Opinion

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....
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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....
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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....
Mwense accident, ignored, like it never happened, since it exposes Lungu’s hypocrisy!
By Diggers Editor on 14 Apr 2019
“I want to tell you, provincial chairman and your team, avoid importing people and I will ensure that. SG, don’t send people from Lusaka to....
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Why is Lungu not proud of Linda’s achievement?
By Diggers Editor on 13 Apr 2019
After officiating at the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association Conference in Livingstone, President Lungu made the following statement: “Zambia is, indeed, honoured to have won the bid....
It’s almost impossible to choose a career in Zambia
By Diggers Editor on 11 Apr 2019
General Education Permanent Secretary, Dr Jobbicks Kalumba, is one of the best civil servants occupying that government position. Those who have worked with him confess....
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Dialogue Forum shall be useless, as PF can’t amend Constitution without UPND
By Diggers Editor on 10 Apr 2019
We will leave the debate around the contents of the National Dialogue Bill to highly qualified technocrats like Professor Muna Ndulo who says the whole....
Auction more wrist watches, hats and pay lectures’ salaries
By Diggers Editor on 9 Apr 2019
So, a State House Special Assistant to the President for Project Implementation and Monitoring, Andrew Chellah, has bought a wristwatch from the Head of State....
Campaigns with no ‘skopodonono’
By Diggers Editor on 7 Apr 2019
People who read the news can’t even remember the names of candidates who are contesting the Roan and Bahati parliamentary by-elections because the on-going campaigns....
UNZA, CBU is no longer a Luo problem, but Lungu
By Diggers Editor on 6 Apr 2019
Public University lecturers are currently renewing their resolve to resume their work stoppage owing to unpaid March salaries. Instead of calming the situation, the Higher....
Media regulation can’t stop social media abuse
By Diggers Editor on 4 Apr 2019
When your husband dies and your gorgeous single neighbour comes in weeping more uncontrollably than you, it is time you stop crying and start asking....
The animalism of PF, UPND youths
By Diggers Editor on 3 Apr 2019
Just over a week ago, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) convened a meeting with the secretary-generals, chairpersons for elections, youths and women from the....
PF is like an opposition enjoying govt resources
By Diggers Editor on 2 Apr 2019
The Patriotic Front government seems too obsessed with the intraparty affairs of the opposition more than they are concerned about upholding the Republican Constitution. Last....
Auditor General’s Office in a mess!
By Diggers Editor on 30 Mar 2019
We are surprised to see that the month of March is now in its sunset, but we haven’t seen the Auditor General’s Parastatal Report for....
Why attack Telesphore for things he didn’t say?
By Diggers Editor on 28 Mar 2019
The whole of last week, through to this week, news bulletins have been awash with rebuttals by State House officials, the Patriotic Front and its....
Why Catherine won the fight, but lost the challenge
By Diggers Editor on 27 Mar 2019
We have noticed the anguish among Zambians over the outcome of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight title challenge between reigning Kenyan champion Fatuma....
Zambia terminally Ill, but still in denial
By Diggers Editor on 26 Mar 2019
It’s March 26, just four days before lecturers at the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University are owed two months salary arrears. They have begged,....
MMD’s venomous lubrication of the PF
By Diggers Editor on 22 Mar 2019
The marriage between the Patriotic Front and the Felix Mutati-led MMD is a very strange. This is the most despicable affair that one can ever....
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Sean’s conduct has potential to sink the Opposition Alliance
By Diggers Editor on 21 Mar 2019
We have taken note of the criticism that has been rendered to us by the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader, Mr Sean Tembo over....

It’s a crime to be rich by making your country poor

By Diggers Editor on 20 Mar 2019

“It is not being a satanist to be wealthy, it is not being corrupt to be wealthy. Te sambi ukulya bwino, te bu satanist ukwikala....

Is Sean Tembo experiencing a midlife crisis

By Diggers Editor on 19 Mar 2019

On Friday evening, Mr Sean Tembo, the Opposition Alliance spokesperson wrote a very strong analysis of President Edgar Lungu’s address made to Parliament earlier that....

Job loses have begun on the mines, despite Mwanakatwe’s promise

By Diggers Editor on 17 Mar 2019

On January 29, 2019, Konkola Copper Mines, through its Corporate Affairs General Manager Eugene Chungu, released a very suspicious statement which puzzled us. It puzzled....

Mayday! Mayday! Zambia is finally going down!!

By Diggers Editor on 16 Mar 2019

It is a fact that the PF government inherited a fairly healthy Treasury from the MMD, which allowed them to go on a thoughtless construction....

A wife should be The President’s most trusted advisor

By Diggers Editor on 14 Mar 2019

President Edgar Lungu says women will never achieve gender equality if they give up their pursuit for social justice and stick to the shipikisha mentality.....

We love PS Kasolo’s honesty

By Diggers Editor on 13 Mar 2019

Honourable Dora Siliya must be the happiest minister in Cabinet, having been given such a talkative Permanent Secretary like Mr Chanda Kasolo who is, no....

PF is contradicting its own manifesto on media reforms

By Diggers Editor on 12 Mar 2019

What the Ministry of Information and it’s attack dog, the Independent Broadcasting Authority is doing to the media in Zambia is horribly wrong. It is....

Ministry of Health spokesperson Kennedy Malama speaks to journalist at his office in Lusaka Picture by Tenson MkhalaMinistry of Health spokesperson Kennedy Malama speaks to journalist at his office in Lusaka Picture by Tenson Mkhala

Supplying toxic drugs is pure govt witchcraft!

By Diggers Editor on 10 Mar 2019

Revelations that government procured a toxic Chinese-manufactured drug and supplied it to hospitals across the country is enough scandal for someone in the system to,....

Paying dividends to paint imaginary parastatal profits

By Diggers Editor on 9 Mar 2019

For the past few months, we have been seeing headlines to the effect that some parastatals are declaring dividends to the Ministry of Finance, amounting....

Prime TV closure is about 2021 elections

By Diggers Editor on 7 Mar 2019

Many people have expressed shock that government has gone ahead to suspend the broadcasting licence for Lusaka-based Prime Television, but we saw it coming. In....

Those around Lungu don’t love him, they just love his power

By Diggers Editor on 6 Mar 2019

Different versions of stories have been told about how President Edgar Lungu has mortgaged his Presidency to those who helped him become Head of State.....

Mushimba’s accident remains a mystery…

By Diggers Editor on 5 Mar 2019

On the night of January 18, 2019, Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba was involved in a road traffic accident where he sustained a broken....

Losing soccer to win bets, the criminality under FAZ

By Diggers Editor on 3 Mar 2019

The revelation that FIFA has handed a life ban on Mr Boniface Mwamelo, the former FAZ treasurer and vice-president after being found guilty of colluding....

Amos is betraying his inner character

By Diggers Editor on 2 Mar 2019

In the recent few days we have seen a bitter exchange of vulgarities between State House and the opposition. In fact, to say an “exchange”....

Why is Kampyongo calling Sesheke cops guilty without trial?

By Diggers Editor on 1 Mar 2019

The reasons that are being advanced by Cabinet Ministers as grounds for the removal of four Sesheke police officers from the Service are confusing. Initially,....

Manyozo forwarding party

By Diggers Editor on 28 Feb 2019

We have stated in the past that the UPND in power will not have any better language than what we are hearing from the ruling....

We’ll cover Petersen, long live freedom of expression

By Diggers Editor on 27 Feb 2019

Last week, a celebrated Zambian singer Mukubesa Mundia, popularly known by his stage name “Peterson Zagaze” made two social media postings which landed him in....