FIVE residents of Chawama who were accused of against gassing have been set free by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale acquitted the five men after noting that there was no evidence in court to show that an identification parade was conducted to verify their identity. Magistrate Mwale said that the three...

AN arresting officer has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the alleged defamatory words uttered by NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili against President Edgar Lungu were not fit to be used on a human being. And Kambwili’s defence lawyers Keith Mweemba and Gilbert Phiri have asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to refer the defamation of the...

A 56-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Obama area has dragged the State to court seeking damages for injuries sustained after allegedly being beaten at a bar by some police officers who were enforcing COVID-19 regulations. David Sikananu, who has sued the Attorney General in the Lusaka High Court, wants a declaration that the officers had no...

A FORMER security guard at Pre-Secure Security Company has testified that he guarded some properties in Ibex Hill allegedly belonging to former Zambia Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese for a year. The State witness further testified that on a certain day, Chita Lodge director James Chungu told him to lock up all the...

THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed an application by UPND and NDC seeking to amend the originating process in a matter where they have sued the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and PF secretary general Davies Mwila over the Chilubi by-election. Lusaka High Court judge-in-charge Getrude Chawatama said in her ruling that this was not...

MULTICHOICE Zambia Limited has asked the Lusaka High Court to misjoin it from the matter where Prime Television has petitioned the court for an order quashing Information Minister Dora Siliya’s decision to cease all cooperation with the station. It has argued that the relief sought by Prime Television that Multichoice cannot remove the station from...

KONKOLA Copper Mines Plc (in liquidation) has admitted to owing its power supplier, Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) a whopping $132 million for power supplied and used by the mine over several months. According to an affidavit in support of summons for an order of interim relief pending arbitration filed into court on 13 May...

THE UPND has applied to join a case where a lawyer has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order that the Registrar of Societies de-registers all political parties which have not practiced democracy through regular, free and fair elections within their parties from 2016 to-date. The opposition party wants to join as an interested party,...

HORIZON Education Trust Limited has argued that there’s no decision, judgement or order delivered by the Lusaka High Court which has compelled the State to tax costs in the matter where it’s seeking leave to apply for Judicial Review against the President’s decision to compulsorily acquire the School. The school has therefore, asked the court...

A STATE witness yesterday told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he has no proof to show that the properties which Pre-Secure security firm was engaged to provide security services for, belong to former Zambia Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese. Martin Kayawe, an accountant at Pre-Secure security firm, told the court that the diary...

FORMER Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says there were some spirited attempts to interfere with the course of justice in a case in which he was charged with corrupt practices. Chanda said this after the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in a matter where he...

A LAWYER has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking an order that the Registrar of Societies deregisters all political parties which have not practiced democracy through regular free and fair elections within their parties from 2016 to date. Benjamin Mwelwa, has submitted that since January 4, 2017, all the political parties in Zambia, having failed to...

THE Director of Public Prosecutions has entered a nolle prosequi in a matter in which former Intelligent Mobility Solutions board chairman Walid El Nahas was jointly charged with former special assistant to the President for press and public relations Amos Chanda and former RTSA chief executive officer Zindaba Soko for corrupt practices. In this matter,...

I THINK we have been bewitched as a country and whoever has bewitched us, twapapata sana (we are begging), can you think of ‘unwitching’ us otherwise we are a dead nation, says NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili. And Kambwili says it’s unreasonable for government to re-open casinos and restaurants, leaving bars closed when the conditions in...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has announced that President Edgar Lungu has directed that with effect from today, Nakonde border will be temporarily closed. And Dr Chilufya says Zambia has recorded 15 new COVID-19 cases of which 14 are in Lusaka and one in Chilanga. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says commercial sex workers in Nakonde who...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced that the Voter Registration Exercise that was scheduled to commence in May, will commence on a date to be advised. However, the Commission says it will still conduct the Polls for the three Local Government By-elections in Western and Northern Provinces despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, ECZ...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 23-year-old man identified as Don Bosco Katongo of Middle West area for allegedly murdering a 19-year-old woman believed to be his girlfriend. According to a statement issued by Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo, Tuesday, preliminary investigations have indicated that the deceased, identified as Nancy Muchindu, was assaulted by her boyfriend...

COMMERCE and Trade Minister Christopher Yaluma says anyone wearing PF regalia in Southern Province is beaten and not allowed to use public transportation. But UPND deputy secretary Patrick Mucheleka has asked Yaluma to publicly apologise to his wife and other family members who hail from Southern Province over his tribal remarks. While launching his re-election bid as area member...

REPUBLICAN Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku has denied publishing racial statements against Chinese nationals, saying he has no hatred for humanity whatsoever. This is a matter in which Lukuku is charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race. Lukuku is alleged to have uttered words and published writings, expressing...

A LUSAKA woman has dragged Woolies (Zambia) Limited, trading as Woolworths, to court for allegedly selling her expired mixed berry flavoured juice, making her daughters sick after consuming it. Evelyn Mooka, who has sued as a mother and next friend of her 8-year-old and 11-year-old children, is seeking exemplary damages arising out of anxiety and...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has recorded four new cases of COVID-19 as at yesterday, bringing the cumulative total to 88. At his daily briefing yesterday, Dr Chilufya said the four new cases were out of 378 tests that were conducted, explaining that one positive case was from Ndola while the other three...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has recorded four new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 88. At his daily briefing today, Dr Chilufya said one is from Ndola while three are from Lusaka. He said the four were out of 378 tests conducted in the last...

DEMOCRATIC Party president Harry Kalaba says Zambians should brace for tougher times because government doesn't seem to have a grip on the economy. And Kalaba says that Zambians must forget about mealie meal prices and other commodities reducing and must brace themselves for an even higher cost of living. Meanwhile, Kalaba has urged government to...