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Edgar Lungu did not hold a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport
Zimbabwe's Permanent Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, has denied widespread claims that the late former Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu was in possession of a Zimbabwean diplomatic passp...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 21:45hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema's fight over a corpse forces Lungu family to bury him in SA
The family of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu says he will be buried in South Africa in a private ceremony following a row with the government over the funeral arrangements.Late on Thurs...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 11:32hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema forcing himself into Lungu burial programme
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has officially ended the national mourning period for the country's sixth Republican President, the late Edgar Chagwa Lungu, citing a breakdown in funeral arrangem...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:50hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits Lusaka to condole with Zambia over Lungu's passing
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga visited Lusaka yesterday to convey condolences on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the people of Zimbabwe following the death of former Zambian Preside...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:40hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Edgar Lungu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the late former Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu as an astute and visionary statesman who played a vital role in fostering development and cooperation wi...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:24hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema's court bars Edgar Lungu from contesting HH
The Constitutional Court of Zambia stands on the verge of delivering a ruling that could either cement or shatter Edgar Chagwa Lungu's political ambitions. Today, the court will decide whether the for...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 10:31hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema's nightmare
Zambia's former President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has returned as the presidential candidate for an eight-party opposition coalition, TONSE ("All of Us"), turning into reality a long-dreaded nightmare fo...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:35hrs | 1888 | by Dereck Goto
Edgar Lungu announces return to save Zambia
On October 28, 2023, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the sixth President of Zambia, formally announced his return to active politics during the 9th memorial ceremony of President Michael Sata, the founder of the ...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:34hrs | 2820 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema turns up the heat on former President Lungu
IN A DEVELOPMENT that smacks of extreme paranoia, and an escalation of political tensions that could trigger instability, the Zambian government today dramatically ejected former President Edgar Lungu...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 22:26hrs | 5 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa, Hichilema simmer
PRESIDENT-ELECT, Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended an invitation to former Zambian leader Edgar Lungu to attend his Inauguration slated for Monday amid tensions between Harare and Lusaka.Mnangag...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites Edgar Lungu after Hakainde Hichilema snub
The Government of Zimbabwe has invited former Zambia president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, to attend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration on Monday, 04 September.The decision to invite a forme...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
HH finally president after five losses, Chamisa will rise to become the next president of Zimbabwe
The victory of Hakainde Hichilema, or HH as he is popularly known among his fellow countrymen, as the seventh president of Zambia, our sister republic across the Zambezi, has been variously viewed by ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
The day Nelson Chamisa 'won' Zambian elections
Yesterday the world woke up to the news of the confirmation of Zambia's 12, August 2021 elections results. Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader, Hakainde Hichilema had beaten...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | 4 | by Nobleman Runyanga
SADC to deploy troops to help Mozambique contain insurgency
Recently in Maputo, Mozambique SADC member states have resolved to deploy a force to help Mozambique contain insurgency in its northern provinces where terrorists have left a trail of destruction that...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapses
Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapsed on Sunday, June 13, 2021, during a Defence Force Day event over "dizziness", the government has said.The President was forced to cut short his presence a...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa, you need to attend to Political acumenship, legacy & perceptions !!!
In 2013, the former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, upon his arrival at Harare International Airport, speaking to journalists, shortly after his arrival , he said in Shona , " Nhai weduwe imi, tonz...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa ramps up pressure on SADC
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC will continue engaging Sadc in a bid to solve the country’s crisis although President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon chair the bloc’s organ on Politics, Defence and Securi...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to head important Sadc Troika
SADC executive secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax has formally briefed President Mnangagwa, who is taking over as chair of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation at the regional sum...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
Mnangagwa lands top SADC post
President Emmerson will soon be assuming the position of the Chairperson of the SADC organ on Politics,Defence and Security Cooperation it has been revealed.In a SADC communiqué after Double ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
In politics read the game & dynamics - A Big Monday With Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Politics is all about strategy and political grip otherwise you can be a BIG joke. It is very simple, simply put your ears on the ground before you make any advanced moves. In political ecology we tra...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Internal democracy under threat in African context - Sadc countries as case study
Critical analysis of internal democracy Internal democracy in political parties, also known as intra-party democracy, refers to the level and methods o...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 15:49hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa failed to manage his ambitions
As a political and development analyst I think my biggest worry is not about the future of Mnangagwa but the nation as a whole. I'm very worried as a citizen in the sense that this dynasty is ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 19:11hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mugabe slams violent means to power
Organisations and political parties that seek to use violent means to attain power have no place in a democracy and such outfits are unwelcome in Africa, President Mugabe said yesterday.He sai...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mugabe jets off to Zambia, expected to fly to Venezuela
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Lusaka, Zambia for tomorrows inauguration of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu.The inauguration was delayed for almost a month due to a court petition by ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:53hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
EU congratulates Zambia's President-elect Edgar Lungu
The European Union congratulates President-elect Edgar Chagwa Lungu and looks forward to deepening its partnership with the Republic of Zambia. The people of Zambia participated in la...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 11:31hrs | 11 | by EU External Action
Former Zambian president Kaunda in hospital
Zambia's founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, has been hospitalised for an undisclosed ailment, his family said on Wednesday.Mr Kaunda, 90, was admitted to Lusaka Trust Hospital on Tuesday....Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 18:58hrs | | by AFP
Acceptance speech by the 6th President of Zambia, Edgar Chagwa Lungu
LUSAKA -I greet you all in the name of our Lord and Saviour, the Sovereign King of our land Jesus Christ. It is with great humility and tremendous joy that I stand before you today. After months of lo...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Edgar Chagwa Lungu
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