CABINET has approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament aimed at amending the National Pension Scheme Act Chapter 256 of the Laws of Zambia, so as to, provide for an option to claim for age benefits by a member under the existing fund, among others. And Cabinet has approved in principle, the introduction of...

GOVERNMENT says FAZ should engage a credible coach to take charge of the national team following the resignation of Aljosa Asanovic. Speaking in an interview, Monday, Nkandu said FAZ is at liberty to employ either a local or an expatriate coach to lead the Copper Bullets. "I have always said a coach is a coach...

FIDE Master (FM) Nase Lungu defeated Nigerian Joel Adebayo in the seventh round to remain on course for the podium finish at the ongoing 2022 Africa Individual chess competition in Lagos, Nigeria. With only two rounds of games remaining to play, Lungu remained the only Zambian player with a realistic chance to win a medal...

ZAMBIA national team Captain Enock Mwepu says he is saddened by some football fans' reaction to his illness. Mwepu penned a statement on his personal Facebook page that some of the comments are based on hate, abuse and jealousy. He said he travelled to Bamako fully focused on representing the Nation which was a privilege...

LIBERTY Christian Centre Bishop Eddie Mulenga has advised leaders to be selfless, saying to serve requires one to deny oneself. And Government has described the death of former Mwense Town Council Chairperson Humphrey Kapapula as painful. Meanwhile, Patriotic Front acting president Given Lubinda says Kapapula was not supposed to die in the manner he did. In...

KENYAN Professor Patrick Lumumba says Africa is in the business of celebrating useless things, observing that people's levels of satisfaction are very low. And US-based Ghanaian author Dr Samuel Pipim says Africa needs to move away from the culture of dependency to a continent beyond aid. Meanwhile, Economist Chibamba Kanyama says now is the best...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday questioned former agriculture minister and Masaiti PF member of parliament Michael Katambo in connection with a maize deal between him and former tourism minister Ronald Chitotela. In May this year, Chitotela's lawyer gave some documents to News Diggers! in which the Pambashe PF member of parliament stated that he entered into...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the President will not break the boundaries of the laws to satisfy a small section of his critics. Commenting on sodomy cases in an interview, Thursday, Bwalya said all matters of public nature and interest in so far as the new administration was concerned would be debated and discussed within...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi has instructed the Road Development Agency (RDA) to commence regular planned maintenance and timely emergency repairs of roads. Speaking during the commissioning of the Mumbwa Weighbridge, Friday, Milupi observed that in the past, some roads were constructed and rehabilitated but left unattended until they were damaged again....

PF member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says former ruling party members are in stitches because some vices like corruption are more prevalent now. Commenting on the Ministry of Agriculture's decision to directly select six companies to supply fertiliser for the 2022/2023 Farmer Input Support Programme, Mwamba said he smelt corruption in the whole fertiliser tender. "I...