August 02

• Zambia: PF Youths Continue Attacking ECZ

  Patriotic Front youth have continued their assault on the Electoral Commission of Zambia with Lusaka Province youth chairperson Kennedy Kamba telling a PF meeting that they will be... Read more »

• Zambia: It's Strange PF Can't Concede Defeat - CCZ

  The Council of Churches in Zambia says it is strange that the Patriotic Front that are the architects of by-elections are finding it hard to accept defeat. Read more »

August 01

• Zambia: UPND MP Abandons PF Post Fearing Dejection

  Opposition United Party for National Development Kalabo Member of Parliament Chinga Miyutu has resigned his deputy ministerial position in the Patriotic Front government. Read more »

• Zambia: ZCCM-IH Minority Shareholders Warn of PF Mismanagement

  Zambia's largest state-owned copper mining interest ZCCM-IH has been accused of poor governance and ineffective management by the Patriotic Front (PF) government by minority... Read more »

July 31

• Zambia: Human Rights Body Oppose Immunity Legislation for Chiefs

  The Human Rights Commission has opposed government's plans to introduce legislation to bar subjects from taking traditional leaders to court. Read more »

• Zambia: DPP Causes Adjournment of Rupiah Banda Trucks Case

  The Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito caused another adjournment Tuesday July 30, 2013 in the matter Zambia's former President Rupiah Banda is charged with concealing... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Candidate Hopes Mugabe Will Follow Zambia's Democratic Example

  One of the opposition candidates participating in the ongoing Zimbabwe presidential elections has lauded Zambia for setting a strong democratic example for the region, which should... Read more »

July 30

• Zambia: PF Go for Taima After Solwezi East Defeat

  The Patriotic Front (PF) in Lusaka has demanded that former Solwezi East Member of Parliament Richard Taima exculpates himself or leaves the ruling party over allegations that he... Read more »

• Zambia: PF Youth Wing Join ECZ Onslaught

  The Patriotic Front has unleashed its youth wing on the Electoral Commission of Zambia with level party functionaries taking turns in attacking the elections body for having... Read more »

• Zambia: Kalusha Bwalya - Preaching the Right Message to Wrong People

  Football Association of Zambia Kalusha Bwalya, seemingly getting too comfortable under the wash of the blue colour spray of The Post Newspapers, let his mind running away a little... Read more »

• Zambia: PF Want to Remove ECZ Head, Charges Fr Bwalya

  Opposition Alliance for a Better Zambia has exposed a scheme by the Patriotic Front government to hound out Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Ireen Mambilima for being... Read more »

• Zambia: Hamasaka Stressed Over Shifting Goal Posts By Police

  Former Evelyn Hone College lecturer Clayson Hamasaka has said he is stressed over the law enforcement agencies' continued shift of goal posts as they attempt to charge him for... Read more »

• Zambia: Opinion - MMD, UPND Must Unite in By-Elections

  It's about four days now since the ruling Patriotic Front woke up to a rude shock of the outcome of four by-elections with three of them going the opposition way. The ruling party... Read more »

• Zambia: Banda Set a Precedent By Stepping Down, Says Zimbabwean Activist

  The executive director for Heal Zimbabwe, Rashid Mahiya, has said former president Rupiah Banda has set a precedent to other current African leaders that there can be a smooth... Read more »

• Zambia: Police Accused of Planting Pornography On Journalist's Computer

  After failing to link former Evelyn Hone College journalism professor Clayson Hamasaka to a sedition charge, the Zambia Police planted evidence of obscene materials on his seized... Read more »

July 29

• Zambia: Seized Coal Mine Has Trouble Finding Buyer

  Miners at Collum Coal Mine in Sinazeze have said they have little hope in government finding a buyer for the troubled mine after it was expropriated from Chinese Investors... Read more »

• Zambia: Former MMD Minister Joins UPND

  Former Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale has resigned from the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) to join the United Party for National Development (UPND). Read more »

July 28

• Zambia: Mulongoti Tells Sata Not to Complain About PS

  People's Party President Mike Mulongoti says President Michael Sata should not complain about permanent secretaries not performing because he is the one who hired them. Read more »

• Zambia: ECZ Stand Its Ground On Mpezeni Despite Kabimba Attacks

  The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has stood up to Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba who they have warned against unwarranted public attacks on them. Read more »

• Zambia: Free Journalist Wilson Mpondamali

  Wilson Pondamali was granted bail by the courts but the PF police have continued holding onto him. Read more »

• Zambia: Gen Miyanda Salutes UPND, MMD

  Opposition Heritage Party president Brigadier General Miyanda has conveyed his congratulations to the opposition Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) and the United Party for... Read more »

• Zambia: Embrace Online Media - Fr Samasumo

  Catholic Media communications director Fr Paul Samasumo says rather than fight online media the Zambians must embrace it as it represented the future. Read more »

July 27

• Zambia: PF Minister Confirms Media Clampdown

  Information Minister Mwansa Kapeya has confirmed that government is still assessing if people are still accessing online publications that were blocked by the state security... Read more »

July 26

• Zambia: MMD Suspends Lusambo

  Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy has suspended it Die Hard Youth Wing chairperson Bowman Lusambo for bringing the party into disrepute. Read more »

• Zambia: Police Struggle With Andrew Banda Defamation Case

  The police are struggling to find a reason to hold Andrew Banda after arresting him with the intention to charge him with defamation of the president. Read more »