Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
0 Views The Kwacha has held firm at K18.88 against the US dollar during Zambia’s voting and vote counting period, but currency dealers say the stability is masking deep investor caution as the country awaits final presidential results. According to mid-market data, the local currency closed at K18.97 per dollar on Saturday, after trading between […]
BREAKING NEWS!! Former Nakonde Member of Parliament and newly elected Mwenzo Constituency Member of Parliament, Hon. Lukas Simumba, has reportedly been picked up by police and is being transported to Lusaka. The police are also reportedly looking for the newly elected Members of Parliament for Mpika North Constituency, Hon. Francis Robert Kapyanga, and Shiwang’andu Constituency, Hon. Stephen Kampyongo. More details to follow as the situation develops.
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 […]
10 Views The National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) presidential running mate Makebi Zulu has demanded that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) immediately stop announcing presidential results, accusing officials of presiding over widespread manipulation during the vote count. In a live broadcast, Zulu said evidence collected by the NRPUP and its alliance […]
UPND candidate Biyete K. Elijah has been declared duly elected Member of Parliament for Mufulira Constituency after polling 6,185 votes. The Returning Officer announced the results, confirming Mr. Elijah’s victory. NRPUP’s Golden Mwila finished second with 5,232 votes. Independent Anna B. Mwitwa was third with 4,736 votes, followed by Socialist Party’s Reagan M. Kashingha with
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 […]
