LUSAKA Magistrate Mwandu Sakala has discharged Education Minister Douglas Syakalima in a matter in which Sean Tembo dragged him to court for hate speech. This came after Clerk of Court Vincent Shanzambwa informed Magistrate Sakala that he was in receipt of a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri, denying Tembo consent to prosecute the matter privately. In March this year, Tembo filed a complaint in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court against Syakalima for hate speech. In his complaint, Tembo stated that Syakalima used hate speech against the people of Luapula Province by referring to them that “they have poverty of the mind”. “The grounds on which this complaint is presented are: that Douglas Syakalima on or about 12th...