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The National Secretary who tripled EAZ membership and mobilised over K3 million is asking members to promote him on 4 September. Election Economics feature.
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The National Secretary who tripled EAZ membership and mobilised over K3 million is asking members to promote him on 4 September. Election Economics feature.

The Chama traditional leader wants more farmers on FISP, more money in agriculture and the Chama-Lundazi and Chama-Matumbo roads fixed in President Hichilema's second term.

Police say an ECZ laptop allegedly stolen after the 13 August election in Mandevu was recovered from an abandoned Honda Fit displaying a number registered to a truck.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema and pledged continued support as Zambia prepares for talks on a successor Fund programme.

LUSAKA, Zambia. President Hakainde Hichilema this afternoon received a courtesy call from the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Zambia, His Excellency Han Jing, at Community…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has congratulated Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election and called for deeper Zambia-Egypt cooperation.

Zambia should establish a Government Accountability and Performance Forum to make public-sector delivery visible, measurable and accountable.

Zambia's FRA is struggling to receive a bumper maize harvest fast enough. The fix isn't a bigger procurement target, it's a national grain logistics strategy that gives private…