On Monday, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mulambo Haimbe publicly expressed concern over what he described as a growing tendency among some ambassadors and high commissioners accredited to Zambia to use the media to...

MOST leadership failure starts with self-praise. The challenge with self-praise, self-aggrandizement and narcissism is that it eliminates the ability to identify problems, accept failures and establish solutions. Before politicians speak, especially those entrusted with leadership...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says leadership is not easy, it is assumed to be easy from a distance, but it is pretty challenging. We agree with him, wholeheartedly. Leadership, particularly at the national level is not...

THE dust has finally settled. The long-awaited FAZ elective conference has delivered a decisive outcome — Keith Mweemba is now the new president of the Football Association of Zambia. The football family has spoken, and...

ZAMBIANS are digesting the staggering announcement that the U.S. government is cutting $50 million in health aid because the government has failed to act on the theft of drugs, despite being presented with evidence. According...

BEFORE we could finish our editorial comment commending the UPND for admitting that only voters will determine the 50% plus one vote in next year’s election, we were hit by a claim that we misquoted

HONOURABLE Elijah Muchima: “Today, we’re talking about growth. Growth is only known by economists. An ordinary person cannot see it, just like a doctor sees a disease through a [microscope]. But us with bare eyes,...

ON World Press Freedom Day, Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana stood before a gathering in Livingstone and made a pronouncement that media owners are doing well financially, but they are paying their journalists...

IN observing World Press Freedom Day, President Hakainde Hichilema delivered an important message, saying “Press freedom is a cornerstone for emerging democracies like Zambia”. We wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment — not only because it...

AFTER eight remarkable years of distinguished service to News Diggers, Ms Mukosha Funga, who has served as Deputy Managing Director and Managing Editor, leaves the newsroom to take up a new path in her life.