Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
By Laura Miti Presidential candidates are allowed to make silly mistakes. Maybe even step in muddy puddles by offending voters with inconvenient truths. They can be forgiven for being annoying or frustrating. What we must never look away from, in someone who wants to lead the country, is a display of fundamental incompetence. So, a […]
EDGAR LUNGU WILL ONLY BE BURRIED WHEN WE WIN THE 2026 ELECTIONS, BRIAN MUNDUBILE ASSURES ZAMBIANS Presidential candidate Brian Mundubile has revealed that he and running mate Makebi Zulu, have agreed to only lay to rest, President Edgar Lungu if the pair wins August 13 polls. Speaking during a rally in Chinsali of Muchinga Province […]
SHAME ON THOSE EXPLOITING PRESIDENT LUNGU’S DEATH FOR VOTES These people are such a disgrace and an embarrassment. Look at them Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu use the death of Late former President Edgar Lungu for campaigns to get votes. The court ruled in favor of the Lungu family but why are they not going […]
CAMPAIGN WATCH | Mundubile Expands Promise List, Says Lungu Will Be Buried Under Tonse Govt Tonse Alliance presidential candidate Brian Mundubile continued his campaign through Muchinga Province on Tuesday, promising to improve livelihoods, empower small-scale miners and complete key infrastructure projects, while also introducing former president Edgar Lungu’s burial into the alliance’s campaign message. […]
🇿🇲 CAMPAIGN WATCH | Hichilema Heads to North-Western as UPND Takes Re-election Bid to Its Strongholds President Hakainde Hichilema today shifts his re-election campaign to North-Western Province, opening a regional tour that the UPND hopes will consolidate support in one of its most reliable electoral bases before expanding into more competitive battlegrounds across the country. […]
HOW LEVY TWICE LOCKED OUT HIS DAUGHTER FOR COMING HOME AFTER 17:00 HOURS Miriam was President Levy Mwanawasa’s first-born daughter. She saw her father as ‘loving but very strict’. According to her, ‘If one didn’t understand him, [one] would think he was a bad person.’ His strictness made her understand life more and better. When […]
We evicted Kalaba from W/Prov for overstaying – Police By Mubanga Mubanga Western Province Police Commissioner Rae Hamoonga says it is not the problem of the Zambia Police that Citizens First (CF) leader Harry Kalaba misused the five days that were allocated to him to be in the province. Last week, Kalaba complained that police […]
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA SET FOR TWO-DAY NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE TOUR President Hakainde Hichilema is tomorrow expected in North-Western Province for a two-day working visit. During the visit, President Hichilema is scheduled to engage local communities and inspect development programmes in five districts across the province. The President will arrive in Solwezi before touring Kalumbila, Chavuma, Zambezi, Kabompo […]
FORMER MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICIAL AND TWO OTHERS ACQUITTED AFTER FOUR-YEAR COURT BATTLE LUSAKA, July 1, 2026 – A former Ministry of Finance official and two others who were arrested four years ago on allegations of abuse of authority, conspiracy to defraud and other related offences have been acquitted by the Subordinate Court. The court, […]
FROM LIBERATION HERO TO MERCHANT OF DIVISION: HOW JACOB ZUMA IS SQUANDERING THE LAST REMNANTS OF HIS LEGACY By Gabriel Manyati History has an uncanny ability to forgive flawed leaders. Time softens rough edges, turns villains into complicated figures and occasionally elevates disgraced politicians into symbols of larger national struggles. Yet some leaders seem determined […]
