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Lusaka woman asks court to declare missing brother dead
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 2 Apr 2020
A YOUNGER sister of a missing Zambia Army officer has asked the Lusaka High Court to declare him dead to enable the management of his....
Lsk residents sue Victoria Hospital for donating facility to MoH as COVID-19 screening centre
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 2 Apr 2020
A CHAIRMAN of the Old Brentwood Drive Neighbourhood Association has sued Victoria Hospital Limited and three others in the Lusaka High Court for donating the....
Kaizer asks court dismiss his contempt case for irregularities
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 2 Apr 2020
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s former Special Assistant for Political Affairs Kaizer Zulu has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss a matter where two soldiers want....
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Prime TV asks court to quash Dora’s ban
By Natasha Sakala on 1 Apr 2020
PRIME Television Limited has petitioned the Lusaka High Court for an order quashing Information Minister Dora Siliya’s decision to cease all cooperation with the station.....
Lubinda breaks down as he recalls being slapped by PF cadre
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 31 Mar 2020
JUSTICE Minister Given Lubinda broke down yesterday as he narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how he was allegedly slapped and punched on the face....
As a public body, NAPSA can’t sue for defamation, Diggers tells court
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 30 Mar 2020
NEWS Diggers Media Limited has argued before the Lusaka High Court that the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA), being a public body, is not entitled....
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High Court keeps Spax in jail
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 30 Mar 2020
LUSAKA High Court Judge Wilfred Muma has sympathized with Chingola-based jerabo Baba Mulenga Kabaso, popularly known as Spax, and condemned the police for the passage....
Step of Faith sues 2 cops, 80 others for straying on its land
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 30 Mar 2020
STEP of Faith Investments Limited has dragged over 80 people, among them police officers and a ZNS officer to the Lusaka High Court, seeking an....
Court revokes arrest warrants issued against Kamanga, 5 others
By Natasha Sakala on 26 Mar 2020
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has revoked arrest warrants issued against Football Association of Zambia president Andrew Kamanga and five others for failure to appear for....
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Legana sausage didn’t have foreign matter, health inspector tells court
By Natasha Sakala on 26 Mar 2020
A HEALTH inspector at the Lusaka City Council (LCC) has testified that the Legana sausage that was tested was not found to have any foreign....
Security guard testifies in MTN employees’ attempted arson case
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 26 Mar 2020
A SECURITY guard has testified how he found a container and some liquid which looked like petrol on the floor where MTN’s Finance Department is....
Pick n Pay manager narrates how Kopakopa complained after buying Legana sausage
By Natasha Sakala on 25 Mar 2020
A SALES manager at Pick N Pay in Makeni has testified how a couple complained to him about buying Legana Hungarian sausage from the store....
Sodomy accused Lusaka man gets nolle, turned into state witness
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 25 Mar 2020
THE State has entered a nolle prosequi in favour of a 21-year-old man of Kanyama Site and Service who was jointly charged with Capital Buses....
Security guard testifies in MTN employees’ attempted arson case
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 25 Mar 2020
A SECURITY guard has testified how he found a container and some liquid which looked like petrol on the floor where MTN’s Finance Department is....
Judiciary cancels Court of Appeal session over COVID-19
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 25 Mar 2020
THE Judiciary has cancelled the Court of Appeal Session which was scheduled to commence on Tuesday as a precautionary measure to avoid further spread of....
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Former community development PS testifies against Kabanshi in SCT matter
By Natasha Sakala on 24 Mar 2020
A witness has testified how former minister Emerine Kabanshi warned directors in the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services of retirement in national interest....
Court reserves ruling on gassers’ bail application
By Elias Munshya on 24 Mar 2020
CHIEF Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has reserved a ruling on a bail application made by 12 accused persons in a matter where they are charged....
Zesco bill not proof of property ownership, witness tells court in Chimese’s abuse case
By Zondiwe Mbewe on 24 Mar 2020
ZESCO Manager for Corporate Services Kennedy Chisanga has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that a ZESCO bill or an account is not proof of ownership....

PF Lusaka youth chair denies assault charges

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 24 Mar 2020

Lusaka Province PF Youth chairperson Daniel Kalembe has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault. The assault is alleged to have been reported on....

Widow narrates how husband forged G12 certificate, passport for her

By Natasha Sakala on 23 Mar 2020

A Lusaka widow, Friday, narrated before court how her husband, a police officer, forged a GCE certificate and a passport for her after insistent refusal....

Court hands suspended sentence on Lusaka rioter, juveniles sent for counselling

By Natasha Sakala on 23 Mar 2020

THE Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced a man to six months imprisonment with hard labour but suspended for 12 months for rioting. And two juveniles....

PROTUZ secretary in court for allegedly stealing K129,000

By Natasha Sakala on 23 Mar 2020

PROFESSIONAL Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) secretary Mukuwe Mukuwe has been dragged to court for alleged theft of about K129,000 which was in his possession....

Ex-Luapula PS sues State over Police’s interference in Girl Child Programme

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 23 Mar 2020

FORMER Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Major Ben Phiri has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court seeking an injunction to restrain Nyimba Police from....

Simusamba to rule on Kambwili’s application for his recusal today

By Natasha Sakala on 23 Mar 2020

Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has set today, March 23, 2020, as the date for ruling in a matter in which NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili....

I used to play football with ECL during childhood, witness tells court

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 23 Mar 2020

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s childhood friend has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he grew up with the Head of State as neighbours and he hasn’t....

Walid no longer IMS boss, witness tells court

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 20 Mar 2020

A STATE witness has testified that President Edgar Lungu’s former Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda and former RTSA chief executive officer....

Nigerian pleads not guilty to trafficking hashish oil

By Natasha Sakala on 20 Mar 2020

A NIGERIAN businessman has pleaded not guilty to four counts of trafficking and importation of narcotic and psychotropic substances without lawful authority. Okeke Victor Obinna,....

Our former student didn’t graduate because he failed 1 course, UNZA tells court

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 19 Mar 2020

THE Council of the University of Zambia (UNZA) has told the Lusaka High Court that its former student, who has sued it for loss of....

DPP enters nolle in PF cadre’s assault case

By Natasha Sakala on 19 Mar 2020

THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has entered a nolle prosequi in a case in which Donald Nyirenda, a PF youth chairman of Kamwala, was....

Court adjourns John Howard rioters case to April

By Natasha Sakala on 18 Mar 2020

FIVE alleged rioters have been granted K4,000 cash bail with two working sureties of K20,000 each in their own recognizance. This is a matter in....

Lusaka man in court for gassing

By Natasha Sakala on 18 Mar 2020

A 27-YEAR-old vendor of Lusaka has been dragged to court for spraying poisonous substances on Mary Kapama. This is a case in which John Banda,....

No party asset has been sold, UNIP official tells court

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 17 Mar 2020

UNIP administrative secretary Welfare Mfune has argued that the party secretary general Alfred Banda did not commit any perjury when he told the Lusaka High....

ZICTA social media officer testifies in Luanshya man’s defamation of the president case

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 17 Mar 2020

A STATE witness has testified that the complaint of a Luanshya man allegedly insulting President Edgar Lungu during a phone-in programme on Millennium Radio was....

5 Lusaka residents sue State, LCC seeking damages after Lusambo demolished houses

By Zondiwe Mbewe on 17 Mar 2020

FIVE Lusaka residents have sued the State and Lusaka City Council (LCC) in the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that they are legal owners....

Court convicts 16-year-old maid who poured hot water on infant

By Natasha Sakala on 13 Mar 2020

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted a 16-year-old maid for assaulting a one-year-old boy by pouring hot water on him. When the matter came up....