Latest Zambia news and breaking headlines covering national affairs, local developments, business, public services, and major stories.
Latest Zambia news and breaking headlines covering national affairs, local developments, business, public services, and major stories.
IN the run-up to this election, this newspaper has been very clear about what the Patriotic Front and its rebranded version, represented by NRPUP, stood for. We have not been shy to call them out on some of their most egregious excesses. The Patriotic Front under the late president Edgar Lungu behaved almost like a […]
ALEXANDER Chiteme has been elected Member of Parliament for Nkana Constituency after securing 19,344 votes in last Thursday’s election. Chiteme, who lost the seat in the 2021 general election, made a comeback to Parliament after defeating three other candidates. The NRPUP candidate was followed by UPND’s Francis Mukuka with 9,359 votes. Independent candidates Elice Muchindu
4 Views By Sishuwa Sishuwa The 2026 election was the first competitive election that Hakainde Hichilema has ever managed. The 2006 internal party election that brought him to the helm of the then main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and the 2021 poll that secured him the Zambian presidency were both organised by […]
SENIOR members of the Tonse Alliance were among 11 people apprehended during a police operation targeting a suspected militia group in Lusaka’s Kabulonga area on the night of August 13, 2026. According to a statement issued last night by Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa, those arrested include UNIP faction leader Bishop Trevor Mwamba, Patrick
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has opened a wider margin over his closet rival Brian Mundubile according to the latest results announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). President Hichilema has so far polled 1,546,140 votes from a total of 135 out 226 constituencies announced by the Commission, 513,478 more than Mundubile, who has so far […]
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MWANSA, CHISANGA AND BISHOP MWAMBA ARRESTED IN KABULONGA MILITIA RAID Police have apprehended suspected militia and persons of interest in an operation conducted at a premise in LUSAKA’s Kabulonga area. Secretary to the Cabinet PATRICK KANGWA says the apprehension was in a joint operation held on AUGUST 13 , 2026. Mr. KANGWA says the persons […]
Makebi alleges election irregularities, demands process reconciliation NATIONAL Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) running mate Makebi Zulu claims there are irregularities in the ongoing presidential election tallying process. He has therefore called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to immediately halt the announcement of results and perform a polling station by polling […]
WHICH GEN 20s DID YOU USE TO DECLARE YOURSELF WINNER?: A RESPONSE TO THE TONSE ALLIANCE STATEMENT I have listened carefully to the statement issued by Hon. Makebi Zulu concerning the ongoing electoral process. With respect, the lecture he has attempted to deliver to the UPND Alliance and the people of Zambia collapses under the […]
MILITIA SUSPECTED OF PLOT TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT ARRESTED IN LUSAKA. Police have arrested suspected militia members and other persons of interest following a joint security operation in Lusaka’s Kabulonga area. The operation, conducted on August 13, 2026, involved security agencies acting on intelligence concerning a group that had allegedly been under surveillance for several years, […]
