Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
Six University of Zambia (UNZA) students escaped unharmed after a fire gutted two hostel rooms at the institution’s Great East Road Campus on Sunday evening. The fire broke out around 19:00 hours in Room 18 of October 2 Hostel before spreading to the neighbouring Room 28.…
An 18 -year- old woman of Airstrip Compound in Mazabuka District of Southern Province has been gang raped by four unknown men in a cane field. According to a statement issued by Southern Province Police Commanding Officer, Moono Namalongo to the media, the victim secured the door…
Vice President Mutale Nalumango today led hundreds of mourners at Leopards Hill Memorial Park in Lusaka for the burial of the late former Vice President, Guy Scott. In honour of Dr Scott, Mrs Nalumango handed a Zambian flag and his portrait to the widow, Charlotte Scott, at the…
President Hakainde Hichilema and First Lady Mutinta Hichilema today paid their last respects to former Vice-President Dr. Guy Scott during the State Funeral Service held at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka. The Head of State and the First Lady joined family…
President Hakainde Hichilema has described former Vice-President Dr. Guy Lindsay Scott as a selfless statesman who consistently placed Zambia’s national interest above personal ambition. Speaking during the State Funeral Service for Dr. Scott in Lusaka, President Hichilema said…
A 25-year-old man wanted in connection with the alleged murder of an 11-year-old girl in Kaoma District has been arrested in Choma following a tip-off from members of the public. Western Province commissioner of police Rae Hamoonga confirmed the development in a statement made…
By Katoka Mweenda Watching a baby girl bleed from a bullet fired by the police—simply because she wanted to see Brian Mundubile—broke my heart. Seeing women bleeding from United Party for National Development (UPND) cadre violence makes me question who is truly in control of this…
Audio article Listen to this story Share Send this story POLICE in Lusaka have detained a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) journalist connection with an alleged cyber offence involving the recording and publication of a private conversation. Zambia Police Service…
A three-year-old boy has died after a house caught fire in Lusaka’s Kalikiliki Compound, despite his mother’s desperate efforts to save him. Police spokesperson Godfrey Chilabi identified the deceased as Tumelo Simangolwa, who lost his life after the family home was engulfed in…
The Ministry of Information and Media says the Zambia Police Service was never informed that the National Revolution Party-UP (NRP-UP) intended to conduct a roadshow in Kalingalinga and Mtendere. Speaking during a media briefing, Ministry Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana said the…
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