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Imenda backs Lusaka City Council street trading crackdown, says party members must support a clean and orderly CBD By Francis Maingaila ♥️ Lusaka, Zambia24 — 02-10-2026 — The ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has distanced itself from people masquerading as its members while demonstrating against the planned removal of street vendors from undesignated trading areas in Lusaka’s central business district (CBD). UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda told journalists at a press briefing in Lusaka that the party does not support street vending and disorder in areas such as Cairo Road, Cha Cha Cha Road and Freedom Way. Mr Imenda said those claiming to be UPND members while resisting the clean-up exercise do not represent the party’s position. “We would like to make it clear as a party that those people who are masquerading as members of our party, to the extent of demonstrating and putting on regalia, are not our members,” Mr Imenda said. He said belonging to the UPN...

Group steps up fertiliser, energy and skills investments as it backs Zambia’s drive to grow more food and cut reliance on imports By Francis Maingaila ♥️ Lusaka, Zambia24 — 01-10-2026 — Wonderful Group, through its component United Capital Fertilizer (UCF), is putting more money into fertiliser, energy and skills as it looks to play a bigger part in Zambia’s push to grow more food, create jobs and reduce the country’s dependence on imported inputs. For a country whose farmers have often had to look outside its borders for fertiliser, the group says it wants to see more of what Zambia needs being produced at home. Acting Board Chairperson Margaret Mudenda says the group is not prepared to sit back and wait for Zambia to hit its production targets before putting the necessary capacity in place. She said Wonderful Group was already contributing to several of the Government’s targets, including agriculture, energy, mining and agro-processing, through its various subsidiaries. “Our ...

Israel Embassy says Israeli passengers stormed cockpit and helped prevent suspected terror attack By Francis Maingaila ♥️ Lusaka, Zambia24 — 01-09-2026 — Israeli passengers aboard a Flydubai flight reportedly stormed the cockpit and overpowered a pilot after Israeli authorities said the pilot intended to crash the aircraft with everyone on board. According to the statement issued by the Embassy of Israel in Lusaka, the incident occurred aboard Flydubai Flight FZ 1630 travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. In a statement issued by Ambassador of Israel to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana Ofra Farhi, the Embassy said initial information available to Israeli authorities indicated that the incident was being assessed as an attempted jihadist terror attack targeting Israeli civilians, the United Arab Emirates and the spirit of the Abraham Accords. The Embassy said preliminary findings indicated that the pilot’s apparent intention was to crash the aircraft with all passengers on board. Israeli pass...