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Mandevu withdrawals expose UPND’s creeping dictatorship
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Mandevu withdrawals expose UPND’s creeping dictatorship

Comrades, fellow citizens, and members of the press, What we witnessed in Mandevu today, October 29, 2026, is a tragedy for our democracy, but it is not an accident. The sudden, simultaneous withdrawal of all three opposition and independent candidates, Daniel Chisenga (FDD/Tonse Alliance), Ntazana Muntungwa (Leadership Movement), and independent candidate Daniel Daka, is the […]

Lusaka Times
Oct 29, 2026
Tobacco in rural economy: More than cash crop
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Tobacco in rural economy: More than cash crop

ROBERT MWALE Lusaka WHEN we talk about tobacco in Zambia, the conversation often centres on production volumes, prices, exports and the annual marketing season. While these aspects are important, they tell only part of the story. Tobacco is more than a crop grown and sold by farmers. It is an important contributor to Zambia’s rural […]

Zambia Daily Mail
Oct 12, 2026
2026 Zambia General Election Autopsy Part 1
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2026 Zambia General Election Autopsy Part 1

By Dr. Field C. Ruwe PREAMBLE The just-ended general election demonstrates a significant departure from the 2021 election, when Hichilema’s landslide electoral victory was internationally lauded as a democratic advancement amid the rise of authoritarian governance in Africa. In contrast, the August 13, 2026, general election has become controversial following Hichilema’s deployment of the Zambi...

Lusaka Times
Oct 10, 2026
Mandevu: five days in UPND, straight to the ticket, genius or political insult?
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Mandevu: five days in UPND, straight to the ticket, genius or political insult?

Mandevu: five days in UPND, straight to the ticket, genius or political insult? The case of Adrian Banda’s miracle adoption and Christopher Shakafuswa’s surprise benching. Zambian politics has once again reminded us that loyalty is admirable, but apparently optional when elections are involved. Adrian Banda rejoined the UPND on 2 October. Five days later, he […]

Lusaka Times
Oct 7, 2026
Release Mundubile and others, and call for an election rerun
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Release Mundubile and others, and call for an election rerun

Zambia has reached a point where it has become dangerous to stand on the right side of the law when President Hakainde Hichilema is standing on the wrong side of it. The continued detention of Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and others has become a symbol of the risk now facing any Zambian who finds themselves […]

Lusaka Times
Sep 20, 2026
There is no crisis or election dispute in Zambia: what is there is suspected criminal activities by some people
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There is no crisis or election dispute in Zambia: what is there is suspected criminal activities by some people

By Clayson Hamasaka Wednesday 2nd September 2026 I rarely comment on the seemingly endless lamentations of Emmanuel Mwamba and some of his colleagues operating from the comfort of the diaspora. But there comes a point when political disappointment must give way to perspective. I appreciate that electoral defeat can be painful. What is rather less […]

Lusaka Times
Sep 2, 2026