PRECIOUS Longwe, who was last year sentenced to death by hanging for shooting dead her husband, risks serving another jail term if found guilty of stealing K200,000 from BancABC. This is in a case Longwe, 31, a former BancABC employee, is charged with theft. Longwe is accused of stealing K200,000 from the bank, which the […]
CHIEF Government spokesperson Dora Siliya has urged citizens not to fall prey to fake online jobs purported to be offered by various ministries because Government does not employ through Facebook. Ms Siliya said Government is concerned that a lot of people are falling victim to fake Facebook accounts bearing names of ministers and in some […]
THE Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) has extended the inspection of condoms to other parts of the country to enhance compliance to safety standards following the seizure of 80 expired packets in Livingstone recently. ZCSA public relations officer Lee Hamunji said in a statement that people need to use safe condoms as the commodity borders […]
A WIFE of Chipata township narrated before the Kitwe local court how her husband’s adulterous behaviour led him to marrying three more women and fathering two children outside wedlock from different women, including her own sister. Naomi Kunda was testifying in a case in which she sued Lionel Kalumba for divorce on grounds that he […]
ONE person has died while eight others are admitted to Mpongwe Mission Hospital after they consumed a local brew called munkoyo suspected to have been poisoned. Copperbelt Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga said 13 people were initially admitted to Mpongwe Mission Hospital on Saturday after consuming the brew at a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church […]
The Lusaka Magistrates Court has summoned renowned Congolese musician Antoine Christopher Agpepa Mumba popularly known as Koffi Olomide to answer to a complaint of assault. It is alleged that the musician on 28 December 2012 in Lusaka assaulted Jean Ndayisenga, a Zambian freelance journalist. Koffi Olomide who is currently in the country for a […]
UNITED Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) National Spokesperson Francis Mwamba Kope has declared the party ready for tomorrow’s by-elections. UPPZ, a party that is growing like ‘bush fire’ is taking part in the Thursday 26th July 2018 Lusaka Mayoral elections as well as fronting aspirants in the Chipangali and Chilanga Council Chairperson seats. On the […]
Zambia Social Forum (ZAMSOF) under the banner of Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum (ZSF) Coordinated by ACTION Support Centre (ASC) based in Johannesburg, South Africa supported by regional counterparts and Solidarity Structures in Bostwana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique,Malawi,Tanzania. sent the solidarity message ahead of the forthcoming 2018 Zimbabwe general. Delivering the message to the […]
THIRTY-TWO- YEAR- OLD woman of Kitwe has complained before the local court that she has never found satisfaction from sleeping with her husband ever since he married her five years ago. The complaint was made in a case in which Milton Mayuya, 36, sued Linda Njovu for divorce on grounds that they have been on […]
THE Latkings Outreach Program has this year tested 496 female pupils for HIV in two schools in Lusaka and Chingola districts of whom six tested positive. Project manager Mutinta Ng’ambi said of the six that tested positive, three are from Lusaka district while the other three are from Chingola district. The pupils have since been […]