By Staff Writer UPND says the prohibitive bail conditions set out by Chinsali Senior Resident Magistrate Julius Malata against the 16 UPND members and officials from Kasama has led to their continued incarceration at Chinsali Remand Prison. Magistrate Malata had among other documents demanded for the production of Company Certificate of Registration, Latest Payslip and […]
By Tinkerbel Mwila Police on the Copperbelt Province have arrested a 26 year old man of Ndola’s Mushili Compound for allegedly sodomising his 2 year-old step son and forcing him to swallow his semen. Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has confirmed the incident to Phoenix News in Ndola saying the incident happened on 13 […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Stakeholders in Chingola have proposed to have two more constituencies to make four plus two wards and 13 polling station. This was done after a three day successful Delimitation sittings by the Electoral Commissioner of Zambia (ECZ) which saw different stakeholders from political parties, the clergy and community members from Chingola and […]
By Staff Writer The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a former Zanaco female employee of Lundazi for money laundering activities involving over K500, 000. DEC through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit in Eastern Province Phanny Chaponda. Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo said the Chaponda 34, of house No. RR 15, Kanjala Compound in Lundazi has […]
Former South Africa footballer Marc Batchelor has been shot dead near his home in Johannesburg. Batchelor played for Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. “He was attacked by two men who were driving a motorbike,” a police spokesman Col Lungelo Dlamini told South African Broadcasting Corporation. “He was about to drive […]
By JOHN SAKALA Kapiri Town Council will sink 21 boreholes in an effort to provide clean drinking water to the residents in the area. Kapiri Mposhi Town Council Chairperson Obby Kabasa said K840, 000 from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has been set aside to drill 21 boreholes all the 18 wards of Kapiri. Mr […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Muleya Secondary School Grade 11 pupil Temwanji Musonda has been elected as Chililabombwe Junior Mayor Completion project. The project is Chililabombwe Council initiative aimed at educating learners about the role of civil leaders in society as well as citizens in the community. The project saw pupils from five schools of Chililabombwe battling […]
Chileka Police is keeping in custody a 53-year-old man for concealing his ex-wife’s private parts through magic in an effort to bar her and her current husband from having sex. The suspect, Samuel Mayinga of Malunga Village , Traditional Authority Machinjiri, Blantyre , was arrested on Wednesday last week and has been charged with conduct […]
By JOHN SAKALA Six people have died on the spot while 21 others sustained serious injuries the driver of the Rosa minibus lost control due to excessive speed and in the process fell into the stream. Among the dead are two women and four men. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo who confirmed the incidence said the […]
Bwalya Ng’andu was sworn in as Zambia’s new finance minister, a day after Margaret Mwanakatwe was fired from the post. Ng’andu, 64, a former deputy governor of Zambia’s central bank, is the third person to hold the post in three years. He was sworn in at a ceremony at the presidency in the capital, Lusaka. […]
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