Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Top Stories

Major Zambia stories, public affairs updates, and developing national news.

Top Stories

Major Zambia stories, public affairs updates, and developing national news.

Mongu Council reduces land rates Top Stories

Mongu Council reduces land rates

  • Breaking News Zambia

Mongu Municipal Council has awarded a 40 percent discount to property rate payers for all outstanding bills accumulating to 2026. Council Assistant Public Relations Manager, Abigail Sitenge, says this is in line with the Presidential pronouncement and remission on property…

FRA buys 61,408 metric tonnes in North-Western Top Stories

FRA buys 61,408 metric tonnes in North-Western

  • Breaking News Zambia

he Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far purchased 61,408 metric tonnes of Grade A white maize from farmers in North- Western Province. FRA Head of Corporate Communication, John Chipandwe, says the purchases were recorded from 176 established satellite depots currently open and…

Govt. increases SCT beneficiaries in Chama Top Stories

Govt. increases SCT beneficiaries in Chama

  • Breaking News Zambia

Chama Assistant Community Development Officer, Charity Mpundu, has disclosed that the number of beneficiaries under the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme has increased from about 900 to over 10,000. In an interview with the media, Ms. Mpundu said the increase has enabled…

Chief Chimese seeks early inputs Top Stories

Chief Chimese seeks early inputs

  • Breaking News Zambia

Chief Chimese of the Ushi people in Mansa District has urged the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and the Ministry of Agriculture to commence the distribution of farming inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) before the onset of the rains. In an interview with the media,…

When Words Become Weapons Top Stories

When Words Become Weapons

  • Breaking News Zambia

The Book of James offers an old warning for a modern crisis: the tongue is small, but it can set a forest ablaze. After a contested election, Zambia is discovering just how quickly loose words can outrun public patience. Abigail Kabandula, a scholar who has spent more than a…