Volunteers in cholera centres jubilate as HH orders that they get permanent positions
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has directed the Minister of Health to permanently employ all health workers who have been volunteering at cholera centres across the country. And President Hichilema says he wants to permanently deal with Cholera so that he can concentrate on things like debt restructuring. Meanwhile, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says Heroes Stadium has…...
Miles regrets being Kambwili’s surety: “I will be dancing in court if he doesn’t return”
PF faction president Miles Sampa says he will never sign any bail surety for anyone, unless it’s his wife, children or family member. On Friday, government announced that PF member Chishimba Kambwili had illegally crossed over into Zimbabwe. In an interview, Saturday, Sampa, who is Kambwili’s surety, together with Malole PF MP Robert Kalimi in…...
Lungu has lots of money in Zambia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi – Govt
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says former president Edgar Lungu has a lot of money in Zambia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. And Mweetwa says Lungu is ungrateful, arguing that citizens would prefer he is behind bars for all the atrocities he committed during his tenure. Commenting on a News Diggers editorial titled, “Lungu and his…...
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HH, Lungu mourn Geingob
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has expressed sadness over the death of Namibian President Dr Hage Geingob. Dr Geingob died in the early hours of Sunday aged 82 in Windhoek, Namibia. In a Facebook post, President Hichilema said Zambia had lost a true friend. “It is with utmost sadness and regret that we receive the news of…...
Police nab Solochi’s boyfriend for unlawful discharge of a firearm
Police in Lusaka at their Chelston station have arrested Peter Kambule for the offence of unlawful discharge of a firearm. In a statement, Sunday, Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga revealed that Kambule was incensed when he noticed his girlfriend, social media blogger Florence Solochi, talking to another man while they were at Chicago’s Night Club at…...
Botched vasectomy, Lsk man recounts how he almost lost his ‘katundu’
A LUSAKA man was sent into depression after giving up on relationships and deciding to terminate his own right to produce children. A desire to have no more children left him with massively swollen reproductive organs, excruciating pain and thoughts that he’d never ever be able to function in bed again. He narrates how he…...
A peek into the life of Zambia’s youngest MP, Wamunyima Jr
“I got married when I was 23 and I have four kids who are all below the age of 10. I am now 32 and it’s like all these years that I have been married, my wife has just been pregnant”. These are the words of Zambia’s youngest parliamentarian who represents the good people of…...
Your column saved my life – Molly
Last week, I received this feedback from an ardent reader of my column and I was literally moved to tears: “I have always been an ardent reader of News Diggers! Therefore, Mukosha Funga Njenga is a household name. When she introduced the Mukosha’s Corner on health issues, to be frank, I was sceptical because I […]
We need K1.5m for Nc’wala – Nkhoma
NC’WALA, an annual traditional ceremony where the Ng’oni people of Eastern Province come together to pay homage to their chief, Mpezeni, as well as thank God for the gift of the first fruits and food, is scheduled for February 24 this year. And the organising committee promises that it will be a spectacular event because…...