THE Lusaka High Court has granted Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited permission to challenge Official Receiver Celine Nair’s decision to replace Milingo Lungu as Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator. The court has, however, ruled that the leave granted to Vedanta will not operate as a stay of the decision. In her ruling, Judge Mary Kawimbe...

GEARS Initiative has sued the State and ECZ, seeking a determination of whether under Article 52(6) of the Constitution and section 31(2) of the Electoral Process Act No.32 of 2016, the commission is obligated to cancel the election and call for fresh nominations when an independent candidate withdraws. The organisation also wants the Constitutional Court...

PF acting president Given Lubinda says the opposition party’s legal team will commence a court process to compel ECZ to reimburse the money spent on printing "useless" ballot papers. And Lubinda has mocked UPND following the High Court’s decision to halt the Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections saying, "ulya wine afimbe apoke, umwine". Meanwhile, Solicitor General...

AN OFFICE assistant at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) yesterday identified Judiciary employee, Precious Nkunika, as the person who allegedly stole a baby from the hospital. Agness Daka told the court that she was alerted by another lady that Nkunika was the one who stole the baby that went missing at UTH. The witness further...

THE Lusaka High Court has granted Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji their application to halt activities relating to the by-elections in Kabushi and Kwacha, pending determination of their matter. This is a matter in which Malanji and Lusambo dragged ECZ to the Lusaka High Court, seeking an order that it should hold fresh nominations for...

FORMER Chilanga PF member of parliament Maria Langa has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates' Court on a charge of false swearing. Langa is facing one count of false swearing contrary to section 109 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. It is alleged that Langa, 58, on September 29, 2016, in...

FORMER Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) vice chairperson Emily Sikazwe has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order that President Hakainde Hichilema's decision to "prematurely" terminate her employment is null and void and devoid of merit. Sikazwe argues that her tenure of office was up to October 5, 2027. In June this year, President Hichilema...

A PF cadre has denied breaking into former president Edgar Lungu's house and stealing two television sets worth K66,000 belonging to a Shimbinzyani Chavula. Meanwhile, an ex-convict of Mansa who impersonated the Chief Justice and solicited money from permanent secretaries has pleaded guilty. In the first matter, Angel Chipasha is facing one count of burglary...

FORMER deputy Inspector General of Police Charity Katanga yesterday appeared at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court but her matter couldn't take off because her docket wasn't ready. Meanwhile, Katanga's lawyers have expressed concern that after arresting their client, the State told them to appear at court yesterday, but were not present themselves. Last month, the Drug...

THE Lusaka High Court has allowed Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha to join a matter in which Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji are seeking an order that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should hold fresh nominations for Kwacha and Kabushi constituencies. High Court judges Mwape Bowa and Catherine Lombe Phiri said in their ruling that...