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Hichilema to make State visit to Zimbabwe

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is set to undertake a State Visit to Zimbabwe later this year, a move aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between th

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Hichilema can have Lungu's corpse, rules SA court

A South African court has ruled that Zambia's government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family's opposition.The Pretoria high court ruled in favour of the Zambian state, wh…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 12:23hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema demands Edgar Lungu mortuary access

A fresh dramatic twist has emerged in the ongoing burial saga of late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, as the Zambian government has now demanded access to the mortuary where his body has been kept for nearly two months. The request, …

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:44hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter

2 women jailed for insulting Zambian President Hichilema

Two women from Luangeni Constituency in Chipata, Zambia, have been sentenced to prison after they recorded and shared TikTok videos accusing President Hakainde Hichilema of killing former President Edgar Lungu.Catherine Mphanza and Mary Lu…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:14hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter

Open letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema

An Open Letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema: I will not be silenced until death or a better Zambia emerges, whichever comes firstDear President Hichilema,Yesterday, I received the message below from someone who appears to…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 09:24hrs | 1120 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa

Hichilema wants Lungu's body for ritual purposes?

In a dramatic escalation of posthumous tensions, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's government has filed an urgent court application seeking to block the burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa, where his family had sche…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Hichilema wants to preside over Lungu's funeral, family halts repatriation

The family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu delayed the repatriation of his body from South Africa for a second time Wednesday in a feud with the country's current leader over the details of the funeral.The family's lawyer said that…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 10:16hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter

Zambia's Hichilema snubs SADC Summit in Harare

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has once again chosen to skip the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit in Harare, opting instead for an official working visit to Japan from February 3 to 7.A statement fro…

Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:50hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema blamed for Zambia's recent electricity blackout

Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has criticized his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema, for a nationwide power blackout on Sunday that left hospitals and other critical institutions without electricity.The power outage, which stru…

Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 20:12hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema, Ramaphosa skip extraordinary SADC Summit

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will not attend the extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit set to address the Mozambique post-election crisis and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict.Instead, For…

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 10:39hrs | 2538 | 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 for Hakainde Hichilema. Ever since defeat…

Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:35hrs | 1888 | by Dereck Goto

Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption

When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Zambian politics in the era of multiparty…

Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2657 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa

Hichilema showing his true colours

The BBC, yesterday, reported on the recent dismissal of three Zambian judges by that country's President Hakainde Hichilema in an attempt to retain and consolidate power by instilling fear and forcing allegiance from the country's judges.T…

Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 09:42hrs | 1653 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema threatening to delay 2026 elections

On 13 September, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of the Constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a report on the progress made in the applicat…

Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 675 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa

Hichilema gears up to change Zambia's constitution

As President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia made his annual address to parliament on 13 September, he shocked many observers as he made a series of revealing off-the-cuff remarks on the topic of constitutional reform."The country has failed …

Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:36hrs | 359 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa

How Mnangagwa - Hichilema relations soured

The strained diplomatic relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe, culminating in Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's boycott of the recent 44th Sadc summit in Harare, have deep roots tracing back to the 2022 general elections.Tensions bega…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:53hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter

Asking Hichilema to honour campaign promises is now an offence in Zambia

This is Jason Mwanza (see image attached), a 28-year-old unemployed youth activist in Zambia. He has been in police detention without charge for almost two weeks now. His offence? Conducting a peaceful lone protest against acute unemployme…

Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 17:02hrs | 1637 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa

Zanu-PF gushes over Hichilema's election 'endorsement'

Zanu-PF has praised Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's "endorsement" of the recent elections at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit. Hichilema, the outgoing chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and S…

Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:46hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely

I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the room filled with reporters, selected cabin…

Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1026 | by Dr. Field Ruwe

Hichilema boycotts wildlife summit with Mnangagwa, Nyusi

Zambian President Hichilema Hakainde on Thursday boycotted a three-nation wildlife conservation summit in Harare in his continuing diplomatic spat with Zimbabwe's leader Emmerson Mnangagwa.Hakainde had been expected to attend the signing c…

Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:44hrs | 3238 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema cautioned against orchestrating protests against Zimbabwe

Zambia's main opposition party, the Patriotic Front (PF), has cautioned President Hakainde Hichilema and his governing UPND against allegedly orchestrating protests against Zimbabwe's upcoming assumption of the SADC chairmanship. The PF cl…

Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:10hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema promises to reach out to Lungu for talks

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema says he will reach out to his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, so that they can talk. Speaking when he officiated at the celebration of 125 years of the existence of the Reformed Church in Zambia, Sunday, Pres…

Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 14:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema says there will be no Barotseland independence

President Hichilema has urged Simon Akapelwa, the Permanent Secretary of Western Province, to dispel notions of a Barotseland independence.Emphasizing Zambia as a unitary state, he underscored the importance of unity among regions, particu…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:20hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter

Zambia is on the verge of being a one-party state

Zambia's former ruling parties have typically fared poorly after losing power. The United National Independence Party (UNIP) ruled for 27 years but gradually collapsed following its defeat in 1991. The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MM…

Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 21:11hrs | 20 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa

Whether Hakainde Hichilema attends Mnangagwa's inauguration is entirely up to him, no big deal

IT WILL NOT BE THE START OR THE END OF THE WORLD IF ZAMBIA'S PRESIDENT HAIKAINDE HICHILEMA DOES NOT ATTEND TOMORROW'S INAUGURATIONWhether President Hakainde Hichilema attends the inauguration tomorrow is entirely up to him, no big deal. Th…

Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 18:48hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Hichilema must push Zimbabwe diaspora vote case

YOUR ExcellencyPresident Hakainde Hichilema,Chair,Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and SecurityThe Zimbabwe diaspora vote, a grouping of Zimbabweans living outside Zimbabwe, congratulates you on the occasion of your taking over as chairpers…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | | by Rosewiter Mangiroza

Chamisa and Hichilema plot to annihilate Africa old guard revealed - 'Chawanzwa usaudza Chamisa, idare rinorira nohusiku'

It was natural for then Zambia opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema (HH) to meet and hobnob with a fellow opposition leader like Nelson Chamisa. But now that HH is the President of Zambia his relationship with opposition leaders will be mo…

Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai

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