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PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called on the business community to pass on the benefits of Zambia's economic recovery to consumers, saying improvements in key fundamentals have been too slow to reach prices in shops and markets. State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka, Hichilema cited lower inflation, a stable Kwacha, a bumper harvest, stable electricity

TWO suspected members of the notorious criminal gang known as "Chipandule" have been shot dead after they allegedly attempted to free a suspect from police custody at SOS Police Post in Matero. Police spokesperson Godfrey Chilabi said the incident occurred on July 31, 2026, at about 21:50 hours. Mr Chilabi said preliminary investigations indicate that

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called on the business community to pass on the benefits of Zambia’s economic recovery to ordinary citizens. In a statement issued by State House Chief Communications Specialist, Clayson Hamasaka, Saturday, President Hichilema stated that despite positive economic developments recorded, improvements had been too slow to reach the prices citizens pay in […]

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has instructed the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) management to ensure health workers do not use mobile phones during working hours. President Hichilema says with the commissioning of the Cancer Diseases Hospital, patients will no longer have to travel overseas for treatment, noting that Zambia has now become the third country in Africa […]

SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION IS NOT A LIE, IT’S A SPEEDOMETER, WHY IRIS KAINGU IS CONFUSING THE PRICE LEVEL WITH THE RATE OF CHANGE. By: Chadrin Nseemani I just saw a video of Iris Kaingu speaking and I must state that, with all due respect to Iris Kaingu, telling President Hakainde Hichilema that single-digit inflation does […]

Trump Cancels Planned U.S. Airstrikes on Iran, Temporarily Halting Attack Plans U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he has decided to cancel planned U.S. airstrikes against key targets in Iran, temporarily suspending an operation that had reportedly been under consideration. The proposed strikes were reportedly expected to target major Iranian infrastructure, including energy facilities, […]

Over the past 15 months, Zambia has faced an unusually concentrated run of pressure from Washington. Together, the episodes describe a relationship that has shifted from routine partnership to open friction. It wasn’t always this way. When Hichilema won power in 2021, Biden praised Zambia by name at the UN General Assembly for its democratic […]

🇿🇲 EXCLUSIVE | “Only the Weather Will Change”: Inside Hichilema’s Student Moment at State House With 11 days remaining before Zambia goes to the polls, President Hakainde Hichilema may have received one of the most politically symbolic endorsements of his re-election campaign not from a campaign rally, but from the country’s oldest and most influential […]

MUNDUBILE WINDS UP HIS NORTH-WESTERN RALLIES Brian Mundubile has completed his election campaign rallies in the North-Western province. Following a series of successful campaign rallies, the enthusiasm was obvious. Yet beneath the surface of political fervor lurked a deadly threat—one that forced the cancellation of rallies in four key border districts: Chavuma, Zambezi, Manyinga, and […]