocent Kalimanshi and six others were charged with possession of psychotropic substances to trafficking, among other charges. The court has also granted Lameck Mundisha and 20 others, who are charged with possession of offensive weapons, K10,000 bail each in their own recognisance and...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has declared that his administration shall not condone lawlessness, insisting that this marks the end of caderism. And former president Edgar Lungu was yesterday booed by thousands of citizens at Heroes Stadium when he arrived to hand over the instruments of power to the UPND leader. Giving his inaugural speech, Tuesday, President...