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 CAMPAIGN WATCH | Mundubile Expands Promise List, Says Lungu Will Be Buried Under Tonse Govt Tonse Alliance presidential candidate Brian Mundubile continued his campaign through Muchinga Province on Tuesday, promising to improve livelihoods, empower small-scale miners and complete key infrastructure projects, while also introducing former president Edgar Lungu’s burial into the alliance’s campaign message. […]

🇿🇲 CAMPAIGN WATCH | Hichilema Heads to North-Western as UPND Takes Re-election Bid to Its Strongholds President Hakainde Hichilema today shifts his re-election campaign to North-Western Province, opening a regional tour that the UPND hopes will consolidate support in one of its most reliable electoral bases before expanding into more competitive battlegrounds across the country. […]

HOW LEVY TWICE LOCKED OUT HIS DAUGHTER FOR COMING HOME AFTER 17:00 HOURS Miriam was President Levy Mwanawasa’s first-born daughter. She saw her father as ‘loving but very strict’. According to her, ‘If one didn’t understand him, [one] would think he was a bad person.’ His strictness made her understand life more and better. When […]

We evicted Kalaba from W/Prov for overstaying – Police By Mubanga Mubanga Western Province Police Commissioner Rae Hamoonga says it is not the problem of the Zambia Police that Citizens First (CF) leader Harry Kalaba misused the five days that were allocated to him to be in the province. Last week, Kalaba complained that police […]

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA SET FOR TWO-DAY NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE TOUR President Hakainde Hichilema is tomorrow expected in North-Western Province for a two-day working visit. During the visit, President Hichilema is scheduled to engage local communities and inspect development programmes in five districts across the province. The President will arrive in Solwezi before touring Kalumbila, Chavuma, Zambezi, Kabompo […]

FORMER MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICIAL AND TWO OTHERS ACQUITTED AFTER FOUR-YEAR COURT BATTLE LUSAKA, July 1, 2026 – A former Ministry of Finance official and two others who were arrested four years ago on allegations of abuse of authority, conspiracy to defraud and other related offences have been acquitted by the Subordinate Court. The court, […]

FROM LIBERATION HERO TO MERCHANT OF DIVISION: HOW JACOB ZUMA IS SQUANDERING THE LAST REMNANTS OF HIS LEGACY By Gabriel Manyati History has an uncanny ability to forgive flawed leaders. Time softens rough edges, turns villains into complicated figures and occasionally elevates disgraced politicians into symbols of larger national struggles. Yet some leaders seem determined […]

The Zambian music industry has produced countless memorable albums over the past 26 years. While official nationwide album sales have rarely been published, several albums stand out because of their commercial success, radio airplay, cultural impact, streaming performance, and lasting influence on the country’s music scene. Here’s a look at some of the albums that […]

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Ghalibaf details $12bn Iranian assets with unrestricted central bank access Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament and head of its negotiating team said in an interview with state TV aired on Tuesday that $12 billion of Iranian assets will be placed at the disposal of the central bank under a memorandum of understanding, allowing […]