CHIEFS and Traditional Affairs Minister Lawrence Sichalwe has reiterated that traditional leaders should not be partisan as they are perceived to be unifying factors in their chiefdoms. And Sichalwe says government has cleared the three quarters of outstanding salary arrears to Chiefs and their retainers. Speaking to journalists, Wednesday, Sichalwe called on traditional leaders not...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found 13 Leadership Movement party members with a case to answer in a matter where they are charged with being in possession of offensive weapons or materials. Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has since placed them on their defence. In this matter, 13 Leadership Movement (LM) party members, among...

NEW Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka has admonished the police for allegedly issuing threats against members of her party who intend to contest parliamentary elections. In an interview, Kateka said while she has not received threats from the police, some members of her party have been threatened with arrests if they contested the parliamentary elections....

UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango says no amount intimidation will prevent UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema from contesting this year's general elections. In an interview, Wednesday, Nalumango said it was unfortunate that government institutions were being used to intimidate Hichilema and the UPND by digging out cases relating to negotiations between individuals. She added that the ruling...

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says political violence will never end in the country as long as a sitting President does not act on the vice. And Mweetwa says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is enjoying good health and directing ground campaign operations ahead of the August 11 elections. Speaking at a media briefing, Tuesday, Mweetwa said...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for insulting President Edgar Lungu. This is a matter in which Steven Phiri, a former employee of Zambeef Woodlands outlet, was charged with defamation of the President contrary to the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence were that...

FORMER Post Newspaper liquidation manager Robert Chabinga and Eneless Chabinga have been sued in the Lusaka High Court over failure to pay rentals amounting to US$10, 800. The landlord, Eunice Luambia, is also claiming K37,800 being the cost of repairs to the property known as House No. 1, Off Twin Palm Road, Ibex Hill, Lusaka....

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has charged that UPND members of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa, Rasfold Bulaya and Stanely Kakubo are sellouts who should not be trusted by their leader Hakainde Hichilema as they have been double dealing with the ruling party. But Kakubo says it’s cowardice for Mwila to accuse him of being a sellout...

POLICE have transported Chief Mukuni’s wife, Veronica Mukuni, back to Southern Province, Choma, as the courts in Lusaka did not have jurisdiction to handle her matter, lawyer Marshal Mubambe Muchende has said. In an interview, Wednesday, Muchende said the police deliberately made an error to intimidate her so that they could solicit information regarding the...