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 Local Government Elections Tribunal has dismissed preliminary objections raised by both sides in the petition challenging the election of United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate Chitambala Mwewa as Lusaka Mayor, clearing the way for the case to proceed to a…
THE new Lusaka Mayor Mwewa Chitambala is like a wounded bull in a China shop. However, the only difference is that, he’s not charging in every direction destroying things, but trying to bring sanity back to the city of Lusaka…… cleaning up the mess that we keep leaving behind! We…
The Chisamba Magistrates Court has sentenced two fishermen to one-month imprisonment with hard labour for criminal trespass. Resident Magistrate, Susan Magalashi has however, suspended the sentence for twelve months. The convicts are 34-year-old Emmanuel Tendani and 31-year-old…
The Tribunal on Local Government Elections has dismissed applications on two preliminary issues on a Mayoral petition where National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) candidate Gabriel Kibombwe petitioned the election and declaration of United Party for…
A Fatal Road Traffic Accident has claimed two lives on the spot while two others are nursing serious injuries at Chinsali General Hospital. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Lubinda Mayamba confirmed the development in a statement made available to the media in Chinsali…
The United States has commended Zambia for holding successful and peaceful elections on August 13, 2026. The praise came from Eugene Park, Executive Director to the Deputy Under Secretary of the United States Air Force for International Affairs, during a courtesy call at the…
Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Government will use its second term to turn the promises of its first five years into higher production, more exports and new jobs under the Grow Zambia Agenda. Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday,…
MARY LEMBA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema will on October 9 this year officially open the First Session of the 14th National Assembly, where he is expected to outline Government’s policy direction and priorities for the 2026 2027 period. Clerk of the National Assembly…
Former Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Henry Tukombe has been arrested and charged by the Anti-Corruption Commission -ACC- over alleged breaches of public procurement guidelines involving a loan obligation of more than US$401 million. ACC Head of Corporate…
The Ceremonial Opening of the First Session of the Fourteenth National Assembly will take place on October 9, 2026, at Parliament Buildings in Lusaka. Clerk of the National Assembly, LOVENESS MAYAKA says President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA is expected to deliver an address outlining the…
