Archive: 4 February 2024

4 Feb 2024 | Ulande Nkomesha

HH, Lungu mourn Geingob

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has expressed sadness over the death of Namibian President Dr Hage Geingob. Dr Geingob died in the early hours of Sunday aged 82 in Windhoek, Namibia. In a Facebook post, President Hichilema... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Precious Daka

Police nab Solochi’s boyfriend for unlawful discharge of a firearm

Police in Lusaka at their Chelston station have arrested Peter Kambule for the offence of unlawful discharge of a firearm. In a statement, Sunday, Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga revealed that Kambule was incensed when he... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Mwiche Nalwimba

Botched vasectomy, Lsk man recounts how he almost lost his ‘katundu’

A LUSAKA man was sent into depression after giving up on relationships and deciding to terminate his own right to produce children. A desire to have no more children left him with massively swollen reproductive... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Mwenya Mofya

A peek into the life of Zambia’s youngest MP, Wamunyima Jr

“I got married when I was 23 and I have four kids who are all below the age of 10. I am now 32 and it’s like all these years that I have been married,... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Your column saved my life – Molly

Last week, I received this feedback from an ardent reader of my column and I was literally moved to tears: “I have always been an ardent reader of News Diggers! Therefore, Mukosha Funga Njenga is […]

4 Feb 2024 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

We need K1.5m for Nc’wala – Nkhoma

NC’WALA, an annual traditional ceremony where the Ng’oni people of Eastern Province come together to pay homage to their chief, Mpezeni, as well as thank God for the gift of the first fruits and food,... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Nakaonga Nakaonga

Lsk woman gets K5,000 fine for insulting, threatening to sleep with neighbour’s hubby

A LUSAKA woman has been ordered to pay K5, 000 as compensation for showering insults on her neighbours and threatening to sleep with one of their husbands. Yorum Mwale of Mtendere East Maplot dragged 35-year-old... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Diggers Correspondent

Zesco connects Chama, Lundazi to national grid

ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani says Chama and Lundazi districts have now been connected to the National Grid, for the first time since Zambia’s independence. And Mapani says Zesco’s total debt now stands at $583... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Ulande Nkomesha

Kambwili’s plot to dupe govt into releasing his passport revealed

A ZIMBABWEAN national named Allen Mupambo has been identified as an accomplice in the Chishimba Kambwili escape from Zambia. A voice note has revealed how Kambwili used his illness to dupe the government into releasing... […]

4 Feb 2024 | Chamuka Shalubala

I’m a nerd who likes fashion – Pollen

Even when he’s donning some basic black jeans, a t-shirt and a pair of gumboots in some flooded area, DMMU national coordinator Dr Gabriel Pollen always looks as if he belongs on the cover of... […]