State House labels Sishuwa a liar over internet shutdown claims
HISTORIAN Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa on Saturday caused a social media firestorm by claiming that President Hakainde Hichilema had ordered a nationwide internet shutdown today to facilitate the rigging of the Bill 7 vote in Parliament, an allegation State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka denied. Hamasaka publicly challenged Dr Sishuwa, asking, “so what will this…...
Govt completes construction of Mumbwa Mineral Market Centre
GOVERNMENT has announced the completion of the construction of the Mumbwa Mineral Market Centre. Government further says the contractor undertaking the construction of the Rufunsa Mineral Market Centre has made significant progress, with prefabricated materials already procured. In a statement, Sunday, Ministry of Mines Principal Public Relations Officer Shamwinda Tembo disclosed that the Mumbwa facility…...
News Diggers Epaper Edition 2147 Monday December 15th, 2025
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FAZ denies dirty dealings in Spain camp
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has dismissed as false, malicious and misleading reports circulating on social media alleging that the association is working with an agent to inflate hotel bills for the Chipolopolo Boys’ training camp in Murcia, Spain. FAZ General Secretary Machacha Shepande described the allegations as baseless fabrications aimed at distracting the…...
Mpali’s Tombi slams Ngoma Awards organisers: “Don’t use the dead for numbers”
MPALI actress Lissy Yambayamba, who portrays Tombi, Nguzu’s fourth wife, has lamented that people should not use the dead for numbers. Her emotional outburst came in the wake of Thursday’s Ngoma Awards ceremony, where the late actress Wanga Zulu was overlooked. The late Wanga, aka Mai Guru, was nominated for Best Actress of the Year…...
Married men drag each other to court over side chick
THE Chelstone Local Court has heard how two married men clashed over a woman at their workplace after one of them claimed the woman was his girlfriend. This is a matter in which Moses Chirwa, 35, of Chelstone, sued Luckson Kasapu, 36, of Mtendere East, seeking compensation for insults, including insults directed at his parents…....
Funerals have become venues for free food, notes senior citizen
THE Bemba saying, “teti tuluse umuntu nobwali” (we cannot lose the person and also lose nshima), has become the most famous saying at funerals today. What was once a solemn moment for mourning has become a test for the grieving family, who now worry about how to feed the entire community. People arrive with their…...
Mr Zambia muscles his way to regional glory in Zimbabwe
FRESH from an emphatic performance that earned him a record fourth Mr Zambia title, Nelson Chabota has seamlessly transferred his dominant form onto the regional stage by clinching top honours at the prestigious Alex Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show in Zimbabwe. Competing against some of Southern Africa’s finest physiques, Chabota produced a commanding display in…...
Team Zambia record sluggish start at African Youth Games
ZAMBIA’S young athletes continued their campaign at the ongoing African Youth Games in Luanda, Angola, on Saturday and battled challenging conditions across multiple venues while showing resilience and steady progress in swimming and table tennis. Action began at the swimming pool, where Zambia’s swimmers carried forward the momentum gained from recent personal achievements. Young Joshua…...
He’s my boyfriend too, side chick tells court
A WOMAN from Kaunda Square has lamented before the Chelstone Local Court how her husband’s side chick and her friends insulted and beat her at the graveyard, mocking her that she has not yet finished sleeping with her husband. And the 21-year-old side chick, Wina Mumba, fully admitted before the court that the husband is…...