Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
Governance activist In an originating summons filed before the Constitutional Court in Lusaka, Mr Mwanza is seeking an authoritative interpretation of several constitutional provisions governing the nomination of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, together with the…
Lusaka, Zambia | 15 July 2026 – Yango Zambia, part of the global tech company Yango Group, has partnered with Micro Finance Zambia (MFZ) to introduce a motorcycle financing programme that will help Yango partner couriers transition from renting motorcycles to owning the assets
Ten Ethiopian nationals are feared to have drowned after a canoe they were using to illegally cross the Zambezi River into Botswana capsized near Mwaanga Village in Chief Sekute’s Chiefdom of Kazungula District. According to a joint statement by the Zambia Police Service and…
The Lusaka High Court has dismissed a renewed application for bail pending trial by former Zambia Security Intelligence Service director-general Xavier Chungu, ruling that once the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) issues a certificate denying bail on grounds of national…
A 27-year-old man of Chifunabuli District in Luapula Province has died after he fell off a moving vehicle. The incident happened on July 11, 2026 at around 18:30 hours, along the Mwansakombe – Masembe gravel road. Confirming the accident to to the media Luapula Province…
Zambia Police Service has intensified preparations ahead of the elections saying they have put in place measures aimed at maintaining peace and security before, during and after the electoral period. Speaking in an interview with the media, Police Spokesperson, Godfrey Chilabi…
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) says that it will announce the crop buying price for 2026 market season as soon as the moisture content drops to 12.5 Percent and below. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, FRA Board Chairperson, Suresh Desai, disclosed that the latest survey…
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has reaffirmed its commitment to protect civil servants from politicians who are threatening to fire them once they assume office. ZCTU President Blake Mulala said it was unfair and unlawful for politicians to drag civil servants into…
Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Geoffery Zyeele says he has instructed the Copperbelt Provincial Joint Operations Committee to ensure security is maintained in the province. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary Lawrence Mwanza,…
Citizens First presidential candidate Harry Kalaba has accused the police of criminal conduct after they blocked his scheduled campaign activities in Nakonde and cancelled his radio appearance, citing President Hakainde Hichilema’s visit to Muchinga Province set for tomorrow.…
