We’ve received Treasury authority to recruit 2,000 teachers – TSC
TEACHING Service Commission (TSC) Chairperson Daphne Chimuka has disclosed that government has granted Treasury authority to recruit 2,000 teachers for 2025. She says the commission is just waiting for the Minister of Education to take the matter to Cabinet before an announcement is made. Government is earmarked to recruit 2,000 teachers for 2025 and 3,500…...
Govt cuts rural Zesco connection fees from K4,800 to K300
ENERGY Minister Makozo Chikote has announced that government has cut power connection fees from K4,846 to K300 for rural and peri-urban areas. Chikote explains that the connection fee subsidy mechanism is part of the US$250 million clean energy initiative, supported by the World Bank, which aims to connect over 1.6 million Zambians to electricity and…...
ConCourt to hear lawyer’s application to stay Mutti’s ruling on Chawama seat
THE Constitutional Court will today hear an application to stay the Speaker’s ruling regarding the Chawama parliamentary seat, a decision which constitutional lawyer Tresford Chali argues should be declared null and void. On Monday, Chali dragged Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha to the Constitutional Court, seeking an order to declare null and void Speaker Mutti’s decision…...
German envoy told us Zambia doesn’t have enough fiscal space for a big delegation – Mwambazi
PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson Warren Mwambazi has insisted that the German Embassy denied 18 MPs visas in June. He says the Embassy questioned why such a huge delegation intended to travel to Germany when Zambia does not have enough fiscal space. Last week, the Bwana Mkubwa MP claimed that he and 17 other MPs…...
Mobile Money, Betting Levy bills pass second reading
THE Property Transfer Tax, Betting Levy and Mobile Money Transaction Levy (Amendment) Bills have passed the second reading stage in the National Assembly. The Property Transfer Tax Bill came up for reading on Wednesday. The Bill was read a second time, after which Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Attractor Chisangano indicated that the committee…...
News Diggers Epaper Edition 2140 Thursday December 4th, 2025
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Mozambique violence forces 100,000 to flee as displacement crisis deepens
Close to 100,000 people in northern Mozambique have been forced to flee in recent weeks after armed groups stormed their villages, burning homes and attacking civilians. In Nampula Province, schools, churches and open spaces are crowded with newly arrived families. This is the fourth massive influx of displaced people in recent months and it’s putting…...
I take responsibility, I was a bit careless with the ‘seed’ remarks – Bishop Kalesha
BISHOP Victor Kalesha of Lufwanyama has taken responsibility for the words he uttered at State House during a courtesy call meeting on President Hakainde Hichilema by the pro-Bill 7 group. Bishop Kalesha, in now viral sentiments, said his Lufwanyama community was appalled by the Catholic Church and the Oasis Forum’s “blatant attempt to hold the…...
It’s important for countries to honour power export agreements – SAPP
SOUTHERN African Power Pool (SAPP) Chief Engineer for Markets Wilson Masango says it is important for every country to honour its power export agreements because failure to do so would affect future arrangements. Meanwhile, Regional Association of Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA) CEO Geoffrey Mabea says there are economic benefits for participating…...
3 political parties have applied to be Tonse special purpose vehicles – Zumani
TONSE Alliance National Coordinator Chris Zumani Zimba has advised Kelvin Fube Bwalya to apply to the alliance administratively if he wants his party to be considered as a special purpose vehicle. Zimba adds that if Zambia Must Prosper applies, they will be the fourth party seeking that status, as three political parties have already applied…...