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State House Rejects Claims Over Court Closure
State House says claims that President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA ordered the closure of...
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LITIGANTS URGED TO GAIN EVIDENCE…as military locks down Zambian courts
DAVID KANDUZAKITWE based legal expert Clement Tafeni has advised citizens to secure proof of State-enforced barriers to protect their legal rights amid unprecedented judiciary shutdowns. Mr Tafeni who is Managing Partner at Tafeni & Company Legal Practitioners urged litigants and legal practitioners caught up
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Presidency denies Hichilema ordered court closure, cites security assessments
State House has denied claims that President Hakainde Hichilema ordered the closure of courts on Monday to block opposition election petitions, saying the Judiciary was independent and that the President had no authority over court filings. On Monday, Inspector General of Police Graphel Musamba defended…
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Petition filed in Constitutional Court seeking to nullify election of Hicilema as president
Lawyer and human rights advocate, Linda Kasonde, Brebner Changala and the LCK Freedom Foundation have petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking to nullify the August 13 presidential election and declare President Hakainde Hichilema’s election invalid. The three petitioners have cited the Electoral Commission of Zambia, the…
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Mnangagwa Congratulates President Elect Hichilema
PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT HICHILEMA ON RE-ELECTION His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, has extended his warm congratulations to President Hakainde Hichilema following his re-election as President of the Republic of Zambia. President Mnangagwa expressed full confidence that under President…
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Hh Had No Power to Close Courts — State House
HOUSE Details in the Statement……. We have noted with concern claims that President Hakainde Hichilema ordered the closure of the courts on Monday, 24th August 2026 to prevent the opposition from filing election petitions. This allegation is inconsistent with both the constitutional order and the…
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Filing Presidential Petition to Chief Justice’s Personal Email Invalid – Shalala
UPND consultant Oliver Shalala Sepiso has argued that a presidential election petition cannot be validly filed or served by sending it to the Chief Justice’s personal email address. Mr Shalala stated that presidential election petitions must be formally lodged through the Constitutional Court Registry
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Linda Kasonde Files Presidential Petition Electronically
BREAKING; LINDA KASONDE FILES PRESIDENTIAL PETITION ELECTRONICALLY. Former Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) President Linda Kasonde has taken a significant legal step by attempting to electronically file a Presidential Petition following reported security concerns at the Judiciary. In a letter addressed to Chief Justice Mumba…
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President Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn in next Tuesday, 1st September 2026
Hichilema set to embark on new mandate next week Tue! PRESIDENT-Elect Hakainde Hichilema is next week Tuesday, September 1, 2026, set to begin his second term in office following his declaration as winner of the August 13 general elections. President Hichilema polled over 2.9 million…
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Tasila Lungu Reportedly Leaves Zambia Secretely as Husband Remains in Detention
Former Chawama Member of Parliament Tasila Lungu has reportedly left Zambia for South Africa, while her husband, Patrick Mwansa, remains in detention in connection with terrorism and insurgency related charges. According to sources within political and security circles, Ms. Lungu is believed to have
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A Robot Could Have Filed It — but Could It Have Proved It
IT! By Patrick Mukosha My dear friends, let us not confuse the existence of electronic filing with the automatic validity of a petition. Yes, if the authorised electronic filing system was operational, lawyers could potentially file electronically. But that raises the obvious question:
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CATHOLIC CHURCH LOSES POLITICAL GRIP ….Lubinda Haabazoka warns bishops perceived as biased political players rather than neutral referees
Zambian academic and economist Lubinda Haabazoka has warned that the Roman Catholic Church leadership has officially lost its historical influence over the population due to perceived political bias. In a detailed analysis of the
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Emmanuel Mwamba 2017 Article Resurfaces
BREAKING NEWS: EMMANUEL MWAMBA 2017 ARTICLE RESURFACES MAY 20, 2017 EMMANUEL MWAMBA: HAS ZAMBIA SLID INTO DICTATORSHIP? “THE ARREST OF AN INDIVIDUAL, CANNOT SLIDE THE COUNTRY INTO DICTORSHIP ”. By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba ON 23rd April, a strong worded media statement signed by Archbishop Telesephore…
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Linda Kasonde, Two Others Challenge August 13 Presidential Election
Former Law Association of Zambia President Linda Kasonde and two others have filed a petition challenging the August 13, 2026 presidential election in which President Hakainde Hichilema was declared winner by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). The other petitioners are governance activist Brebner Changala…
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You Can’t File Case Without Leave On Holidays- Dickson Jere
You Can’t File Case Without Leave On Holidays By Dickson Jere The Courts in Zambia have four vacations per year.One such vacation is called Michaelmas, which is between August 8th and 6th September, 2025. The operation of the Court system is reduced during this period…
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The Dilemma of mourning an Alleged militia member and former cabinet mimister
Zambia has spent ten days trying to hold two accounts of Mutotwe Kafwaya at once, and struggling to manage it. One,a former Cabinet minister and sitting MP, mourned with tributes, a rival’s home visit, and calls for justice. The other, a man found on the…
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Post-Election Process: Amb. Muhabi Lungu Raise Concerns with EU Observers
POST-ELECTION PROCESS: AMBASSADORS RAISE CONCERNS WITH EU OBSERVERS Ambassadors Muhabi Lungu and George Chulumanda today met with the European Union Election Observation Mission Zambia to formally present serious concerns surrounding the post-election petition process and the circumstances affecting access to the courts. During the engagement…
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I have not betrayed Mundubile.I have chosen to grieve within myself rather than allow emotions to provoke or worsen an already sensitive situation- Chanoda Ngwira
SILENCE IS GOLDEN, NOT EVERY PAIN NEEDS A PUBLIC VOICE By Chanoda Ngwira F Many people have been asking me why i am not on social media regards what is at hand.. WELL, sometimes silence is golden, especially at a time when millions of messages…
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Nobody knew about Militia activities, until blabbermouth Binwell alerted the country on arrested Russian snippers!
Election campaigns were going on smoothly until two serious incidents surfaced. Russian Trained snippers Tonse leaders had mobilized money from home and abroad to take down the Democratically elected government, not through the ballot but illegal means of using force. To do this they had…
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Government to Upgrade Great East Road to Dual Carriageway from Airport to Chongwe.
Government is planning to transform the section of the Great East Road between the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport roundabout and Chongwe into a dual carriageway, in a major infrastructure development aimed at improving connectivity, easing traffic congestion and supporting economic growth along
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When War Came to Zambia: Chikumbi, Kavalamanja and the Price We Paid for African Freedom
There is a danger in living in a peaceful country for too long. Peace begins to look normal. A child born in Zambia today can grow into adulthood without hearing bombs falling from the sky. He can go to school
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A Moment of Jewish Wisdom: The Porcupines as a Yardstick on Why a Nation Must Learn to Live Together
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, of blessed memory, once taught a beautiful lesson using the example of porcupines in winter. The illustration originally comes from the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Imagine a group of porcupines on a bitterly
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“Is Zambia’s Democracy on Trial?”…When Love Is Arrested, Who Posts Bail?”- Amb. AM.
“Is Zambia’s Democracy on Trial?”…When Love Is Arrested, Who Posts Bail?” AM 24.08.26 Peace is cheaper than conflict, yet history shows nations that spurned it forever held their breath. Somalia, once a proud Horn of Africa state, collapsed into ‘warlordism’. Liberia bled through decades of…
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Putin Gives the Kremlin Power to Take over Businesses Hit by Ukraine
UKRAINE Vladimir Putin has authorized the Russian state to assume “temporary management” of critical infrastructure when the government decides its owners failed to protect it from Ukrainian drones—or did not repair it quickly enough afterward. The decree covers energy facilities, factories, communications, transportation,
