Courts

The Lusaka High Court will on Monday hear UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s petition asking it to quash his unlawful arrest. High Court judge Betty Mungo’mba will hear HH and the Attorney General pending determination of […]

Lusaka principal resident magistrate David Simusamba has committed Hakainde Hichilema and five others to the High Court for Trial. When the case was called, the state informed the court that the matter was coming up […]

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba this morning got party supporters jubilating in court when he showed up unannounced. Mwamba has been away since the Hakainde Hichilema treason trial started on April 11. It was reported […]

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema and his five co-accused have petitioned the High Court and Constitutional Court asking them to sever provisions of the law which bar courts from granting bail to suspects charged with murder, […]

Lusaka principal resident magistrate David Simusamba has set June 8 for hearing on whether or not to commit treason accused Hakainde Hichilema to the High Court for trial. The decision was arrived at after Hichilema’s […]

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has dismissed contempt of court charges against Oracle Media director Mutinta Mazoka M’membe in a case in which she was accused of tearing a search warrant. When the matter was called […]

A 31-year-old man of Lusaka’s Makeni Villa has been dragged to court for raping a woman of the same area after the match between Zambia U20 and South Korea two months ago. Johnson Kalaluka, a […]

A 24-year-old woman of Lusaka’s Emmasadale area has been sentenced to four years simple imprisonment for stabbing her boyfriend to death. High court judge Mwape Bowa convicted Wendy Kapembwa for manslaughter on Friday. Kapembwa stabbed […]

Murder accused Keith Mukata and his lover Charmaine Musonda have been committed to the High Court for trial. Lusaka magistrate Ireen Wishimanga committed them to the High Court after a state prosecutor presented a certificate […]

ZCCM-IH Chief Executive Officer Dr Pius Kasolo has sued Daily Nation Newspaper in the Lusaka High Court for insinuating that he had intentions of taking over the Patriotic Front presidency seeking damages for malicious falsehood. […]