THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has found former defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba with a case to answer in a matter in which he is charged with 24 counts of conflict of interest, money laundering, among others. Mwamba has since been placed on his defence. Mwamba is facing eight counts of conflict of interest, one count...

THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed a case in which Konkola Copper Mines sued its former provisional liquidator, Milingo Lungu, and his law firm, claiming over US$59 million which he allegedly drew from the mining company’s accounts. High Court Judge Edward Musona says he does not find KCM, a company under liquidation, as a competent...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 27-year-old builder to two years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to rape a 30-year-old married woman. The incident is said to have occurred after the 27-year-old man escorted the victim to the police to report her husband after a difference. Mathews Mtonga was facing one count of...

MINISTRY of Agriculture head of procurement and supplies unity has testified that former Ministry permanent secretary Songowayo Zyambo signed the contract for fertilizer supply with Neria Investments Limited on behalf of the ministry. Anon Hakabanze Madima, 48, was testifying in a matter in which Zyambo is jointly charged with former Principal Agricultural Economist Grey Mwale...

ZESCO has dragged Zambia Electrometer Limited to the Lusaka High Court seeking an order that the company be wound up over unpaid debt amounting to over K46 million. The power utility company, which has a 49 percent shareholding interest in Zambia Electrometer Limited, has submitted that the respondent has failed to pay all amounts due...

TANZANIAN businessman Uziel Bashire has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that he is the owner of the infamous 51 houses in Chalala area. Bashire says he only engaged Charles Loyana, a senior accountant at the Ministry of Finance, to invest on his behalf because he is not a Zambian and therefore couldn't buy land in...

THE Constitutional Court has dismissed former Konkola Copper Mines provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu's application to subpoena witnesses in his case. The court has noted that the documents which were to be produced by some of the proposed witnesses were immunity agreements that they allegedly entered into at some point in their lives, which the court...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has committed "notorious" drug dealer, Allan Muvundo, to the High Court for mitigation and sentencing in two charges. In one of the counts, the court has committed him to the High Court for mitigation and sentencing because he is the second offender, while in the other, it's because the charge attracts...

THE Ndola and Kitwe High Courts have dismissed former Kabushi and Kwacha PF members of parliament Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji's petitions in which they challenged their successors Bernard Kanengo and Charles Mulenga's elections, respectively. The duo wanted Kanengo and Mulenga's elections to be declared null and void on grounds that they were illegal. However,...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a former security guard at News Diggers to 15 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing K4,750 from the company. Meanwhile, the court has rebuked the convict for his actions saying he must have thought about his family before breaking into a property he was supposed to guard. London...