The Minister of Urban and Rural Development (MURD), James Sankwasa, has received the Best Exceptional Achievement in Southern Africa in Housing and Urban Development, 2025, from the Africa Housing Awards.
He received the award in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday.
Thousands of Congolese refugees arrived in Burundi on Saturday, after renewed violence linked to the M23 group in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North and South Kivu provinces.
Zambia's government has introduced an online passport application system, marking a significant milestone in Zambia's digital transformation journey.
The online passport application and payment system has been fully developed and is now operational on the government online service bus called Zamportal.
The Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA) and the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) are actively working on strengthening cooperation between the two entities.
Namibia and Botswana are making steady progress in the realisation of the Trans-Kalahari Railway (TKR) Line Project.
The two countries are moving towards the end of the feasibility study and commencing the process of identifying an investor.
Africa is exploring legal avenues to reinforce the criminalisation of colonialism and establish a permanent continental mechanism for reparations and restitution.
The Speaker of the Zambian Parliament, Nelly Mutti, has declared late Edgar Lungu's daughter Tasila's parliamentary seat vacant.
Lungu, an elected MP for Chawama Constituency, has been missing sittings since her father died in South Africa.
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has called for the total lifting of economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.
Speaking at the Bi-national Commission in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday, Hichilema argued that the sanctions on Zimbabwe are limiting the interregional trade.
The Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security between Namibia and Zambia signed several bilateral agreements aimed at enhancing defence and security between the two countries.
The Lungu family says it is ready to bury the late Edgar Lungu if President Hakainde Hichilema steps aside.
