Lsk woman who suffocated 2-year-old son gets 30 months
LUSAKA High Court Judge Laston Mwanabo has convicted and sentenced the 22-year-old woman who killed her two-year-old son by suffocating him using a pillow to 30 months simple imprisonment for manslaughter. Masowe Maeke was initially charged with murder but the offence was later amended to manslaughter. Maeke was alleged to have caused the death of…...
Police nab Chingola woman for poisoning her sick child
POLICE on the Copperbelt have detained a 28-year-old woman of Chingola township for allegedly poisoning her 2-year-old sick child. According to police, the woman alleged that she was given the poisonous liquid substance by another woman who claimed it was anointing water. According to a statement issued by Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba, the incident…...
PF should settle its leadership problems, we don’t want to return to one-party state – Kavindele
FORMER vice-president Enock Kavindele has questioned how a party, the size of PF, can be without a leader for close to two years. And Kavindele has called for the exoneration of second republican president Fredrick Chiluba, as the country remembers him on June 18, 2023. In an interview, Kavindele said citizens don’t want to go…...
Kampyongo’s wife sues her tenants over rentals
FORMER home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo’s wife, Wanziya Chirwa, has dragged two tenants renting her property in Foxdale area to the Lusaka High Court demanding payment of rental arrears amounting to K87,000 and K56,000, respectively. Chirwa, who has cited Adrian Ndhlovu and Marlon Banda, as respondents, wants an order of eviction and recovery of possession…...
We can deliver at COSAFA despite Kuwait loss – Chipolopolo star
MIDFIELDER Frederick Mulambya says Zambia can defend the COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup despite some bad results recorded recently. On Monday, a Chipolopolo team made up of local players lost 3 – 0 to Kuwait in Egypt in a match that was being played to prepare the team for the COSAFA Cup that comes up next…...
FAZ unveils new Kopa kit
FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga has launched a new Kopa jersey to be used by the national teams. Yesterday, FAZ unveiled new national team kit which comes in three sets of home, away and an alternative that will also be used by the women’s team at the World Cup next month. Speaking…...
Brebner questions HH’s trip to Russia, Ukraine
GOVERNANCE activist Brebner Changala says it’s hypocritical for President Hakainde Hichilema and other African leaders to visit Ukraine and Russia for purposes of making peace, leaving out neighbouring Sudan. On Wednesday, government announced that President Hichilema had embarked on an official visit to Ukraine and the Russian Federation, where he was expected to meet with…...
Muzala finishes 2nd at Diamond League
MUZALA Samukonga has continued his scintillating form on the track with another impressive performance on his first appearance at the Diamond League in Oslo, Norway last evening. The reigning African and Commonwealth 400 metre race champion came a close second behind world record holder Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa. The South African started on…...
It’s not a crime to invest in property outside Zambia – Nakacinda
PF Information and Publicity Chairperson Raphael Nakacinda says DEC should stop issuing alarming statements because it’s not a crime for one to have property outside the country, as an investment. Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda recently revealed that he viewed some property in Europe belonging to some DEC targets. “…MLA (Mutual Legal…...
Schadenfreude: UPND’s reaction to K65m audit ‘scandal’, attacks on News Diggers
GIVING a ministerial statement in Parliament on how K65 million seized from Faith Musonda was deposited into the Treasury, acting Finance and National Planning Minister Charles Milupi presented bank statements as proof. He said the Anti-Corruption Commission deposited the K65 million from their Kwacha holding ACC Asset Forfeiture Holding Account at Bank of Zambia to…...