THE matter in which late Republican Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku was charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race has been discontinued. The proceedings were discontinued against the deceased yesterday in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in view of a nolle prosequi entered by the Director of Public Prosecutions...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama has directed all provincial and district health directors to work closely with Medical Stores Limited and Honeybee Pharmacy to ensure that the defective medical supplies are removed from circulation and quantified with immediate effect. In a memo addressed to all provincial and district health directors and dated...

PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu's differences with the ruling party stem from a feud which he had with its founder Michael Sata. In an interview, Phiri said Archbishop Mpundu's feud with Sata was about some of the children which the clergyman's sisters had with the latter. Phiri asked Archbishop Mpundu...

KITWE High Court Judge Abha Patel says the escalating number of domestic disputes and defilement cases before the courts of law are a source of concern, especially that they mostly involve women and children. Judge Patel was speaking during the opening of the Kitwe criminal court session for 2021. Judge Patel said in a country...

THE State has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss the judicial review proceedings by former senior assistant Intelligence Officer in the Office of the President at KKIA, Bangladesh Mombelela, in which she is challenging her dismissal from the service. However, Mombelela has argued that the application by the State to dismiss the judicial review...

MINISTRY of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Dr Masiye Banda says he decided to reverse a contract to procure arms from South Africa because it was bogus and in breach of financial management regulations. And Dr Banda says he has managed to trace the accountant who went ahead to make such an illegal payment in this...

PF SECRETARY general Davies Mwila says he cannot reveal the three people that paid K4.7 million on behalf of former ministers who illegally stayed in office. On Monday, governance activist Brebner Changala accused the PF of thinking that Zambians were idiots, who could be fooled by “money laundering tricks” like the one in which the...