The Southern African Development Community (SADC) needs to accelerate the establishment of a regional development fund in order to financially boost regional industrialisation through core investments.

A caretaker at Delta Hostel tested positive for COVID-19. 

As a precaution, the Ministry of Health and Social Services began screening and testing hostel staff and learners on 14 August. 

The government of Zambia has dispelled rumours circulating on social media suggesting that members of the main opposition party, the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Progress (NRPUP), have been shot by the army.

The Electoral Commission Forum for the SADC Countries and the ECF-SADC Election Observation Mission to Zambia, on behalf of the AU and COMESA, have presented their Preliminary Statement following the 13 August 2026 General Elections.

The ||Kharas Education Directorate Director, Nicolas Eiman, has revealed that, out of an average of 2,800 Grade 1 learners enrolled annually in the region, about 800 could not be accounted for by the time they reached Grade 7.

This is equivalent to an estimated 28% drop-out rate.