• 23 Sep 2020
• Julia Malunga

Police summon Nevers over rigging claim

POLICE in Lusaka have summoned MMD leader Nevers Mumba for questioning. In a summon dated September 23, 2020, Mumba was expected to be at the Zambia Police Headquarters at 14:30 on Wednesday. But in an interview, MMD vice-president Reuben Sambo said Mumba would only be available on Monday as he was engaged in some mobilisation...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chagwa, Chakwera cement ties

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has promised to always support and consult his Malawian counterpart Lazarus Chakwera. And President Chakwera has expressed his gratitude over Zambia's support to his country during times of crises. Speaking when President Chakwera visited State House, Tuesday, President Lungu said Zambians and Malawians are one and must work together to fight problems...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

CK reports Simusamba to JCC again

NATIONAL Democratic Congress leader Chishimba Kambwili has once again dragged magistrate David Simusamba to the Judicial Complaints Commission, insisting that he is corrupt and hell bent on jailing him on flimsy allegations because he refused to give him a bribe. On Monday, Magistrate Simusamba abruptly closed a case in which Kambwili is charged with forgery,...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Shakumbila sues Cupriferous Resources for defamation

SENIOR Chief Shakumbila of the Sala people of Mumbwa District has dragged Cupriferous Resources Limited and its chief executive officer Katambi Bulawayo to the Lusaka High Court for allegedly defaming him. Senior Chief Shakumbila (Chikumbe Chibamba) is seeking damages for libel after Bulawayo allegedly wrote a letter accusing him of receiving US $20,000 and K100,000...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

There’ll be no more load shedding beyond March 2021 – Nkhuwa

ENERGY Minister Mathews Nkhuwa says load shedding is now expected to come to an end in March, 2021, following the completion of Kafue Gorge Lowerhydro Power Station. During his address to Parliament, President Edgar Lungu assured the nation that load shedding would be a thing of the past by December, 2020, once the Kafue Gorge...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

I’m ready to be investigated for being a board member of ZPA – Bishop Mambo

BISHOP John Mambo says if President Edgar Lungu goes ahead to constitute a commission of inquiry into the privatization process, he, as a former board member of the Zambia Privatization Agency (ZPA), is ready to also be investigated. And Bishop Mambo says there is a need to set a proper political level playing field before...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Police spokesperson testifies in Lukuku’s anti-China protest case

ZAMBIA Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has testified as a second defence witness in a matter in which Republican Progressive Party (RPP) leader James Lukuku is charged with expressing hatred or contempt against Chinese nationals due to their race. Katongo narrated to the Court that on September 5, 2018, she received queries from the media...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Malupenga cherishes Lungu’s leniency, salutes Diggers’ apology

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga says President Edgar Lungu values media freedom. And Malupenga says News Diggers newspaper has shown professionalism by apologizing for misquoting President Lungu. Speaking during the launch of Millennium Television station, Monday, Malupenga thanked President Lungu for his magnanimity in handling media issues. "We are aware of...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Artists' case against ECZ fails to take off as judge is in quarantine

THE matter in which Musicians Chama Fumba, popularly known as Pilato, Maiko Zulu and Brian Bwembya and others have dragged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to the Lusaka High Court could not take off yesterday as Judge-in-charge Gertrude Chawatama is reportedly in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19. The matter has been adjourned to...

• 23 Sep 2020
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Court revokes summons for another Marshlands Consortium director for faking COVID-19 status

LUSAKA Magistrate Alice Walusiku has revoked summons for another Marshlands Consortium Limited director Nachi Musonda for missing a court session under the pretext that he was in contact with a COVID-19 patient. Magistrate Walusiku revoked the summons after establishing that the documents which Musonda presented before court relating to him being in contact with a...