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JOINT CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATION STATEMENT: ZAMBIA’S DESCENT INTOLAWLESSNESS: A CALL TO DEFEND CONSTITUTIONALISM, DUE PROCESS ANDTHE RULE OF LAW For Immediate Release, 14th September 2026 We, the undersigned civil society organisations, issue this joint statement to express our grave concern at the pattern of conduct by the Zambian Government in the weeks following the 13th […]

The Tonse Alliance has been thrown into another dispute, this time over who has the authority to submit the list of Members of Parliament to be appointed through the Proportional Representation system. The latest disagreement follows claims by the National Restoration Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) that members of the Tonse Alliance are not […]

Men must move beyond measuring success by […]

According to the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission […]

POLICE are warning the public against sharing false information after a social media post claimed 1,180 people were being held in Lusaka cells on politically motivated charges. Assistant Public Relations Officer Timothy Malumo told the newsroom that the public should rely on official Zambia Police Service channels for verified information. He said the Police Service did

Economic Expert Maxwell Chungu has expressed concern […]

 INSIGHT | Is the presidency becoming a two-bloc contest? Zambia still has a multiparty system on paper. The ballot can carry more than a dozen presidential candidates. Parliament can contain several political parties and independents. But the presidential numbers since the 2016 constitutional reforms are beginning to tell a different story. The requirement for […]

BM, MZ IN HIGH SPIRITS TO CONTINUE ‘INDEPENDENCE’ FIGHT AFTER CUSTODY – AKA‎… the fact Mundubile is a political prisoner today like his father was under the colonialists, shows we are not yet independent ‎Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and the other ‘political prisoners’ are in high spirits and confident that they shall be released from […]

Director of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri says the State is still investigating treason suspects being held at Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison in Kabwe, as pressure mounts over the length of their detention. In an interview in Lusaka on Friday, he said the delay in taking…

 BRIEFING | Mwaliteta warns anti-Hichilema civil servants, ‘These five years will be difficult for you’ UPND Kafue West Member of Parliament Obvious Mwaliteta has warned civil servants who openly opposed President Hakainde Hichilema during the August 13 election, saying public officers working against the administration should not expect to remain comfortably within government. Mwaliteta […]