SOCIALIST PARTY PRESIDENT FRED M’MEMBE ARRESTED
Police in Serenje District have arrested Socialist Party President Fred M’membe for the offence of unlawful discharge of a Firearm. Dr. M’membe aged 64 has also been jointly charged with…
AFTERMATH OF CITY MARKET RIOT CRIPPLES 25 TRANSPORTERS
Drivers affected by Thursday’s incident where 25 public buses in Lusaka’s City Market were smashed by 10 unruly people has crippled the business of the transporters. A check by Diamond…
MEALIE MEAL SMUGGLING PERSISTS ON THE COPPERBELT
Ndola district Commissioner Joseph Phiri has expressed disappointment with the high cost of mealie meal on the market in Chiwala, Chipulukusu and Kawama townships on the Copperbelt Province. Mr. Phiri…
ZESCO CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS
Zambia’s power utility ZESCO has disconnected 16 unmetered houses in Kawire residential area in Chilanga District, South of Lusaka, as part of its campaign to crackdown on illegal electricity connections.…
HIGH COURT DEMANDS FRESH EXAMINATION ON SUSPECTED ABDUCTOR
High Court Judge, Charles Kafunda, has ordered for a conclusive medical examination of James Bwalya, one of the suspected abductors of 13 young women in Lusaka. When the matter came…
DEFILED 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL MISSING
A mother of Lusaka’s Mtendere East is appealing for help from authorities to locate her 12-year-old daughter who has been missing for two days now. Margaret Phiri, 27, has told…
SUSPECTS IN ABDUCTION CASE TO UNDERGO MENTAL CHECKUP
Suspects in the recent abduction of 13 young women in Lusaka will have to undergo mental and physical checkup to ascertain if they can stand trial. When the two suspects…
28 YEAR-OLD WOMAN MOTHER NABBED FOR DUMPING BABY
A 28-year-old woman of Mtendere compound in Lusaka has been arrested for child dumping. The woman was apprehended by a concerned member of the community around 04:00 hours on Sunday…
OVER 7,500 PASSPORTS READY FOR COLLECTION, CORRUPT OFFICERS WARNED
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security has called on seven thousand five hundred citizens who successfully applied for passports to come forward and collect them as they are…
OVER ONE THOUSAND BAGS OF MEALIE MEAL SEIZED IN CHIEF CHIWALA’S AREA
Rampant smuggling of mealie meal on the Copperbelt has continued with the latest being the seizure of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six bags destined for Congo DR. On Thursday,…