Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
The Central Joint Operations Committee (CJOC) has confirmed that former government minister Mutotwe Kafwaya was the man fatally wounded during a joint intelligence-led security operation conducted in Kabulonga, Lusaka, on August 14, 2026. In a statement issued on behalf of the…
Inspector General of Police Graphel Musamba has confirmed that Tonse Alliance member Mutotwe Kafwaya was shot dead during a joint intelligence-led operation in Lusaka’s Kabulonga area last Friday, a day after the 2026 General Election. The confirmation comes five days after…
The Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) has officially flagged off preparations for the 2026 Zambia Capital Markets Conference and Awards, with stakeholders calling for stronger, deeper and more inclusive capital markets to drive Zambia’s economic transformation by 2030. Speaking…
MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka THE United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to accelerate the transformation of the region’s vast mineral and agricultural wealth into industrial production and…
The Human Rights Commission is calling on the Zambia Police Service and other law enforcement agencies to urgently clarify the whereabouts of former Lunte Member of Parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya, whose family says he has been missing since 14 August. The Commission says that if…
MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka FRONT-LINE aid workers and health workers, who often risk their lives while trying to safeguard women and their babies in the world’s most dangerous settings, have been honoured for their work. In a statement to mark World Humanitarian day, United Nations…
MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka WITH five years to go before the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals expire, the expanded Southern Africa Gender and Development Index (SGDI) has given the region an overall score of 58%, ranging from 74 percent in South Africa to 48 percent in Angola. The…
Former Ndola Central Member of Parliament Frank Tayali says a second term under President Hakainde Hichilema is expected to deliver more progress for Zambia, with focus on growth, job creation and economic stability. Speaking in an interview with the media after the…
A 28-year-old man accused of defiling a 15-year-old girl has been convicted and committed to the High Court for sentencing by the Chisamba Magistrate Court. Teddy Zulu, of Mpikwa village in Chief Chamuka’s area, was committed to the High Court by Magistrate Litungi Litungi…
The United Party for National Development (UPND) has scooped the new-created Bwacha South parliamentary seat in Kabwe District after beating the National Reconciliation Party for National Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) in a tightly-contested election. Immediate, past Bwacha…
