PROFESSOR Muna Ndulo says the arbitration process involving Konkola Copper Mines (in liquidation) will not only be a prolonged process, but will also be a very expensive one for Zambia as it will cost the country millions of dollars in arbitration fees, legal fees and the award. Last month, the Court of Appeal ordered a...

A 32-YEAR-OLD man of Kanyama township as been convicted by the Lusaka High Court for causing the death of his two year-old daughter early this year. Luckson Manda, who was charged with manslaughter, was angered when his daughter started crying continuously and he started beating the child to compel her to stop crying. After beating...

A 34-YEAR-OLD woman has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for allegedly forging a Zambia Open University (ZAOU) Bachelor of Laws degree and uttering the said false document to an examinations officer at ZIALE. In this matter, Clare Mulwanda of Lusaka is facing two counts of forgery and uttering a false document. In count...

A SURVEY by the Zambian Financial Sector Deepening Limited (FSD Zambia) has revealed that 25 per cent of Zambian families sold some assets to meet basic needs in September, an increase from 12 per cent recorded in May this year. According to a statement, the FSD Zambia survey, which was conducted with FinMark Trust (FMT),...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says all ministers and deputy ministers who stayed in office after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016 must pay back the salaries and allowances they got as ordered by the court. In 2016 after the dissolution of Parliament President Lungu ordered ministers to stay in office until after the general elections, saying...

LUSAKA Magistrate Felix Kaoma has dismissed a case in which a lawyer dragged her ex-lover to court for allegedly unlawfully and negligently doing acts likely to spread infection when the two had sexual intercourse on different dates between March 26 and June 21, this year. Magistrate Kaoma dismissed the matter for want of Prosecution and...

ZAMBIA Chamber of Mines chief executive officer Sokwani Chilembo has warned that the country will miss out on an opportunity to cash in on the growing demand for copper if the tax regime is not looked at. Speaking during a presentation to parliament on money bills, Monday, Chilembo said jurisdictions with lower grade ore were...

THE INTERNATIONAL Labor Organization (ILO) says government should quickly ratify Convention 190 which aims at eliminating violence and harassment in work places. In an interview, ILO senior regional gender specialist Mwila Chigaga said employees who were victims of violence and harassment could not be. “The International labor Organization on 19th of June 2019 adopted a...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini yesterday sent Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo out of the Chamber for being improperly dressed. Nkombo wore a grey, round neck traditional shirt. Nkombo was sent out after Deputy Chief whip Tutwa Ngulube rose on a point of order, wondering whether the opposition member...

JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda says he is considering asking the Constitutional Court to allow him more time to pay back the K56,226.92 he received after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016 because his family can starve if he's forced to clear it within two months. On Monday, the ConCourt ruled that the 63 former cabinet...