News Diggers! ePaper Weekend Edition 157 Saturday June 7, 2025
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Now that ECL is gone chose a leader, pastor tips opposition
NOW that ECL is gone, put your house in order and among yourselves there must be a leader that should emerge, Pastor Charles Musonda has tipped the opposition. Pastor Musonda of Livingstone’s Church of God, who is the immediate past chairperson of the Livingstone Pastors Fellowship, has also advised youths to take a leaf from…...
HH will engage opposition when they stop shadowboxing – Hamasaka
STATE House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka says President Hakainde Hichilema has no problem engaging the opposition once they stop shadowboxing and get their act together. Responding to concerns that President Hichilema was ignoring opposition leaders, Wednesday, Hamasaka said there was nothing worth responding to as the current opposition lacked coherence, leadership and ideas. “President…...
AI complicating quality of education – HEA
HIGHER Education Authority (HEA) Director General Professor Kazhila Chinsembu says the Authority has observed a decline in examination standards, as reflected in the growing number of best graduating students. He noted that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is further complicating the quality of teaching and learning, challenging both the value of student effort and…...
If Bill 7 fails, Zambia will lose many good things – Kasune
MINISTER of Justice Princess Kasune says if the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 7 of 2025 fails, the country will have lost a lot of good things. Recently, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) called for the withdrawal of Bill 7, stating that its amendment process was devoid of stakeholder and citizen involvement. Other Civil Society…...
Vendors return to markets following govt’s ‘clarification’
VENDORS who had abandoned their designated trading spaces in Lusaka to move to the streets have returned to the markets, following government’s clarification that street vending remains illegal. And Simon Mwewa Lane Market Committee Chairman Patrick Mubita has appealed to government to consider allocating the Simon Mwewa Lane Market parking area to vendors with no…...
Haimbe leads delegation to secure Lungu’s remains in SA
FOREIGN Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mulambo Haimbe has led a government delegation to South Africa to secure the remains and oversee the repatriation of former president Edgar Lungu. And President Hakainde Hichilema has announced that Cabinet convened in solemn remembrance to honour and pay tribute to Lungu, while former vice-president Inonge Wina called for…...
FQM revenues have more than tripled since royalty model – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government has seen an increase in terms of dividends from FQM from US$15 million to US$150 million since the royalty model came into effect. President Hichilema has also urged HITACHI Construction Machinery Zambia Limited to reach out beyond the big mines and offer its services to smaller ones. Officiating at the…...
HH fires PS Peter Mumba
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has fired Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Peter Mumba. President Hichilema appointed Mumba, who was then serving as Civil Service Commission Chairperson, as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Energy in October 2023. Mumba replaced Himba Cheelo, who was transferred to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries in the…...
Kuku woman gets 1 year for trafficking in 114.6g of cannabis
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 38-year-old woman of Kuku compound to one-year simple imprisonment for trafficking in 114.6 grams of cannabis. In this matter, Irene Nkhata was facing one count of trafficking in psychotropic substances. Allegations in the case were that Nkhata, on February 27, 2025, trafficked in 114.6 grams of…...