Zambia Air Force Projects Limited director Colonel Edgar Lungu has told the Lusaka High Court that if construction works at Kingsland City continued despite a stop order from ZEMA, it was wrong. And the witness told the court that he was not aware that there was any approval from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency for...

Accountability of public expenditure has remained a significant concern in Zambia, the Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has observed. In a research conducted by PMRC’s head of research and analysis Salim Kaunda, among other contributors, on public expenditure, using information published in the Auditor General’s reports from 2012 to 2017, it was noted that...

The Kasama Subordinate Court has sentenced a 30-year-old Northern Province Health Office driver to 18 months imprisonment for corrupt practices. Timothy Gondwe of Winberg compound in Kasama has, however, been acquitted in another count where he was jointly charged with James Makasa, a former Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Officer for an offence of...

A cyber security technician from ZICTA has testified that pornographic material was also found on the victim’s phone in a case where a 32-year-old man of Ndola’s Lubuto West is accused of duping women into sending nude videos of themselves. In this matter, Kafula Mwamba is charged with one count of prohibition of pornography and...

Lusaka High Court judge Annessie Banda-Bobo has stayed proceedings in a matter in which ZCCM Investments Holdings PLC is seeking an order to have Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) liquidated. The proceedings have been halted to allow an inter-parte hearing on the application by Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited to stay proceedings and refer the matter to...

Police in Lusaka have launched a manhunt for a 52-year-old man of Kabanana Compound for murdering his 41-year-old wife. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Wednesday, Watson Ngambi killed his wife, Agness Chabala Ngambi, on April 19, 2019 between 22:00 hours and 23:00 hours in Kabanana Compound. "The matter was...

All medicines containing Codeine and/or Diphenhydramine are with immediate effect categorised as Prescription only Medicines and will be sold as such, the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZMRA) has ordered. In a notice to all Pharmaceutical Importers, Distributors, Retailers and the public dated July 4, ZMRA Director General Bernice Mwale stated that the authority was concerned...

SACCORD executive director Boniface Cheembe says the reintroduction of deputy ministers is a necessity as it will enhance Cabinet ministers' quality of service delivery. And Cheembe says the UPND’s refusal to support the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) resolutions should be respected. In an interview, Cheembe argued that a government ministry should have deputy ministers to...