THE Ndola High Court has sentenced a Masaiti man to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for causing the death of his brother over beer. In this matter, Kunda Musonda, 28, was initially charged with murdering his brother Vincent Musonda but the charge was amended to manslaughter. He then pleaded guilty to the reduced offence....

MATERO PF member of parliament Lloyd Kaziya says the altercation which happened between him and his councillor, Annie Chinyanta, on Wednesday was a trap to force him into manhandling the latter. But Chinyanta says Kaziya does not know what he is talking about and will soon be forced to retract his statement. On Wednesday, a...

FORMER Access Financial Services director Faustin Mwenya Kabwe has sued Kingsland City Investment Limited in the Lusaka High Court, seeking an order for issuance of a receipt for the K110,000 paid for the purchase of two properties. Kabwe wants the said money to be credited in his purchase account held by Kingsland City. He is,...

CHRISTIAN Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) chairperson Fr Cleophas Lungu says the Ministry of Home Affairs should provide comprehensive information to the public on the issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs). In a statement, Wednesday, Fr Lungu stated that the Ministry should release a schedule for the nationwide NRCs issuance, including locations and procedures, to build...

BASIC Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) spokesperson Kakunta Kabika says the Ministry of Health should quicken the process of testing schools that have recorded suspected cases of COVID-19. In an interview, Kabika asked the Ministry of Health to quickly release test results of suspected COVID-19 in schools for all relevant stakeholders to be immediately...

ZAMBIA Law Development Commission (ZLDC) chairperson Justice Roydah Kaoma has proposed that correctional centres should be designated as polling stations to allow inmates exercise their right to vote. And Zambia Correction Services Commissioner General Dr Chisela Chileshe says anarchists will not be allowed to campaign in prisons because they don't mean well. Meanwhile, Electoral Commission...

"We need information about COVID 19," laments Martin Gondwe, the founder of the forum for people with disabilities in Nakonde, "Since the time of the outbreak, there has not been a single poster in the streets written in sign language. People are just moving up and down sensitizing the non-disabled people, thinking that they are...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya has expressed concern that government officials are endangering Zambians’ lives by holding mass gatherings against the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. And Fr Chikoya has advised CCZ members to ensure that they do not gather for smaller church meetings, but conduct them remotely via social media...

KAMUNDA Milling Limited has dragged Chimsoro Milling Company Limited to the Lusaka High Court, claiming K73,652 refund owed to it by the latter for ground rates, electricity and water bills. Kamunda Milling Limited further wants an order that it does not owe Chimsoro Milling US$32,000. It is also seeking an injunction to restrain Chimsoro Milling,...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa says the rank and dignity of State Counsel is not chivala mulomo, adding that being a member of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) does not abolish any lawyer's freedom of expression. 

And the renown lawyer says if the objective of the Letters Patent given to State Counsel is to stop...