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24 Aug 2021 | Natasha Sakala

Zambians have made the impossible possible – Scotland

SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) chairperson Dr Lazarus Chakwera says the peaceful transition of power in Zambia is proof that Africa is not a charity case to be pitied or an infant that needs babysitting. […]

23 Aug 2021 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Attorney General agrees to pay $4.1m to Mosho in Shoprite theft case

ATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka has agreed that the state must pay Lusaka Lawyer Lewis Mosho in excess of US$4.1 million (about K75 million) as damages over his arrest and prosecution by the Drug Enforcement Commission... […]

20 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

Findlay laments: “they didn’t give me a reason for freezing accounts”

OUTGOING President Edgar Lungu’s friend Valden Findlay says the Drug Enforcement Commission (DRC) has not told him why his accounts have been frozen. Meanwhile, Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) says it is happy that law enforcement […]

19 Aug 2021 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

DEC freezes Findlay’s accounts, as Malanji appears for questioning again

THE Drug Enforcement Commission has frozen accounts for outgoing president Edgar Lungu’s friend and businessman Valden Findlay. Impeccable sources have told News Diggers that Findlay was in the process of transferring over K10 million to... […]

18 Aug 2021 | Chamuka Shalubala

My colleagues pressured me to reject results, petition – Lungu

OUTGOING President Edgar Lungu has revealed that some of his colleagues pressured him to consider petitioning the presidential election results. And Lungu says the PF has lost power just after 10 years because of violence, […]

17 Aug 2021 | Mwenya Mofya

I’ll raise the bar so high, my successor will have to work hard – HH

PRESIDENT-ELECT Hakainde Hichilema says he will raise the standard of transforming the country so high that his successor will have to work harder in order to convince Zambians to give them a chance. And Hichilema […]

16 Aug 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

OUTGOING Republican President Edgar Lungu yesterday met with President elect Hakainde Hichilema at former president Rupiah Banda’s residence. And Lungu says he will comply with the constitutional provisions to transfer power peacefully to President-elect Hichilema. […]

16 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

State House aides persuade Lungu not to accept defeat

STATE House presidential assistants and some Zambian diplomats who were in the country to help the Patriotic Front in campaigns have been persuading President Edgar Lungu not to accept election defeat, impeccable sources have told... […]

15 Aug 2021 | Julia Malunga

Lungu runs out of votes to catch president-elect HH

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has so far announced results for 128 of 156 constituencies with UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema maintaining a massive lead by 860,166 votes which his rival President Edgar Lungu cannot catch. Meanwhile, […]

14 Aug 2021 | Ulande Nkomesha

Lungu abused incumbency to gain unfair advantage – EU observes

THE European Union Election Observer Mission says President Edgar Lungu abused his incumbency to gain unfair advantage over his political rivals ahead of the August 12 general elections. And the EU has questioned the failure […]