Leadership positions in most African countries end up with the bad, selfish and greedy individuals, whose primary intent is to enrich themselves at the expense of their people. This is more evident now than ever because the intelligent good, those noble men and women with impeccable character, are increasingly being intimidated out of taking up...

The mob now is the unwitting ritual killer. Maybe in the beginning, it started with ‘The Gasser’, then ‘The Blood Drawer’ now, it's the ‘The Gasser’ then ‘The Mob’. I am sitting here, looking at a video that has been sent to me. I download and play it only to stop a few seconds in...

The recent News Diggers editorial that attempted to pour cold water on His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s comments on humility was to say the least… in bad taste. To be humble is also to be realistic; As Charles Haddon Spurgeon a venerable 19th Century Baptist preacher who to this date remains highly influential among...

Dear Vice-Chancellor, I write in relation to media reports that the institution that you lead, the Copperbelt University (CBU), has directed all returning students to pay K 1, 500 as a penalty for alleged damage to property that occurred when a number of students protested, for whatever reasons, earlier this year. Why does the university...

Dear Minister Luo, On 29 April 2019, News Diggers published the most recent public comments you have made on the continued closure of the Copperbelt University (CBU). In the published story, you were quoted by the newspaper as expressing the hope that ‘President Edgar Lungu will decide to reopen the Copperbelt University now that the...

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 Humanities and Social Sciences The University of Zambia, Tuesday April, 16, 2019 Comrade President, INTERVENE AND SAVE UNZA I wish to begin my letter with a disclaimer. My intentions should...

Dear Diggers editor, I am writing in response to editorial article titled, “Drop Luo, let Mabumba run Higher Education” which you published on 27th December 2018. In the last paragraph of the article you made a recommendation or rather stated that "but if for whatever debt she is owed, you would like Professor Luo to...

A few days ago, you ran an editorial which you call the opinion of [News] Diggers! In that editorial you attempted to give your opinion on what you think is happening in the Movement for Multi-party Democracy. I think the question you were trying to ask was ‘what is Nevers and Mutati fighting over?’ as...

Dear Editor, Our media is not watching carefully. I saw your 12 March article which gave details of the plan that the goodly Professor from Nigeria and the Commonwealth brought to Zambia and he said this plan that he proposed will be used to convene a Zambia led dialogue. Zambians need to wake up. In...

To the President, His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Your Excellence Sir, it is almost a reality that the cadres from the ruling Patriotic Front - PF appear to be more privileged Zambians than any native of this country. The PF cadres willingly enjoy the freedoms which other “ordinary” Zambians only dream about. The PF...