A 24-year-old woman of Lusaka's Emmasadale area has been sentenced to four years simple imprisonment for stabbing her boyfriend to death. High court judge Mwape Bowa convicted Wendy Kapembwa for manslaughter on Friday. Kapembwa stabbed her boyfriend Kativia Mwanza with a knife during an argument in Lusaka's Emmasadale area on July 30, 2016. Mwanza sustained...

Party for National Unity leader Hivie Hamududu has questioned government’s insistence on building more universities when the existing ones are marred by numerous challenges. Commenting on the ongoing go-slow by the University of Zambia lecturers, Hamududu observed that government was channeling resources to areas where it was irrelevant. “Government needs to find a holistic approach...

The International Press Institute (IPI) 66th Annual General Assembly has renewed its international pressure on African countries that are showing zero tolerance for press freedom and freedom of expression. And the just ended 2017 IPI World Congress held in Hamburg, petitioned the German government and the European union to ascertain themselves as defenders of human...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has ordered Copperbelt police to arrest illegal miners, saying a monster should not be created in that province. Kampyongo said this when he met Konkola Copper Mines management yesterday in Chingola following numerous reports of illegal miners besieging the mine, attacking employees and damaging property. The Minister was accompanied by...

Mutinta Hichilema and children: Every day HH lives is a blessing Fellow country men and women, The Hichilema family hereby invite you in wishing the UPND President, Mr Hakainde Hichilema, a happy 55th birthday which falls today, Sunday, 4th June, 2017. In the past, we have always celebrated Mr Hichilema's birthday at our residence while...

In this audio, Hakainde Hichilema's defence lawyer Jack Mwiimbu complains that the treason case has not made progress this week because the State doesn’t seem eager to commit the accused to the High Court for trial. Last month, the Director of Public Prosecution’s office issued a letter of committal, compelling magistrate David Simusamba to surrender...

United Party for National Development (UPND) Secretary General Stephen Katuka says Wynter Kabimba is just looking for publicity because his party has never asked him sympathise with Hakainde Hichilema. On Wednesday, Kabimba, who is Rainbow Party leader asked the UPND to deal with their problems the way he dealt with his after being fired by...

People's Party president Mike Mulongoti says it is unfair for Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima to say that the judiciary cannot respond to attacks from the public because Zambians deserve answers. And Mulongoti says Patriotic Front officials must stop issuing statements on behalf of government because it has a spokesperson who is paid to do that....

In this audio, UPP leader Saviour Chishimba vents anger on Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima saying she has brought the judiciary to its lowest. Yesterday, Chief Justice Mambilima said she had refused to appoint a tribunal to probe Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya over the Maizegate Scandal because it lacked merit. But in a statement today, Saviour,...

Murder accused Keith Mukata and his lover Charmaine Musonda have been committed to the High Court for trial. Lusaka magistrate Ireen Wishimanga committed them to the High Court after a state prosecutor presented a certificate of committal signed by Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyuni. "Now therefore I Fuluta .L. Shawa Siyuni ,SC Director of...