LUSAKA, Zambia – June 2026 – President Hakainde Hichilema has paid tribute to Zambia’s former Defence and Security Chiefs, describing them as a valuable source of wisdom, experience, and institutional memory whose contributions continue to shape the nation’s peace and security. In a message shared on social media, President Hichilema revealed that he had the […]

COURT SETS JULY 14 FOR NAKACINDA JUDGMENT ON SEDITIOUS PRACTICES CHARGE By Nelson Zulu The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has set July 14, 2026, as the date for judgment in a case in which politician Raphael Nakacinda is charged with seditious practices over remarks he allegedly made concerning former late President Edgar Lungu’s residence in Chifwema. […]

2026 CAMPAIGNS ‘BORING’ DUE TO FEAR AND SILENCE – NJOBVU Democratic Union presidential candidate Ackim Antony Njobvu has described the 2026 election campaigns as “boring”, saying the silence on the ground is worrying and may indicate that citizens are not free to express themselves. And Njobvu has projected serious voter apathy in the upcoming elections […]

Has Administration Change/Bally Really “Fixed It?” – A Truth We May Not Like So Much (2026)An honest reflective rant by Rev Walter Mwambazi I first wrote this article precisely six years ago during the PF tenure in deep reflection of ourselves as Zambians collectively, and when I look at this New Dawn and what is […]

Democratic Union presidential candidate Ackim Antony Njobvu has described the 2026 election campaigns as “boring”, saying the silence on the ground is worrying and may indicate that citizens are not free to express themselves. And Njobvu has projected serious voter apathy in the upcoming elections due to the political situation in the country. Speaking in […]

THE POLITICS OF LIES – WHY THE PF/TONSE ALLIANCE’S “PLAN B” WAS A FRAUD FROM THE START By Thomas Mbewe For months, the opposition PF/Tonse Alliance led by Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu strutted across the political stage, chests puffed, whispering to their loyalists and the Zambian people about a secret weapon—a so-called “Plan B.” […]

BISHOP JOHN GENERAL CLAIMS HE WAS STRIPPED AT GUNPOINT IN ALLEGED K1 MiLLION EXTORTION PLOT. ‎‎John Nundwe, popularly known as Bishop John General, has told the court that he was forced to remove his clothes at gunpoint by a man he believed to be the husband of a woman he had visited to pray for […]

(The Telegraph) HIV patients can be drug-free for up to two years under a treatment that ends the need for daily pills. A new antibody cocktail has been shown to successfully suppress the virus in a trial led by Imperial College London. Currently, people with HIV must take antiretroviral therapy (ART), which is not a […]

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has refuted reports circulating on social media alleging that it has banned political campaign songs from playing on broadcasting stations. In a statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka today, IBA Director General, Webster Malido, stated that the authority has no jurisdiction to ban songs in the country. Mr Malido indicated that […]

By Kellys Kaunda “WE WERE JUST HELPING THE GRZ WITH INVESTIGATIONS” ZED PODCAST DUO Was civil society wrong in its demand that the two presenters who had been reported as having been picked by Zambia police be released? My answer is an emphatic NO! Was their a denial of the report that they had been […]