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Lusaka - Zambia: Northern Province Acting Permanent Secretary, Beauty Undi-Phiri has bemoaned the growing tendency by some civil servants of altering their

HARARE – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the death of businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife Lucy Muteke as a devastating loss, saying the businessman had shared plans for Zimbabwe, its people and Africa with him only a day before his death. Chivayo, 43, and Muteke were killed on Wednesday when their Bell 430 […]

FARMERS have been urged to embrace agricultural insurance to protect their investments against growing risks posed by drought, floods, pests and diseases. Zambia State Insurance Company (ZSIC) General Insurance Managing Director Trevor Jengajenga said agricultural insurance provides farmers with financial support to recover from losses caused by unforeseen risks. Mr Jengajenga said 7,658 farmers were […]

It was abnormal to involve soldiers in elections, Tayali tells courtFORMER Minister of Transport and Logistics and UPND Ndola Central Constituency losing candidate, Frank Tayali has told the Ndola High Court that it was abnormal to involve soldiers in the electoral processes of the August 13 elections. TV Yatu’s #Sanfrossa Mberi reports that this is […]

CHRIS ZUMANI DITCHES TONSE ALLIANCE Political commentator and Tonse Alliance figure Chris Zumani says he has resigned from the Tonse Alliance, citing the need to avoid what he described as “unhealthy conflicts” and “evil schemes from rival camps.” In a statement, Zumani said he created the Tonse Alliance in good faith as what he described […]

KATELE APOLOGISES TO HH‎’the letter was sent via Intelligence DG, focusing on the injury caused to the President’‎Former Finance minister Katele Kalumba has apologised to President Hakainde Hichilema over the remarks he made against the Head of State. ‎Former Finance minister Katele Kalumba has apologised to President Hakainde Hichilema over the remarks he made against […]

Binwell Accuses UPND Government of Chewing Reserves even Before Fully Settling Into Office He wrote: “Ati abena Mundubile wants to come and eat ama reserves. Ayo ama reserves, they have started chewing them and giving them to their girlfriends, right? Before they can even start functioning as a full Cabinet team. So, the question is: […]

 BRIEFING | Mutti retains Speaker post as Muzungu elected Second Deputy Speaker Nelly Mutti has retained her position as Speaker of the National Assembly, while Attractor Malungo Chisangano will continue as First Deputy Speaker of the Fourteenth National Assembly. Mutti and Chisangano were elected unopposed after no other nominations were filed for the two […]

Lawyers Give UPND Media Director 48 Hours to Retract Claims About Augustine Mukoka LUSAKA, Zambia, Sept. 30, 2026 — Lawyers representing journalist and governance advocate Augustine Mukoka have issued a 48-hour demand to United Party for National Development (UPND) Media Director Mark Simuuwe, calling on him to withdraw and retract statements questioning Mukoka’s nationality and […]

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