By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka Magistrate’s Court has found three former Ministry of Health Permanent secretaries and five others with a case to answer in a matter they are charged with willful failure to follow procedure, involving the procurement of 50 ambulances.Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili subsequently placed all of them on their […]
IF PF DOESN’T SOBER UP AND COME TO TERMS WITH CHABINGA, THERE WILL BE NO PF ON THE BALLOT PAPER NEXT YEAR Chabinga, as comical as he may sound, has the laws of our nation in his hands through Miles Sampa. If the other PF camp does not cooperate with him, there will be no […] The post IF PF DOESN’T SOBER UP AND COME TO TERMS WITH CHABINGA, THERE WILL BE NO PF ON THE BALLOT PAPER NEXT YEAR first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS NOT ENOUGH FOR UPND’S 2026 PROSPECTS Political Analyst Francis Chipili has charged that the UPND government should only base their confidence in returning back to power in 2026 on the opposition being unstable and not economic fundamentals. Mr. Chipili, who is also Zambian institute of Governance and Civil Liberties Advocacy […] The post POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS NOT ENOUGH FOR UPND’S 2026 PROSPECTS first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
EMV EXPOSES COVER-UP IN ZAMBIA’S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER By Brian Matambo, Lusaka, Zambia On EMV Tonight, Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba dedicated the broadcast to what may be Zambia’s darkest environmental catastrophe: the February 18, 2025 collapse of a Sino Metals tailings dam that spilled more than 1.5 million metric tons of toxic waste into the Mbashi […] The post EMV EXPOSES COVER-UP IN ZAMBIA’S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
THERE’S NO GUARANTEE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD MAKE BETTER LEADERS – SIMUTANYI By: News Diggers POLITICAL Analyst Neo Simutanyi says age does not make one a better leader, and there is no guarantee that young people can be better leaders compared to older people. Simutanyi says that anyone aspiring to lead the country must belong to […] The post THERE’S NO GUARANTEE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD MAKE BETTER LEADERS – SIMUTANYI first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
NAKACHINDA, SAMPA BELONG TO TONSE ALLIANCE – CHABINGA Mafinga Member of Parliament, Robert Chabinga, has charged that the faction of the Patriotic Front (PF) led by Raphael Nakacinda and Matero MP Miles Sampa is not actually a part of the PF. Instead, he argues that they are aligned with the Tonse Alliance. Addressing the media […] The post NAKACHINDA, SAMPA BELONG TO TONSE ALLIANCE – CHABINGA first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
Victims of Kafue Pollution, Demand $9.7billion Compensation Over 47 households from Kalulushi’s Kalusale Community have issued a demand letter to Sino Metals, seeking the immediate payment of K220 million as interim compensation to facilitate their relocation, resettlement, medical screening, independent testing, treatment, and livelihood restoration. The households are also demanding payment of $9.7 billion for […] The post Victims of Kafue Pollution, Demand $9.7billion Compensation first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
The Mayor Position By Dickson Jere In 2003, I was among those appointed by President Levy Mwanawasa, SC, to draft the country’s constitution under the Mung’omba Constitution Review Commission (CRC). We toured the country – all districts and constituencies – to get views of Zambians on what they wanted to be included in the Constitution. […] The post Mayor is supposed to be bigger than MPs who are only in-charge of a constituency- Dickson Jere first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
FREE QUALITY EDUCATION OUR SOLUTION FREE EDUCATION MUST BE FREE What the UPND has been calling free education is really not free education as such – it is something else, something that may resemble free education but is not. Free education must be free education. For us, free education entails free primary education for all. […] The post FREE QUALITY EDUCATION OUR SOLUTION FREE EDUCATION MUST BE FREE- Fred M’membe first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
TRANSPORT MINISTER DISSOLVES ZACL BOARD TO ALIGN WITH GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGIC FOCUS By Wagon MediaLusaka – 1st September 2025 In a bold move to realign Zambia’s aviation sector with national development goals, Minister of Transport and Logistics, Hon. Museba Frank Tayali, has dissolved the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) Board of Directors, effective immediately. The Minister […] The post TRANSPORT MINISTER DISSOLVES ZACL BOARD TO ALIGN WITH GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGIC FOCUS first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
Urgent PRESS STATEMENT *SOUTHERN PROVINCE CRIES as MUNALI NICKEL MINE IS SHUTING DOWN BUT UPND GOVT & MINE INVESTORS BETRAYS AND ABANDONS MINE WORKERS: EFF DENOUNCES THE BETRAYAL*- Kasonde Mwenda C-EFF President 31st August 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the abandonment and betrayal of our miners by the […] The post SOUTHERN PROVINCE CRIES as MUNALI NICKEL MINE IS SHUTING DOWN BUT UPND GOVT & MINE INVESTORS BETRAYS AND ABANDONS MINE WORKERS: EFF DENOUNCES THE BETRAYAL- Kasonde Mwenda C-EFF President first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
Zimbabwe to Skip 2028 Polls as Garwe Declares Mnangagwa’s Term Extended Local Government Minister and ZANU-PF Mashonaland East Provincial Chairperson, Daniel Garwe, has announced that Zimbabwe will not hold national elections until 2030. He made the declaration during a ZANU-PF Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting in Marondera on Sunday, 31 August 2025. According to The Herald, […] The post Zimbabwe to Skip 2028 Polls as Garwe Declares Mnangagwa’s Term Extended first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
PEOPLE CAN’T EAT PRESS BRIEFINGS UPND has failed to heal poverty in the country but is concentrating on holding boring press briefings. By Mast Reporter THE United Party for National Development (UPND) government must focus its energy on reducing poverty because Zambians cannot eat endless press briefings, Dr Lawrence Mwelwa has said. Dr Lawrence Mwelwa […] The post PEOPLE CAN’T EAT PRESS BRIEFINGS first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
UPND’s Right to Inform, Why Press Briefings Matter in a Democracy By Tobbius C Hamunkoyo-LLB With due respect, Dr. Mwelwa, nothing prevents the UPND administration from informing the nation about developments across all sectors. In fact, this is a constitutional obligation anchored in transparency and accountability The people of Zambia deserve to know what government […] The post UPND’s Right to Inform, Why Press Briefings Matter in a Democracy first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
WOMAN CATCHES HUSBAND DÉFILING 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ON MATRIMONIAL BED A WOMAN of Lundazi District in Eastern Province has been left traumatised after catching red-handed, her husband defiling her 11-year-old daughter. Wedson Khonje, 46, tricked his wife, Meya, 31 by sending her to the market to buy beef, around 19:00 hours, on Sunday, August […] The post WOMAN CATCHES HUSBAND DÉFILING 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ON MATRIMONIAL BED first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
HON. CHARLES ABEL MULENGA INSPECTS NKANA EAST POLICE POST AND MAMA ESTHER CLINIC By Dennis Sikazwe Jr Yesterday, Kwacha Constituency Member of Parliament, Hon. Charles Abel Mulenga, visited Nkana East Police Post and Mama Esther Clinic in Kitwe. At the police post, Hon. Mulenga held discussions with the Officer in Charge, where a number of […] The post HON. CHARLES ABEL MULENGA INSPECTS NKANA EAST POLICE POST AND MAMA ESTHER CLINIC first appeared on The Zambian Observer .
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