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1 Sep 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

I’ll take on Lungu punch for punch – Kambwili

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili says he will exert pressure on President Edgar Lungu until the Head of State wakes up to the problems affecting poor Zambians. And Kambwili charged that President Lungu shivers […]

1 Sep 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

NAREP questions source of the ruling party’s presidential empowerment fund

National Restoration party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo says there is need for greater transparency around the source of the K10.4 million Presidential Empowerment Fund which the Patriotic Front (PF) has used to empower 7 000 […]

31 Aug 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

We wonder if HH’s forgiveness is genuine – Kampamba

In this audio, Chief Government Spokesperson Mulenga Kampamba says “we really wonder if the so called forgiveness is there”, in reaction to Hakainde Hichilema’s press briefing in South Africa. And Kampamba says government is waiting […]

31 Aug 2017 | Diggers Reporter

HH addresses S/Africa opposition MPs

Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema this morning addressed over 100 Democratic Alliance (DA) members of parliament in South Africa. According to a statement released by the UPND media team, Hichilema who told the law makers […]

31 Aug 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

Over 25,000 Congolese refugees enter Zambia

Over 500 Congolese asylum-seekers have fled into Zambia within a day, the biggest single entry of new arrivals in three years, according to the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR). And the UNHCR says […]

30 Aug 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Priscilla Isaac resigns from ECZ

Electoral Commission of Zambia Chief Electoral Officer Priscilla Isaac has resigned with immediate effect. According to a statement issued by ECZ public relations officer Raphael Phiri, Isaac stopped work today and chose not to renew […]

30 Aug 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

I forgive all those who brutalised me – HH

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says he will have no credibility to claim that he is different from those who brutalised him into incarceration, if he does not forgive them. Speaking yesterday during the thanksgiving […]

29 Aug 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

KAMBWILI: “It’s time someone else took over PF, Lungu has failed to unite the party”

Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu must resign as leader of the Patriotic Front because he has failed to unite the party. And Kambwili says if the PF pushes him […]

29 Aug 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

PF is ruling by decree – Habasonda

University of Zambia Political Science lecturer Lee Habasonda says he is concerned about the Patriotic Front’s style of governance because they do not consult before formulating policies. And Habasonda says the Constitutional Court was too […]

28 Aug 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

State House denies Shaka Ssali interview with Lungu

State House has turned down a request by Voice of America’s Straight Talk Africa presenter Shaka Ssali to interview President Edgar Lungu. In an interview with News Diggers! Ssali said he was eager to interview […]