Zambia’s 2026 national budgetExpectations grounded in 2025 reality
THIS Friday, the Minister of Finance and National Planning is due to present the 2026 national budget to Parliament. Given that 2026 is an election year, citizens are keen to…
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Malawi broadcaster projects ex-leader Mutharika has won election
LILONGWE - Malawi’s former president Peter Mutharika is projected to have won last week’s presidential election with more than 56 percent of the vote, private broadcaster Times Television reported yesterday…
Electricity exports to reduce to 106MW, says Chikote
By GIDEON NYENDWA ZAMBIA’s electricity exports will be reduced to 106 megawatts (MW) by October 2025 as part of measures to ease the ongoing acute power deficit caused by low…
Hichilema confers with Litunga, Mpezeni
By GRACE CHAIL PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday hosted the Litunga, the King of the Lozi people of Western Province and Paramount Chief Mpenzeni of the Ngoni people of Eastern Province…
Publish list of judges to be recruited
…Brebner Changala has questioned the secrecy surrounding the recruitment of new Judges, demands that the list of the names of those who may have been interviewed should be made public…
Give Back the PF to its True Owners
ANOTHER by-election looms. Another by-election without Zambia’s biggest opposition party, the Patriotic Front (PF). Why? Because the ruling party has stolen it. This is not democracy. It is daylight political…
Mwenye Musenge protests opening of Israeli embassy in Zambia
By ROGERS KALERO MWENYA Musenge has strongly objected the decision by Government to strengthen bilateral relationship with Israeli by reopening its embassy in Zambia when the world is experiencing mass…
The message is clear: restore the PF or risk breaking the country.
‘Defy order not stand as independents’ – Dr Mwelwa advices UPND MPs …urges all aspiring candidates on UPND ticket to ignore the moritorium for UPND members to contest seats at…
ECZ has lost credibility – Mwenye
…to preside over the 2026 general election, says Zambia’s electoral body with its current leadership is incapable of delivering free, fair and transparent elections next year because its leadership is…
Agric insurance pivotal – Phiri
By NOEL IYOMBWA Agriculture insurance plays a pivotal role in times of natural calamities, however very few smallholder farmers have knowledge about insurance apart from the one included in the…
