Opinion

Go ahead, close FIC and steal in peace…
By Diggers Editor on 15 Jun 2019
Listening to the level of attacks from top government officials in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services targeted at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)....
Lest we forget: Lessons from Kingsley Chanda
By Diggers Editor on 13 Jun 2019
A fortnight ago, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda was embroiled in a scandal related to smuggling of goods, which involved some customs....
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Why, Alita Mbahwe, why!?
By Diggers Editor on 12 Jun 2019
We have always considered the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director-General Alita Mbahwe as a seasoned criminal investigations professional who cannot be easily swayed by political....
It’s Lungu who stands to lose from Chanda’s departure not Zambians
By Diggers Editor on 11 Jun 2019
We do not know of any time in the history of Zambia when the President’s spokesperson resigned. We also don’t know of any time in....
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Lungu’s airport outbursts motivated by ‘happy juice’
By Diggers Editor on 9 Jun 2019
It sounds malicious and disrespectful to say, but sometimes we wonder if our Republican President is in the right frame of mind when making certain....
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Honouring Lungu with doctorate is okay, but for what achievement?
By Diggers Editor on 7 Jun 2019
No matter how bad a person can be, there will always be something that they are good at. A person considered the most useless in....
You can’t prevent crimes when you employ thieves as controlling officers!
By Diggers Editor on 6 Jun 2019
When you talk about a control framework for financial crimes, some measures are preventative and detective, while others are reactive and corrective through the court....
Attorney General, DPP must not interfere in investigations
By Diggers Editor on 5 Jun 2019
Attorney General Likando Kalaluka says fighting financial crimes is not an easy undertaking and he sometimes instructs law enforcement agencies to drop certain cases to....
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Lusambo’s donation of proceeds of crime
By Diggers Editor on 4 Jun 2019
During the FIC financial trends report, we asked the Attorney General if he would welcome a lifestyle audit for public office holders, including himself, and....
A pompwe can’t accept lifestyle audit challenge
By Diggers Editor on 3 Jun 2019
Last Tuesday, one News Diggers! reader liked our front page so much that he decided to share it with his friends on social media. Five....
Mwanakatwe is a liability shaping Lungu’s downfall
By Diggers Editor on 2 Jun 2019
It is painful when your most reliable defender in a game of soccer scores an own goal. Whenever this happens, it hurts other players so....
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Confusion at KCM proof that govt used a wrong approach for a right thing
By Diggers Editor on 30 May 2019
The provisional liquidator appointed to wind up the operations of Konkola Copper Mines is issuing very strange statements which sound as if the decision to....
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Why do we tolerate Bemba-sponsored tribalism in Zambia?
By Diggers Editor on 29 May 2019
Voice notes are circulating on social media from some PF functionaries who have come out to declare war against those that are behind the arrest....
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Zambia: where fake news makes better sense than reality
By Diggers Editor on 28 May 2019
It feels like soon, we will wake up as a country and thank God that what we are currently going through was just a dream.....
Sorry NGOCC, we can’t support a drunkard minister just because she is female
By Diggers Editor on 26 May 2019
It is almost impossible for a parent to testify against his own child accused of wrongdoing. Even when the evidence is so clear for all....
The KCM overkill will haunt Lungu
By Diggers Editor on 25 May 2019
It happens sometimes that an artiste takes to the stage and get’s people clapping as soon as he or she starts the performance. This can....
AVIC admitting to State capture, ba Lungu bali ndwii
By Diggers Editor on 23 May 2019
A video has gone viral in which President Edgar Lungu is seen lambasting Chinese company AVIC International officials for refusing to comply with the government....
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Deputy minister positions meant to weaken UPND
By Diggers Editor on 22 May 2019
We have observed for some time now that opposition MPs are not proactive. They are not doing the job which Zambians expect them to do....
IDC mangers incompetent, board must be dissolved
By Diggers Editor on 21 May 2019
The Auditor General’s report on the accounts of parastatal bodies has revealed that government institutions failed to settle statutory obligations to NAPSA, ZRA and other....
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Maggy’s debt pregnancy finally showing, doesn’t know who is responsible
By Diggers Editor on 18 May 2019
Our team has had the entire week to reflect on what the Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe said at the press briefing on Friday 10th....
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We warned Mwanakatwe about her alcohol problem
By Diggers Editor on 17 May 2019
What happened to Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe last weekend makes very sad reading. As a media house, we are eager to provide checks and balances....
Why was RTSA boss charged with Careless, not Dangerous Driving?
By Diggers Editor on 16 May 2019
Last week, Mr Zindaba Soko, the chief executive officer of the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA), was involved in a road traffic accident along....
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Any rubbish will do, just never say sorry; is the PF motto
By Diggers Editor on 15 May 2019
President Edgar Lungu has assured Zambians that government is doing everything possible to stabilize the Kwacha. Speaking over the weekend, President Lungu said that the....

Those rejecting Chinese, must remember Mandela’s strategy

By Diggers Editor on 14 May 2019

Many of Nelson Mandela’s fellow prisoners during his time on Robben Island condemned his insistence on learning Afrikaans, the language of the white South African....

Lungu is looking for wisdom, but has no use for it

By Diggers Editor on 12 May 2019

When a country’s economy gets on a sharp downwards trajectory like Zambia is currently on right now, you would expect leaders of that State to....

Dipak’s free advice: Hidden debt is toxic

By Diggers Editor on 10 May 2019

We have written on the collapse of the economy of several occasions, but those who hold economic degrees in the PF government say we have....

How will MISA, YALI, SACCORD protect the NDF resolutions?

By Diggers Editor on 9 May 2019

Four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have formed a breakaway coalition with a wishful mandate of defending and protecting the outcome of the on-going National Dialogue....

Why should police risk their jobs by arresting PF thugs?

By Diggers Editor on 8 May 2019

State House says President Edgar Lungu is extremely puzzled as to why there is so much police inaction against crimes committed by PF cadres. According....

When Lungu, the snake charmer gets bitten, don’t blame Bloomberg

By Diggers Editor on 7 May 2019

There is a valid reason why people laugh when a snake charmer gets bitten by the serpent he is trying to tame. Naturally, human beings....

The violence that gave us Lungu will take him away

By Diggers Editor on 5 May 2019

A group of Patriotic Front youths led by the infamous Julius Komaki is calling for the removal of secretary general Davies Mwila on grounds that....

Celebrating our captivity on Media ‘Freedom Day’

By Diggers Editor on 4 May 2019

On Wednesday night, a horde of PF cadres led by their provincial executive leader for Eastern Province, stormed Radio Maria in Chipata, threatening to burn....

ZICTA snoring while phone networks molest subscribers

By Diggers Editor on 1 May 2019

After talking to his sister and promising to send her some money using a telecom mobile cash transfer facility, a Lusaka businessman received an SMS,....

UNZA students during protest at the main campus in Lusaka last year-Picture by Tenson Mkhala

Witnessing the painful death of UNZA, CBU

By Diggers Editor on 30 Apr 2019

It’s almost a month since Higher Education Minister Prof Nkandu Luo closed down the Copperbelt University indefinitely, and Zambia is soldiering on in silence like....

Why is the PF rejecting intra-party democracy, but forcing it on UPND

By Diggers Editor on 27 Apr 2019

After ignoring him for close to three years, the Patriotic Front is finally responding to Mr Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF). This is the ‘nonentity’ whom....

Zesco, a conduit of govt extortion

By Diggers Editor on 26 Apr 2019

Zesco management says it would like to implement an electricity tariff increment of 91 per cent in one single phase, adding that they are not....

GBM is returning to join the looting

By Diggers Editor on 25 Apr 2019

What happened to Mr Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba on Tuesday goes to prove what we said in our earlier editorial opinion about politicians who get together....

Politics of infatuation, the case of UPND and GBM

By Diggers Editor on 24 Apr 2019

Marriage counsellors teach us a very valid and valued lesson about relationships. They say every marriage needs to have a foundation where common interests are....

Why is Findlay flying in the new presidential Jet?

By Diggers Editor on 22 Apr 2019

When we talk about State Capture, some people imagine a Head of State being held captive and confined in isolation while the captors run the....

Suffering has a meaning, mwaculeni ba Zambia!

By Diggers Editor on 19 Apr 2019

This weekend marks the holiest on the sacred Christian calendar. Although for many of us, it simply represents another long weekend for merrymaking and leisure.....

It’s Musenge who must apply to join Kambwili’s crusade

By Diggers Editor on 18 Apr 2019

National Democratic Congress secretary general Mwenya Musenge says he is extremely excited that his newly formed party already has parliamentary representation through the hard work....

Roan has shown PF who is foolish

By Diggers Editor on 17 Apr 2019

“When I was starting off from Lusaka, they told me that when you go to Roan, don’t mention Kambwili, or even talk about him. But....

Like we said, Kambwili is a very good bad man

By Diggers Editor on 16 Apr 2019

Indeed this is the most painful and humiliating defeat that the Patriotic Front has ever suffered since forming government in 2011, and there is so....