FAZ hails resurgent Zambian Football after weekend wins
FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Keith Mweemba has expressed satisfaction with a resurgent and triumphant weekend for Zambian football, commending the hunger and desire to win displayed across multiple fronts. The wave of positive results was capped on Sunday evening by the historic achievement of the Zambia National Futsal Team. The side secured a…...
Alliances must be registered to contest elections, ECZ guides
ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro says political alliances must register with the Registrar of Societies if they want to contest in an election. Speaking on Diamond TV, Sunday, Kasaro added that candidates must only use campaign materials and symbols of the party under which they have filed nominations. “If you…...
Alliances whose only agenda is removing HH are useless – Antonio
DEMOCRATIC Progressive Party (DPP) leader Antonio Mwanza says any alliance whose only agenda is to remove President Hakainde Hichilema should not be supported, describing them as “useless” arrangements that serve politicians. He notes that existing opposition alliances have failed to provide economic solutions, but instead spend their time exchanging insults and attacking each other rather…...
Nyirenda threatens to sue Lubinda-led PF after being accused of withholding K850,000
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Brenda Nyirenda says she will sue the Given Lubinda-led faction if they continue harassing her over the K850,000 allegedly paid by four presidential aspirants. PF faction acting Secretary General Celestine Mukandila has accused Nyirenda of withholding money paid by Given Lubinda, Chanda Katotobwe, Makebi Zulu and Willah Mudolo as expression…...
Opposition would make a confused govt in its current state – Sunday Chanda
KANCHIBIYA PF MP Sunday Chanda says PF will cease to exist once its MPs are elected on the Special Purpose Vehicle. And Chanda says he doesn’t mind being called a “muselela kwakaba” (an opportunist) if that is translating into development for his people. In an interview, Monday, Chanda said the opposition would create a very…...
It’s blasphemy to say God appointed Mundubile to rule Zambia – Milupi
UPND Alliance Chairperson Charles Milupi says it’s blasphemy to say Brian Mundubile was appointed by God to rule Zambia. Meanwhile, UPND Deputy Spokesperson Elvis Nkandu has advised the opposition to resolve their issues so that they don’t have excuses when they lose the August polls. Recently, Mkushi South PF MP Davies Chisopa said God had…...
MoF spent K6.6bn on domestic debt in Jan
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning says it released K23.2 billion in January to finance public service delivery, of which K7.4 billion was spent on debt servicing, among others. And Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the revised Cash for Work programme is expected to restart in March or April, 2026…....
Consultation in delimitation exercise will allay fears of gerrymandering
DELIMITATION of constituencies is one of those exercises that sounds too technical for the participation of ordinary citizens, until you think deeply about what it really means: who gets represented, who gets heard and who becomes “too far” from public service. If you redraw constituencies in a careless, secretive or segregative way, boundaries are not…...
Recent expulsions of PF members are null and void – Chiteme
PF faction member of the central committee Alexander Chiteme says all recent suspensions and expulsions of PF members are null and void, owing to the injunction by the Kabwe High Court. Earlier this month, the Given Lubinda-led PF faction held a conference and expelled several members, including Stephen Kampyongo, Francis Kapyanga, Brian Mundubile, Mutotwe Kafwaya,…...
RTSA goes cashless
THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says effective 1st March, 2026, the Agency will transition to cashless payments for all its services at all its stations countrywide. In a statement, Monday, the Agency stated that the transition meant that no RTSA Service Centre or partner would accept cash for payment of any service. “The…...