Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged UPND officials and adopted candidates on the Copperbelt to work together and avoid infighting ahead of elections. Addressing party officials and candidates at Hakainde Hichilema House, the UPND Copperbelt Secretariat in Kitwe yesterday, HH said unity was critical to securing victory. “We have an election that we need to win. […]
TEN people died and five others were injured in separate road traffic accidents recorded across Zambia on Saturday, June 13, 2026, police have said. Police spokesperson Godfrey Chilabi said the accidents occurred in Eastern, Copperbelt, Central, Lusaka and Southern provinces, with speeding and improper overtaking among the main causes. In Chipata District, Eastern Province, a […]
MAKEBI ZULU’S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS NOT UPND. IT IS MALAMBO. By George Mtonga As Zambia approaches another critical election cycle, political parties are once again presenting candidates as the solution to the country’s challenges. Speeches are being made. Alliances are being formed. Promises are being repeated. But before voters become distracted by campaign slogans and […]
ISAAC MWANZA INSISTS FRED M’MEMBE AND DOLIKA BANDA NOT ELIGIBLE TO CONTEST AUGUST POLLS By Nelson Zulu Governance activist Isaac mwanza has asked the constitutional court to nullify the nomination of socialist party presidential candidate dr. Fred M’membe and his running mate Dolika Banda. In his reply to the duo’s affirmation that the Electoral Commission […]
APG MILLING DEPOT MANAGER JAILED FOUR YEARS FOR STEALING K110, 000 A 38-year-old man of Matumbo Village in Shiwang’andu District in Muchinga Province has been sentenced to four years imprisonment with hard labour for theft by servant. Before Magistrate Chapson Silwimba was Stephen Chungulo, who was facing two counts of theft by servant contrary to […]
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA RALLIES COPPERBELT UPND STRUCTURES AHEAD OF AUGUST POLLS President Hakainde Hichilema has urged UPND candidates and party structures on the Copperbelt to remain united ahead of the August 13 elections, describing the polls as a choice between continued progress and a return to the challenges Zambia faced before 2021. Addressing party structures and […]
Makebi Zulu and the Corruption Question: What Does His Record Tell Us? By George Mtonga Every lawyer has a right to represent any client. That is a cornerstone of justice. Even those accused of the most serious crimes deserve competent legal representation. But when a lawyer repeatedly emerges as the public face of the defense […]
Lusaka, Zambia – June 14, 2026 – The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has officially lifted the suspension of all political campaign activities in Mazabuka Central Constituency with immediate effect following a review of the prevailing situation in the area. According to a public notice issued by ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro, the decision […]
The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) together with Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have wondered why some individuals are questioning the free education policy, now law that is being offered by President Hakainde Hichilema’s administration. The stakeholders have advised that the issue is beyond politics, but one that ensures every child has access to […]
Police in Mkushi have arrested a 31-year-old truck driver for defiling his 15-year –old sister in-law. According to Central Province Police Commissioner Lemekani Chirwa, the suspect identified as Felix Kapupula is reported to have taken advantage of the grade 4 minor when her elder sister, who is his wife, was away for work on Friday, […]
