• 22 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Lusaka lawyer drags woman to court for libel

Lusaka lawyer Gilbert Phiri has dragged a woman of unknown profession to the Lusaka High Court seeking damages for libel for accusing him of abusing the judicial process and State machinery. Phiri of Messrs PNP Advocates has sued Dorah Namasiku Likukela claiming an injunction restraining the said woman whether by herself, her servants or agents...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Mortgages have failed to empower Zambians – ZIEA

The Zambia Institute of Estate Agents (ZIEA) has called on sector players to come up with innovations like ‘rent-to-own’ that will help citizens own property given the failure of the traditional mortgage system to benefit ordinary Zambians. ZIEA president Bryan Mushota has also noted that the country’s housing deficit, currently standing between 1.5 and two...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Chita lodge boss fights state's application for bail revocation

A lawyer representing Chita Lodge managing director James Chungu, in a matter he is jointly charged with former ZAF Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese, has submitted that the State's application to have his client’s bond cancelled on account of interfering with a witness, is misconceived and an abuse of authority. The defence has therefore asked...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Truck drivers insult Simukoko for "causing confusion"

Some unidentified Truck drivers have insulted Labour Minister and Social Security Joyce Simukoko and her Home Affairs counterpart Stephen Kampyongo for allegedly causing confusion for them. But Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Truck drivers Association vice general secretary Evans Siyabonga says he is not aware that some drivers insulted the minister. Meanwhile, Simukoko says she...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Luangwa Establishment backs mining in Lower Zambezi

Luangwa establishment has backed suggestions that mining in the Lower Zambezi National Park should go ahead. At a press briefing, Thursday, Luangwa Establishment chairman Joseph Felemenga said the developmental impact of mining was huge and could not be ignored. “In our esteemed opinion, any developmental option must demonstrate that it will benefit the local people...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Improve fund disbursement to health, agriculture, ActionAid tells govt

Action Aid Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba has called on government to address the poor disbursement of funds to the health and agricultural sectors. ActionAid Zambia, ESAF and SAfAID Zambia, which are part of the consortium on the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), are implementing the SDC Phase Two Project expected to run from July 2019...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

I resigned from NDF, it wasn't people driven, UNZA don tells ConCourt

I resigned from the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) because I did not want to be involved in a Constitution making process that was not people driven, a University of Zambia (UNZA) lecturer has told the Constitutional Court. Dr O'Brien Kaaba, a lecturer in the School of Law, testified that the NDF was intended to refine...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Julia Malunga

Operations at KCM plant suspended indefinitely - Musukwa

Mines minister Richard Musukwa says operations at the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) plant have been suspended until investigations into the sulphuric acid spillage are completed. And Musukwa says 269 people, among them 232 pupils were affected by the toxic gas. Rendering a ministerial statement to Parliament, Thursday, Musukwa said the plant would be recommissioned after...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Ulande Nkomesha

NGOCC mourns Rosaria

The Non-governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says it is saddened by the untimely death of Chilubi PF member of parliament Rosaria Fundanga. In statement, Thursday, NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale said it was sad that the country had been robbed of a fearless woman. “The Non-governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has learnt with...

• 22 Nov 2019
• Sishuwa Sishuwa

Some PF insiders want to get rid of President Lungu. And they have a plan.

On 8 November 2019, President Edgar Lungu, speaking in his first press conference for four years, brought up Zambia’s elections scheduled for 2021 before declaring: “I am game”. Breaking with his usual practice of governing through press aides and off-the-cuff remarks delivered on airport tarmacs, he stressed publicly that he would be the presidential candidate...