LUSAKA Magistrate Idah Phiri has acquitted a Malawian national Paul Juma Phiri for the offence of child trafficking. In this matter, Phiri was charged with one count of child trafficking. It was alleged that between...

A 38-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court armed with chat messages which exposed his wife’s sexual encounters with her lover in the bush in Rufunsa, where she works. The messages included discussions about her preferred sexual...

A 63-YEAR-OLD man has begged the court to save his marriage, promising to change his womanising behaviour. This followed his wife’s claim that he is “a prostitute” who video-calls and speaks to his girlfriends in...

A MEANWOOD Ndeke woman has told the court that her husband demands payment at the end of the month for caring for their children, charging her the same amount she pays her house help after...

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Division (EFCC) has overturned the subordinate court decision and dismantled the earlier outcome in the Kamono Farming Initiatives case. Earlier the lower court had acquitted and imposed fines of K100,000...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has adjourned the case of former intelligence chief director Xavier Chungu to July 8, 2026, due to unavailable committal papers from the Director of Public Prosecution Gilbert Phiri. In this matter,...

FILM producer David Kazadi and social media influencer Mwaka Halwindi have pleaded not guilty to the charges of producing, possessing and circulating obscene material. Their co-accused Ruby Muzandu has also pleaded not guilty to the...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 44-year-old Chinese businessman to 10 months’ imprisonment for assaulting a female police officer. In this matter, Zhao Bin was charged with one count of assault on a police...

FORMER ZAMMSA Director General Victor Nyasulu and three others have pleaded not guilty to the offence of abuse of authority and wilful failure to follow procedure in the award of contracts for the procurement of...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and fined two men who falsely claimed that their genitals were stolen K620 each, to be paid within two days, failure to which they will serve four months in...