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Police nab Tembo for hate speech
POLICE in Lusaka have formally arrested Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo for hate speech. In a statement, Saturday, Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale said Tembo remained in Police custody waiting for court appearance. “Police in Lusaka on September 1, 2023, formally arrested and charged Sean Tembo with two counts of Hate speech […]
DEC re-arrests 2 Egyptians after nolle
THE Drug Enforcement Commission has re-arrested two of the five Egyptians who were released together with Zambian businessman Osward Diangamo after the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in their favour. The Commission, however, says the two Egyptians have been rearrested on lesser charges and granted bond. And Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Davies…...
Police nab Lsk couple over death of their 14-year-old maid
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a couple of Rockfield in Chalala area in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl who was employed as a maid at their house. In a statement Friday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said investigations revealed that the couple had a physical confrontation with the deceased on…...
CBU responds to “sex for grades” scandal, advises citizens against making assumptions
THE Copperbelt University says citizens should refrain from passing premature judgments concerning the matter in which two lecturers were arrested for soliciting and receiving bribes to facilitate students to pass examinations. On Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested two lecturers at the Copperbelt University for soliciting and receiving bribes to facilitate students to pass examinations. ACC…...
ACC arrests Katete Council Secretary for corrupt practices
THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and charged Katete Town Council Secretary Everty Ng’andu for corrupt practices. And the Commission has also arrested and charged former Namwala Town Council Director of Works and the former Namwala Town Council Rural Water and Sanitation Coordinator for corruption involving over K200, 000. In a statement, Friday, ACC Head of…...
CBU reinstates ex-COBUSU leader
THE Copperbelt University has with immediate effect lifted the expulsion of ex-COBUSU leader Castro Mulilo from the institution. Mulilo, a fourth-year Transport and Logistics student was recently expelled from the university for having announced the cancellation of classes in June this year after the death of two students who were hit by a speeding vehicle…....
Kasanda causes panic in court as he implicates airport boss, DEC officers
THERE was drama and panic in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday when a major suspect in the airport gold scam, Shadreck Kasanda, took the stand and started naming officials and a lawyer who have allegedly been soliciting money from him. And Kasanda has implicated Zambia Airports Corporations Limited (ZACL) board chairman Zevyanji Sinkala and some…...
We haven’t made much progress on rural roads due to debt – Govt
MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says government has not made much progress in terms of rural road infrastructure due to the huge debt. Speaking during a press briefing, Thursday, Phiri said government was trying to see how best it would dismantle the debt and start on…...
Suspects don’t have to suffer consequences of institutional inefficiencies – HRC
THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) has maintained its proposal for all offences to be made bailable, saying institutional incapacity to fairly administer justice shouldn’t be the basis for violating suspects’ rights. Last week, Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe said Zambia had not yet gotten to a stage where it could make all offences bailable. Haimbe, in…...