CHIEF Justice Dr Mumba Malila has urged newly sworn in members of the service commission to resist the temptation of avenging wrongs which might have happened in the past. Speaking during a swearing in ceremony at the Lusaka High Court, Thursday, Justice Malila reminded the new service commissioners that the treatment of public service officers...

THE case in which former Ministry of Health permanent Dr Kennedy Malama and five others are facing corruption charges will be tried by the newly constituted Economic and Financial Crimes Division Court. When the case came up before Chief Resident Magistrate Dominic Makalicha, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutor, T Mundenda, informed the court that the matter...

KALANDANYA Music Promotions (KMP) proprietor Bwalya Kalandanya has sued PF acting secretary general Nickson Chilangwa for failure to pay fees for music services rendered to the party during last year's general election campaigns. Kalandanya is demanding K13.5 million from PF with interest. In a statement of claim, the money Kalandanya is demanding is for production,...

PF CADRE Maxwell Chongu has pleaded not guilty in a matter in which he is charged with unlawful wounding. When the matter came up for plea before magistrate Thandose Chabala, Wednesday, Chongu ,40, pleaded denied committing the offence of unlawful wounding. In this matter, it is alleged that Chongu, a businessman on 4th March, 2017...

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...

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...

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...

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has pleaded guilty to hitting another teenager in the head with a machete. This is in a case in which the juvenile offender and two others are jointly charged with unlawful wounding. It is alleged that on August 28, 2021 the juvenile offender unlawfully wounded Enock Tembo aged 18. The juvenile offender...

LUSAKA magistrate Jennipher Bwalya has referred the case in which PF information and publicity chairperson Raphael Nakacinda is charged with defamation of the President to the Constitutional Court for determination of constitutional issues. Earlier, Chief Resident Magistrate Dominic Makalicha recused himself from handling the case on professional grounds. Nakacinda is facing one count of defamation...

A LUSAKA based woman yesterday escaped jail time by a whisker after informing the court that her lover, who is accused of obtaining money by false pretences, is on the run. This is in a matter in which Moses Chilufya, 30, is charged with the offense of obtaining money by false pretense. It is alleged...