THE Court of Appeal has declined to grant Chishimba Kambwili permission to institute judicial review proceedings to challenge Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba’s refusal to recuse himself from handling his forgery case and to refer the said matter to the High Court. In this matter, Kambwili renewed his application before the Court of Appeal...

Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba says he should not be likened to people who are going back to the PF because he can't reduce himself to a vice mobilisation chairman when he is now president. And Kalaba has urged traditional leaders to stop siding with politicians and emulate chiefs like Mukuni who welcomes everyone regardless...

MOBILE money transactions in Zambia increased to K105.6 billion by the end of last year from K49.6 billion in 2019, representing a 113 per cent increment, according to ZICTA. And the Authority has revealed that MTN Zambia Limited and Airtel Zambia Limited continued to dominate the ICT market with 45.3 per cent and 35.5 per...

IKELENG’I UPND Member of Parliament Elijah Muchima says the Patriotic Front has captured the police service. Last week, Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said the service could not arrest Higher Education Minister Brian Mushimba and Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for defying COVID-19 guidelines because there was no law which gave them that mandate. But in...

TWENTY MMD members have asked the Lusaka High Court to declare that the extra-ordinary convention held by the Nevers Mumba led group on Saturday is illegal and void. The 20 further want the court to make an order and direct the Registrar of Societies to appoint an interim committee during the subsistence of the matter....

POLICE have arrested and detained Choma Mayor Javan Simoloka and his Mazabuka counterpart Vincent Lilanda over the alleged abduction of Perunah and Miltone Hatembo. In January this year, the Lusaka High Court threw out a case in which the Hatembos were challenging UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s acquisition and possession of a farm in Kalomo District....

FORMER Secretary to Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says the Grade 12 Certificate clause will divide Zambian into classes and has since called for the affected citizens to demonstrate against it. In an interview, Dr Sacika called for the repeal the clause in public interest. “The court must declare it null and void and demand that...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has insisted that government is not targeting the opposition with the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill, but is merely shrinking the space for criminals. And Kampyongo said the Smart City project will simnifically reduce crime and help to avert corruption by police officers as they will not be physically...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has removed all division police officers in charge of traffic and transferred them to Force Headquarters “awaiting further deployment”. According to information obtained by News Diggers, the officers who have been left without any substantive positions, were transferred to clean up the traffic police department, following concerns. “The massive...