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Government has declared Tuesday, September 1st 2026, a public holiday to facilitate the swearing-in-ceremony of the President-elect and Vice President-elect. Secretary to the Cabinet, Patrick Kangwa, says the ceremony will be held at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka on…
President-elect Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn in for a second term tomorrow at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, with defence and security chiefs confirming preparations for the ceremony are complete. President Hichilema has declared Tuesday, 1 September, a public holiday…
Opposition leader Brian Mundubile, his running mate Makebi Zulu and businessman Harry Findlay were flown under armed guard to Mukobeko Maximum Security Facility in Kabwe on Saturday, hours after being charged with treason alongside sixteen others. The trio were airlifted aboard a…
Milenge District Livestock and Fisheries Officer, Chongo Kafula, says the district has maintained a clean record this year, with zero cases of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and other major livestock diseases. Mr Kafula has attributed the district’ success as being…
LUSAKA: A day after the Electoral Commission of Zambia ordered a fresh parliamentary election in Mandevu constituency, the decision is facing a direct legal challenge, with a civil rights group insisting the Commission had no lawful basis to call the rerun. ECZ announced on…
Security agents have searched the Lusaka residence of opposition running mate Makebi Zulu, a search his lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says was carried out without his legal team being notified beforehand, raising fresh questions about how the operation was conducted. The search comes…
Opposition leader Brian Mundubile and his running mate Makebi Zulu have been charged with treason, bringing to 18 the number of people accused in a widening case that has followed Zambia’s August general election. Lawyer Milner Katolo, who represents several of the accused,…
A 26-year-old female suspect was found hanging in the female cells at Kazungula Police Station. The deceased identified as Milimo Mpongo of Makalanguzu village in Chief Sekute’s area in Kazungula district was detailed alone in the cells in connection with four theft complaints.…
Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary, Joe Kalusa has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to human resource development in the health sector. Mr Kalusa says a well-prepared nursing and midwifery workforce translates into stronger primary healthcare services. Speaking during the…
General News 2 min.Read Police On High Alert Ahead Of Inauguration By the newsroom Editor August 29, 2026 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The Zambia Police Service is on high alert following credible intelligence that certain groups and individuals are planning to disrupt…
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