News Diggers Epaper Edition 2041 Friday July 18, 2025
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Economy to double by the time we leave office in 2031 – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is impressed with the results of the country’s mineral resource mapping so far, stating that Zambia’s resource endowments are overwhelming. And President Hichilema says he hopes that the country’s GDP would have doubled by the time he leaves office in 2031. Speaking at the official opening of the Invest in…...
HH never promised to reduce mealie meal to K50 in 2021 – Nkandu
UPND Deputy National Spokesperson Elvis Nkandu says President Hakainde Hichilema never promised to reduce the price of mealie meal to K50 during the 2021 general elections campaign. Nkandu says the price reduction pledge was made in 2016, and if Zambians had elected President Hichilema at that time, he would have delivered on the promise because…...
I’ve not seen the audit report, we’re not aware – ZAMMSA
THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) says its members of staff are being summoned almost on a weekly basis for interrogations by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). ZAMMSA Senior Manager Corporate Communications Bradley Chingobe, however, says he hasn’t seen or read the contents of the forensic audit conducted by PwC against the agency,…...
Expecting Tasila in Parliament before her father’s burial heartless – PF
PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda says it is heartless to expect Chawama PF MP Tasila Lungu Mwansa to attend Parliament while her father’s body remains in a morgue. On Tuesday, Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti reserved a ruling regarding Tasila’s continued absence from the House. This was after Zambezi East UPND MP Brian…...
I attended negotiations, there was no demand to drop Lungu family cases – Zimba
LAWYER Jonas Zimba is challenging Enock Kavindele to name the regional presidents who were demanding that legal cases against late former president Edgar Lungu’s family be dropped in exchange for the repatriation of his remains. Recently, Kavindele, who is former vice president, alleged that while having negotiations for the repatriation of the late former president’s…...
Over-taxing citizens won’t grow economy – Andyford
PEOPLE’S Alliance for Change (PAC) leader Andyford Banda says government cannot grow the economy by over-taxing Zambians. On Friday, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane said the introduction of a minimum alternative tax is an initiative aimed at ensuring the informal sector contributes to the economy by paying tax. Commenting on this in…...
If court ruled Bill 7 unconstitutional, it wouldn’t have given direction – Kabesha
ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha says if the Constitutional Court had declared Bill 7 unconstitutional, it would not have given any further direction on the matter. And Kabesha says the government is studying the court’s judgment to ensure it is followed to the letter, adding that there will be no dispute with what the court has…...
BB11, Kundananji, Mweemba make WAFCON group stage best XI
COPPER Queens skipper Barbra Banda, fellow striker Racheal Kundananji and defender Lushomo Mweemba have made it into the WAFCON group stage best XI. Zambia will face Nigeria in the WAFCON quarter finals after they came out second in a group that included Morocco, Senegal and DR Congo. The group stage best XI was dominated by…...
Futsal national team to compete in Thailand
THE Zambia Futsal National Team will participate in the 7-Nation Continental Futsal Championship, in Thailand from July 29 to August 4, 2025. In a post on the FAZ Facebook page, Zambia Futsal National Team coach Andrea Cristoforetti has named a 14-member squad that has entered camp in Lusaka. The 2024 Futsal AFCON participants have been…...