Copperbelt Jerabo Commander identified as Tobias Mwamba has warned the Patriotic Front leadership in the province against lying that the ruling party is intact. In a message sent to News Diggers, Mwamba complained that the PF youths in the region were suffering while senior party leaders who send them to beat up opposition UPND supporters...

The Ndola City Council has confiscated hundreds of liquor commodities being sold in illegal locations by traders without licences. In a statement today, Ndola City Council public relations manager Tilyenji Mwanza stated that the move was aimed at curbing escalating levels of underage drinking in the city. The alcohol confiscated include; Mosi, Castle, Eagle lager,...

Kitwe PF district chairman Christopher Kang'ombe says the town is solidly behind ruling party secretary general Davies Mwila for his loyalty both to the party and to President Edgar Lungu. There have been calls for Mwila to be replaced by Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube whom PF members like Ephriam Shakafuswa believe could run the...

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) says failure to manage the dialogue process will deepen scars of the 2016 elections and entrench divisions in the country. In a statement yesterday, CiSCA chairperson Bishop John Mambo stated that Zambians should give the proposed dialogue a chance as it could bring real healing and reconciliation. “The importance...

When we say more money in your pockets, we don't mean we shall deliver it to your homes, says President Edgar Lungu. And President Lungu says people will only feel the impact of lower taxes if they all start paying tax. Commissioning the operation of Marcopolo Tiles Company in Chilanga district yesterday, President Lungu said...

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent away Lusaka Province permanent secretary Charles Sipanje to pave way for investigations of theft. This was after Sipanje failed to reconcile receipts which he had signed when he appeared before PAC to respond to audit queries raised in the 2016 Auditor General’s report. It was revealed that...

The Minister of Finance should be serious and stop destroy PF by bringing unnecessary taxes like this amendment which is in bad faith, just withdraw it tapaba insoni (don't be ashamed), Chishimba Kambwili told Felix Mutati in Parliament yesterday. But Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo said it was wrong for certain MPs to attend Parliament...

God has blessed Zambia with so many natural resources like Copper, gold, gemstones and cement among other precious stones, says Copperbelt ministers Bowman Lusambo And Lusambo has charged that Kambwili's brain does not coordinate with his mouth. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s The Hot Seat programme yesterday, the minister who is also Kabushi...

Luapula Province permanent secretary Bullet Nsemukila yesterday failed to justify why his office failed to take action against an officer who procured goods and services without a procurement plan. When Nsemukila introduced his team to the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, he boasted that his officers were very experienced with a good working culture, but later...

UPP president Saviour Chishimba says it is an insult for President Edgar Lungu to give K250 and K500 loans to marketers when they could get more than K10,000 each if he suspended his international trips. Yesterday, Presidential Empowerment Fund patron Chanda Kabwe gave K250 and K500 loans to 200 recently gutted Kapalala market traders in...