THREE ZAMBIANS ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED MILITARY TRAINING ABROAD Three 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 Dickson Tembo, Victor Muzyamba and Gideon Ezra Tolopa, were intercepted at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on August 1, 2026,
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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 and 2 found several voters already in queues. Kaonga Primary School Polling Station 2 Presiding Officer, Precious Ng’andu, declared
Read MoreSTATE UNCOVERS ALLEGED PLOT TO DISRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEM The 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 suspects, including three former senior government officials. Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security Permanent Secretary Dickson Matembo said
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TONSE ALLIANCEOffice of the Secretary GeneralLusaka, Zambia Date: 11th August 2026Ref: TA/SG/2026/081 — His Excellency Mr. Saad CachaliaThe High CommissionerRepublic of South AfricaLusaka, Zambia Dateline: Lusaka Subject: Urgent Inquiry Regarding Alleged Pre-Marked Ballot Papers for Zambia’s 13 August 2026 General Elections in Transit via the Republic of South Africa Your Excellency, On behalf of the
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🇿🇲 BRIEFING | Security Probe Widens Around Tonse-Linked Figures and K7.3 Million A 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, bringing together several developments which have unfolded around figures linked to the Tonse Alliance in recent days. Home Affairs
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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 country’s electoral system ahead of the general election. Permanent Secretary Dickson Matembo, said the arrests followed an intelligence-led
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AU ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION LEADER IS A MEMBER OF BRENTHURST FOUNDATION In 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 Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), and Ernest Bai Koroma (Sierra Leone)—who also serve on the advisory board of the Brenthurst Foundation.
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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 for the wrong presidential candidate in Thursday’s election. Speaking on South Africa’s Light FM Radio, Mukuka described tomorrow’s election as
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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 NRP-UP. In a message below seen by Zambian Eye to the 10th province the NRP-UP presidential campaign team should have
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KATELE CALLS MILES THE SMALL SNAKE IN THE GRASS Veteran 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 for stature, and political inheritance for wisdom. I have no quarrel with those who defend their patron. But when
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ECZ REVOKES BINWELL MPUNDU’S ACCREDITATION TO NATIONAL RESULTS CENTRE Lusaka, 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 Centre, citing concerns over public safety and security. In a press statement issued Tuesday, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Brown
Read MoreFORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE FRANCIS MWALE ABDUCTED BY STATE AGENCIES The immediate past Deputy Director General of the Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS), Francis Mwale, was abducted last night in an operation conducted by ZSIS operative Bond Kayelu, who previously served as Mwale’s personal assistant when Mwale was the organisation’s second-highest-ranking official. Mwale
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HICHILEMA BELIEVES SO MUCH IN SATANISM AND HIS BEHIND ALL RITUAL KILLINGS AND ABDUCTIONS — DR KATELE KALUMBA HAS CHARGE I’m a striking development, former Finance Minister Dr. Kateri Kalumba has launched a scathing critique of President Hakainde Hichilema, accusing him of presiding over a wave of abductions, killings, and assassinations in the country. “Hakainde
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IN STATEMENT – MUNDUBILE DEMANDS ANSWERS OVER ALLEGED DETENTION OF OPPOSITION FIGURES AHEAD OF POLLS Lusaka, Tuesday, August 11, 2026 – National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) presidential candidate Brian Mundubile has demanded that the Zambia Police Service immediately disclose the whereabouts and legal status of three senior political figures who he says
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By Given Mutinta HOW HAKAINDE HICHILEMA BECAME UPND’S UNEXPECTED LEADER In 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 episodes. At its core lies a turbulent narrative of power, loyalty, and tribal chessmanship that forever altered the party’s
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You’ll be haunted if you don’t vote the ruling UPND — Wynter ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says those who will not vote for President Hakainde Hichilema on August 13 will be wasting their time. Speaking on Mafken Radio’s live programme this afternoon, Kabimba said those who choose not to vote for the ruling UPND
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Caritas Condemns State Abductions CALL FOR DISCLOSURE OF WHEREABOUTS ABD DUE PROCESS FOR PERSONSTAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY STATE SECURITY AGENTS LUSAKA |I1th August 2026 As Caritas Zambia, we are extremely concerned by the increasing allegations of arrests anddetentions of citizens particularly those perceived to be politically inclined, by state agents. What is most distressing is
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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 not be tolerated on voting day. The President says his administration is aware of alleged plans by some opposition
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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 missing while money intended for polling agents and vote protection has been seized. Addressing the media in Lusaka this afternoon,
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POLICE INTENSIFY SECURITY AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTION, CAUTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND MISINFORMATION Highlights from the statement issued by Inspector General of police, Graphel Musamba ✅ The Zambia Police Service has intensified security operations across the country ahead of Thursday’s General Elections, with additional officers deployed to polling stations and totaling centres to ensure a peaceful
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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 and abroad. Mpundu says the money was meant to pay polling agents countrywide. He further asserts that Police have arrested
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The process was not hijacked, ECZ defends selection process of poll staff THE Electoral Commission of Zambia—ECZ has moved to reassure anxious applicants after thousands raised concerns that the recruitment process of poll staff ahead of Thursday’s polls, was hijacked. The commission insists that a committee, not any individual, was in charge of selections. The
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DORA SILIYA ENDORSES PRESIDENT HICHILEMA TWO days before the polls, former PF cabinet minister Dr Dora Siliya has endorsed President Hakainde Hichilema for the August 13 general election. Appearing on Diamond TV, Dr Siliya said she was persuaded to support the current administration because Zambia had moved past its most difficult economic challenges and should
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KAWANA URGES POLITICAL PARTIES TO STICK TO ECZ TIME-TABLE MINISTRY of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana has appealed to political parties taking part in Thursday’s polls to stick to the agreed time table, even as campaigns come to a close tomorrow, to avert chaos. Mr Kawana said Government is in receipt of information
Read MoreState House Calls for Peace, Tolerance Ahead of Zambia’s General Election State House has called on political leaders and Zambians to protect peace and uphold tolerance as the country prepares to go to the polls on Thursday. In a press release issued by State House, Government said the culture of electoral violence, intimidation and hate
Read MoreNO FOREIGN INTERFERENCE DETECTED SO FAR IN CURRENT ELECTORAL PERIOD SAYS EXPERTS. BY MERCY MULENGA Human Rights Expert Eugene Mulenga, says the country has so far not recorded any manipulation of information or interference by foreign entities during the current electoral period, unlike the 2021 general elections. Speaking in an interview with YAR FM News,
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WHO KILLED RUTH MBANDU, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD FEW MILES FROM HER HOUSE. 14 YEARS LATER, HER MURDER QUESTIONS REMAIN Fourteen years have passed, but the pain surrounding the murder of 19-year-old Ruth Mbandu remains fresh for those who loved her. On July 13, 2012, Ruth, a student at the National Institute for Public Administration
Read MoreTWO-THIRDS OF WILDBERRIES’ MAJOR LOGISTICS SPACE REPORTEDLY BURNED — UKRAINIAN STRIKES ARE DISMANTLING THE NETWORK ACROSS RUSSIA The destruction at Novaya Usman near Voronezh is only the latest piece of a much larger picture. A new assessment circulating from Ukrainian OSINT analysts maps the 30 largest Wildberries warehouse and logistics centers in Russia by
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CHIZYUKA SAYS HICHILEMA IS A SELFISH MAN Retired Major Robbie Chizyuka, the former Member of Parliament for Namwala, recently addressed participants at the online NRPUP Southern Province rally, where he expressed strong criticism of President Hakainde Hichilema’s leadership. According to Chizyuka, President Hichilema is the most selfish leader he has ever encountered. He accused the
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U.S. APPROVES TURKISH ATACMS AND M270 TRANSFER TO UKRAINE — A MAJOR BOOST AS NORTH KOREAN MANPOWER DEEPENS RUSSIA’S WARThe package includes 12 M270 MLRS launchers, 2,524 M26 227-mm rockets with DPICM cluster warheads, 47,000 M509A1 203-mm cluster artillery shells, and 70 M39 ATACMS missiles. The combined value is roughly $284 million. The M39 ATACMS
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HICHILEMA HAS 70–80% CHANCE OF VICTORY, PARI-AFRICA RESEARCH SAYS President Hakainde Hichilema has between a 70 and 80 percent chance of retaining power in the August 13, 2026 General Elections, according to a new pre-election analysis by PARI-Africa Research. The analysis also projects that Zambia is unlikely to go into a presidential election re-run, with
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BINWELL MPUNDU ALLEGEDLY ON THE RUN AS POLICE LOOK FOR HIM Toonse Pamodzi Alliance Presidential Affairs Chairman Binwell Mpundu is reportedly on the run following allegations that he issued a dangerous statement. Yesterday, Mr. Mpundu posted a video on his official Facebook page in which he suggested that he was ready to die and kill
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HH’S LEGAL ADVISOR CONDEMNS BINWELL MPUNDU’S REMARKS, CALLS FOR ACTION UNDER THE LAW By: Kirby Kaoma Musonda LEGAL Advisor to President Hakainde Hichilema Senior Counsel Christopher Mundia has condemned remarks attributed to former Nkana Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu in a widely circulated video, calling for stern action under applicable laws. In a statement, the
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Zambia Army Acknowledges Torturing of a Gold Miner, Claims They Have Punished the Errant Torturers Circulating Video of Soldiers’ Misconduct The Zambia Army has taken note of an old despicable video circulating on social media depicting Soldiers flogging an apprehended illegal miner in North-Western Province. The Army wishes to inform the public that the Soldiers
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Democratic Advocates for Good Governance executive director Fabian Mutale has reported former Nkana Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu to the police over a viral video posted on his Facebook page, in which he allegedly declared that in this election “he is ready to be killed and to kill.” In the video, Mr Mpundu stated that
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FINDLAY FAMILY RAISES ALARM OVER HIS WHEREABOUTS AND HEALTH The family of businessman Harry Findlay has raised concerns over his safety, health and legal rights after he was allegedly removed from police custody on Sunday evening and taken in an unmarked vehicle to an undisclosed location. The family says it has not been informed of
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80% OF YOUTHS IN NINE PROVINCES SAY THEY WILL BACK MUNDUBILE – DW Roughly 75–80% of young people surveyed in Copperbelt, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, Western, Eastern, North-Western and parts of Southern Province say they intend to support opposition presidential candidate Brian Mundubile of the NRPUP in Thursday’s election. The youths cited hopes for fairer
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Kalenshi couple triumphs under free education policy….after a seven-year wait since dropping out in 2015 By DAVID KANDUZA A CHEMBE couple, in Luapula Province, has emotionalised the community by publicly thanking President Hakainde Hichilema for the free education policy that enabled them to finally complete their Grade 12 certificates. Alfred Kalenshi and his wife, had
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SIMPLY PUT: If You Pursue Binwell Mpundu For Remarks In An AI Attributed Video, Do The Same To The UPND Thug Kalufyanya Justice must not be selective. The pursuit for the rule of law should be impartial. In an highly volatile election period, opposition supporters can’t be the only ones in the wrong. Let’s pursue
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MWAANGA PREDICTS HH VICTORY, SAYS HE HAS NEVER MISSED A PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTION SINCE 1991 By: Thomas Mwale Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga has predicted victory for President Hakainde Hichilema in the upcoming general election. Mr. Mwaanga says he has never been wrong in his presidential predictions since 1991. He says his prediction is based on information
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