Archive: 19 August 2024

19 Aug 2024 | Peggy Mwansakilwa

Investigation reveals fraud, corruption at Cancer Hospital, UTH

A News Diggers investigation has unearthed a scheme in which some medical staff at the Cancer Diseases Hospital and University Teaching Hospital are conniving with officials from the Social Welfare to collect money from unsuspecting... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Sishuwa Sishuwa

A Letter to Maureen Mwanawasa

Dear Maureen, Your departure was sudden. Were you in a hurry to meet up with your husband? It is not lost on us that he too died unexpectedly in the month of August, exactly sixteen […]

19 Aug 2024 | Dr. Matildah Kaliba

Can Zambia Weather the Storm? Climate Crisis and Policy Response

Introduction Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing global development challenges of the 21st century, with impacts that transcend national boundaries. Its impacts are no longer a distant future threat but present […]

19 Aug 2024 | Diggers Editor

Lungu’s suspicious silence on Jay Jay’s disappearance and his abuse of the MP

SINCE Petauke Member of Parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda disappeared from Chipata general hospital, we haven’t heard much from his master – former president Edgar Lungu. He is not showing any much concern over the mysterious... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Angela Muchinshi

UPND doesn’t know what it’s doing in corruption fight, evidence is everywhere – Wynter

ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says while there are many policy areas where he fundamentally disagrees with President Hakainde Hichilema, he doesn’t have any personal problem with the Head of State, unlike some other opposition... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Precious Daka

People of Luapula thought I was lame because I’m Hichilema, jokes HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says people of Luapula Province thought he was lame because of his surname. Speaking when he graced the Bwilile Traditional ceremony of the Bwile People of Luapula Province, Saturday, President Hichilema joked... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Taonga Tembo

Court hears how Malanji pressured MoF to fund procurement of properties in Turkey

A Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Senior Investigations Officer has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that according to his investigations, former foreign affairs minister Joseph Malanji pressured the Ministry of Finance to fund the... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Angela Muchinshi

Some people are ditching SP because we refused to join UKA – Musumali

SOCIALIST Party General Secretary Dr Cosmas Musumali says some members are resigning because they did not agree with the party leadership’s position on not joining the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA). Socialist Party has been rocked... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Precious Daka

We’ll not support unnatural sexual practices, insists HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia shall remain a Christian nation and will not support negative and unnatural sexual practices. And President Hichilema says he now understands the complexities of serving the diverse needs of country,... […]

19 Aug 2024 | Chamuka Shalubala

HH donates his salary, allowances to charity – Jito

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Finance and Investments advisor Jito Kayumba says the Head of State has been receiving his salary and allowances, but donates it all to charity. In June last year, Kayumba said President Hichilema... […]