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This week’s Monday Opinion looks beyond the improving headline numbers in Zambia’s electricity sector and asks a harder question: as generation recovers and reforms accelerate, is reliable power returning evenly across the economy, or are different users experiencing different levels of electricity security? The power sector is changing Zambia’s electricity sector is no longer where […]

95 ViewsPolice have launched investigations into former Nkana Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu following a viral video in which he is allegedly heard saying he was ready to “kill or be killed” in relation to the upcoming elections. Police Spokesperson Godfrey Chilabi says the Service is actively investigating the matter and is treating the utterances […]

THE Zambian government has declared Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, a public holiday to allow citizens to vote in the general election. Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick K. Kangwa said in a circular that the declaration is in line with Article 56(1) and (2) of the Constitution of Zambia, as amended by the Constitution Amendment Act

Ask a chatbot to plan your holiday. Stream a film on your phone. Upload a few holiday photographs to the cloud. Each action feels almost effortless,a few taps, a few seconds of waiting, and the job is done. But behind every digital interaction lies an industrial-scale network of data centres, packed with thousands of servers […]

Lusaka - Zambia: Tonse Alliance Presidential Affairs Chairman Binwell Mpundu has apologised after a video circulated showing him saying he was "ready to die"

Moonga could not hold back. A long ride from Solwezi where he was doing data collection before proceeding to Mazabuka with a tight deadline meant he did not have much time to spend in Lusaka. He had informed his girlfriend Mwangala that he only had an hour in Lusaka before he could proceed to Southern […]

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88 ViewsVeteran politician Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika has called on public officials to put national interests above political party interests when discharging their duties in the run-up to Thursday’s General Elections. He says officials in top positions may belong to political parties, but must remain non-partisan in their official functions. According to him, the way public institutions […]

“For Ten Years Every Business I Started Collapsed, Then My Life Took A Completely Different Direction – Ndola Entrepreneur Narrates” My name is Ivan Chibwe, and I come from Ndola , Zambia. There was a time when it seemed as though everything I touched in business was destined to fail. For ten painful years, every […]

Two years after Vedanta Resources resumed stewardship of Konkola Copper Mines, one of Zambia's most important mining assets is once again setting the pace for investment, production and long-term growth. Two years ago, Konkola Copper Mines stood at one of the lowest points in its history. Years of operational uncertainty had slowed production, stalled investment,