THE Court of Appeal has handed a three-year jail sentence to a village headman of Namwala District for receiving a stolen cow. In this case, Brian Mulambo was convicted together with Habwela Himabilo and sentenced to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for the offence of stock theft. But unhappy with the verdict, Mulambo decided...

LUSAKA Province police commissioner Luckson Sakala says police are having challenges in identifying the people behind the burning of UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s campaign billboards because the act is done at night. And UPND Lusaka Province chairman Obvious Mwaliteta says six billboards have so far been burnt down by suspected PF cadres in the last...

PUBLIC Service Management Division Permanent Secretary Boniface Chimbwali has revealed that Resident Doctors Association of Zambia president Dr Brian Sampa will be dismissed from the civil service. And Chimbwali says the K15.9 million allocated to Ministry of Health from the K200 million which was released by the treasury, will be disbursed to the health workers...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has submitted to the Constitutional Court that his nomination as Presidential candidate is valid, and has further asked that the petition against him be dismissed with costs. President Lungu has also argued that the challenging of his nomination as presidential candidate on grounds that article 106(3) of the constitution was breached, is...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested former police officer, Sergeant Jeyson Musonda, after he staged a lone protest against Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja. The visibly angry Musonda who was clad in a black T-shirt, started his protest from Lusaka High Court roundabout to police headquarters on Wednesday while accusing Kanganja of intimidating citizens. Musonda...

BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley says the Covid-19 restriction for political parties to hold rallies must be be applied equally among all players. And High Commissioner Woolley says it is key for political players to preach peace ahead of this year’s general elections. He said this when he called on Copperbelt Permanent Secretary...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) corporate affairs manager Patricia Luhanga says the Commission is working with law enforcement agencies to investigate a video in which a man was found in possession of over 70 voters cards and national registration cards in Eastern Province. And Luhanga has noted that there is lack of unity of purpose...

MINISTRY of Labour permanent secretary Chanda Kaziya has warned that resident doctors risk being fired or not being paid their salaries if they continue with their go-slow. And Kaziya says it will not be difficult for government to replace the doctors as there are many others seeking employment. In an interview, Kaziya said it was...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa has told the Constitutional Court that Times of Zambia newspaper has equally refused to publish an advert in which he was seeking to serve court process on the presidential running mates who have been petitioned. This is a matter in which historian Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking...