FOUR UPND cadres have pleaded not guilty in a matter where they are accused of beating up a PF cadre at the court premises. The assault is alleged to have occurred after a judgement in a mayoral petition. In this matter, Robby Chinyemba, 46, Max Chinyemba, 41, Lackson Tembo, 42 and Vincent Zulu, 27, all...

MWEWA Chitambala, popularly known as Simon Mwewa, has pleaded not guilty in a matter where he is facing libel and cyber bullying charges against Tasila Lungu. In the first count, Chitambala is alleged to have on September 15, 2021, in Lusaka, published on his Facebook page a story entitled “The Former President's Daughter” where he...

BLACK Swan Media trading as Crown Television has told the Lusaka High Court that Chawama PF member of parliament Tasila Lungu is not entitled to any claims as the institution retracted its statement against her and tendered an apology. This is a matter in which Lungu has dragged Crown Television and three others to court...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has argued that there is no provision under the current Constitution which subjects declared assets of presidential candidates to public inspection, as was the case in the 1996 Constitution. This is a matter in which Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo petitioned the Constitutional Court over the ECZ’s...

THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and the Zambia Medicines and Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) have seized a consignment of Benylin with Codeine syrup worth approximately K763,000 at Victoria Falls Border in Livingstone. According to a joint statement issued by Mathia Kamanga of DEC, Topsy Sikalinda of ZRA and...

THE Patriotic Front owes about K37 million in legal fees for the ongoing parliamentary and local government petitions. Affected lawyers have alleged that Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile, who is also chairperson of the legal affairs committee, was given the said money but has not yet paid about 20 law firms despite continued...

THERE was drama at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court yesterday when Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu appeared at court only to be told that his docket was missing. Milingo, who appeared at court in the company of his lawyers Sakwiba Sikota, Makebi Zulu and Moses Chitambala, was recently arrested by the Drug Enforcement...

A WITNESS has told the Lusaka High Court that there was commotion at the Mandevu results totalling centre after UPND supporters confronted the returning officer who was alleged to have announced results which were not tallying with the GEN20 forms. This is a matter in which losing UPND Mandevu parliamentary candidate Aaron Mulope has petitioned...

VEDANTA Resources Limited has applied to have the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) liquidation case dismissed on grounds that ZCCM-IH is in continued breach of the dispute resolution provisions of clause 24 and 26 of the Shareholders Agreement. The company further notes that following the ruling of the Arbitral tribunal, the grounds relied upon by ZCCM-IH...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says government will renegotiate the bulk supply agreement with Copperbelt Energy Corporation after the resolution of court cases by the end of the year. And the Minister says the price of electricity will be informed by the results of the cost of service study whose completion will be expedited. Responding to...