Tutwa’s sister, widow attempting to illegally distribute estate – Witness
A GUARDIAN of five of Tutwa Ngulube’s children aged between 15 and one has asked the Lusaka High Court to grant her an order of interim injunction restraining Tutwa’s sister and widow from illegally and unfairly distributing the deceased’s’ estate. Chuma Catherine Kuntepa has told the court that Tutwa’s sister, Tawanda Tafwakose Ngulube and his…...
HH should justify why we must wait for 2026 polls – Lungu
FORMER president Edgar Lungu has justified his call for early elections, explaining that it is based on the current economic crisis and the increasing high cost of living in the country. He says like KK in 1991, President Hakainde Hichilema can either agree to these calls and facilitate early elections or justify why the country…...
Prison is a more expensive route than asset recovery – DEC boss
DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda says it is more expensive to send criminals to jail than to cripple them through the seizure of their properties. And Banda says it’s not every time that the commission will publicly announce that certain criminal elements have had their assets seized and are serving prison sentences…....
Court declines to have ACC officer’s cross-examination in camera
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has dismissed an application by defence lawyers representing former ZNS director of operations Colonel Maliwa Muwanei and six others to hold part of the cross-examination of an ACC investigations officer in camera. This was after one of the lawyers told the court that the defence needed to refer Ferguson Kombe, the…...
Whistleblower accuses Local Govt Commission Secretary of theft, abuse of office
A whistleblower has accused Local Government Service Commission Secretary, Moses Mbumba, of abuse of authority following allegations that he received over K44,000 in allowances for workshops which he never attended. A source told News Diggers that since joining the Commission last year, Mbumba got allowances for workshops, some of which he did not attend in…...
Verbatim: My business makes K250,000 every 6 weeks but we don’t meet ZRA tax threshold – Kapata
Nchito SC: Who was the legal officer in your ministry? Jean Kapata: There were quite several. Nchito SC: Mr Kaluba? Jean Kapata: Mr? Nchito SC: You had somebody called Kaluba or something? Judge Yangailo: Your response? Jean Kapata: I can’t remember. There was a Mr Kapalu, Mr Kakubo. Nchito SC: Yes, I was looking for…...
We’re shifting our bilateral relations towards economic diplomacy, social development – HH
President Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia is shifting its bilateral relationships towards two anchor areas, which are economic diplomacy and social development. Speaking when he received letters of credence from the High Commissioners to Zambia from Rwanda, France, and the United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, President Hichilema said government was exchanging notes on the economic and social…...
3 bodies retrieved at Macrolink Mine
THREE decomposed bodies believed to be among the seven miners who were trapped underground at Macrolink Mine in Ndola in January this year have been retrieved. The three bodies will be buried today. In an interview, Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Augustine Kasongo explained that the retrieved bodies include a Chinese national and two Zambians. “So far…...
Police must respect our autonomy, ZCCB tells HH
THE Zambia Council for Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has written to President Hakainde Hichilema, expressing displeasure over the conduct of police towards Bishop Clement Mulenga of Kabwe and former president Edgar Lungu. In a letter, Thursday, ZCCB president Archbishop Ignatius Chama described what happened in Kabwe as scandalous and a serious invasion of the Bishop’s privacy…....
Lungu is more than ready for the summon, Makebi tells IG
PF LAWYER Makebi Zulu says former president Edgar Lungu is more than ready to appear before the Police. And Zulu says the Police have contributed to the loss of President Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND’s popularity. Meanwhile, Inspector General of police Graphael Musamba has refuted Lungu’s allegations that police plan to ambush him at night,…...