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I inherited a lot of challenges - HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his administration inherited a wide range of national difficulties when it took office in 2021, but that government is steadily working through them in a structured and methodical manner. Speaking during Labour Day...

WHAT CAN I DO WITH ECL PARTS?- HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has dismissed allegations linking him to witchcraft and claims that he sought body parts from the mortal remains of late former President Edgar Lungu for rituals, describing such assertions as baseless and...

ECZ ASSURES OF CREDIBLE POLLS

…Brown Kasaro, the Chief Electoral Officer says the electoral body will strictly adherence to the law, as he transparent, free, fair whose outcome will reflect will of the people

RULE OF LAW ON TRIAL

THE decision by the LCK Freedom Foundation to challenge the constitutionality of non-bailable offences under the Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Act No. 4 of 2026 deserves clear commendation. At stake is not merely a technical legal dispute, but a...

WHO ORDERED ECL AUTOPSY? – KBF

ZAMBIANS should begin to demand that the UPND government should tell the nation who could have requested and commissioned the postmortem on late former President Edgar Lungu after his remains were forcibly taken away from Two Mountains Burial Services...

ECL AUTOPSY AND THE NEW POLITICS OF CUSTODY

THE dispute over the remains of late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has now crossed a dangerous line. It is no longer simply about burial, protocol, family grief, or national honour. The reported post-mortem conducted on his body has introduced a new and...

Fuel emergency forces Gov’t to suspend IMF Open Access Framework

GOVERNMENT has suspended the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Open Access Framework that was prescribed to the Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) Pipeline for the procurement of petroleum products for a period of six months, from April to September 2026,...

GOV’T CONDUCTS AUTOPSY ON ECL

INSTEAD of repatriating the body of late former President Edgar Lungu for a dignified State Funeral, the Zambian government yesterday subjected his mortal remains to a five hours postmortem without the consent, presence and knowledge of the family,...

FINALLY, ECL BODY TAKEN AWAY

THE body of late former President Edgar Lungu, which had been kept in a South African Morgue, Two Mountains Burial Service, for the last 10 months after his death on June 5 2025 was yesterday forcibly taken away, in a ‘mafia style’ by a combined team...

AUGUST POLLS! IT’S 50%+1 - MWEETWA

…says those claiming that the coming presidential polls would be held under the Firstpast-the-post are engaging in criminal propaganda, maintain that the 50%+1 majoritarian vote for the winning presidential candidate as is prescribed by the...

ZAMBIANS WANT UNITED OPPOSITION

UNITY among opposition political parties remains a critical component in saving Zambia’s democracy that has increasingly come under threat in the last five years of the UPND in power, Professor Nkandu Luo has said. And Prof Luo has said the Patriotic...

CHURCH SHOULD UNITE OPPOSITION

…Brebner Changala pleads with the Church to help opposition craft a power-sharing agreement and save Zambia from the jaws of authoritarianism, says the church has seen, heard, witnessed and should help restore rule of law by forming a government of...

UPND set for re-election – Nalumango

THE UPND is set for another term of office come the August 13 general election, Vice President Mutale Nalumango has predicted. Ms Nalumango told Parliament yesterday that while UPND’S first term would soon end, Zambians would surely re-elect President...

HH’S A GOOD GUY BUT MOST IN UPND FEAR HIM FOR NOTHING - LONGWE

DEFIANT UPND long-serving member Charles Longwe has said most UPND members and Zambians in general are so scared of President Hakainde Hichilema to the extent that they are failing to provide genuine advice to him, Charles Longwe has...

HARRY KALABA TO DEFY ODDS OVER PROTESTS

HARRY Kalaba, the Citizens First (CF) president, has declared that his party will proceed with its planned countrywide protest tomorrow, stating that all legal procedures have been followed to conduct the procession across the country. Mr Kalaba says...

LET'S UNITE OR SINK, WARNS KAPWEPWE

HH PROMOTER OF PEACE - LEVY NGOMA

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Political Affairs, Levy Ngoma, has credited President Hakainde Hichilema for fostering a peaceful and calm political environment ahead of the August 13, general election. Mr Ngoma said the current calm and...

THEY WANT ME OFF THE BALLOT – MUNDUBILE

Police deny secret hiring

THE Zambia Police Service has denied that it is undertaking a secret recruitment of police officers, but is claiming that the ongoing staffing exercise is an internal process aimed at filling vacancies and strengthening operational capacity But...

BEWARE OF ONE PARTY STATE

LUBINDA ENDORSES MAKEBI ZULU

…warns that unless the opposition unite, they shall fall together as fools, advises that the opposition don’t have the luxury of time and must unity as an imperative as he cautions that failure to unite, all opposition leaders shall be responsible for...

LONGWE REPORTS JUDGE TO JCC

JUSTICE Ruth Hachitapika Chibbabbuka Chaangu, the Lusaka High Court Judge has been reported to the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) for corruption, gross misconduct and gross negligence after she proceeded to preside over a matter in which a UPND...

I FORMED UPND, SAYS BANDA

…says the governing party came into existence because he and three of his colleagues, who are dead, formed it, but Cornelius Mweetwa, the UPND spokesperson has bmrralnundge Mr Tembo Banda a comedian not deserving reactions from the ruling party.

ELECTORAL CRISIS LOOMING -SINKAMBA

ZAMBIA could face a constitutional crisis once the voters’ register is certified on April 30, 2026, despite the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) celebrating its recent victory in the Constitutional Court, Peter Sinkamba, the Green Party president...

SAKI EXPOSES ECZ, RoS SCHEMES

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and the Registrar of Societies (ROS) using unorthodox electoral processes of verifying eligible political parties are likely to disadvantage many of the strong presidential contenders in the August general...

ALLOW PF ON THE BALLOT -REV MAKINA

…warns against divisive rhetoric, urges Zambians to uphold peace, embrace diversity as elections approach, advises that authorities should put in place a level playing and allow the PF, other opposition political parties to participate in the elections...

ZNBS: A HOUSING GIANT ON PAPER ONLY?

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s remarks at the official opening of the new Zambia National Building Society headquarters in Lusaka strike an important chord in a country grappling with a deepening housing deficit. His candid admission that Lusaka -...

DIESEL FLOWS, BUT WHERE WAS IT?

THE sudden availability of diesel in the country should call for real investigations into cause of the shortage that hit the country the last two weeks to ascertain who was working at sabotaging government and the economy, Dr Kafula Mubanga has...

WE’VE NO CHOICE BUT TO UNITE – KALABA

…warns that unless the opposition agree to unite, choose and rally on one presidential candidate, Zambia risks falling off a cliff into political instability, fears there is a real danger that the Constitution will be changed to entrench dictatorship...

State agents’ attempts to block Makebi foiled

…as Celestine Mukandila says the PF Pamodzi president was told he could not travel outside the country without seeking clearance from the State but quick intervention by higher authorities secured Mr Zulu’s exit to South Africa

MILES IS PF PRESIDENT HIGH COURT

KALABA READY TO BACK BEST CANDIDATE

HARRY Kalaba has said he is prepared to set aside his presidential ambitions and support any opposition candidate with the best chance of winning the August 13 general election. Mr Kalaba, the leader of the Citizens First has also disclosed that he...

‘7, 000 WILL DIE ANNUALLY IF TOBACCO BILL IS NOT ENACTED’

ZAMBIA risks losing over 7, 000 lives annually if the Tobacco Control Bill is not enacted, the Centre for Primary Care Research (CPCR) has warned. CPCR said failure to pass the law would result in an estimated 7, 142 deaths per year and the loss of...

LET’S UNITE, IT’S TIME TO HEAL - -MAKEBI

…clarions that time has come for the Patriotic Front factions to unite after four years of State-sponsored division and wrangles, says Zambia needs healing and that citizens cannot continue to cause more pain against each other

Daliso rubbishes DEC claims of abandoned house, vehicles

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) is maliciously lying that the motor vehicles and other properties that were seized at late former President Edgar Lungu’s Libala house were abandoned, Daliso Lungu has charged. Speaking through his attorney, Mr...

HEED MALILA’S STARK WARNING

CHIEF Justice Dr Mumba Malila has raised an alarm that should jolt the nation out of any lingering complacency. His warning about an emerging “network criminality” within the justice system is not merely a technical observation - it is an indictment of...

Chabinga a danger to national security

THOSE responsible for handling Robert Chabinga must rein him in before he inflicts further damage on the Government and, more importantly, on the integrity of the judiciary. His recent public rants, especially his continued claims of leadership over...

HH, UPND faking popularity - Mundubile

ATTEMPTS by the UPND and President Hakainde Hichilema to fake their popularity will prove costly because Zambians will judge the head of State and his governing party based on their performance rather than staged endorsements, Brian Mundubile has...

GET UNITED OR PERISH, PF TOLD

LEKENI UMULANDA HH ATEKE – MWEETWA

...declares that President Hichilema cannot be uprooted from power because the opposition is disunited, disorganised with zero chance of defeating the head of State, says the continued disunity in the PF is not surprising because the former ruling...

I’M NOT DITCHING UPND - MUCHIMA

I REMAIN a loyal member of the UPND and to President Hakainde Hichilema,” Elijah Muchima, the recently fired Minister of Health has said in an interview. Yesterday, a letter circulated on social media with misspelt names of Dr Muchima, purpoting that...

‘CHEW’ THEIR MONEY, TAKE THEIR GIFTS, CHONGU URGES YOUTHS

THE youth should outsmart politicians who intend to use them as tools for political violence and instead accept their money and other gifts but stay focused on contributing to the country’s development by voting for right candidates, Maxwell Chongu has...

FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema should release all political prisoners before the August 13 general election and stop using draconian laws to silence opposition voices in the country, Jonas Shakafuswa has said. Mr Shakafuswa, a veteran politician, says...

HH CHASTISES GIRL-CHILD ABUSERS

BAEBNUESFEIRTS

UPND OFFICIAL DEMANDS CONVENTION

…warns that failure to hold a convention is against the law and would be a matter of considerable consequence with the potential of damaging public perception for a governing political party to be found acting in contravention of statutory and...

KEEP WOMEN’S DAY OPEN TO ALL

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day has long stood as a unifying national moment - an occasion when women from all walks of life, regardless of political affiliation, gather to celebrate progress, reflect on persistent inequalities and reaffirm their collective...

ARRESTS, DETENTIONS WON’T SILENCE ME - M’MEMBE

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema should swallow his ego and allow late former President Edgar Lungu be buried in a dignified manner and according to his wishes and those of his family but for as long as the former head of State remain imprisoned in a...

LEADERSHIP IN WORDS AND ACTION

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s public apology to Zambians over years of crippling load-shedding is a rare moment of political candour in a region where leaders often prefer deflection to contrition. The acknowledgement that the power crisis has...

There are no shortages of medicines in hospitals – Mweetwa

GOVERNMENT has assured the nation that it is on top of the situation to ensure hospitals and other health facilities are adequately stocked with essential medicines, dismissing reports of widespread shortages as misinformation largely fuelled by social...

VEEP RULES OUT UPND DEFEAT

THE United Party for National Development (UPND) will without doubt bounce back after the August 13 general elections if opposition political parties fail to present clear and practical policies on how they would govern if inadvertently elected into...

PF TO PROCEED WITH CONVENTION – MUKANDIGLOVA’T

…says despite the Lusaka High Court failing to deliver the consent judgement and adjourning itmrtmoweetmwa arch 27, the former ruling party is determined to elect its leader, who shall be a torch-bearer for the August 13 general election

HH CREDITS ECL FOR KAZUNGULA BRIDGE

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has said he appreciates his predecessor late former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu for the successful construction and delivering of the Kazungula Bridge, connecting Zambia and Botswana, which has remained a marvel of a...

FREE, FAIR POLLS IMPOSSIBLE – MILES

…warns that excluding the Patriotic Front from participating in the August general elections will render the polls sham, says if the UPND is popular as it is claiming, they must not use legal mingalato to knock out the former ruling party from the ballot

MAGANDE HAD DAUGHTER OUT OF WEDLOCK -SISTER

EUNICE Kachelo, sister to late former Finance Minister Ng’andu Peter Magande, has told the Lusaka High Court that Namweemba Bianca Magande is truly the biological daughter of her brother, born out of wedlock. The testimony emerged as the 38-year-old...

Binwell shelves ambition, endorses Mundubile

BINWELL Mpundu has shelved his presidential ambitions and delivered his Icabache Movement to the Tonse Alliance with an endorsement of its leader, Brian Mundubile as the presidential candidate to take over the governance of the country after the August...

ACC CLEARS MUCHENDE

…including Thabo Kawana, Elisha Matambo, the Copperbelt Minister, with the ACC director general Daphne Chabu declaring there was no tangible evidence that the three high-ranking government officials engaged in corrupt activities, as she claims the...

TEXTBOOK TENDER SCANDAL DEFENDED

GOVERNMENT has defended the awarding of the K150 million textbook publishing contract to a single company, Grey Matter Zambia claiming that the procurement process was transparent, competitive and credible and had met the standards of independent...

LET’S END CHILD MARRIAGE – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called on African leaders and the global community to join efforts in the crusade to eradicate the scourge of Cchild marriage which has been robbing the girl-child of her rights to education and a decent...

THOSE WERE PF CAMPAIGN VEHICLES

EMMANUEL Mwamba disclosed that the 79 motor vehicles which have been seized by the State were in fact linked to the Patriotic Front (PF) and were meant for the 2021 campaigns. And Binwell Mpundu has said the UPND government should stop the persecution...

WHY SECRECY ON BILL 7 VOTE? - MSONI

…wonders whether hiding the voting pattern on Bill 7 by Parliament is linked to the proposed Draft Electoral Process Bill, which seeks the registration of alliances with Registrar of Societies, a form of imingalato meant to knock out strong candidates...

CHANGALA SLAMS TRIBAL POLITICS

BREBNER Changala has charged that a tribal clique of Bemba politicians have ganged up and are aspiring to take up the leadership of the country at the exclusion of other citizens from other regions. And Mr Changala has said the Zambian Judiciary has...

MINERALS MUSTN'T BREED INSECURITY - HH

DANTE SAUNDERS CALLS FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION AGAINST DRUGS, ORGANISED CRIME

DRUG trafficking, organised crime and institutional failures are putting communities across the country at serious risk and there is need for Government to consider military intervention to curb the vices, Dante Saunders has said. Mr Saunders, a...

I DON’T HATE HH - AKA

…says he is only disappointed that President Hichilema has adopted fear and intimidation as a style of governance, accuses the head of State of having fallen short of democratic ideals that should inspire hope

LET JUDICIARY, PARLEY BE INDEPENDENT - MAHAMA

...advises that Affrica does not need strong men but strong, independent institutions, says leaders must always respect their oath of office and the country's Constitution, as he calls for transparent, accountable leadership with anti-corruption...

TRIBAL VOTING RHETORIC DANGEROUS - MWEETWA

TOXIC and divisive tribal rhetoric about Zambia’s voting patterns is dangerous and threatening the country unity, cohesion and peace and should therefore be frowned upon, Cornelius Mweetwa has said. And Mr Mweetwa has disclosed that President Hakainde...

GREAT IDEAS, DELIVERY FAILING AFRICA – HH

…as he decries the mischaracterisation of Africa’s risk profile, says individual countries, projects and sectors are often subjected to excessive risk premiums that inflate the cost of capital, calls on regional blocks such as SADC to play a more...

POLL PLACES HH AT 75PC APPROVAL RATE

A DEMOGRAPHER at the University of Zambia (UNZA), Dr Namuunda Mutombo has projected that President Hakainde Hichilema has gained a 75 approval rate from across Zambia and is likely to win the 2026 general election with a more than 60 percent...

IT’S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS – SAKI

…says it is absolutely perverse for the UPND government to resurrect Bill 7, take it back to Parliament when they know that in fact the Constitutional Court had declared the bill dead

OPPOSITION WRITE TO HHSAMPA

His Excellency Mr. Hakainde Hichilema President of the Republic of Zambia State House Independence Avenue Lusaka,zambia 02 December 2025 REF: AN URGENT CALL FOR NATIONAL UNITY, DIALOGUE, AND RESPONSIBILITY Your Excellency, We write to you today not as...