ECZ suspends counting and announcement of election results The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has suspended the counting and announcement of election results across the country following reports of violence targeting polling staff and the ....
Fellow Zambians,According to the results received and compiled through our Parallel Voter Tabulation (PVT), based on information transmitted to us from polling stations and totalling centres across the country, our tabulation indicates that we have ....
UPND CONFIRMED PARLIAMENTARY SEATS SO FAR.These are parliamentary Seats scooped by the United Party for National Development so far. 1. Hon. Wesley Mulwanda – Mweru, Luapula Province2. Hon. Peter Kapala – Chifunabulu North3. Hon. Favorite ....
UPND sees encouraging early trends...as vote counting continuesBy DAVID KANDUZATHE United Party for National Development (UPND) says early voting trends show encouraging signs for President Hakainde Hichilema as ballot counting continues across Zambia.Mr Haimbe, a ....
By Hopewell Chin'ono Yet again, we get another fundamental lesson in why social media does not matter as much as many people think it does in African electoral politics. Simon Chitambala Mwewa, a hugely popular ....
NRPUP MAKES STRONG GAINS AS PRELIMINARY PARLIAMENTARY TALLIES EMERGEThe National Restoration Party and United Progress Party (NRPUP) is emerging as a major contender in several parliamentary constituencies, according to preliminary and unverified tallies circulating following ....
PRESS STATEMENTFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMUNDUBILE HEADED FOR VICTORY!The preliminary results reaching the NRPUP National Elections Centre from across the country are pointing to a decisive and potentially landslide victory for our Presidential Candidate, Hon. Brian Mundubile. ....
🇿🇲 BRIEFING | Kalulushi Results Announcement Paused Over Disputed FiguresThe announcement of election results in Kalulushi on the Copperbelt has been temporarily suspended after stakeholders questioned discrepancies in some figures being presented. District Returning Officer ....
NGOCC raises concerns as UNZA polling station reopens in the nightNGOCC has raised concern over reports that UNZA polling station that was earlier closed, has been reopened in the dead of the night for continued ....
POOR VOTER TURN-OUT IN SOUTHERN PROVINCEAccording to reports, while the rest of the country has higher voter turnout, Southern province appears to have lower turnout than in 2021.The precise reasons for this decline are unknown, ....
NKOMBO’S TORN SHIRT SEEN AS BID FOR SYMPATHY IN MAZABUKA CENTRAL POLLS Gary Nkombo, an independent candidate for Mazabuka Central, appears to be seeking sympathy from voters by wearing a torn shirt on voting day, ....
MUNDUBILE’S CASTS HIS VOTE AT OLYMPIA AMIDST TIGHT SECURITYThe atmosphere at Olympia polling station in the morning was thick with anticipation and tension, following a uproar caused by UPND cadres. Yet, as the unrest settled, ....
LUSAKA & COPPERBELT HAVE SPOKEN — UPND SHOULD BE WORRIED!The massive voter turnout in Lusaka and the Copperbelt is more than an election statistic. It is a political warning shot to the UPND.These are Zambia’s ....
TI-Z INDICATE THAT 86% OF POLLING STATIONS RECORDED HIGH ADHERENCE TO VOTING PROCEDURES. Transparency International Zambia monitored adherence to voting procedures at 160 polling stations across 115 constituencies. The findings reveal that 86% of the ....
There's growing pattern of repression in Zambia ahead of today's election — Amnesty International AMNESTY International has warned of what it describes as a growing pattern of repression of dissent and independent media in Zambia ....
After spending over R292 million repatriating and deporting illegal migrants, south africa's Home Affairs demands reimbursement from migrants' countries of origin. Over 82 000 illegal migrants have been repatriated and some deported from South africa ....
TEMWA CHAWINGA MATCHES BARBRA BANDA AT WAFCONBy Uncle Philip Banda Malawi’s Temwa Chawinga has caught up with Zambia’s Barbra Banda at the top of the 2026 WAFCON goalscoring chart, setting up an exciting battle for ....
US Senators: Hichilema Is Using the Very Laws That Once Jailed HimFour members of the United States Senate, including the Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, warn of a deteriorating electoral environment on the ....
HUGE VOTER TURNOUT IN LUSAKA IS SIGN OF SUPPORT FOR MUNDUBILE, CLAIMS TOONSEToonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General Chris Zumani Zimba has said that the huge voter turnout being witnessed in Lusaka is an indication that ....
THREE ZAMBIANS ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED MILITARY TRAINING ABROADThree Zambian nationals have been arrested after allegedly undergoing military-related training outside the country. Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security Permanent Secretary Dickson Matembo said the three ....
VOTING UNDERWAY IN MAZABUKA CENTRAL WITH LONG QUEUES Voting has started in Mazabuka Central Constituency with long queues characterizing the exercise.A check by a Byta FM News crew at Kaonga Primary School Polling Stations 1 ....
STATE UNCOVERS ALLEGED PLOT TO DISRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEMThe State says it has uncovered an alleged plot to interfere with Zambia’s electoral system ahead of the August 13 general elections, resulting in the arrest of several ....
TONSE ALLIANCEOffice of the Secretary GeneralLusaka, ZambiaDate: 11th August 2026Ref: TA/SG/2026/081---His Excellency Mr. Saad CachaliaThe High CommissionerRepublic of South AfricaLusaka, ZambiaDateline: LusakaSubject: Urgent Inquiry Regarding Alleged Pre-Marked Ballot Papers for Zambia’s 13 August 2026 General ....
🇿🇲 BRIEFING | Security Probe Widens Around Tonse-Linked Figures and K7.3 MillionA joint team comprising Zambia’s defence and security agencies has arrested several suspects over an alleged plan to interfere with the country’s electoral system, ....
SEVERAL PEOPLE ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.By Veronica Chilufya.Zambia’s Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security says several people have been arrested over an alleged plot to interfere with the ....
AU ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION LEADER IS A MEMBER OF BRENTHURST FOUNDATIONIn July 2022, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema conferred the Order of the Eagle of Zambia (1st Division) on three former African presidents—Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), Ellen ....
Zambians will spend fives years regretting if they Elect the Wrong President – Mukuka Youth advocate Tiza Mukuka has warned Zambians that they could spend the next five years regretting their decision if they vote ....
VOTE FOR US, YOU DESERVE BETTER, MUNDUBILE TELLS SOUTHERN PROVINCE With just a day before voting NRP-UP backed Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance presidential candidate Brian Mundubile has appeared to the people of Southern province to vote for ....
KATELE CALLS MILES THE SMALL SNAKE IN THE GRASSVeteran politician and former Minister of Finance Dr. Katele Kalumba has responded to Miles Sampa who is in Alliance with UPND: Some people mistake proximity to power ....
ECZ REVOKES BINWELL MPUNDU’S ACCREDITATION TO NATIONAL RESULTS CENTRELusaka, August 11, 2026 – The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has revoked, with immediate effect, the accreditation granted to Binwell Mpundu to access the National Results ....
FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE FRANCIS MWALE ABDUCTED BY STATE AGENCIESThe immediate past Deputy Director General of the Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS), Francis Mwale, was abducted last night in an operation conducted by ....
HICHILEMA BELIEVES SO MUCH IN SATANISM AND HIS BEHIND ALL RITUAL KILLINGS AND ABDUCTIONS — DR KATELE KALUMBA HAS CHARGEI’m a striking development, former Finance Minister Dr. Kateri Kalumba has launched a scathing critique of ....
IN STATEMENT - MUNDUBILE DEMANDS ANSWERS OVER ALLEGED DETENTION OF OPPOSITION FIGURES AHEAD OF POLLSLusaka, Tuesday, August 11, 2026 – National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) presidential candidate Brian Mundubile has demanded that ....
By Given Mutinta HOW HAKAINDE HICHILEMA BECAME UPND’S UNEXPECTED LEADERIn the annals of Zambian political history, the 2006 succession of the United Party for National Development (UPND) remains one of the most clandestine and dramatic ....
You'll be haunted if you don't vote the ruling UPND — WynterECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says those who will not vote for President Hakainde Hichilema on August 13 will be wasting their time. Speaking ....
Caritas Condemns State AbductionsCALL FOR DISCLOSURE OF WHEREABOUTS ABD DUE PROCESS FOR PERSONSTAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY STATE SECURITY AGENTSLUSAKA |I1th August 2026As Caritas Zambia, we are extremely concerned by the increasing allegations of arrests anddetentions ....
LAW BREAKERS AT POLLING STATIONS WILL FACE THE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW — HICHILEMA.President Hakainde Hichilema has issued a stern warning to anyone planning to disrupt the electoral process, saying lawlessness and violence will ....
DEVELOPING | Mundubile Raises Alarm Over Missing Campaign Team Tonse Pamodzi Alliance presidential candidate Brian Mundubile has raised fresh allegations of state interference in his campaign, claiming 34 members of his security detail are ....
POLICE INTENSIFY SECURITY AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTION, CAUTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND MISINFORMATIONHighlights from the statement issued by Inspector General of police, Graphel Musamba✅ The Zambia Police Service has intensified security operations across the country ahead ....
DEC confiscates "impiya shabalanda", asserts Binwell NRPUP Presidential Affairs Chairman Binwell Mpundu asserts that, the Drug Enforcement Commission—DEC, has moved in to confiscate donations made to the party by well wishers, mostly Zambians at home ....
