Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga says one person has died in Kasumbalesa and three others are nursing wounds after they were shot at by Zambia National Service (ZNS) officers following a botched mob justice attempt on a suspected thief. In an interview, Tuesday, Katanga explained that the incident occurred when members of the public wanted...

Former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda and former RTSA chief executive officer Zindaba Soko have both denied corruptly receiving different sums of money from Intelligent Mobility Solutions Board chairman, Walid EL Nahas. Nahas has also pleaded not guilty to charges of corrupt practices with a public officer before...

The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) says it is not mandated to control how patients use medicines that are given to them, contrary to misconceptions advanced by the Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ). But the Authority has expressed regret over reports of HIV-negative people accessing ARVs, a development which it hopes to minimize...

An eight-year-old girl has narrated before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how a man chased after her and her friends when coming from school, dragged her six-year-old friend and then defiled her. The eight-year-old girl was testifying in a matter in which Richard Mwila, a 21-year-old unemployed man of Zingalume Township, is charged with defilement. Particulars...

Sun Foods Trading Limited has admitted that in April, 2019, it unknowingly manufactured, packaged and branded biscuits as ‘Chelsea’, a trademark for another biscuits manufacturing company. The company has further submitted to the Lusaka High Court that it has no objection to the forfeiture of the 367 boxes of the said biscuits. This is a...

Police in Northern Province have arrested Edward Pemba, a UPND cadre, for being in possession of offensive weapons in Chilubi Island ahead of next month’s parliamentary by-election. Confirming the development in an interview, Northern Province Police Commissioner Richard Mweene said Pemba, aged 34, hails from Chifubu area in Ndola District, but was found in Chilubi...

The Lusaka High Court has sentenced 35-year-old businessman Nshinka Kaputo to death by hanging for murdering his girlfriend, Precious Mangesana, a MultiChoice employee. Meanwhile, Lusaka High Court Judge Cathrine Phiri has sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for causing grievous harm to his daughter. Nshinka maintained full composure as the sentence was...

Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) has accused the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) of failing to regulate and control how medicines and allied substances are being made available to the general public. In a statement, Monday, MQHZ director general Dr Quince Mwabu observed that drugs were found in the wrong hands whilst the...

Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) executive director Boniface Cheembe has expressed concern over suspected ritual killings and riots in Chingola. In a statement, Monday, Cheembe said the deployment of defence forces to Chongola was a sign of how big the problem was. “The reported incidences of riot behaviour, where citizens...

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says it is strange for former ministers who served in the PF government to attack the ruling party today when they did nothing sensible during their time in office. And Kafwaya says he is confident that the people of Zambia will vote for the Patriotic Front in 2021 because...