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AVIC admitting to State capture, ba Lungu bali ndwii
By Diggers Editor on May 23, 2019
A video has gone viral in which President Edgar Lungu is seen lambasting Chinese company AVIC International officials for refusing to comply with the government....
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Deputy minister positions meant to weaken UPND
By Diggers Editor on May 22, 2019
We have observed for some time now that opposition MPs are not proactive. They are not doing the job which Zambians expect them to do....
IDC mangers incompetent, board must be dissolved
By Diggers Editor on May 21, 2019
The Auditor General’s report on the accounts of parastatal bodies has revealed that government institutions failed to settle statutory obligations to NAPSA, ZRA and other....
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Maggy’s debt pregnancy finally showing, doesn’t know who is responsible
By Diggers Editor on May 18, 2019
Our team has had the entire week to reflect on what the Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe said at the press briefing on Friday 10th....
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We warned Mwanakatwe about her alcohol problem
By Diggers Editor on May 17, 2019
What happened to Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe last weekend makes very sad reading. As a media house, we are eager to provide checks and balances....
Why was RTSA boss charged with Careless, not Dangerous Driving?
By Diggers Editor on May 16, 2019
Last week, Mr Zindaba Soko, the chief executive officer of the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA), was involved in a road traffic accident along....
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Any rubbish will do, just never say sorry; is the PF motto
By Diggers Editor on May 15, 2019
President Edgar Lungu has assured Zambians that government is doing everything possible to stabilize the Kwacha. Speaking over the weekend, President Lungu said that the....
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Those rejecting Chinese, must remember Mandela’s strategy
By Diggers Editor on May 14, 2019
Many of Nelson Mandela’s fellow prisoners during his time on Robben Island condemned his insistence on learning Afrikaans, the language of the white South African....
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Lungu is looking for wisdom, but has no use for it
By Diggers Editor on May 12, 2019
When a country’s economy gets on a sharp downwards trajectory like Zambia is currently on right now, you would expect leaders of that State to....
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Dipak’s free advice: Hidden debt is toxic
By Diggers Editor on May 10, 2019
We have written on the collapse of the economy of several occasions, but those who hold economic degrees in the PF government say we have....
How will MISA, YALI, SACCORD protect the NDF resolutions?
By Diggers Editor on May 9, 2019
Four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have formed a breakaway coalition with a wishful mandate of defending and protecting the outcome of the on-going National Dialogue....
Why should police risk their jobs by arresting PF thugs?
By Diggers Editor on May 8, 2019
State House says President Edgar Lungu is extremely puzzled as to why there is so much police inaction against crimes committed by PF cadres. According....
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When Lungu, the snake charmer gets bitten, don’t blame Bloomberg
By Diggers Editor on May 7, 2019
There is a valid reason why people laugh when a snake charmer gets bitten by the serpent he is trying to tame. Naturally, human beings....
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The violence that gave us Lungu will take him away
By Diggers Editor on May 5, 2019
A group of Patriotic Front youths led by the infamous Julius Komaki is calling for the removal of secretary general Davies Mwila on grounds that....
Celebrating our captivity on Media ‘Freedom Day’
By Diggers Editor on May 4, 2019
On Wednesday night, a horde of PF cadres led by their provincial executive leader for Eastern Province, stormed Radio Maria in Chipata, threatening to burn....
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ZICTA snoring while phone networks molest subscribers
By Diggers Editor on May 1, 2019
After talking to his sister and promising to send her some money using a telecom mobile cash transfer facility, a Lusaka businessman received an SMS,....
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Witnessing the painful death of UNZA, CBU
By Diggers Editor on April 30, 2019
It’s almost a month since Higher Education Minister Prof Nkandu Luo closed down the Copperbelt University indefinitely, and Zambia is soldiering on in silence like....
Why is the PF rejecting intra-party democracy, but forcing it on UPND
By Diggers Editor on April 27, 2019
After ignoring him for close to three years, the Patriotic Front is finally responding to Mr Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF). This is the ‘nonentity’ whom....
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Zesco, a conduit of govt extortion
By Diggers Editor on April 26, 2019
Zesco management says it would like to implement an electricity tariff increment of 91 per cent in one single phase, adding that they are not....
GBM is returning to join the looting
By Diggers Editor on April 25, 2019
What happened to Mr Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba on Tuesday goes to prove what we said in our earlier editorial opinion about politicians who get together....
UNZA lecturer pens emotional letter to Lungu over crisis at institution
By Diggers Editor on April 24, 2019
OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MR. EDGAR LUNGU By Tiyaonse Kabwe C/O Department of Development Studies School of....
Politics of infatuation, the case of UPND and GBM
By Diggers Editor on April 24, 2019
Marriage counsellors teach us a very valid and valued lesson about relationships. They say every marriage needs to have a foundation where common interests are....
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Why is Findlay flying in the new presidential Jet?
By Diggers Editor on April 22, 2019
When we talk about State Capture, some people imagine a Head of State being held captive and confined in isolation while the captors run the....

Suffering has a meaning, mwaculeni ba Zambia!

By Diggers Editor on 19 Apr 2019

This weekend marks the holiest on the sacred Christian calendar. Although for many of us, it simply represents another long weekend for merrymaking and leisure.....

It’s Musenge who must apply to join Kambwili’s crusade

By Diggers Editor on 18 Apr 2019

National Democratic Congress secretary general Mwenya Musenge says he is extremely excited that his newly formed party already has parliamentary representation through the hard work....

Roan has shown PF who is foolish

By Diggers Editor on 17 Apr 2019

“When I was starting off from Lusaka, they told me that when you go to Roan, don’t mention Kambwili, or even talk about him. But....

Like we said, Kambwili is a very good bad man

By Diggers Editor on 16 Apr 2019

Indeed this is the most painful and humiliating defeat that the Patriotic Front has ever suffered since forming government in 2011, and there is so....

Mwense accident, ignored, like it never happened, since it exposes Lungu’s hypocrisy!

By Diggers Editor on 14 Apr 2019

“I want to tell you, provincial chairman and your team, avoid importing people and I will ensure that. SG, don’t send people from Lusaka to....

Why is Lungu not proud of Linda’s achievement?

By Diggers Editor on 13 Apr 2019

After officiating at the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association Conference in Livingstone, President Lungu made the following statement: “Zambia is, indeed, honoured to have won the bid....

It’s almost impossible to choose a career in Zambia

By Diggers Editor on 11 Apr 2019

General Education Permanent Secretary, Dr Jobbicks Kalumba, is one of the best civil servants occupying that government position. Those who have worked with him confess....

Dialogue Forum shall be useless, as PF can’t amend Constitution without UPND

By Diggers Editor on 10 Apr 2019

We will leave the debate around the contents of the National Dialogue Bill to highly qualified technocrats like Professor Muna Ndulo who says the whole....

Auction more wrist watches, hats and pay lectures’ salaries

By Diggers Editor on 9 Apr 2019

So, a State House Special Assistant to the President for Project Implementation and Monitoring, Andrew Chellah, has bought a wristwatch from the Head of State....

Campaigns with no ‘skopodonono’

By Diggers Editor on 7 Apr 2019

People who read the news can’t even remember the names of candidates who are contesting the Roan and Bahati parliamentary by-elections because the on-going campaigns....

UNZA, CBU is no longer a Luo problem, but Lungu

By Diggers Editor on 6 Apr 2019

Public University lecturers are currently renewing their resolve to resume their work stoppage owing to unpaid March salaries. Instead of calming the situation, the Higher....

Media regulation can’t stop social media abuse

By Diggers Editor on 4 Apr 2019

When your husband dies and your gorgeous single neighbour comes in weeping more uncontrollably than you, it is time you stop crying and start asking....

The animalism of PF, UPND youths

By Diggers Editor on 3 Apr 2019

Just over a week ago, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) convened a meeting with the secretary-generals, chairpersons for elections, youths and women from the....

PF is like an opposition enjoying govt resources

By Diggers Editor on 2 Apr 2019

The Patriotic Front government seems too obsessed with the intraparty affairs of the opposition more than they are concerned about upholding the Republican Constitution. Last....

Auditor General’s Office in a mess!

By Diggers Editor on 30 Mar 2019

We are surprised to see that the month of March is now in its sunset, but we haven’t seen the Auditor General’s Parastatal Report for....

Why attack Telesphore for things he didn’t say?

By Diggers Editor on 28 Mar 2019

The whole of last week, through to this week, news bulletins have been awash with rebuttals by State House officials, the Patriotic Front and its....

Why Catherine won the fight, but lost the challenge

By Diggers Editor on 27 Mar 2019

We have noticed the anguish among Zambians over the outcome of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight title challenge between reigning Kenyan champion Fatuma....

Zambia terminally Ill, but still in denial

By Diggers Editor on 26 Mar 2019

It’s March 26, just four days before lecturers at the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University are owed two months salary arrears. They have begged,....