Former first Lady Christine Kaseba Sata has dragged two of her house maids and a garden boy to court for allegedly stealing her clothes and alcohol. It is alleged that on 20th July, 2018, Stella Michelo 45, Eusibia Malambo 27 and Zachariah Mulama 24 jointly and while acting together allegedly stole seven blouses, 1 dress […]
A woman of Kitwe, who had sued her 31-year old husband for divorce because of disrespect sparked by an underwear bought by her parents has opted for reconciliation because she cannot imagine her son being raised by divorced parents. When the divorce matter came up for hearing recently, Tabitha Shacibi, 25, urged Buchi Local Court […]
A THIRTY-ONE YEAR-OLD housewife of Mansa has shocked the local court by choosing her lover over her husband because he satisfies her in bed. Josephine Mwenya who was before the court said she was no longer interested in her marriage because her husband did not satisfy her in bed. This was heard before senior local […]
FORTY-EIGHT YEAR-OLD teacher of Kasongo village in Mansa has testified before the local court how her two step children mock her that she resembles a crocodile and calls her barren. This is in a matter in which Florence Bunda is demanding respect from her two step daughters. Bunda alleged that her two step children have […]
SOME Lusaka residents have taken to task medicines’ regulatory bodies in the country for failure to detect the entry of the Chinese contraceptive pill. Speaking in separate interviews, James Chirwa, a resident of Kabulonga, said his wife has been on the pill for eight years without knowing that the pill is unsafe and illegally in […]
SECONDARY School Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) general secretary Sitibekiso Wamuyuwa has warned teachers to desist from engaging in active politics at the expense of teaching pupils. And Copperbelt provincial education officer Dominic Nyambe says there is need for teachers to work hard and reduce alarming levels of illiteracy in the province. Mr Wamuyuwa said […]
FORMER Ministry of Health, Chief Human Resources Officer, Henry Kapoko has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour. Kapoko was in 2017 jailed for two years for related offences. Government was forced to refund cooperating partners, the $8million allegedly stolen by Kapoko and his associates. The money donated was meant for HIV/AIDS awareness […]
A research by World Vision Zambia has revealed that the country has the highest child marriage prevalences in Africa with Eastern Province recording the highest rate in comparison to other Provinces. And a Sansamanje Secondary School pupil in Isoka says parents in the area rush schoolgirls into marriage to gain an income and as a […]
THE Bank of Zambia has announced that it will be issuing into circulation banknotes that have been upgraded with new security features. BOZ said the new features would strengthen the security of the banknotes against counterfeiting and for easy verification by members of the public. However, the bank says it will start circulating the upgraded […]
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says President Edgar Lungu does not enjoy travelling out of the country, as critics believe. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC TV’s Government Forum programme Monday, Kampyongo also said his party would visit the UPND secretariat yesterday to reciprocate the opposition’s earlier visit to the PF secretariat, where they shared […]