Courts

The Lusaka High Court has thrown out a petition by 46 UPND members of parliament who were seeking leave for judicial review to challenge Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini’s decision to suspend […]

The Constitutional Court has issued a two day ultimatum in which to re-submit the missing violence video in the Munali petition appeal. Last week, the video evidence which lead to the nullification of Higher Education […]

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Shawa Siyunyi has entered a nolle prosequi in the case where President Edgar Lungu’s spokesperson Amos Chanda and Daily Nation Newspaper owner Richard Sakala were facing contempt of […]

UPND lawyer Keith Mweemba and his team yesterday returned to court to humiliate another State Witness in a case where Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba is facing a charge of proposing violence by threatening to go for […]

A 45-year-old Lusaka man has denied defaming PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri by insinuating that she sacrificed her son to become a big political figure. In this matter, Asher Hakantu is accused of posting […]

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a Zambia Army officer to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining K3,900 from people on pretext of facilitating for their recruitment to the army when in fact […]

The National Assembly of Zambia says the Speaker acted within the law by suspending 47 UPND members of parliament because they exhibited intentional disrespect by boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s State of the Nation address in […]

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has issued a bench warrant against a Pentecostal church pastor who is alleged to have swindled several people of Kabanana compound whilst pretending to be connected to President Edgar Lungu. When […]

A Lusaka man has sued Hakainde Hichilema’s wife Mutinta for libel in the Lusaka High Court seeking K5 billion compensation. According to a statement of claim filed in the High Court Principal Registry yesterday, Simon […]

The video evidence which led to the nullification of Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo’s Munali seat has allegedly gone missing. In November 2016, the High Court nullified Luo’s election on grounds that violence shrouded […]