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The Human Rights Commission is calling on the Zambia Police Service and other law enforcement agencies to urgently clarify the whereabouts of former Lunte Member of Parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya, whose family says he has been missing since 14 August. The Commission says that if…
MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka FRONT-LINE aid workers and health workers, who often risk their lives while trying to safeguard women and their babies in the world’s most dangerous settings, have been honoured for their work. In a statement to mark World Humanitarian day, United Nations…
MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka WITH five years to go before the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals expire, the expanded Southern Africa Gender and Development Index (SGDI) has given the region an overall score of 58%, ranging from 74 percent in South Africa to 48 percent in Angola. The…
Former Ndola Central Member of Parliament Frank Tayali says a second term under President Hakainde Hichilema is expected to deliver more progress for Zambia, with focus on growth, job creation and economic stability. Speaking in an interview with the media after the…
A 28-year-old man accused of defiling a 15-year-old girl has been convicted and committed to the High Court for sentencing by the Chisamba Magistrate Court. Teddy Zulu, of Mpikwa village in Chief Chamuka’s area, was committed to the High Court by Magistrate Litungi Litungi…
The United Party for National Development (UPND) has scooped the new-created Bwacha South parliamentary seat in Kabwe District after beating the National Reconciliation Party for National Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) in a tightly-contested election. Immediate, past Bwacha…
By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba The government should account for the fatal shooting of Hon. Mutotwe Kafwaya rather than raise what he calls preposterous allegations, Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba has written. He says Zambians are shocked at the lengths the government is going to in order to…
Government says a joint security operation in Lusaka’s Kabulonga area on the night of 13th August uncovered a suspected militia cell and seized high-grade military weapons, with eleven people apprehended including NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile. Zambia Police,…
A former Deputy Mayor of Ndola, Kennedy Kasaba, has been declared winner of the Ndola Mayoral contest after he got 60, 486 votes. Mr Kasaba of the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) beat six other candidates in the August 13, 2026 election to emerge…
Government dismisses claims regarding the shooting of Kafwaya as “total fabrication” The Ministry of Defence has dismissed as false claims that National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity member and Tonse Alliance finance chairperson Mutotwe Kafwaya was shot by the…
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