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8 Nov 2025 | Mwenya Mofya

Halt constitution amendment, focus on economy – Mpika Diocese

THE Catholic Diocese of Mpika has called on government to pause the constitutional amendment process and give attention to immediate needs affecting people. Caritas Mpika says it did not make submissions to the Constitution Amendment... […]

8 Nov 2025 | Mwiche Nalwimba

ZEMA shuts down Zinc-Oxide plant in Kabwe

THE Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has shut down operations at Dashun Industry Company Limited, a Zinc-Oxide Smelting Plant in Kabwe, for persistent non-compliance with environmental regulations. The Agency has revealed that the company defied... […]

8 Nov 2025 | Angela Muchinshi

Kelvin Kaunda resigns from Socialist Party

SOCIALIST Party National Youth Chairperson Kelvin Kaunda has resigned from the party. Announcing his resignation on Phoenix FM’s ‘Let the people talk’ programme, Friday, Kaunda said with recent happenings in the party, it had become... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Mwenya Mofya

Israel President to undertake state visit to Zambia

GOVERNMENT has announced that the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, will undertake a state visit to Zambia from November 10 to 11, 2025. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the visit reciprocates... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Shadreck Jere

Wind of change is only in KBF’s head – Nkandu

UPND Deputy Spokesperson Elvis Nkandu says the wind of change being talked about is only in Kelvin Fube Bwalya’s head. The Zambia Must Prosper (ZMP) leader recently said the same wind of change seen in... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Mwenya Mofya

It’s myopic to suggest that HH should’ve snubbed Tanzania trip – Haimbe

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mulambo Haimbe says detractors suggesting that President Hakainde Hichilema should have snubbed his Tanzanian counterpart’s inauguration are not interested in Zambia’s welfare. Speaking when he featured on Phoenix... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Ivy Mwansa

Few good clauses don’t justify a flawed amendment process – TIZ

HAVING some good clauses in a [constitutional amendment] process that we believe to be fundamentally flawed does not make it okay for that process to be undertaken, says TI-Z. Meanwhile, Constitutional lawyer Mehluli Batakathi says... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Mwiche Nalwimba

Nevers rebrands MMD to NNP, but rival rejects move

NEVERS Mumba says the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has undergone rebranding and will now be known as the New Nation Party (NNP). However, Operation Save MMD leader Gaston Sichilima says Mumba has simply formed... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Elijah Munkombwe

Your honeymoon is over, Kazabu warns council workers abusing CDF

NEWLY sworn-in Local Government Service Commission Chairperson Luxon Kazabu has warned local authority workers dubiously benefiting from CDF, stating that their ‘honeymoon’ is over. Kazabu says local government officials need to fear public property. On... […]

7 Nov 2025 | Angela Muchinshi

PF is not dead, it’s just at crossroads – Sunday

KANCHIBIYA PF MP Sunday Chanda says the PF is not dead but just at a crossroads. In an interview, Thursday, Chanda urged the party to resolve matters out of court, saying time was not on... […]