ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters Party (EFF) president Kasonde Mwenda has sought leave of the Lusaka High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the Electoral Commission of Zambia's decision to direct that the campaign period will run from May 24 to August 11, this year, which is two weeks short of the mandated three months period....

FORMER Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSZ) president Jerome Kanyika says Zambians should not be afraid of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine once it is in the country because it is safe. Some citizens expressed mixed feelings over the COVID-19 vaccines, citing fears over its safety after global reports indicated that some recipients, predominantly senior citizens, had...

TRIAL has also failed to take off in a case where nine additional UPND cadres are accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace as the exhibits were not before court. Last week, trial in another matter in which 11 other UPND cadres are facing a similar charge before another...

LUSAKA High Court Judge Winnie Mwenda has granted three Vedanta Resources companies an ex-parte order of injunction restraining Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu from undertaking any reorganisation of the mining company or transferring, disposing or selling of its assets, pending determination of the matter before her. Judge Mwenda has further restrained KCM...

FORMER Community Development and Social Services minister Emerine Kabanshi has been found with a case to answer in a case where she is charged with willful failure to comply with the law and applicable procedure or guidelines relating to procurement involving the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme. Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale put Kabanshi on...

THE 43 former cabinet ministers and their deputies who had asked the Constitutional Court to allow them to pay back the money they were supposed to refund the State in monthly instalments, have withdrawn the application. The 43 withdrew the application before the ConCourt yesterday through their lawyer, on grounds that they had paid back...

THREE Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have insisted that the current composition of Cabinet, Provincial Ministers and nominated members of parliament was not constituted in compliance with the Constitution. They argue that the President's appointments did not reflect either the requisite gender parity or equitable representation of youths and persons with disabilities. In this matter, Chapter One...

A LUSAKA man has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging an assessment letter for registration as a medical doctor and uttering the said document to the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ). Phillip Silwaba, 25, who is facing two counts of forgery and uttering false documents, however, denied the charges against...

ZAMBIA has recorded 602 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,803 tests which were conducted in the last 24 hours. Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says the country has also recorded nine COVID-19-related deaths in various health care facilities. This is according to a statement on COVID-19, Monday. Dr Chanda said 385 patients were admitted to...

A LUSAKA woman has filed for judicial separation from her husband on grounds that he has neglected to constantly maintain their children, especially one who is physically challenged. Juliet Moono, a teacher, laments that her husband, Misinzo Moono, has refused to take care of the child’s condition despite being a medical doctor and has refused...