By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Nsansa ward councillor Benson Bwalya has commended Mulonga Water Supply and Sanitation Company for the project of rehabilitating water pipes in the ward. Mr Bwalya said since time in memorial the area has had water supply problems, which resulted in residents resorting to fetching water from shallow wells. He also urged the […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo says Government is concerned over the negative impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on Zambia’s food security. Mr Mtolo said the conflict is a matter of serious concern, which has potential to erode the positive gains recorded in the country’s agricultural sector. Mr Mtolo said that the Russia-Ukraine war […]
By Maimbo Mweemba The Constitutional Court has reversed the High Court’s decision to nullify Mutotwe Kafwaya’s Lunte parliamentary seat and declared him duly elected. Last November, Judge Wilfred Muma who sat in Kasama, nullified the election of Kafwaya as PF Lunte Member of Parliament after he found that losing UPND candidate Chasaya Katongo proved the […]
By CLOZZEN BIKALE A General worker at Luwana district Hospital has been arrested for stealing Governmrnt medicines worth K2, 244.00 Anoshi Sakutoma 38 of Manyama area in Kalumbila has also been charged for the case of Theft by public servant Contrary to section 277 of the penal code Cap 87 of the laws of Zambia. […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says the Director of Public Prosecution’s mandate does not extend to sanction who or whom to arrest and re-arrest. LAZ honorary Secretary Sokwani Chilembo said the DPP has exclusive power to undertake and institute criminal prosecution before any court of law. Mr Chilembo said article 180 […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA A Forty-Nine -Year Old army officer has committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in unknown circumstances. Charles Liswaniso of house number 27 Kalewa barracks is believed not to have left any note or message behind on why he killed himself. Copperbelt Province acting police commanding officer Tresphord Kasale who confirmed […]
By Staff Writer Chief Chibwika of Mwinilunga District in North Western Province has asked Government to resolve issues between his people and ZCCM -HI regarding the mining of gold at Kasenseli Zambia Gold Mine. Chief Chibwika says his people have not benefited from the mine even after being promised a school, hospital and roads in […]
At least 30 people have been killed during two days of attacks by gunmen in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Red Cross says It happened in Ituri province, which along with neighbouring North Kivu, are under an official state of siege in effort by the government to stop the attacks by […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Former Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu says he is trying his possession of property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime case before the Economic and Financial Crimes Court is discriminatory. Mr Lungu, 43, a legal practitioner said this through his lawyers Makebi Zulu and Sakwiba Sikota when he […]
Several roads have been closed to the public around a Pietermaritzburg court as the corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday. Mr Zuma faces multiple charges of fraud, racketeering and money-laundering relating to a 1990s arms deal with a French company. He says the charges are a witch-hunt by political […]
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