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CELESTINE MUKANDILA GRANTED K20,000 BAIL Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General and lawyer Celestine Mukandila has been granted K20,000 cash bail by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a case he is facing four counts of forgery and uttering false documents. Mukandila pleaded not guilty to all four counts involving documents relating to the alleged surrender of […]

Lusaka - Zambia: Catholic and Protestant Churches Close Ranks on Rule of Law, Demand Dialogue and End to Arbitrary Arrests

Indo Zambia Bank says its agriculture financing portfolio has grown to about K3.3 billion as it scales up support for farmers under the Government's Grow Zambia Agenda. The bank has disbursed nearly K400 million to more than 3,600 farmers under its Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility, Board Chairman Dr. Michael Gondwe said during a courtesy call

INDO Zambia Bank has pledged to expand private-sector financing across agriculture, energy, mining, tourism, manufacturing and infrastructure to support the Government's Grow Zambia Agenda. Board Chairman Dr. Michael Gondwe said this afternoon during a courtesy call on Finance and National Planning Minister Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane that improved macroeconomic stability and the business environment had strengthened

CCZ CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT PROBE INTO MUTOTWE KAFWAYA’S DEATH, RAISES CONCERN OVER RULE OF LAW By Diamond online The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has called for a thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into the death of former Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya, who died in August 2026 during a State security operation, amid growing […]

GIVEN LUBINDA DEMANDS ANSWERS ON COURT CLOSURE, TREASON ARRESTS AND KAFWAYA’S DEATH Opposition Patriotic Front PF member Given Lubinda has called for greater transparency, due process and respect for the rule of law following Zambia’s 13 August 2026 elections, saying the country must emerge from the electoral period more united and confident in its institutions. […]

CATHOLIC BISHOPS RAISE CONCERN OVER POLITICAL TENSIONS, ELECTORAL CREDIBILITY By ZR Reporter The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has raised concern over what it says are increasing political polarisation, ethnic tensions, restrictions on civic freedoms and questions surrounding the credibility and transparency of electoral processes in Zambia. In a pastoral statement issued on Wednesday […]

Zambia’s Attorney-General Mulilo Kabesha has told the Constitutional Court that the country’s courts were closed for three days in August on the instructions of security agencies, rather than by the Judiciary itself. Mr Kabesha made the disclosure while asking the Constitutional Court to dismiss, with costs, a petition by Chapter One Foundation challenging the closure […]

GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE KEEN INTEREST IN THE BLOOMBERG REPORT ON ZCCM-IH, IRH AND MOPANI The recent Bloomberg report concerning the relationship between ZCCM-IH and International Resources Holding (IRH) at Mopani Copper Mines deserves serious and urgent attention from Government. According to reports citing a letter from ZCCM-IH to IRH’s Delta Mining, ZCCM-IH has raised concerns […]

DEFIANT TOGO COACH NEVEU FUMES AFTER CHIPOLOPOLO DEFEAT….says results don’t reflect the pitch By DAVID KANDUZAAt Levy Mwanawasa StadiumZambia 2 Togo 0UNDER the erratic, dimming glare of a fractured stadium lighting system, Zambia’s Chipolopolo resurrected their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a gritty, hard-fought 2-0 triumph over Togo at the Levy Mwanawasa […]