Standard Chartered Zambia and FNB Zambia have […]

Armitage Environmental Social Consultant, Mwila Kafungwa has disclosed that the construction works on the long-awaited Kipemba Solar Power Project in Solwezi District are expected to commence in November this year following the mobilisation of resources. Mr Kafungwa says the 200-megawatt solar power plant, whose implementation stalled in 2022, is expected to contribute significantly to energy […]

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), in collaboration with the SMART Zambia Institute, has conducted a User Acceptance Testing (UAT) exercise for the revised Cash for Work Management Information System (CFWMIS) in Lavushimanda District. The UAT rollout exercise at Lavushimanda, Council Secretary, Jonas Mwendakawa described the CFWMIS as a critical tool for […]

THE family of late former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa’s judgment that upheld their rights in the burial dispute with Zambia’s government. In a statement issued Tuesday, 23rd June 2026 by family spokesperson Makebi Zulu, the family said the SCA ruling was a “significant vindication of […]

SOUTH Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, (SCA), has overturned a 2025 Gauteng High Court ruling that granted Zambia’s government the right to repatriate and bury former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu in Zambia with full state honours. In a judgment delivered Tuesday, 23rd June 2026, the SCA upheld an appeal by former First Lady Esther Lungu, […]

PRAISE THE LORD: PRAISE DOKU WAS BORN IN LONDON YESTERDAY! Manchester City and Belgium winger Jérémy Doku became a father for the first time after he and his wife Shireen welcomed a baby boy named Praise in London. He left the Belgium FIFA World Cup camp in the USA temporarily with medical staff approval to […]

Angola says it’s Ready to House Ukrainian Children displaced by War 2.5 million Ukrainian kids uprooted. 20,000 reportedly taken to Russia On the surface ? Respect. Any nation opening its doors to children in crisis deserves credit. But let’s keep it 100% real. While Luanda talks about hosting foreign war victims, Angola’s own children are […]

Khama Speaks Truth — And Zimbabwe’s Apologists Are FURIOUS Former Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama has done what few African leaders dare: he has named the rot. “Here we go again. Another power hungry president has the constitution amended through rigging and cash inducements to extend his term of office.” He listed the usual […]

Zambia and the US have agreed to redirect part of the 491 million dollar Millennium Challenge Corporation grant originally signed in 2024 for agriculture toward infrastructure supporting the Lobito Corridor. The farm-to-market compact was meant to cut transport costs and improve market access for farmers, but the realignment now targets roads in North-Western and Copperbelt […]

You Can’t Sell Traditional LandBy Dickson Jere The owner of 5.8 hectares of customary or traditional land passed on leaving five children. As part of the inheritance, the children agreed – with consent of the headman – to divide the land into five pieces and each was given share. One of the children sold his […]