224 new MPs took their seats as Hichilema pressed Vedanta on copper power investment and JCTR data showed Lusaka living costs still climbing despite 6.2% inflation.
Zambia's second Hichilema term opens with cooler inflation, a pending IMF deal and a copper target that needs nearly a tripling of output, even as foreign observers question the election…
Inflation cooled to 6.2%, the petition window closed with the courts sealed, and copper held near $14,300. The week ahead belongs to the 1 September inauguration and the calendars it…
External debt service now takes about K15 of every K100 Zambia collects, down from nearly K70 before restructuring. Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says the freed cash is funding…
Zambia between 18 and 28 August 2026: Hichilema declared re-elected with about 60% of the vote, courts sealed on the petition deadline, Mundubile summoned over treason allegations, and inflation easing…
Courts shut on the petition deadline, a petition reached the Chief Justice by private email, ZIPAR found revenue behind target and copper output crept up 0.45%. The week to 26…
The petition deadline, the countdown to the 1 September swearing-in and the quiet start of the 2027 budget cycle: the diary for 24 to 28 August.
The declaration, the seven-day court clock, the calm market and the numbers the second term inherits, in one weekly read.
Hakainde Hichilema's second term begins with inflation at its lowest since 2018, the 2020 default cleared and the kwacha among the world's best performers. The job now is converting stability…
Ballots price policies; guns price risk. Why the President's warning against militia politics is also an investment argument.
