Stories gaining reader attention across Zambia, including viral debates, entertainment, music, sports, and local updates.
Stories gaining reader attention across Zambia, including viral debates, entertainment, music, sports, and local updates.
Former Republican Vice-President Dr Nevers Mumba has called on the Bemba and Tonga speaking people to end the growing hostility between the two groups. He said neither community is “going anywhere” and both must learn to live together as Zambians. Speaking in an interview Dr…
Binwell Mpundu, chairman of the Tonse Alliance, has accused Ezra Tembo of betraying the people who built his political career, in a lengthy public statement describing recent developments within the coalition as painful and difficult to accept. Mr Mpundu said he had spent a…
Zambia has reached a point where it has become dangerous to stand on the right side of the law when President Hakainde Hichilema is standing on the wrong side of it. The continued detention of Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and others has become a symbol of the risk now facing…
Zambia’s Copper Queens are set for a change on the technical bench after the Football Association of Zambia announced a mutual separation with head coach Nora Häuptle. FAZ confirmed the development on September 20, saying the decision to part ways with the Swiss coach was reached by mutual agreement and was in the interests of […]
Some Zambians have recently been experiencing electricity interruptions, prompting questions about whether load shedding has returned. ZESCO, however, says the interruptions being experienced in selected areas are the result of scheduled maintenance works and should not be mistaken for the return of load shedding. According to the power utility, the maintenance programme is aimed at […]
Getting only four hours of sleep may seem manageable when it happens once, but repeatedly sleeping for such a short period can affect how your body and brain function. For most adults, health authorities recommend at least seven hours of sleep per night. The CDC notes that getting enough quality sleep is important for physical […]
EMMANUEL MWAMBA: ATTACK MY POLITICS, NOT MY JEWISH IDENTITY I have seen Emmanuel Mwamba’s attack on my defence of President Hakainde Hichilema, which he dismisses as “laughable”. Political criticism does not trouble me. I have lived in politics long enough to know that if you enter the public arena, your arguments, decisions and record will […]
STAFFORD MULUSA SAYS NO UNDUE INFLUENCE WILL BE EXERTED ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION MPS By Nelson Zulu Former Government Chief Whip in the National Assembly Stafford Mulusa says there will be no undue influence exerted on members of Parliament elected under the Proportional Representation system. The Electoral Commission of Zambia -ECZ- on Friday validated 17 women […]
Zambia now has 63 women in the National Assembly, accounting for 22.4% of the 281 seats, according to NGOCC. The increase follows the allocation of 40 Proportional Representation seats, 26 of which have gone to women. That is a significant increase from 15% in 2021 and above the previous high of 18% recorded in 2016. […]
UPND’S SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS All the bad press surrounding Zambia and the UPND government is self-inflicted. It’s born of a poor conceptualization of governance on the part of the UPND government. A few months ago, a UPND senior official was on television and revealed that the party was involved in ‘special operations’. He said he couldn’t […]
