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In case you missed them, here are the top 10 stories of the week.
1. Zambia potentially lost over K91 billion in 2024—nearly 42 percent of the proposed 2025 National Budget—due to suspected Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has claimed. Read more…
2. Zambia’s annual inflation rate for July 2025 slowed to 13.0 percent from 14.1 percent recorded in June, largely driven by declining food and non-food prices, the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) has announced. Read more…
3. The Zambian kwacha has surged nearly 1.5 percent against the US dollar this week, maintaining its position as Africa’s second-best performing currency in 2025, trailing only the Ghanaian cedi. Read more…
4. Botswana President, Duma Boko, has called for the harmonization of seed systems, pest control protocols, and promote climate-smart agricultural practices. Read more…
5. The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has maintained fuel pump prices for the month of July due to appreciation of the Kwacha despite a slight surge in the international oil market. Read more…
6. Police say 79 rioting illegal miners have been picked up in Chingola on Wednesday with one shot dead in the police operations leaving seven police officers seriously wounded. Read more…
7. The family of the late former President Edgar Lungu has told the South African High Court that the Zambian government has no legal authority over his burial, insisting that the right to make burial arrangements lies solely with the surviving spouse and immediate family. Read more…
8. The Constitutional Court has ruled that a parliamentary seat becomes vacant the moment a Member of Parliament is convicted and begins serving a prison sentence, regardless of any subsequent bail granted pending appeal. Read more…
9, Police in Solwezi have confirmed a tragic incident of murder and suicide involving a police officer who took the lives of his wife and brother-in-law before shooting himself. Read more…
10. Zambian musician, Elton Mulenga, known as Yo Maps, has asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to grant him full custody of his five-year-old daughter, Bukata Joana Mulenga, citing repeated denial of access and alleged attempts by her mother to alienate him from the child. Read more…
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