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21/06/2025

06/06/2025

Wake up and leave a Message for the father of the Nation ECL 😭

06/06/2025

JUNE: A MONTH OF REFLECTION FOR ZAMBIA

June will forever be an emotional month for many Zambians marking the anniversaries of the passings of three Former heads of state
President Kenneth Kaunda , President Frederick Chiluba (F.T.J) and now President Edgar Chagwa Lungu.

President Edgar Lungu's death has officially marked the end of era as he was Zambia's only surviving former Head of states

President Kenneth Kaunda (1924–2021)

on 17 June 2021, Zambia mourned the loss of its founding father, President Kenneth David Kaunda, who died at the age of 97 in Lusaka. Kaunda led Zambia to independence in 1964 and served as the nation's first president until 1991.

President Frederick Chiluba (1943-2011)

As of June 2025, it has been 14 years since Chiluba's passing. His legacy remains a complex chapter in Zambia's history, reflecting both strides toward democracy and the challenges of governance.Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba, Zambia's second Republican President, passed away on 18 June 2011 at his home in Lusaka at the age of 68.

In 1991, he led the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) to victory over Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP), becoming Zambia's first democratically elected president

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu (1956–2025)

on 5 June 2025, Zambia lost its sixth Republican President, Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, at the age of 68. He passed away at Medforum Clinic in Pretoria, South Africa, where he had been receiving medical treatment. President Lungu served from 2015 to 2021.

05/06/2025

IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW AND A HEAVY HEART THAT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY HIS FAMILY, OF THE PASSING ON, OF THE SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU.

WE THEREFORE WISH TO OFFICIALLY INFORM THE NATION OF THIS SAD DEVELOPMENT AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIDOW, THE SIXTH FIRST LADY, MADAM ESTHER LUNGU, THE ENTIRE LUNGU FAMILY, THE PATRIOTIC FRONT PARTY, AND THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA.

AS ZAMBIANS, AFRICANS, AND MORE SO AS CHRISTIANS, THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR SOLEMNITY, UNITY, LOVE AND COMPASSION.

AT SUCH TIMES WE MUST MOURN TOGETHER AS ONE PEOPLE, ABOVE POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR PERSONAL CONVICTION, AS WE HONOUR THE LIFE OF A MAN WHO ONCE HELD THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN OUR LAND.

IN THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM AND NATIONAL SOLIDARITY, WE URGE ALL CITIZENS TO OFFER SUPPORT AND RESPECT TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY, AND TO UPHOLD THE VALUES OF PEACE, DIGNITY, AND TOGETHERNESS THAT DEFINE US AS ZAMBIANS.

ORIGINAL SIGNED,

HAKAINDE HICHILEMA
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

05/06/2025

Leave a Green heart for ECL 😭😭😭

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05/06/2025

BREAKING: Former president Edgar Lungu has died of complications during a surgery he was undergoing this morning!

05/06/2025

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE PATRIOTIC FRONT ON THE DEMISE OF ZAMBIA’S SIXTH PRESIDENT, DR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU

Thursday, 5th June 2025

Sixth President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr. Edgar chagwa Lungu has passed on.

The former President, who has been receiving specialized treatment in South Africa, died today on Thursday, 5th June 2025 at Mediclinic Medforum Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.

Chawama Member of Parliament and daughter to Dr. Lungu, Hon.Tasila Lungu-Mwansa confirmed the sad development.

And lawyer to the family, Hon. Makebi Zulu confirmed the sad development but stated that members of the family were in the process of being informed.

President Edgar Lungu served as Zambia’s Sixth Republican President from 26th January 2015 to August 24th , 2021.

Details and funeral arrangements will be communicated later.

Issued by;
Hon. Given Lubinda
Acting President
Patriotic Front

19/04/2025

The Drug Enforcement Commission, in collaboration with other state security agencies at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA), has apprehended a 27-year-old Indian national for attempting to smuggle US$2,320,000 and suspected gold to Dubai.

18/04/2025

Dr Nevers Sekwila Mumba shares a heartwarming embrace with Hon. Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM).

GBM was released from prison today on health grounds by President Hakainde Hichilema.

08/04/2025

Lungu recently underwent chemotherapy, pray for him - Government

GOVERNMENT has confirmed that former President Edgar Lungu recently underwent chemotherapy in South Africa and President Hakainde Hichilema is in constant communication with him to check on his predecessor’s road to recovery.

Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka today, Ministry of Information and Media permanent secretary Thabo Kawana revealed that the former President is currently under review just waiting on his doctors to determine the next step.

Kawana encouraged Zambians to unite in prayer for the full recovery of the former Head of State.

He urged the country to desist from dragging Lungu’s name into politics adding that the former President was not even active on social media as shown by his recent statement on the death of former cabinet minister Edith Nawakwi.

“Former President Dr Edgar Lungu is in South Africa for treatment. He called me to check on me for my health. We had a chat, even through that conversation, president Lungu informed me that he was done with his chemotherapy and that he was now just going for review so that the doctors can determine what the next step is. Maybe he’s to continue with another session of chemotherapy or maybe he’s to come back home, the doctors will determine,” said Kawana.

“Let us give president Lungu an opportunity to rest and desist from dragging him into politics. This is not the time to drag president Lungu into politics, this is the time to allow him to rest and pray for president Lungu as a nation. We are a Christian nation, when we are affected we take to God. Our former president right now needs our prayers.”

Kawana further dismissed assertions that there is enmity between the former President and President Hichilema stating that the two communicate frequently.

“Former President Lungu and President Hakainde Hichilema speak to one another and from time to time his excellency the President calls President Lungu to check on his brother, to wish him well and to ensure that all is well. There’s no enmity between the two presidents,” he clarified.

Kawana also called on Lungu’s family to take charge and ensure that Lungu’s name is dragged out of politics for he is currently unwell.

By Catherine P**e

Kalemba, April 8, 2025

08/04/2025

NAWAKWI WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EVACUATED TO INDIA FOR TREATMENT BUT…
THE WOMAN OF STEEL GAVE UP 💔

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President, Hon. Edith Zewelani Nawakwi has died aged 66.

●She was Zambia"s First Woman Minister of Finance when she was appointed in 1998

●She was admitted to Coptic Hospital in the last few days and preparations were underway to evacuate her to India.

●In the last two years, she has been travelling to India for specialised medical treatment but fell seriously ill last month.

●Ms.Nawakwi could also not attend court sessions where she was facing two counts of seditious practices,like many Opposition leaders.

●Her lawyer, Chifumu Banda, State Counsel, informed Lusaka Magistrate, Amy Masoja-Chilangwa that his client was very ill and could not attend court sessions.

●She succumbed to her illness at around 02;00hrs in the early morning today.

●Ms.Nawakwi was an economist by profession and was in 1990 among key founders of the social and political movement to re-introduce multi-party democracy in Zambia.

●She was the first woman in Zambia to hold the post of Minister of Finance following her appointment in 1998.

●She was also the first woman to hold that post in the SADC region.

●She was president of the Forum for Democracy and Development under which she ran for president in the 2016 general election.

May her beautiful and courageous soul rest in eternal peace. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

08/04/2025

Is he the one? Or we expect another.