LOSING NRPUP Lusaka mayoral candidate Gabriel Kibombwe has withdrawn his election petition challenging the election of Mayor-elect Chitambala Mwewa. The Local Government Elections Tribunal has since granted the application to withdraw the petition by consent...

FORMER Zambia Police Director of Investigations Michael Nsofwa has dragged the officer-in-charge at Kabwata Police Station and the Attorney General to the High Court, challenging his continued detention without charge. Nsofwa alleges that his constitutional...

DEMOCRATIC Progressive Party (DPP) leader Antonio Mwanza says the country should consider separating Cabinet from Parliament in the next major constitutional reform. Mwanza argues that Parliament and Cabinet have different constitutional responsibilities and should not...

FORMER Chongwe UPND MP Sylvia Masebo has maintained her demand for the Chongwe East parliamentary election to be overturned, arguing that MP Anita Kamanga’s campaign violated the Electoral Process Act and the Electoral Code of...

VETERAN politician Dr Mbita Chitala says President Hakainde Hichilema’s re-election should be followed by a gesture of reconciliation and a political truce to help the country move forward. Meanwhile, Dr Chitala has called for an...

THE Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has urged the UPND government to consolidate free education gains in its second term by focusing on improving the quality of learning. ZANEC says free education has brought millions...

THE United States of America has commended Zambia for holding successful and peaceful elections on August 13, 2026. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Defence Principal Public Relations Officer Paul Shalala, Friday, Executive...

ACTING Minister of Education Dr Gilbert Siame has disclosed that out of the 130,866 candidates who sat for the 2026 GCE examination, 112,640 passed. Further, the minister has revealed that 18,226 candidates failed the examination...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) president Professor Lewis Chilufya says Zambia has sufficient laws to help fight corruption, but enforcement is often lacking. TIZ says it does not want to see a selected approach in the...

ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha says Zambia is developing a “worrying” tendency of ignoring the rule of law. Kabesha says some people commit offences and then shift blame to the President. Meanwhile, Director of Public Prosecutions...