In this audio, UPND president Hakainde Hichilema charges that President Edgar Lungu is secretly funding home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo to organise political violence in the country. Speaking in Chilanga when he visited a Mr and Mrs Ndhlovu who were allegedly attacked by PF cadres, the UPND leader said Zambians will not wait in their...

Listen to Information Minister Kampamba Mulenga defend President Edgar Lungu's wealth in this extended audio interview. The Chief government Spokesperson says it is not true that the Head of State was poor before going to State House. She further defends the large delegation of government officials on President Lungu's Swaziland entourage. She adds that Valden...

In this audio, Copperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo breaks down crying after visiting the gutted Kapalala market in his constituency. The Kabushi PF member of parliament explained to the devastated traders that he was not able to visit the market earlier because he was with President Edgar Lungu in Lusaka. "We were told in the morning...

After being freed, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema this morning led a long winding procession of his supporters, with police ‘escort’ from Lusaka Central Prison to the party secretariat where he addressed them. Along the way, he stood through his vehicle’s sunroof and blew kisses to Lusaka residents who lined the streets to catch a glimpse...

In this audio, former information minister Chishimba Kambwili says he has been kicked out of the Patriotic Front because he is a threat to “some people who are so preoccupied with being sole candidate in 2021”. And Kambwili says he will fight for his membership in court because he wants to defend the PF from...

In this audio, Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says there is no hierarchy in the Patriotic Front (PF) and all its leaders act as though they do not attend the same Cabinet meetings by constantly contradicting each other. And Kabimba says Inspector General of police Kakoma Kanganja’s briefing on the Lusaka City Market Fire...

United Progressive People (UPP) Leader Saviour Chishimba says President Edgar Lungu has failed Zambia. And Saviour says it is unfortunate that the PF and UPND, “Zambia’s most violent and corrupt parties”, had put the country in a crisis. At a press conference in Lusaka today, Saviour said that no one with five senses could fail...

In this audio, spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says police are mandated to arrest people who gather with an intention to demand the release of Hakainde Hichilema, even if such a meeting was done inside a house. Explaining how the Unlawful Assembly law was applied on the arrested UPND officials who met at their secretariat in...

Minister of Finance Felix Mutati says Zambia's debt has increased by about US$10 billion dollars between December 2016 and May 2017. The minister said this during his state of the economy address in the National Assembly yesterday. "Mr Speaker, Zambia's external debt stock as at the end of May 2017 increased to US $ 17.2...

In this audio, President Edgar Lungu says the political crisis which leaders of the three church mother bodies are seeking to resolve only exists in their head. Yesterday, the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) and the Evangelical Fellowship in Zambia (EFZ) said the country had finally eminently...