# Lusaka Times

> Lusaka Times is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Zambia. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** lusakatimes.com
- **Website:** https://www.lusakatimes.com
- **Country:** Zambia
- **Region:** Africa
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 2007 (site claims a 1999 predecessor, Lusaka Information Dispatch)

## About

Zambia's self-declared leading news site names nobody who works there. Nineteen years of daily publishing carry five generic bylines, no company and no editor, and a front page that mixes state agency district copy with columns demanding the president answer for police violence. The result reads pro-government by volume and anti-government by argument, on the same day, weeks before a general election.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Undisclosed. The site names no owner, publisher, company or editor, describing itself only as "run by a number of people distributed around the world, working in an open source type of structure". Domain registration is privacy-shielded. A Lusaka street address and a messaging number are given for contact. No political ownership is alleged by any monitor, and none can be ruled out.
- **Funding:** Advertising, heavily programmatic, plus content-recommendation widgets and an unlabelled betting-sponsored section. No rate card, audience figures or funding disclosure is published.
- **Focus areas:** Zambian national politics and the 2026 election, district development news, economy and investment, health, rural affairs, football, and an open opinion section.


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Government calls for stronger HAI surveillance](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/government-calls-for-stronger-hai-surveillance/) — 2026-08-31T12:53:04.000Z
- [Hero stadium turf protector Installed](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/hero-stadium-turf-protector-installed/) — 2026-08-31T12:51:23.000Z
- [Ministry of Green Economy hands over vehicles to Eastern Province](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/ministry-of-green-economy-hands-over-vehicles-to-eastern-province/) — 2026-08-31T12:21:16.000Z
- [GOLF: Nkana scoops National Quadrangular](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/golf-nkana-scoops-national-quadrangular/) — 2026-08-31T09:00:19.000Z
- [Zambia calls for stronger conflict prevention mechanisms in Africa](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/zambia-calls-for-stronger-conflict-prevention-mechanisms-in-africa/) — 2026-08-31T08:18:36.000Z
- [Govt. declares September 1st as public holiday](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/govt-declares-september-1st-as-public-holiday/) — 2026-08-31T08:14:13.000Z
- [Security Chiefs Inspect Heroes Stadium Ahead of Ceremony](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/528368/) — 2026-08-31T07:30:36.000Z
- [Dr Chris Zumani Zimba Breaks Ranks, Calls for Dialogue and Government of National Unity](https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/08/31/dr-chris-zumani-zimba-breaks-ranks-calls-for-dialogue-and-government-of-national-unity/) — 2026-08-31T07:23:11.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 8 (5 themes).

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