• 22 Jul 2019
• Mukosha Funga

No one had complained to my office over de-gazzetion of Forest 27 - Kapata

Lands Minister Jean Kapata says since Forest Reserve 27 in Lusaka’s Twinpalm area was demarcated and plots allocated to some Zambians, no one has complained to her office. Forest reserve number 27 is the last surviving woodland of Lusaka where Kingsland City is being built, after it was degazetted and commercialized for residential plots by...

• 22 Jul 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

UPND not in a hurry to fill Veep position – Katuka

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the party will in the next few months be going for a general conference to elect new party leaders. And Katuka says the party cannot appoint a new vice-president now because it is not long before the next conference. In an interview, Katuka said the UPND was not in...

• 22 Jul 2019
• Natasha Sakala

KCM liquidation may cost Zambia like LapGreenN – PeP

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo has warned that the manner in which President Edgar Lungu is handling Konkola Copper Mines’ (KCM) Plc liquidation will cost Zambia tremendously similar to the 2012 repossession of Libyan firm LapGreenN. And Tembo says that the route taken by government to repossess the mine is inconsistent with...

• 22 Jul 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Institute of Architects probes Woodlands accident

The Zambia Institute of Architects (ZIA) has instituted investigations into the accident that happened at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka last week where one person died, while two others sustained injuries when a building structure collapsed on them. And ZIA says it will ensure that all developments in Zambia are compliant with the law and provide...

• 22 Jul 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

CK applies to remove ECZ from his petition against Matibini's decision to declare Roan seat vacant

Former Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili has told the Constitutional Court that he wishes to remove the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) from the matter in which he is challenging Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini’s decision to declare his seat vacant. Kambwili says ECZ acted within its powers when it...

• 22 Jul 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Mukata seeks to challenge death sentence in Supreme Court

Former Chilanga UPND member of parliament Keith Mukata who was sentenced to death by the Lusaka High Court for murdering his security guard, has applied for leave to appeal against his conviction in the Supreme Court. According to a notice of application for leave to appeal filed in the Court of Appeal Holden at Lusaka...