AN investigations officer has narrated to the Kitwe High Court how he received a docket of murder for investigation and he later learnt that four people of the same family were attacked, of which one was allegedly raped and another murdered. Mavuto Nkhata, who was testifying in a case where Chingola-based small scale miner Kabaso...

UPND chairperson of elections Gary Nkombo says his party will eventually take government to court over the mobile issuance of National Registration Cards. In an interview, Nkombo said it was clear that PF was manipulating the mobile issuance of NRCs. "They have the instruments of power, we cannot start standing up to them and start...

PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri says the UPND is a finished party because they have continued losing by elections in their strongholds. And Phiri says neither President Edgar Lungu nor any of his family members have land in Forest 27, insisting that several UPND members of parliament do. Meanwhile, Phiri says the PF will...

COMMUNITY Development and Social Welfare Minister Kampamba Mulenga Chewe says the K1,600 being given out is an initiative under a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) programme meant to cushion the informal sector from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, social media was awash with pictures of citizens in various localities lining up to...

THREE years ago, on July 3, 2017, we raised questions around the absence of FDD president Edith Nawakwi from the political scene. Much of what we said in that editorial opinion can be repeated today, and it would even make much more sense now after what we predicted about her timely return to the scene...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says there is no alternative to the PF because the ruling party remains the people's choice. And President Lungu says he will not tolerate any anarchy or criminal behavior within and outside the PF. Speaking when he opened the PF's Muchinga provincial conference, Saturday, President Lungu said the opposition had continued to...

THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has sued Zesco Limited and its director strategy and corporate affairs, Patrick Mwila, in the Lusaka High Court claiming damages for accusing it of denying access to its meters and reporting inaccurate metering data, thereby defrauding Zesco of US$67.2 million. CEC has also sued Zambia Daily Mail Limited, stating that...

KABUSHI PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo speaking English should never be used as a measure of intelligence. And Lusambo says only visionless people can insult President Edgar Lungu. Lusambo was speaking on when he officiated at the Ndola District COVID-19 Inter-School Debate Contest held at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, which he sponsored. Lusambo said it...

KONKOLA Copper Mines (in liquidation) has applied for leave to appeal High Court judge Catherine Phiri’s decision to discharge the ex-parte interim injunction which was granted to it and Zesco Limited, restraining Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) from interfering with the supply of power to the mining company. Kutawa Chamunda, an assistant to the provisional liquidator...

LUSAKA High Court Judge Catherine Phiri has discharged the ex-parte interim injunction, which was granted to Zesco Limited (Zesco) and Konkola Copper Mines (in liquidation), restraining Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) from interfering with the supply of power to the mining company. And CEC has hailed the latest court ruling and expressed its expectation that Konkola...