THE Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) has recommended the removal of controversial Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba from presiding as a judicial officer. There have been various complaints against the conduct of Magistrate Simusamba, the latest being a case where Chishimba Kambwili reported him to the Anti Corruption Commission before asking the Chief Justice to compel him...

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has reported a sharp decline in the overall number of suspicious financial transaction reports, but with a record high loss of money from laundering activities. And the centre has reported that the major drivers for generation of proceeds of crime in Zambia is corruption associated with public procurement. Meanwhile the...

THE new wave of smear campaign against opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema emanates from the Patriotic Front’s realisation that the use of the tribal card against him is no longer effective, University of Zambia lecturer Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa has explained. FDD leader Edith Nawakwi, who has mostly stayed away from political discourse since appearing with...

LUSAKA Businessman Valden Findlay has offered Chrismar Hotel for sale to the National Pension Scheme Authority NAPSA, expecting a purchase price as high as US$18 million, when the deal is approved. NAPSA confirmed to News Diggers that it received an offer for the sale of the property which is located at Plot number 6892 Los...

If you become rich by virtue of being a politician, then you are thief, says constitutional lawyer John Sangwa. And Sangwa says Dr Kenneth Kaunda is living a humble and peaceful life because he did not steal when he was in government. Reacting to remarks attributed to Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo who was defending...

A NEWS Diggers! investigation has revealed that the Rwandese national called Nsengiyumva Appolinaire, who was named by that country's rebel leader Maj Nsabimana Sankara Calliixte in a court testimony as his link to President Edgar Lungu, is actually a member of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) procurement committee in Zambia. And Appolinaire has told News...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says the opposition must unite and field one 2021 presidential candidate in order to kick out the Patriotic Front. And Kambwili says the just ended Malawi presidential elections must be a lesson to Zambia and all other African countries that there is power in the vote. Speaking when he was called...

WILLIAM Nelson Cromwell Professor of International and Comparative Law Muna Ndulo has wondered what Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has been eating for him to become so arrogant. In an article titled "On What Meat Doth Matibini Feed?: MATIBINI AND THE COURTS", Thursday, Prof Ndulo said the Speaker's claim that he had powers...

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has recorded a warn and caution statement from Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya for allegedly possessing property suspected to be proceeds of crime. And ACC sources have explained to News Diggers the number of properties that Dr Chilufya is accused of fraudulently possessing. In a statement, ACC corporate affairs...

POLICE on Wednesday officially arrested and charged fellow officers and some PF officials, including the ruling party’s North Western Province chairperson Jackson Kungo, in connection with the theft of gold in Mwinilunga valued at over K24.7 million. According to police sources in Mwinilunga, the five police officers and nine PF officials are expected to appear...