We’ll not settle for group stage exit at WC – Mubanga
ZAMBIA Under-17 women’s national team captain, Taonga Mubanga has issued a powerful statement of intent, declaring that the Copper Princesses will not settle for a group-stage exit if they qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 women’s World Cup in Morocco,…
We expect mealie meal prices to drop by July – Hamusimbi
CHIEF Agricultural Advisor for the Job Accelerator Project Coillard Hamusimbi says by July this year the country will see dynamics pushing mealie prices down due to the fact that a lot of farmers will have harvested. Hamusimbi adds that the…
Gary laments after arrest, I’d have behaved differently if I knew then what I know now
POLICE in Mazabuka have arrested and charged Gary Nkombo with two counts of assault in relation to the recent incident at Mazabuka Civic Centre. And Nkombo says if he knew then what he knows now, he would have behaved differently,…
Zambia has no record of election unrest – UPND tells US Embassy
CORNELIUS Mweetwa has dismissed claims by the US Embassy in Zambia that there might be increased civil unrest in the country ahead of the August elections. Mweetwa says Zambia has no record of political unrest related to elections since independence….
Eurobond Holders Reject Zambia’s Buy-back Move
Amb Emmanuel Mwamba writes:Eurobond Holders Reject Zambia’s Buy-back Move Markets Zambia Creditor Group Challenges $1.36 Billion Bond BuybackBy Constantine Courcoulas and Matthew HillJune 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM GMT+2 A group of holders of Zambia’s dollar bonds maturing 2053 is…
Before you stop rescuing trapped ‘illegal’ miners, destroy the illegal network financing the operation
THE rescue of five small-scale miners who survived 17 days underground at a gold mine in Mumbwa should have been a moment of deep national reflection. Instead, it has exposed government’s increasingly reactive and simplistic approach to the growing crisis…
Team Zambia heads to Zim for 2026 Zone VI Nations Championship
THE road to the Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) Zone VI senior LA28 qualifiers is officially underway, with Zambia’s women’s and men’s volleyball teams departing for Harare, Zimbabwe, where the region’s best teams will battle for glory from 7–14 June…
It’d be unwise to export maize given poor rainfall forecast – Sichinga
FORMER Agriculture minister Bob Sichinga says it would be unwise for the country to continue exporting maize given forecasts of below-average rainfall for the 2026/2027 farming season. Sichinga says despite the projected maize harvest of 4.9 million metric tonnes, the…
NO DISPUTES EXPECTED IN MPEZENI SUCCESSION PROCESS – George Zulu
NO DISPUTES EXPECTED IN MPEZENI SUCCESSION PROCESS – George Zulu Senior Advisor to the late Paramount Chief Mpezeni IV, George Zulu, says he does not expect any disputes in the process of selecting a new Paramount Chief, as the succession…
HOW THE SUSPECTED ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL SOLOMON MUJURU EXPOSED THE DEADLY SHADOW STATE OF ZANU PF
HOW THE SUSPECTED ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL SOLOMON MUJURU EXPOSED THE DEADLY SHADOW STATE OF ZANU PF BOOK REVIEW Title: The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Solomon Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker Author: Blessing-Miles Tendi Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge…