The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has thrown out an application for bail pending appeal in a case where three directors of Heritage Coin Resources Limited were recently sentenced to two years' simple imprisonment for money laundering offences involving over K28 million. Last month, Magistrate Humphrey Chitalu jailed Hilda Agnes Raubenheimer, 35, a businesswoman of Salama Park;...

UPND chairperson for elections Garry Nkombo says the party is concerned that the returning officer in the Sesheke by-election had a private meeting with some State House officials last Friday. In an interview, Nkombo said whilst the UPND was confident of winning the seat, the party was concerned about a private meeting which an Electoral...

12 people, among them a pastor and bishop, have appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for being in possession of over K100,000 counterfeit notes. The 12 include: a 38 year-old businessman of Jack Compound identified as Elijah Sinyangwe; 37 year-old business lady of Garden Compound identified as Petronella Moyo; a 68-year-old bishop of Kanyama compond...

Former Miss Zambia Cynthia Chikwanda has pleaded not guilty to being in possession of stolen property and dye used for making stamps. Chikwanda, who was crowned Miss Zambia in 1999, is facing two counts before Magistrate Kate Sakwanda’s court and another count before Magistrate Humphrey Chitalu. In some of the charges, she is jointly-charged with...

First Quantum Minerals (FQM) director Philip Pascal has expressed concern that the mining industry will be adversely affected by the recent tax changes because of unique circumstances such as the gold export tax. But Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Richard Musukwa has asked mining companies to submit their concerns about the new tax changes...

Copperbelt MMD provincial chairman Denson Chisunka has told the Lusaka High Court that the 2016 convention which elected Felix Mutati and others into office remains an illegality because it was convened by a team of "illegal men who were in bad standing with the party". Chisunka has, however, told the court that the term of...

The Lundazi Subordinate Court has sentenced a wildlife offender to six years imprisonment for illegal possession of prescribed trophy and another one to six months for illegal possession of a fire arm. In a statement issued by Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer, Sakabilo Kalembwe, the court sentenced Lubinda Lay, 43, to six...

Government has officially abolished meal allowances for University of Zambia and Copperbelt University students. Minister of Higher Education Professor Nkandu Luo announced this at a media briefing this morning saying government had instead added more public universities to the loan scheme. Prof Luo said students who are beginning their first year in 2019 will be...

A witch doctor of Chongwe Township is nursing a broken jaw, unable to speak, after a mob attacked him for allegedly bewitching two people of the same family. In a statement, Deputy Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga revealed that around 20:00 hoursnon Monday, an angry mob descended on the 68-year-old witch doctor identified as Peter Siame...

First Quantum Minerals Limited (FQML) has offered the Zambian government US$700 million to buy off the latter’s 20 per cent stake in its subsidiary Kansanshi Mining Plc through ZCCM-IH. According to Bloomberg, the Canadian miner, which already owns 80 per cent of the Solwezi-based Kansanshi Mine, submitted a business proposal last year that included US$300...