THREE Vedanta Resources companies have dragged Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu to the Lusaka High Court over plans to restructure and reorganise KCM into two separate subsidiary companies; namely KCM SmelterCo Limited and Konkola Mineral Resources Limited. The three companies have also applied for leave to commence an action against KCM (in...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda has announced that the country has in the last 24 hours recorded 1,796 new COVID-19 cases out of 9,577 tests conducted, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 36,074. And Dr Chanda says 312 COVID-19 patients are currently in admission, out of which 202 were on oxygen therapy. This is...

LUSAKA Magistrate Felix Kaoma has found a 47-year-old secretary with a case to answer in a matter she is accused of forging a cheque and stealing money from Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Simukoko. Nyembezi Masiye will open her defence on January 20, this year. In this matter, Masiye is facing three counts...

THE 24 suspected PF supporters who were arrested last month in Lusaka’s Chawama Compound for being in possession of offensive weapons and trafficking in marijuana, have denied the charges against them. The 24 men, aged between 14 and 48, appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday where they pleaded not guilty to the offences. They...

KOOK College of International Studies Limited has sued Zambia-Somali Friendship Association national coordinator Ally Firin in the Lusaka High Court for allegedly accusing it of having been involved in human trafficking of some Somali trainees. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Monday, the College claimed that Firin on or...

THE matter in which late Republican Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku was charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race has been discontinued. The proceedings were discontinued against the deceased yesterday in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in view of a nolle prosequi entered by the Director of Public Prosecutions...

THE State has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss the judicial review proceedings by former senior assistant Intelligence Officer in the Office of the President at KKIA, Bangladesh Mombelela, in which she is challenging her dismissal from the service. However, Mombelela has argued that the application by the State to dismiss the judicial review...

THE Judiciary has expressed concern over the high number of juveniles appearing before various courts. Lusaka High Court Judge-in-Charge Gertrude Chawatama has wondered what is happening in some families that many children are appearing before courts; often for serious offences. Meanwhile, Brigadier General Apostle Vincent Mwenya has appealed to all judges in the country to...

Trial has failed to commence in a matter in which 11 UPND cadres are accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace. Proceedings could not progress yesterday as the docket was not before court when the matter came up before Lusaka Magistrate Albert Mwaba. The matter has since been adjourned...

THE Zambia Water and Sanitation Engineering and Allied Workers Union has dragged the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Limited (LWSC) to court, demanding a salary increment of 15 percent across the board for unionized employees for 2020 to 2021. The union, which has sued LWSC in the Lusaka High Court, Industrial Relations Division, states that...