By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lusaka Times
The Tonse Pamodzi Alliance is calling for Zambia's Mandevu parliamentary by-election to be cancelled after three candidates withdrew. It says its own candidate was intimidated and induced to abandon the race less than a week before the vote, the Lusaka Times reports.
The withdrawal of three opposition candidates leaves Adrian Banda, candidate for the ruling UPND, as the sole contender for the Mandevu parliamentary seat. The by-election, scheduled for a week after the information was published, was held after the 13 August 2026 vote was annulled, according to Zambia’s electoral commission.
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Adrian Banda, candidate for Zambia’s UPND party, has been elected unopposed in the Mandevu constituency after his three rivals withdrew. No vote will be held in the by-election, Mwebantu reports.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Mwebantu ·
Three opposition candidates have withdrawn from the Mandevu parliamentary by-election, leaving Adrian Banda, the ruling UPND party’s candidate, as the sole contender. The vote is scheduled for 5 November 2026, but his election unopposed still depends on electoral rules and confirmation by the Zambian electoral commission.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Zambian Observer ·
The Livingstone High Court has annulled the election of Emeldah Munashabantu, the UPND MP for Mapatizya, after finding irregularities following the 13 August 2026 vote, according to the Zambian Observer, Lusaka Times and News Diggers. She had been declared the winner with 14,812 votes against Clive Miyanda’s 14,330, based on results from 64 of 75 polling stations, News Diggers reports.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Zambian Observer ·
Football: Power Dynamos face Nkana in Kitwe derbyDefending champions Power Dynamos face Nkana in the Kitwe derby in the first round of Zambia’s 2026 transitional Super League season. The match is scheduled for Saturday at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, where nearly 40,000 spectators are expected, reports the Lusaka Times.
Vusi Mncina’s stepfather says 124-year sentence is deservedLawrence Mavuso, stepfather of Vusi Mncina, considers the 124-year sentence handed to the former deputy sheriff for the murders of women in Ezulwini deserved. He says he never understood what led his stepson to carry out the shootings on 28 October 2023, Eswatini News reports.The week in Africa
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