Police nab Lsk man for unburying baby graves
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 22-year-old man of no fixed abode for unburying baby graves and removing wrappers in which the bodies were. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Fiesta Tembo was also found with some cannabis upon being searched. “Police in Lusaka received a report of Trespass on…...
Ex-Speaker denies restricting access to Safari Lodge, another property
FORMER Speaker of the National Assembly Amusa Mwanamwambwa has denied claims by Pioneer Safari Lodge Limited and another that he has restricted entry and exit access to their properties through an access road which is through his retirement house. The former Speaker has submitted before the Lusaka High Court that to prevent crime in the…...
ZCTU SG opposes application to transfer matter to another court
ZAMBIA Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Cosmas Mukuka has argued that the outcome of the matter where he is challenging his retirement in national interest has a bearing on the case where he has been sued over his continued occupation in office, hence the two actions should not be separately determined by two different…...
Man gets 8 years for manslaughter
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment with hard labour for manslaughter after he hit another man who was trying to stop a fight between him and another with a stone on the head, leading to his death. In this matter, Bwalya Mulenga was charged with manslaughter and he pleaded…...
UNZA student found with case to answer in indecent assault matter
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found a 22-year-old University of Zambia (UNZA) student with a case to answer in a matter he is accused of indecently assaulting a female student at the same institution last year. Meanwhile, the arresting officer in the matter testified that on November 30, 2019, the complainant told him that while…...
The road to 2021 starts today, go register to vote!
WHEN politicians are governing a country, we often remind them that power ultimately belongs to the people. We caution politicians to exercise the authority of their offices, bearing in mind that a time will come when they will be answerable to the citizens. Here in Zambia, every five years, the people gather on one big […]
Learn from US elections, you’ll suffer Trump’s fate in 2021, Mulusa tells PF
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary general Lucky Mulusa says stubborn as they are, PF should learn from Donald Trump and the just ended US elections. Mulusa, a former National Planning and Development Minister, said PF would suffer Trump’s fate in 2021. “This arrogance of incumbency, that the PF will be in power until forever,…...
Mealie meal price hikes keep cost of living above K7,000
THE cost of living for a family of five has remained at over K7,000, mainly induced by high mealie meal prices that have registered steep rises in recent months, says the JCTR. In the latest Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB), JCTR announced that the cost of living for the mouth of October, 2020, stood…...
Mission Press apologises for ‘insinuating’ Catholic Church has endorsed HH on Ichengelo cover
THE Mission Press has apologized for putting a picture of New Ndola Catholic Diocese Bishop Benjamin Phiri and UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema on it’s cover page of the Icengelo Magazine. Mission Press says it is not the intention of Icengelo Magazine to use pictures which have created an impression that the Catholic Church has endorsed…...
Business confidence in economy continues to shrink, reveals ZACCI Survey
LOCAL businesses in Zambia have continued to express low confidence in the economy as a result of persistent negative sentiments caused by load shedding and the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a ZACCI Survey. Announcing the Survey in Lusaka, Friday, ZACCI president Dr Chabuka Kawesha disclosed that business confidence in the local economy had shrunk to…...