THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) says Constitutional Court judges are human beings capable of making mistakes and, therefore, criticizing them is not a crime. In a statement, Tuesday, CCZ General Secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya said in fact, Zambia needed more lawyers like John Sangwa State Counsel. "As Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ),...

THE Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) has urged the Judiciary in Zambia to follow due process of the law in handling the matter against constitutional lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel who has been barred from appearing before any court for alleged professional misconduct. In a notice issued to all judges last Friday, the Judiciary announced that...

THERE’s no way a minister can go and sit in Shoprite and tell people not to buy two or three bags of mealie meal, then he has nothing to do and can only be described as a fool, says NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili. On Saturday, Lusambo ordered for the arrest of some youths who were...

GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Brian Mundubile says the party will not force any member of parliament to take the party position on the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019. And Mundubile claims the party is not enticing any opposition member of parliament to support Bill 10, but rather, encouraging people to debate it on the...

FIVE alleged rioters have been granted K4,000 cash bail with two working sureties of K20,000 each in their own recognizance. This is a matter in which John Lungu, Brian Mulenga, Abel Chivunga, Maxwell Kanene and Aston Simakungwe are charged with rioting after proclamation, contrary to Section 79 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the...

HEALTH Minister Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19. At a press briefing, Wednesday, Dr Chilufya said a 39-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, a Zambian couple that had gone to France on holiday with their two children returned to Lusaka from a 10 day holiday aboard an Emirates flight...

A 27-YEAR-old vendor of Lusaka has been dragged to court for spraying poisonous substances on Mary Kapama. This is a case in which John Banda, 27, a vendor of Old Ng'ombe is charged with maliciously administering poison with intent to harm, contrary to section 231 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the laws of...

The Patriotic Front yesterday dragged debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 after falling short by one member of parliament to meet the required two thirds majority to pass the Bill through Second Reading. And Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini reserved a ruling after UPND Monze Central member of...

The decision by the Judiciary to bar State Counsel John Sangwa from appearing in any Zambian court on grounds that he disrespected the Constitutional Court has left us dumbfounded. This is unbelievable. One doesn't need to be a lawyer to see that there is something wrong with this decision. In fact, there are so many...