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7 Jul 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

UNZA lecturers on strike

University of Zambia (UNZA) lecturers have gone on strike for none payment of June salaries. In a memo to UNZA Vice-Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba, University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union President Dr Evans Lampi […]

7 Jul 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Zambia is safe for business, only saboteurs should worry – Lungu

In this video, President Edgar Lungu says Zambia is safe for business and only saboteurs have something to worry about. Speaking when he commissioned the construction of a $548 million ZCCM-IH Cement Plant in Masaiti […]

7 Jul 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

Miti challenges Lungu to prove sabotage in fire incidents

Alliance for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says President Edgar Lungu is threatening Zambia’s democracy by “declaring a Threatened State of Emergency on unsubstantiated grounds”. In a statement, Miti said under the declared […]

7 Jul 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Mwamba issues travel advisory: Zambia is safe

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba says the country is safe, peaceful and experiencing a normal situation. In a travel advisory issued today, Ambassador Mwamba explained that the declared Threat of Public Emergency […]

7 Jul 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Maybe Lungu is bitter with IMF because it already pulled out – Nevers

Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) president Nevers Mumba says it is possible that President Edgar Lungu is publicly being hostile towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) because the institution has already decided to pull back. […]

7 Jul 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Man accused of forging Kampyongo’s signature still on the run

One of the two men who allegedly forged Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo’s signature on a work permit is still on the run. Last week Lusaka Magistrate Faidess Hamaundu issued a bench warrant against Owen […]

6 Jul 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

Lungu’s Threatened State of Emergency press conference in pictures

President Edgar Lungu held a press conference on July 6, 2017 to explain his declaration of a Threatened State of Emergency for Zambia. He also took questions from journalists. This is a News Diggers collection […]

6 Jul 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

PF sponsored youths block Nevers from speaking on Radio

PF sponsored MMD youths led by Gerald Chiluba and former ZANASU vice president Prince Ndoyi, blocked party president Nevers Mumba from appearing on a live radio program at 5FM. Mumba was scheduled to appear on […]

6 Jul 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Verbatim of Lungu’s press conference

July 6, 2017, State House, Lusaka This gathering has been called for the simple reason that yesterday, I issued a proclamation under Article 31 of the Constitution which might not go down very clearly for […]

6 Jul 2017 | Joseph Mwenda

There is terrorism building in Zambia – Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says there is terrorism building in the country meant to intimidate him. And President Lungu says he doesn’t care if the court frees or jails Hakainde Hichilema over his treason case. Meanwhile, […]

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