PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says there is need to break the culture of playing around with public funds and assets. And President Hichilema says the PF government should have finished all projects if they wanted to commission them. Speaking when he visited the Request Muntanga Level One Hospital, President Hichilema expressed disappointment with the delay to...

MINE Workers Union of Zambia president Joseph Chewe has urged government to find solutions to issues surrounding Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines within the first quarter of 2023. Chewe argues that people will measure the UPND administration's success based on the resolutions of the two mines. In an interview, Chewe said it was sad that...

DEVELOPMENT Bank of Zambia (DBZ) Board Chairperson Noel Nkoma has refuted media reports that the bank is writing off loans issued to some politically exposed persons. And Nkhoma says recovery of loans is not as easy as people may think, arguing that defaulters take advantage of court processes. News Diggers reported last week that DBZ...

UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has described President Hakainde Hichilema as a special leader, saying even naysayers have few things to criticise now. Commenting on the abolishment of the death penalty in Zambia and criminal defamation of the President, Mweetwa said President Hichilema walked the talk. “The President did not sign that bill in his own...

SENIOR Inspector at Cotton Board of Zambia says government should consider including cotton farming on the Farmers Input Support Program-FISP. In an interview, Nyambe kwalombota said cotton farming has the potential to alleviate poverty in the country among small scale farmers. “Cotton is one of the crops that actually can alleviate poverty in the country...

YOUTH, Sport and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu says individuals who stole public funds need to dance to the Anti-Corruption Commission's tune. Commenting on Shiwang’andu PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo's remarks that UPND had succeeded in fixing individuals and not the economy, Nkandu argued that there was nothing wrong with fixing those who stole taxpayers'...

GOVERNMENT says it remains committed to expanding the production of Kafue steel to enable the plant produce enough material for local demand as well as for exportation. Government says local steel production fits well into the country's agenda of value addition. In an interview, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Chipoka, Mulenga emphasised the need...

SOON after being sworn in as Director of Public Prosecutions, Gilbert Phiri revoked the ‘immunity’ granted to former Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu from prosecution. It’s his first major action in office after being transferred from the Anti-Corruption Commission where he only served for about eight months. Announcing the development, National Prosecution...