A witness has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili was not in any way involved in the incorporation of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services. James Nyasulu, 62, told the Lusaka Magistrate's Court that he is the one who lodged the registration documents of Mwamona Engineering at PACRA on August 23, 2001...

LAWYERS representing Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya in a case where he is charged with being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime yesterday asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to discharge the accused if the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is not ready to prosecute him. But Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has...

THE Kitwe High Court has refused to grant Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) an order of interim relief, pending arbitration, in which it sought to stop Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) from restricting power supply to the mining company over the US $132 million debt owed to the power utility. Kitwe High Court Judge Evaristo Pengele has...

LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has insisted that he enjoys judicial immunity from lawsuits arising from his exercise of judicial functions. In this matter, NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili and his lawyers Cheelo Mwiinga and Christopher Mundia have sued Magistrate Simusamba in the Lusaka High Court for defamation for alleging that they attempted to bribe...

FORMER Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Deputy Commander Major General Kapotwe Chintu's widow has been dragged to court for allegedly getting over K700,000 benefits and depriving other beneficiaries of their entitlement. Meanwhile, the deceased's sister has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the accused, Evalista Kafula, allegedly went behind the family's back and withdrew money...

BEHAVIOURAL change is the effective social vaccine for COVID-19, says University of Zambia founding Dean for Centre Health System, Metrics and Evaluation in the school of Public Health, Professor Charles Michelo. And Professor Michelo says the fact that cases are increasing shows that as a country, there is something that we are not doing right....

ZAMBIA Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) general secretary Msiska Chingati has sued Barclays Bank Zambia and ABSA Bank Zambia, seeking a declaration that the unilateral and non-consensual transfer of unionised employees of Barclays Bank to the new entity, ABSA Bank, is unlawful, null and void. Chingati also wants a declaration that the...

I WAS not in Kafue, but in Mkushi, Central Province on the day when the kidnapping and assault incident allegedly took place, Kaizer Zulu’s friend and acquaintance Mpange Kachingwe, has told the Lusaka High Court. Kachingwe states that he was out of Lusaka Province from September 5 to 8, 2019, attending to a business transaction...

LUSAKA High Court Judge Catherine Lombe Phiri has granted Lusaka lawyer Linda Kasonde’s law firm, LCK Chambers, permission to withdraw as advocates for Prime Television. This is in a matter where the television station is challenging government’s decision to cease all cooperation with it. “The application for LCK Chambers to withdraw as advocates for the...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama has announced that Zambia has recorded 408 new COVID-19 cases out of 1,611 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, with 44 patients currently on oxygen support. And Dr Malama says the country has also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24...