By JOSEPH BANDA – THE first memorial service for late fourth Republican President Rupiah Banda will be held on Saturday to be graced by President Hakainde Hichilema, Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has announced.He said President Hichilema and First Lady Mutinta would lead the memorial church service at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy […]
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Rupiah Banda
[New Era] President Hage Geingob yesterday paid homage to former Zambian president Rupiah Banda, saying his death is a monumental loss to the people of Namibia, both as a staunch advocate for the democracy the country enjoys today and as having been a ...
[The Herald] The State funeral for former Zambian President Rupiah Banda has started at Lusaka Showgrounds, with President Mnangagwa among heads of state and governments and former leaders from the region who are attending the event.
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has described the late former Zambian President Rupiah Banda as a Pan-Africanist and a regional icon.
[The Herald] Former Zambian President Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda has died at the age of 85.
[Nation] Lusaka -- Zambia's former President Rupiah Banda is sick with colon cancer, his office announced in a statement Saturday.
[Nyasa Times] Zambia's former president Rupiah Banda is expected in the country this month to mediate on the warring parties over the highly disputed May 21 tripartite elections which the opposition claims were rigged, Nyasa Times understands.
[Zambia Reports] Fourth Republican President Rupiah Banda says the backlash that he has received for advising the opposition UPND has vindicated his advice to them.
[Zambia Reports] Former President Rupiah Banda has advised incarcerated UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to recognize President Edgar Lungu as the winner of the August 2016 elections.
[Lesotho Times] FORMER Zambian President Rupiah Banda says a new political mindset is needed for Basotho to find long-lasting solutions to the country's perennial political challenges through inclusive and broad-based dialogue.
[Zambia Reports] Ex-presidential spokesperson Dickson Jere paid a call on fifth Republican president Rupiah Banda under whose tenure he served.
[Zambia Reports] Fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda yesterday left for China on special invitation from that country's Guizhou Provincial People's Government Vice Governor Lu Yongzheng.
[Zambia Reports] Fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda addressed five campaign meetings in Chadiza on Sunday making a strong case for an overwhelming vote for incumbent President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. The meetings took place in Zemba, Naviruli and Chi...
[The Conversation Africa] When Rupiah Banda conceded defeat to Michael Sata in Zambia's 2011 elections, many commentators hailed the peaceful transfer of power as a sign that the country's democracy had matured. Twenty years after ousting the United Na...
[Zambia Reports] Fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda has left the country to attend the Democratic National Convention at which Hillary Clinton will be confirmed as the party's presidential candidate.
[Zambia Reports] Fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda has instructed his lawyers to discontinue a contempt case brought against Post Newspaper editor Fred M'membe and his political ally Wynter Kabimba.
[Zambia Reports] Fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda has endorsed ruling party candidate Edgar Lungu in the August 11 polls.
[Zambia Reports] Former Economic Advisor under the Rupiah Banda regime Professor Francis Chinguta has died.
[Zambia Reports] Former Commerce Minister in the Rupiah Banda administration Felix Mutati has gone through unopposed to become the new MMD President at the on going Party Convention at Mulungushi University in Kabwe.
[Times of Zambia] MMD president Nevers Mumba and his predecessor Rupiah Banda have reconciled and pledged to work together in this year's general election.