WHAT I meant is that don’t kill them because they are gay, even people who commit the most heinous of crimes are human beings [and need] to be accorded human respect, says Chief Justice Mumba Malila. During a lecture on human rights at UNZA, Friday, Chief Justice Malila said it’s absolutely wrong to discriminate against gay...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has terminated Chushi Kasanda's appointment as Information and Media Minister, replacing her with UPND spokesperson and Southern Province Minister Cornelius Mweetwa. The President has also removed Dr Anna Songolo from the office of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and has further appointed Thabo Kawana as Ministry of Information...

IT’S absolutely wrong to discriminate against gay people because they are human beings whose rights must also be respected, says Chief Justice Mumba Malila. But Malila says "how you deal with the issue of individuals of the same sex being erotically involved, is a totally different issue". Meanwhile, Chief Justice Malila says anyone who feels...

THE Zambia police service has urged former president Edgar Lungu to ensure that his jogging sessions are devoid of political activism. In a statement, Sunday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Lungu’s jogging processions, characterised by cadres and no security detail, amounted to unlawful assembly and would not be tolerated going forward. “The Zambia Police Service...

FORMER president Edgar Lungu has petitioned the state in the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that government's position that he ought to seek permission from it before he can travel is illegal and not supported by the law. A few days ago, Lungu gave the state a two-day ultimatum to make amends for its...

FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s daughter, Chiyeso, has told the court that her parents paid the K3 million purchase price for her property in State Lodge containing the "high cost house" and four chicken runs. She has submitted that the property in question was bought in April 2017 and further says she can't doubt her parents’...

CHIEF Justice Mumba Malila has lamented that the continued litigation of political disputes takes a lot of judicial time. And Chief Justice Malila says Supreme Court judges are being under utilised because that court has become a lesser player in the Judiciary. Meanwhile, Emeritus Chief Justice Ernest Sakala says since 2016, it is as if...

WE are not an assembly of saints, a few people have tried to go off the rail, says Chief Registrar and Director of Court Operations Exnobert Zulu. And Zulu says there have been suggestions that the Chief Justice should also be allowed to sit on the Constitutional Court, but says that is subject to constitutional...

OUT going University of Zambia Students' Union (UNZASU) president Chandra Chongo says the union has cancelled the elections citing lack of funds and political interference by an opposition party. And Chongo says the union is avoiding going to ask for money from government or any political party as it will affect the independence of the...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says former president Edgar Lungu was stopped from travelling to South Korea because he did not seek clearance from Cabinet Office. Meanwhile, Lungu has sought leave of the Lusaka High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the state’s decision, saying there's no procedure which requires him to seek clearance...