THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed a notice of appeal against the acquittal of Chishimba Kambwili, Mwamona Engineering Technical Services Limited and another in a case where they were facing 39 counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime, uttering a false document, among other charges. According to...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has with immediate effect terminated the services of some Permanent Secretaries and other senior government officials, as well as, some Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Zambia's various missions abroad. Among those whose services have been terminated are; Ministry of Information permanent secretary Amos Malupenga, PSMD PS Borniface Chimbwali, Disaster Management and...

AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe has clarified that the Financial Statements of the Road Development Agency (RDA) are audited annually while road projects are only audited periodically in order to get a better picture of the status and the cost of the projects And Dr Sichembe says the audit of RDA, Election Funds and other...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has dragged four tenants of the 51 controversial houses in Lusaka’s Chalala area to court for failing to pay rentals periodically. The commission has cited Changu Mukakanga, Harriet Chiyaba, Shanda Banda and Paul Wilombe as respondents in the matter. ACC has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that Mukakanga's rental arrears are...

THE Health Professions Council of Zambia has been ordered to unconditionally restore Dr Brian Sampa's practicing license and to also pay him K101,000 for loss of income as well as legal costs, following a consent judgement entered into by the two parties. This is a matter in which Resident Doctors Association of Zambia president Dr...

ATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka has agreed that the state must pay Lusaka Lawyer Lewis Mosho in excess of US$4.1 million (about K75 million) as damages over his arrest and prosecution by the Drug Enforcement Commission in a theft and money laundering case involving Shoprite. Delivering ruling, the Lusaka High Court noted that the claims that...

OUTGOING President Edgar Lungu has pardoned two murder convicts; Matthew Mohan and former Chilanga member of parliament Keith Mukata. And President Lungu has pardoned Chishimba Kambwili despite his ongoing appeal case in the forgery case. Meanwhile, President Lungu has also pardoned former Ministry of Health acting principal accountant Zukas Kaoma who was convicted alongside Henry...

THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has cautioned banks and other reporting entities to be on high alert for criminals who might try transferring their money to off-shore accounts during the transition period and beyond. And the FIC anticipates that illegal activities by criminal elements will rise as a result of the post-August 12 general elections....

GOVERNANCE Activist Rueben Lifuka has urged the new administration to allow Law Enforcement Agencies to investigate and prosecute all corruption cases, including any which may involve President Edgar Lungu, warning that it's too early to send signals to the PF that all is forgiven. And Lifuka says PF had become worse than the party it...

THE Lusaka High Court has stayed ZICTA's decision to order all mobile service providers to cease providing internet services as well as blocking access to WhatsApp and Facebook across the country. The court has stayed the decision pending determination of the matter in which Chapter One Foundation Limited is challenging the said decision by the...