STATE House media director Clayson Hamasaka has asked the Lusaka High Court to enter a default judgement in his favor in a matter in which he is seeking damages for malicious and wrongful prosecution over his arrest in 2013 on charges of being in possession of obscene materials. In his affidavit in support of summons...

FORMER Botswana president Ian Khama says while he is in the country to visit Rupiah Banda, who is battling colon cancer, he has also taken advantage of the trip to pay his last respects to Dr Kenneth Kaunda. Speaking when he visited Dr Kaunda’s family in State Lodge, Tuesday, Khama said his relationship which the...

A BOLABET manager in Lusaka has been dragged to court for stealing K236,413, property belonging to his employers. Dixie Cheelo is facing one count of theft by servant. It is alleged that Dixie Cheelo, on dates unknown but between April 2021 and 8th October, 2021, in Lusaka jointly and whilst acting together with others unknown...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government has released K198 million towards the first term secondary boarding schools and skills development bursary scheme. In a statement, Tuesday, Dr Musokotwane said it was the resolve of government that savings raised from government policy to restructure expenditures through the elimination of subsidies such as...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced a University of Zambia student to two years imprisonment for trafficking in 81.3kilograms of cannabis with no lawful authority. Abel Sambole, 24, of unknown house number in Six Miles, initially pleaded not guilty to trafficking in Psychotropic substances of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. But when the matter came...

MINISTER of Science and Technology Felix Mutati says government will implement policies which will stimulate growth for startups in the tech space. And Mutati says Zambia will use its unique position of having eight neighbouring countries to become the digital hub of Southern Africa. Speaking at the Afrilabs Annual Gathering 2022, Mutati congratulated Jacaranda Hub...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says it is unfair that investigative wings are looking into the party's source of campaign vehicles during the 2021 general elections. In an interview, Tuesday, Mwila, who was questioned by police on Monday over the same, said the investigation was illegal. "The problem that is there is that any...

WE are analyzing the statement that Mr (Gilbert) Liswaniso issued and if we see that it is a matter that we can take before the courts of law and we can secure a conviction, we will go for him, says Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba. During a press briefing recently, Liswaniso warned that he...

ANTI Corruption Commission chief corporate affairs officer Timothy Moono says it is sad that as a country, we tolerate corruption by enjoying and glorifying those who steal from the public. And Moono has vowed that the commission will not allow looters to go scot free. And ActionAid Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba says Zambia's current...

KOPALA Empire Limited proprietor Sarafina Nthenga says artists who benefited from the empowerment fund still have five years to pay back. And Nthenga says she only received K187,000 of the K300,000 she was supposed to get from the presidential arts development scheme. On Monday, Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts Permanent Secretary Kangwa Chileshe said...