Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
JUST IN: “I’m not aware of who presented the NRPUP proportional representation MP list to the ECZ,” NRPUP interim President Ezra Tembo informs the party
Binwell Mpundu has accused NRPUP leaders Ezra Tembo and Bwalya Nonde of betrayal after the party withdrew from Tonse and submitted its own PR list. LUSAKA – Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Presidential Affairs Chairperson Binwell Mpundu has expressed deep disappointment over the decision by the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) to withdraw from […]
Disability rights organisation Born Short Living Tall (BSLT) has described the nomination of Persons with Disabilities to the National Assembly through the Proportional Representation (PR) system as a historic milestone for Zambia. BSLT President Ntalasha Chisha said the move gives practical effect to Article 29 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons […]
THE CASE OF EZRA TEMBO: MPUNDU LAMENTS BETRAYAL FOLLOWING NRPUP FALLOUT Hon. Binwell Mpundu has expressed deep disappointment over what he described as betrayal within the political circles surrounding NRPUP, saying the experience had been particularly painful because of the personal sacrifices made to help the party and its candidates succeed. Mpundu said NRPUP had […]
PR MPs ARE ELECTED, NOT NOMINATED – JERE Prominent lawyer Dickson Jere has clarified that Members of Parliament elected through Zambia’s Proportional Representation (PR) system for women, youths and persons with disabilities should be referred to as elected MPs rather than nominated MPs. Mr Jere said the Constitution distinguished between MPs elected through the Mixed […]
TONSE ALLIANCE DECLARES NRPUP LEADERS POLITICAL OPPONENTS The Tonse Alliance has apologised to its members, alliance partners and the general public over what it describes as the betrayal of the Alliance by the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity — NRPUP. In a media statement issued on 18 September 2026, Tonse Alliance/FDD Deputy Spokesperson […]
🇿🇲 INSIGHT | EU Parliament resolution: What are the implications for Zambia? A European Parliament resolution on Zambia has become the latest exhibit in the country’s post-election political argument. To some opposition voices, the September 17 vote confirms Europe has turned against President Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia is becoming isolated and Western recognition of his Government […]
PR electoral system takes 26 more women to Parliament Out of the total 40 members of parliament who have been nominated under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 26 are women. There are 20 slots for women, 15 for youths and five for persons with disability, which have been distributed as follows: The 20 women […]
Former Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Home Affairs deputy minister Grace Njapau said the Government should not be blamed for invalidating the national identity documents of people behind what she described as a vicious campaign to discredit it before the international…
Former Minister of Community Development and Social Services and United Party for National Development (UPND) National Management Committee Member, Mrs Doreen Mwamba, has congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema on the nomination of five Members of Parliament drawn from persons with disabilities, women and young people. Mrs Mwamba has described the nominations as a significant milestone towards […]
