The Lusaka Magistrates' Court has slapped a woman with a two-year jail term for stabbing her boyfriend with a knife in the chest after he refused to buy her cooked beans. In this matter, Mulenga Chitwansombo was charged with unlawful wounding but had pleaded not guilty. Particulars of the offence were that on May 21,...

Newly installed chief Nalubamba, Professor King Nalubamba, has submitted in the Lusaka High Court that he is the legitimate successor to the throne of the Nalubamba chieftaincy. Professor King Nalubamba has stated that all customs, practices and traditions of the Ila people of the Mbeza Royal Establishment were followed during his selection and installation as...

The Lusaka High Court has refused to stay criminal proceedings in which New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale is accused of defaming the President, pending review of magistrate Alice Walusiku’s refusal to refer the case to the High Court for Constitutional reference. Lusaka High Court judge Sharon Newa has further set aside Siwale’s application to...

Alliance for Community Action Executive Director Laura Miti says it is disturbing that President Edgar Lungu wasted an opportunity to explain his plan on how he intends to turn the country around from its economic malaise. And Miti says it is unfortunate that President Lungu is encouraging his ex-ministers to disobey a court order. Meanwhile,...

Vice-President Inonge Wina says President Edgar Lungu has directed that government should not engage in acquiring more loans or purchasing of expensive items like the presidential jet. And Vice-President Wina says all purported civil servants who are illegally on the government payroll will lose their jobs once investigations are concluded. Speaking in Parliament during the...

Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) says it is conducting a process of installing Global Positioning System (GPS) gadgets on Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) to monitor their speed. In an interview, when he was called to explain the GPS installation tender, RTSA head of public relations Frederick Mubanga said so far, 150 gadgets had been...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has sought leave of the Constitutional Court to direct Minister of Justice Given Lubinda and Attorney General Likando Kalaluka to testify at the hearing of its petition, challenging government’s attempt to alter the Constitution through Bill 10, 2019. Last month, the court set aside LAZ’s subpoenas on Kalaluka and...

President Edgar Lungu has pardoned Rainbow Newspaper proprietor Derrick Sinjela and four others as part of his 63rd Birthday celebrations. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe, President Lungu has also pardoned Chief Mulongwe, former Mines Minister in the MMD government Maxwell Mwale, former Barotseland administrator general...

Mopani Copper Mines Plc has announced the appointment of its new chief executive officer, Nathan Bullock, who joins the company from BHP Olympic Dam Mine in Australia. According to a statement, Bullock takes over from Chris Vermeulen, who left Mopani Copper Mines Plc in July, 2019. “The new Chief Executive Officer has since taken up...