A Mongu-based 24-year-old police officer has committed suicide after shooting his girlfriend in the head and her father in his abdomen and both his legs. According to a statement from police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, the motive of the shooting has not yet been established and both victims are in a critical condition. "A Police...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema's special assistant for special duties Mubita Nawa and spokesperson Anthony Bwalya for theft and forgery. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Monday, the duo is in custody, yet to be charged with these offences. "Police in Lusaka have arrested Mubita Christopher...

POLICE Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has warned those planning to cause mayhem at UPND member Joseph Kaunda's funeral to reconsider their intentions, saying enough officers have been deployed to keep vigil. In a statement, Saturday Katongo thanked state prosecutor Nsama Nsama's family for burying him without causing chaos. "As Zambia Police, we wish to thank...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to present a report, on the Wednesday shootings which resulted in two deaths, by Monday. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, President Lungu, who is currently on a working holiday, sent out his condolences to prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND member Joseph...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly attempting to bribe a police officer with K10,000. In a statement, Wednesday, police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo stated that after receiving the money through a mobile money transaction, Inspector Lombe Chulu reported the suspect to his superiors. "Police in Lusaka have arrested a male adult...

POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 22-year-old man of no fixed abode for unburying baby graves and removing wrappers in which the bodies were. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Fiesta Tembo was also found with some cannabis upon being searched. "Police in Lusaka received a report of Trespass on...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says she will not apologise for advising Easterners to emulate how Southerners vote. And Siliya claims she did not coach headmen in Sinda on how to defraud the system to access Social Cash Transfer funds but rather, she advised them to invest in agriculture and their children's education. Meanwhile, Siliya...

THE kwacha is expected to continue depreciating against major currency convertibles, given the heightened demand for dollars on the local market, exacerbated by government’s need to resume external debt service payments, market data shows. According to financial market players, the kwacha is set to maintain a weak position, holding above the K20.00 per dollar mark,...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, has advised Zambians to pre-register as voters during the current pre-voter registration exercise launched by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). Sangwa’s remarks were in reaction to a tweet by an unknown individual behind the handle @Sangwaspeaks which purports to be State Counsel’s Twitter account. Last week, a tweet...

THE annual rate of inflation has marginally increased to 15.7 per cent in September, up from 15.5 per cent recorded in August, mainly induced by price increases in non-food items, according to the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA). Announcing Zambia’s annual rate of inflation for the month of September, ZSA Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa said...