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Court Clears DPP’s Appeal Against Chilufya, Honeybee Acquittal to Proceed The Economic and Financial Crimes Court has ruled that the Director of Public Prosecutions’ appeal against the acquittal of former Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya, HoneyBee Pharmacy Limited and seven…
The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) recorded positive performance in its service delivery between January and August 2026, testing 8,571 samples at its laboratories in Chipata, Kitwe, Lusaka and Mongu. ZABS Executive Director Nathan Sing’ambwa said the samples covered a wide…
The Local Government Elections Tribunal has dismissed preliminary objections raised by both sides in the petition challenging the election of United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate Chitambala Mwewa as Lusaka Mayor, clearing the way for the case to proceed to a…
THE new Lusaka Mayor Mwewa Chitambala is like a wounded bull in a China shop. However, the only difference is that, he’s not charging in every direction destroying things, but trying to bring sanity back to the city of Lusaka…… cleaning up the mess that we keep leaving behind! We…
The Chisamba Magistrates Court has sentenced two fishermen to one-month imprisonment with hard labour for criminal trespass. Resident Magistrate, Susan Magalashi has however, suspended the sentence for twelve months. The convicts are 34-year-old Emmanuel Tendani and 31-year-old…
The Tribunal on Local Government Elections has dismissed applications on two preliminary issues on a Mayoral petition where National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) candidate Gabriel Kibombwe petitioned the election and declaration of United Party for…
A Fatal Road Traffic Accident has claimed two lives on the spot while two others are nursing serious injuries at Chinsali General Hospital. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Lubinda Mayamba confirmed the development in a statement made available to the media in Chinsali…
The United States has commended Zambia for holding successful and peaceful elections on August 13, 2026. The praise came from Eugene Park, Executive Director to the Deputy Under Secretary of the United States Air Force for International Affairs, during a courtesy call at the…
Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Government will use its second term to turn the promises of its first five years into higher production, more exports and new jobs under the Grow Zambia Agenda. Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday,…
MARY LEMBA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema will on October 9 this year officially open the First Session of the 14th National Assembly, where he is expected to outline Government’s policy direction and priorities for the 2026 2027 period. Clerk of the National Assembly…