Lusaka
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Entertainment
Producers demand a better pay.
Zambian music producers have called for greater recognition and better pay, saying their contributions to the country’s entertainment industry continue to be overlooked despite playing a major role in creating hit songs. Speaking in an interview with Lusaka Star, music producer Mzenga Mwale, popularly known…
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Crime & Courts
Lima MP Kelvin Kaunda Arrested for Assault
The Zambia Police Service has formally arrested and charged Lima Member of Parliament Kelvin Kaunda with Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (OABH) over an alleged assault that occurred during campaign roadshows in Lusaka. In a press statement issued today Friday, October 16, 2026, Police Public…
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Business
Plan with El Niño in mind – Chilengi
Minister says health sector should factor in floods, droughts FUMBE CHANDA Lusaka MINISTER of Health Roma Chilengi says health planning for 2027 should take into account potential floods and droughts associated with El Niño, which can disrupt service delivery. Meanwhile, Minister of Green Economy and…
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Politics
HH thanks God for privilege to serve
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is grateful to God for giving him a privilege to serve Zambians, with a call on public servants to place service to the nation above personal interests. Mr Hichilema wants everyone serving in his administration to do so with…
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Zambia
$3.6bn health boost
MATHEWS MALAZIKA, CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka ZAMBIA and the United States are tomorrow set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on health financing involving a combined commitment of more than US$3.6 billion over the next five years, in what Government says will strengthen the country’s…
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Business
World Bank rates Zambia highly
Country among Africa’s best-run economies BIVAN SALUSEKI Lusaka ZAMBIA is among four African countries whose economies are better managed, says World Bank. According to World Bank, improved economic management and reforms are beginning to yield results in Zambia, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Angola. Reuters reports that…
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Politics
HH wants enhanced stakeholder collaboration on Lobito
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called for enhanced collaboration among Zambia, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as stronger partnerships with the private sector, to accelerate implementation of Lobito Corridor Project. Mr Hichilema said the project requires increased investment and…
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Zambia
Zambia, US reach deal
Parties ready to sign $1.5 billion health funding pact MATHEWS MALAZIKA Lusaka THE Zambian Government is ready to sign a US$1.5 billion health funding agreement with the United States after resolving concerns over clauses relating to data protection and specimen sharing, Minister of Health Roma…
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Agriculture
Keep enough maize for homes
HH urges chiefs to sensitise subjects on food security amid El Niño-induced drought fears CATHERINE BWALYA, MATHEWS MALAZIKA Monze, Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged traditional leaders to sensitise their subjects to retain enough maize for household consumption amid warnings of an impending El Niño-induced…
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Crime & Courts
Celestine Mukandila Granted K20,000 Bail
Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General and lawyer Celestine Mukandila has been granted K20,000 cash bail by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a case he is facing four counts of forgery and uttering false documents. Mukandila pleaded not guilty to all four counts involving documents relating…
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Politics
$2.4bn UAE business
HH’s Abu Dhabi trip secures MoUs across various sectors CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has secured six agreements worth a combined US$2.4 billion with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in a major push to attract investment and accelerate the implementation of the Grow Zambia…
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Crime & Courts
Archbishop Alick Banda Released from Chimbokaila
Lusaka Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese, Dr. Alick Banda, has been released from Chimbokaila Correctional Facility after meeting all his bail conditions. Dr. Banda’s release comes after spending a night in custody following his failure to complete the bail process in time, despite being granted…
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Crime & Courts
Mukandila Appears in Court on Forgery Charges
Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General and lawyer Celestin Mukandila has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and is expected to take plea on charges of forgery and uttering false documents. Mr Mukandila was arrested on August 20, 2026, over allegations that he is not a…
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Politics
Katele remarks, threats despicable – Kavindele
MATHEWS MALAZIKA Lusaka FORMER Vice-President Enoch Kavindele has described Katele Kalumba’s remarks and threats against President Hakainde Hichilema as despicable, especially coming from a former Cabinet minister. Mr Kavindele said that regardless of any disagreements, the office of the President commands respect at all costs…
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Crime & Courts
Nsofwa challenges detention, cites ‘filthy’ Kabwata cells
Former Zambia Police Service Director of Investigations, Michel Nsofwa, has applied to the Lusaka High Court for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his continued detention and alleging that he is being held in “filthy” and inhumane conditions at Kabwata Police Station. Nsofwa has cited…
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Politics
Zambia: From basket case to case study
PHILIP CHISALU Lusaka UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance secretary to the Council of Presidents Ezra Ngulube says Zambia could become a case study in Africa over the next five to 10 years if the country sustains its economic transformation and prospects for increased…
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Business
LCC Gives Street Vendors September 29 Deadline
The Lusaka City Council has directed all street vendors to vacate undesignated trading areas and return to their allocated spaces in markets by September 29, 2026. The Council says vendors who fail to comply with the directive risk losing their trading spaces, which will subsequently…
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Crime & Courts
Appeal against HoneyBee, Chilufya acquittal to proceed
GRACE CHAILE Lusaka THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) has ruled that the Director of Public Prosecutions’ appeal against the acquittal of former Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya, HoneyBee Pharmacy Limited and seven others is properly before the court and ready to proceed. A…
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Zambia
Chitimukulu warns social media abusers
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE Chitimukulu, Kanyanta Manga II of the Bemba, says Zambians, especially the youth, who are fond of verbally abusing the elderly and leaders on social media risk being cursed. The 82-year-old traditional leader, himself a victim of verbal abuse, is dismayed by…
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Zambia
Former ZAF commander Peter Zuze dies
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka ZAMBIA’S first indigenous Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander, Lieutenant General Peter Dingiswayo Zuze, has died at the age of 83 after an illness. Lt Gen Zuze died on Monday, with his death announced by the Zambia Air Force and confirmed by his…
