PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema's senior private secretary has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that the Head of State did not meet any members of the Judiciary last year from the first week of December to the 22nd of the same month. Alfred Chipoya, 62, was testifying in the matter in which PF information and publicity chairperson...

FORMER Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Stardy Mwale and Savenda Group of Companies Director and Shareholder Clever Mpoha have denied the corruption charges against them. Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has added Eagle Trading International Limited to the matter as the third accused. In this matter, the accused are charged with corrupt practices. In count...

LUSAKA Magistrate Irene Wishimanga has warned the Drug Enforcement Commission to be serious in the manner they are handling the Fredson Yamba and Joseph Malanji case. Magistrate Wishimanga said this after DEC informed the court of its intention to adjourn the matter following its failure to get the acting DPP's signature on the substituted indictment....

A POLICE officer and a neighborhood watch member who allegedly beat up a suspect to death have been committed to the High Court for trial. Abel Kafwanka, 32, a police officer and Benard Chirwa, 33, are facing one count of murder. It is alleged that Kafwanka and Chirwa on October 8, 2022, in Lusaka, jointly...

THE Mazabuka Magistrates' Court has convicted and sentenced a Mauritian national to 36 months imprisonment with hard labour for forgery, uttering false documents and possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. The court further ordered that the US$27, 473 and K160, 700 seized in the course of investigations be forfeited to the State....

TWO money lenders commonly known as "Chimutengo cha ndrama" have pleaded not guilty to seven counts of obtaining money by false pretences and carrying on a business as money lenders without a license. Webster Shamuyombwe, 52, and Besnart Tembo are jointly charged for obtaining K653,000 from various people by falsely pretending that it was upfront...

THE Nakonde Magistrates' Court has convicted and fined three Tanzanian truck drivers K50,000 each for attempting to smuggle 510 logs of Mukula out of Zambia. In a statement, Sunday, Zambia Revenue Authority Acting Corporate Communications Manager Oliver Nzala said Daudi Kasele, Raphael Ngala and Bruno Nzasule would serve nine months simple imprisonment if they failed...

LUSAKA Magistrate Silvia Munyinya was yesterday incensed by ACC's failure to avail witnesses when the case involving Stephen Kampyongo and his wife came up, advising them to withdraw it if they were not ready. Magistrate Munyinya said this after the State applied for an adjournment in the matter in which Kampyongo, who is former home...

MURDER-accused Zambia Army Officer Lieutenant Nigel Mwaba has narrated to the Lusaka High Court how late Dr Tasila Tembo allegedly jumped off a moving vehicle and sustained injuries as the couple argued about her alleged new lover. This is in a matter in which Lt Mwaba is charged with the murder of Dr Tembo. In...

A CONSULTANT psychiatrist at Chainama Hills Hospital has testified that murder-accused Zambia Army Officer, Lieutenant Nigel Mwaba suffers from borderline personality disorder, a mental illness that severely impacts a person's ability to regulate their emotions. Dr Patrick Msoni, who is Lt Mwaba's first defence witness, told the Lusaka High Court that during an interview with...