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Injury rules out Job as Taifa Stars prepare for Zambia clash

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s national football team, the Taifa Stars, will take on Zambia tomorrow at the New Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar in a crucial FIFA World Cup qualifying match, but the squad will be without captain and central defender Dickson...

RTSA orders AVIC to install road signs on Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway

RTSA Chief Executive Officer Amon Mweemba has instructed AVIC, the contractors in charge of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway, to install road signs that will help manage the flow of traffic from Six Miles to Ten Miles as per the agreed traffic...

Allow opposition to express themselves, Zambia looks like a one-party state – Chief Mwewa

SENIOR Chief Mwewa of Chifunabuli District in Luapula Province says the country is not doing well because the UPND government is not allowing the opposition to express themselves through public rallies. Chief Mwewa says it looks like Zambia is now...

Botswana advises Zambia to establish Gemstone Development Fund

BOTSWANA Presidential Projects Advisory Team Representative Jerry Chitube has advised Zambia to set up a Gemstone Development Fund to help license holders access machinery and expertise, similar to the model in Botswana. Chitube has also called...

Zambia Launches Digital Passport System to End Long Queues

Zambia has successfully digitised its passport issuance process, Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu announced to Parliament. Within weeks, citizens will be able to apply for passports online from home, eliminating the need to...

4 killed in gold mine collapse in northern Zambia

LUSAKA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four illegal miners died in a gold mine collapse in northern Zambia's Shiwang'andu District, police said Monday. Police public relations officer Rae Hamoonga said a pit wall at New Scene Gold Mine collapsed Sunday...

SILENT DEATHS: Hidden struggles of Zambian men

203 Views -Dr Aaron Mujajati Every man is born into three families. The first is the one he is born into, his parents, his siblings, his bloodline. The second is the one he creates with his wife and children. But there is a third family, often...

Zambia’s Ascent: A Nation Forged by Dialogue and Determination

Zambia’s Ascent: A Nation Forged by Dialogue and Determination A new chapter of national dialogue is unfolding in Zambia. The recent appointment of a Technical Committee to consult citizens on constitutional amendments is more than a procedural...

Lusaka Council in overnight blitz against illegal structures

191 Views The Lusaka City Council (LCC), working together with Zambia Police Service, has destroyed 59 illegal structures constructed along Kalusha Bwalya Road, behind the Simon Mwewa Building. The overnight blitz, took place on 30th September...

SILENT DEATHS: THE HIDDEN STRUGGLES OF ZAMBIAN MEN

By Dr. Mujajati Aaron Every man is born into three families. The first is the one he is born into, his parents, his siblings, his bloodline. The second is the one he creates with his wife and children. But there is a third family, often forgotten...

Mnangagwa Becomes Zambia’s Most Generous Diaspora Son

When history books are updated, they may need a new chapter: Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa the most generous Zambian in the diaspora. This week, the Zimbabwean President launched the ED–UNZA Scholarship, an initiative to pay tuition fees for...

It’s dangerous for us Easterners and Northerners to feel more entitled to the presidency in Zambia

IN the past, we have pointed out that some politicians from the North and East have tended to carry an air of entitlement to power in this country. Their rhetoric and actions often portray a belief that the presidency somehow belongs to them....

Zambia’s Socialist Party Leader Fred M’membe Criticises President Hichilema’s Trip to Scotland

Zambia’s Socialist Party president Dr. Fred M’membe has questioned the purpose of President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent trip to Scotland, raising concerns over the timing of the visit and its possible links to events in the United Kingdom. In a...

Gov’t calls for private sector investment to boost agricultural growth

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Phiri has called on the private sector to scale up investment in storage facilities, agro-processing plants, and agricultural infrastructure to support Zambia’s expanding agricultural ambitions. Mr...

Airborne geophysical survey wraps up July 2026

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIA’S ambitious nationwide airborne geophysical survey, one of the largest ever undertaken in Africa, is on track to complete data acquisition by July 2026, marking a key milestone in the country’s drive to strengthen...

Jubilee Metals Group to focus on Zambian copper projects after disposal of SA assets

Jubilee Metals Group plans to concentrate solely on its Zambian copper projects and the Tjate platinum project in South Africa by the end of the year -.the strategic shift is contingent on the disposal of its South African chrome and PGM...

Defective ‘Why Me’ charge sheet sent back

71 Views Lusaka Magistrate Idah Phiri has has made directive to the effect that the charge sheet for TikToker Francis Kapwepwe, popularly known as “Why Me,” facing three counts of hate speech, be revised. This came after the magistrate made a...

Zambia will receive above normal rainfall between Dec, Jan – Minister

GREEN Economy and Environment Minister Mike Mposha says the Southern African region is likely to receive increased rainfall, particularly during the critical months of December, January, and February. Mposha says the entire country is likely to...

AgDevCo extends US$10M loan to Zambia’s Hybrid for poultry plant construction

ZAMBIA – British investment company AgDevCo has approved a senior loan worth US$10 million to Hybrid, one of Zambia’s leading integrated poultry producers, to finance the construction of a new slaughterhouse in the country. In a statement...