DEBT-RIDDEN CHIPATA CITY COUNCIL TO SALE OFF ASSETS
Chipata City Council is today expected to hold a special full council meeting to consider selling some of its properties to clear its huge debt amounting to K111.6 million. The…
ZUMANI, THREE OTHERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO TERRORISM CHARGES
Former President Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Zumani Zimba and three others have pleaded not guilty to terrorism related charges, in relation to the gassing incidents that rocked the country in…
CHINSALI POLICE STRAY BULLET KILLS MAN
Police in Chinsali have killed a 28-year-old man of Mulolo Village in an effort to quell an angry mob that attacked a man on suspicion of practicing Witchcraft. The incident…
SEVEN LUANO ACCIDENT VICTIMS EVACUATED TO UTH
Government has evacuated seven victims among the survivors in the Luano accident which claimed 32 lives on Sunday morning. The seven are in critical condition and require urgent evacuation to…
TRADITIONAL NORMS HINDER WOMEN IN GOLD MINING
Traditional norms and beliefs continue to hinder the progress of women in modern Zambia with one classic example being the mining of gold in some parts of rural Zambia. Women…
SEAN TEMBO LOCKED UP OVER UNKNOWN OFFENCE
Police in Lusaka have detained Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) President Sean Tembo over some unknown charges. Mr. Tembo was picked up by the police this afternoon from his residence…
KAZUNGULA MAN STABS WIFE TO DEATH
A clearing agent from Kazungula Border has reportedly stabbed his wife to death after an unclear marital dispute. Kazungula Central Ward Councillor Stanley Simukoko who confirmed the development to Diamond…
PETROL, DIESEL PUMP PRICES GO UP BY OVER THREE KWACHA
The Energy Regulation Board has adjusted upwards the pump prices of petrol by 3.85 ngwee per litre while diesel has been adjusted by 3.52 ngwee per litre. ERB Board Chairperson…
KASANDA ACCUSES DEC OFFICERS LAWYER OF SOLICITING K5 MILLION BRIBE
Gold-gate suspect, Shadreck Kasanda, has told the Lusaka Magistrates Court that officers from the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), allegedly, threatened to charge him with aggravated robbery if he did not…
LEVY MWANAWASA STUDENT DIES AT BOYFRIEND’S HOUSE
Police in Lusaka have instituted investigations into the death of a 21-year-old third year student at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University who died on August 27, 2023, allegedly at her 27-year-old…