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Development expert Charity Musamba has noted serious […]

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Stellenbosch University Supports Sishuwa Sishuwa Letter of Support for Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa and Condemnation of State Harassment by the Zambian Government We, the undersigned members of the global academic community brought together by our shared fellowship at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch, South Africa, write to express our profound solidarity with Dr. […]

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss a petition by former Lands and Natural Resources Minister Sylvia Masebo challenging the election of Anita Kamanga as Chongwe East member of parliament. The commission said the Aug. 15, 2026 election was free and fair and that Kamanga, an independent, was duly

The projected 2026/2027 El Niño presents a serious risk to Zambia’s agriculture, electricity generation and economic growth. The World Meteorological Organization reports that a strong El Niño is intensifying, while regional forecasts indicate possible delayed and below-normal rainfall in southern Zambia. Forecasts, however, are probabilities, not instructions for farmers to abandon production. Zambia must prepare,

ECZ DEFENDS CHONGWE EAST RESULT, SAYS ANITA KAMANGA WAS DULY ELECTED WITH 16,058 VOTES Lusaka, 15 September 2026 — The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has defended the outcome of the Chongwe East parliamentary election, maintaining that the poll was conducted freely, fairly and in accordance with Zambia’s electoral laws. The position is contained in […]

Global Academics Call on Zambian Government to Reinstate Sishuwa Sishuwa’s Passport Academics from around the world have mobilised to campaign against the Zambian government’s decision to cancel the passport of Sishuwa Sishuwa, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Stellenbosch University. On 11 September, the Zambian authorities announced that Sishuwa’s passport had been […]

CIVIL SERVANTS TELL UPND: “STICK TO YOUR LANE” STOP THREATENING US The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) has urged the United Party for National Development (UPND) to “maintain its lane” and allow civil servants to perform their duties without political interference or intimidation. According to NewsDiggers, the union’s response follows remarks […]

🇿🇲 ECONOMY | Hichilema tells Musokotwane to turn Zambia’s economic repair into growth President Hakainde Hichilema has retained Situmbeko Musokotwane as Zambia’s finance minister but given the veteran economist a substantially different second-term mandate: convert five years of debt restructuring and fiscal repair into investment, projects and economic gains visible to ordinary Zambians. “The heavy […]

EQUAL APPLICATION OF THE BENEFITS OF FORMER PRESIDENTS ACT: THE CASE OF DR. KENNETH KAUNDA AND DR. NEVERS SEKWILA MUMBA By Dr Charles Sinkala The Benefits of Former Presidents Act, Chapter 15 of the Laws of Zambia, was enacted in 1993 in the context of Zambia’s transition to multi-party democracy. It is a matter of […]