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THREE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN CUSTODY OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO INTERFERE WITH ELECTIONS By Darius Choonya Zambian authorities have detained three government officials accused of allegedly assisting individuals to interfere with the August 13, 2026 General Election. The three are alleged to have been involved in a plot to destabilise the country ahead of the polls […]

Nevers Sekwila Mumba :MY YOUNG BROTHER NEVERS — UKULYA BUCUSHI ICINE CINE My young brother Pastor Nevers Mumba — your writing language kwena, wankolomonafye. Of all the people who could have responded to my video, you apparently felt an irresistible impulse to speak with great certainty about matters you neither understood nor knew I was […]

HH points to Kampyongo as having been behind the gassing … as Mundubile charges that mercenaries with guns have been hired against him NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile says he has put his life on the line as mercenaries from Tanzania and Kenya are hovering around their offices to eliminate him and the others. But […]

MABUMBA ROYAL ESTABLISHMENT CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE ENDTO ABDUCTIONS, ENFORCED DISAPPERANCES AND FOR THE RELEASEFROM PROLONGED DETENTION OF ARRESTED ARTISTS 12 AUGUST = 2026 – The Mabumba Royal Establishment of the Ushi people inMansa District, Luapula Province, is saddened by the reported abduction, enforceddisappearances, and extra judicial detention of several citizens who were exercising theirconstitutional […]

HH READY TO USE UNDERHAND METHODS – SICHINGA PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is so desperate to cling to power that he is ready to use underhand methods to ensure a victory, Socialist Party (SP) vice president Bob Sichinga has said. In an interview with The Mast Sichinga said the head of state was on record saying […]

SADC COMMENDS PEACE IN ZAMBIA AHEAD OF ELECTIONS SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi has praised Zambia’s regional leadership as it prepares to take over as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and anchor the Summit Organ Troika during the transition. His remarks came as SADC launched its Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to Zambia […]

KARIBA RIDA BOAT DISASTER: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 44 The death toll from the RIDA boat disaster on Lake Kariba has risen to 44, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed. The latest figure comes as search and recovery operations continue at the accident scene, with police and military divers working to retrieve bodies from […]

Mnangagwa declares State of Disaster as Kariba boat death toll rises to 44 President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a State of Disaster following the tragic capsizing of a Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) vessel on Lake Kariba, with 44 people confirmed dead and 27 still missing. The vessel, which was travelling from Kariba to Chalala, […]

Anne Applebaum: Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Actually Strengthened NATO Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Anne Applebaum has rejected the argument that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was intended to prevent NATO expansion, calling the idea one of the narratives used by Moscow to justify the war. Applebaum argues that, instead of weakening or stopping NATO, […]

171 Views The Zambian Government says it has uncovered an alleged plot to interfere with the country’s electoral system ahead of tomorrow’s General Election, resulting in the arrest of several people, including three former senior Government officials. Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security Permanent Secretary Dickson Matembo disclosed the development during a joint press […]