A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to forging a trademark for Bata Shoe company. Tang Weihua, 42, of Makeni in Lusaka is facing a charge of forgery of trademarks and prohibition of sale of goods bearing forged trademark. When the matter came up, the accused admitted the charges before Lusaka magistrate David Simusamba. Weihua, on...

The Lusaka high court has set November 8, 2017 as date for ruling on case to answer in the murder case involving Chilanga Member of Parliament Keith Mukata and Charmain Musonda. This is a matter in which Mukata and Musonda are accused of murdering a security guard who was manning the law firm belonging to...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema today made an exceptional mark when he featured on BBC Hard Talk programme, against a tough probing Stephen Sackur. Most of the questions asked on the programme were old news for a Zambian audience, but Hichilema stood out because of the calm and smart manner in which he responded. Sackur asked...

Police say there was an increase in Gender Based Violence cases reported in 2017 to 5,096 from 4,235 which were reported in 2016. Giving GBV statistics for the third quarter of this year in a statement today, Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo revealed that 55 murder cases were recorded from January to September. “During the...

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested three people for trafficking in illegal drugs. In a statement today, DEC deputy public relations officer Kamufisa Manchishi stated that one suspect was intercepted at an international courier service in Lusaka while the other suspect was arrested in George Compound as he was about to transact. “The Drug Enforcement...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has observed that government is exploiting Zambian subscribers by overtaxing them for TV levy under the TopStar Television deal. In a statement today, Sinkamba appealled to Information Minister Kampamba Mulenga to address the concerns that had been raised by subscribers about the TopStar decoders following government’s decision to switch the...

A wine supplier has sued a Lusaka businessman for failing to pay a K42,000 debt on account that he is protected by President Edgar Lungu by virtue of being a member of the ruling party. Ng'curu Nyanga sued Darius Sinkamba in the Lusaka High Court demanding payment of the same debt. According to the statement...

The Constitutional Court has thrown out the state’s application to dismiss Livingstone magistrate Benjamin Mwelwa’s suspension challenge on grounds that it was not in the court’s jurisdiction. In this matter, magistrate Mwelwa petitioned the ConCourt to declare his suspension illegal and unconstitutional, citing the Attorney General as the Respondent. Last month, Senior State Advocate Lwisha...