RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Brian Sampa has dragged the Health Professions Council of Zambia to court over its decision to suspend his practising certificate. Dr Sampa who has applied for leave to commence judicial review in the Lusaka High Court, is seeking a declaration that the purported decision of HPCZ to...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa says there is no provision in the Constitution that can lead to the postponement of elections. Sources have told News Diggers that, following a streak of violent campaign incidences coupled with the escalated levels of the Covid-19 pandemic, State House was contemplating the suspension of elections. On Sunday, President Lungu said...

THREE law professors have written to Constitutional Court president Hilda Chibomba complaining about the ConCourt’s decision to decline their application to join the eligibility case as friends of the court. The three professors, Chaloka Beyani, Melvin Mbao and Cephas Lumina have requested that the court considers and formally rules on their application prior to delivering...

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa has petitioned the ConCourt seeking an order to quash Section 30 of the Constitutional Court Act which provides that the said court shall have discretion to award costs in proceedings. The Attorney General and Lewis Mosho have separately written to Sangwa demanding a total sum of K9,500,000 from him as costs...

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa has submitted to the Constitutional Court that the 16 presidential running mates are not eligible to stand for election to the office of Vice-President. And Sangwa has told the Court that if there are any exceptions on the nomination requirements for running mates, that has to come from the Constitution and...

THE Lusaka High Court has sentenced a former teacher of Nyumba Yanga Secondary School to death by hanging for shooting dead his ex-wife in February 2019 after she went to collect a wardrobe. Lusaka High Court judge Pixie Yangailo has also sentenced Kenneth Makina to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for causing grievous bodily...

UPND has applied for leave in the Ndola High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s decision to ban rallies during the campaign period leading to the August polls. The opposition party is seeking a declaration that the commission’s decision to ban campaign rallies is capricious and without authority of...

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel, has told the Constitutional Court that although the Electoral Commission of Zambia accepted President Edgar Lungu's nomination papers, it does not mean that the documents are valid, as that can be challenged by law and evidence. And the Constitutional Court yesterday rejected an application of admission to the matter...

BEHAVIOURAL change is the effective social vaccine for COVID-19, says University of Zambia founding Dean for Centre Health System, Metrics and Evaluation in the school of Public Health, Professor Charles Michelo. And Professor Michelo says the fact that cases are increasing shows that as a country, there is something that we are not doing right....

PEOPLE’s Alliance for Change vice-president William Harrington has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to take special interest in the declaration by the PF that President Edgar Lungu has already won the August polls. In an interview, Harrington said the declaration being made by the PF was a recipe for dispute and election...