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Police in Senga Hill District of Northern Province have launched a manhunt for a suspect in connection with the alleged murder of a 52- year -old man in Matunga Village in Senior Chief Nsokolo’s chiefdom. Northern Province Police Commanding Officer, Simunji Mulonda, confirmed the development in a statement released to ZANIS in Kasama. Mr Mulonda […]

By BARNABAS ZULU CIVIL society organisations and governance experts have intensified calls for transparency over proposed health and critical minerals agreements between Zambia and the United States, arguing that citizens deserve to know the contents of deals that could affect national sovereignty, healthcare and resource management. The debate follows Zambia’s decision to suspend negotiations […]

UPND MAZABUKA CENTRAL CANDIDATE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED United Party for National Development, UPND, Mazabuka Central parliamentary candidate Vincent Lilanda has allegedly been attacked by a security guard from a named security firm that provides security to his residence, in what the UPND has described as a politically motivated incident. An official from UPND Zambia tells Byta […]

IS THE 2006 ELECTION REPEATING ITSELF? Zambia’s 2006 election wasn’t just another contest between parties. It was a preview of the next fifteen years. On paper it looked simple. President Levy Mwanawasa of the MMD wanted a second term. Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front was trying to turn urban anger into power. Hakainde Hichilema, […]

The Zambian Government has officially confirmed that it will not pursue any further legal action following the ruling by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal concerning the burial of former President Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu. In a press statement issued by Attorney General Mulilo D. Kabesha, the Government said it respects the court’s decision […]

President Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed government’s commitment to achieving universal access to clean water and safe sanitation, saying massive investments in water infrastructure are being undertaken to improve the lives of citizens across the country. Vice President Dr Mutale Nalumango during the 2026 Africa Public Service Day commemorations in Lusaka, President Hichilema said Government has […]

THE Government of Zambia has closed the chapter in the year-long burial dispute over late former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, following a judgment by South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal. The SCA on Tuesday, 23 June 2026 overturned a 2025 Gauteng High Court ruling that had granted government the right to repatriate and bury President […]

A BURIAL ON FOREIGN SOIL IS NO VICTORY By Farai Ruvanyathi The ruling of the South African Supreme Court allowing Zambia’s Sixth Republican President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, to be buried in South Africa closes a painful and unfortunate chapter in our nation’s history. Whatever one’s political persuasion, it is difficult to celebrate the fact that […]

MAKEBI ZULU CALLS ON PARTIES TO RESPECT THE SUPREME COURT RULING We welcome the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in the matter of Esther Lungu and Others v Government of the Republic of Zambia and Others, which has upheld the appeal and affirmed the rights of the late President […]

GOVT WON’T APPEAL TODAY’S LUNGU’S BODY BURIAL COURT MATTER BUT WISHES HIS FAMILY WELL IN HIS BURIAL PROCESSES AS PER THEIR WISHES. Government says it only wanted Lungu to be buried like other former Presidents but since the family refused and the today’s court ruling, there will be no further involvement by government. *Statement from […]