Lusaka lawyer Gilbert Phiri has dragged a woman of unknown profession to the Lusaka High Court seeking damages for libel for accusing him of abusing the judicial process and State machinery. Phiri of Messrs PNP Advocates has sued Dorah Namasiku Likukela claiming an injunction restraining the said woman whether by herself, her servants or agents...

The Zambia Institute of Estate Agents (ZIEA) has called on sector players to come up with innovations like ‘rent-to-own’ that will help citizens own property given the failure of the traditional mortgage system to benefit ordinary Zambians. ZIEA president Bryan Mushota has also noted that the country’s housing deficit, currently standing between 1.5 and two...

A lawyer representing Chita Lodge managing director James Chungu, in a matter he is jointly charged with former ZAF Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese, has submitted that the State's application to have his client’s bond cancelled on account of interfering with a witness, is misconceived and an abuse of authority. The defence has therefore asked...

Some unidentified Truck drivers have insulted Labour Minister and Social Security Joyce Simukoko and her Home Affairs counterpart Stephen Kampyongo for allegedly causing confusion for them. But Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Truck drivers Association vice general secretary Evans Siyabonga says he is not aware that some drivers insulted the minister. Meanwhile, Simukoko says she...

Luangwa establishment has backed suggestions that mining in the Lower Zambezi National Park should go ahead. At a press briefing, Thursday, Luangwa Establishment chairman Joseph Felemenga said the developmental impact of mining was huge and could not be ignored. “In our esteemed opinion, any developmental option must demonstrate that it will benefit the local people...

Action Aid Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba has called on government to address the poor disbursement of funds to the health and agricultural sectors. ActionAid Zambia, ESAF and SAfAID Zambia, which are part of the consortium on the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), are implementing the SDC Phase Two Project expected to run from July 2019...

I resigned from the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) because I did not want to be involved in a Constitution making process that was not people driven, a University of Zambia (UNZA) lecturer has told the Constitutional Court. Dr O'Brien Kaaba, a lecturer in the School of Law, testified that the NDF was intended to refine...

Mines minister Richard Musukwa says operations at the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) plant have been suspended until investigations into the sulphuric acid spillage are completed. And Musukwa says 269 people, among them 232 pupils were affected by the toxic gas. Rendering a ministerial statement to Parliament, Thursday, Musukwa said the plant would be recommissioned after...

The Non-governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says it is saddened by the untimely death of Chilubi PF member of parliament Rosaria Fundanga. In statement, Thursday, NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale said it was sad that the country had been robbed of a fearless woman. “The Non-governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has learnt with...

On 8 November 2019, President Edgar Lungu, speaking in his first press conference for four years, brought up Zambia’s elections scheduled for 2021 before declaring: “I am game”. Breaking with his usual practice of governing through press aides and off-the-cuff remarks delivered on airport tarmacs, he stressed publicly that he would be the presidential candidate...

The nation was recently engaged in a debate on the rearing of livestock in residential areas. This debate arose from reports that the mayor of the city of Lusaka was keeping Friesian cows at his residential place. The aim of this article is not to debate whether the mayor is right or wrong, but rather...

PF youths who are calling on their party leadership to change the presidential candidate for the 2021 general elections have a good argument. The withdrawal of President Edgar Lungu’s participation in the next elections is not only good for the Patriotic Front, but for Zambia and for Mr Lungu himself. This country needs urgent help...