Court sentences man who stole from Judge Nkonde to 3 years
LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has sentenced a security guard to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into High Court Judge Sunday Bwalya Nkonde’s house and stealing property worth over K55,000. In this matter, Afelo Banda of Lusaka’s Kalinganga area was charged with burglary and theft. Particulars of the offence were that…...
Mopani take-over ill-advised, Saasa cautions govt
ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa has cautioned government not to proceed with its intention to take over Mopani Copper Mines, saying the move could render the mining company commercially unviable due to possible excessive political interference. And Prof Saasa says that the proposed take over where government, through ZCCM-IH, plans to buy out Glencore’s 90 per…...
Allow HH to use Sunday Interview to address privatisation allegations, Laura tells ZNBC
ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says ZNBC should give UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema the same platform which it gave FDD president Edith Nawakwi so that he can give his side of the story on the issue of privatization. In a tweet, Monday, Miti stated that it would be important for the…...
Chellah’s threats injured my business, Khalif tells court
A WITNESS has told the Ndola Magistrates’ Court that some of his clients cancelled their contracts after seeing Chellah Tukuka’s Facebook posts that he would burn trucks belonging to Khalif Motors Zambia Limited. This is in a matter where Chellah, 34, is charged with publishing defamatory matter, threatening violence and showing hatred towards someone because…...
Magistrate declines to refer Chellah’s libel case to High Court for constitutional reference
LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has refused to refer the case in which Lusaka photographer Cornelius Chellah Tukuta is charged with libel to the High Court for constitutional reference. Magistrate Mwale dismissed the said application by Tukuta’s defence lawyers to refer the case to the High Court, as it lacked merit and further ordered…...
Lungu gaining political mileage through SCT – Kampamba
COMMUNITY Development and Social Services Minister Kampamba Chewe says government is not using social cash transfer to gain political mileage ahead of next year’s general election. And Chewe says different cooperating partners are working with government to help disperse funds to different districts under several programmes to boost service delivery. Speaking on Radio Phoenix’s Let…...
It’s sexist for HH to say what goes well with beans is Legana sausage – Nawakwi
FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi says it’s sexist for UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to suggest that “what goes well with beans is Legana sausages”. And Nawakwi says Hichilema should speak out on his shares in the state owned companies, saying she will continue talking until her death. Following the Hot FM…...
C/Belt PS orders Lands Ministry to give 100 plots to churches
SOME clergymen who lead church services in some school classrooms in Ndola say life is hard for them because schools have not been allowing them access and it is hard for them to get land. And Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe has directed the Ministry of Lands in Ndola to allocate about 100 residential plots…...
FIC must explain delay to release Trends Report, State House not involved – Chipampe
SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe says it’s illogical to ask State House why the 2019 Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Trends report has not been released by the Financial Intelligence Centre because it is not President Edgar Lungu’s job to supervise the centre. Meanwhile, National Democratic Congress (NDC)…...
Pray for those who might want to cause havoc when they lose in 2021, Lungu asks SDA church
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has asked the church to pray for those whose minds may be tempted to creating havoc if things are not going their way ahead of the 2021 elections. According to a statement issued by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe, Tuesday, President Lungu said this when…...