A 34-year-old man has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping an 87-year-old woman at her house. And the victim’s younger sister has testified that her sister sustained some cuts on her private parts after being raped. In this matter, Habwizu Moonga of Kalasa village is facing one count of rape. It is...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says President Edgar Lungu’s blame on Democratic Party (DP) president Harry Kalaba and National Democratic Party (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili for underdevelopment in Bahati and Roan constituencies was a self-confession of failure to develop the country by the Head of State. In a statement, Mucheleka said the whole country...

Lusaka High Court Judge Sharpie-Phiri has authorized late Minister of Gender Victoria Kalima’s sisters to sell three of the properties left behind by the deceased in order to liquidate the debts that she left behind. In January this year, Kalima’s sisters applied for authority to sell part of the deceased properties, saying as administrators, they...

Mopani Copper Mines Plc has with immediate effect resumed operations at its Nkana and Mufulira mine sites following an intensive safety audit of underground operations. Mopani Copper Mines Plc public relations manager Nebert Mulenga confirmed the resumption of operations at the two sites. He said in a statement that the mining company, which declared a...

Five Lusaka bus drivers have dragged an alleged illegal committee comprising of nine Patriotic Front cadres based at City Market to court, seeking payment of over K800,000 which was collected from them as contribution for the past two years after loading buses. They are further seeking for an order declaring that the defendants’ conduct of...

Mealie meal price increases have been driven by Zambia’s drought-hit areas, which has limited supply of maize grain on the market, says the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). And IAPRI have noted that the primary destination of both maize and mealie meal remains the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to the higher prices,...

Voting in Bahati constituency and Chilyapa Ward of Mansa Central constituency has started at a slow pace due to the rains. Provincial electoral officer Amusa Zaza described the voting pattern for the parliamentary and ward by-elections in Bahati and Mansa Central constituency as slow, but peaceful. In an interview, Thursday morning at Senama Council Rest...

Over 1,500 civil and non-civil servants who worked under the Ministry of Finance in the 1990s have sued the State in the Lusaka High Court demanding payment of their dues, exceeding K200 million. Mukosa Joseph Mudenda and Estella Chanda have sued the Attorney General on behalf of 1,576 others, claiming an order of payment of...

Government has slashed training and application fees across public health training facilities to K8,500 and K100, respectively, to make them affordable for learners in the health sector. Speaking in Mansa when he commissioned a K2.6 million practicum site for students of Chinama College, Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya said that the reduction in health workers’...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has recorded a seven per cent reduction in drug-related arrests from 1,376 arrests recorded in the first quarter of 2018 to 1,279 recorded during the same period this year. Giving an update on the drug interdictions from January to March, 2019, DEC public relations officer Theresa Katongo revealed that of...