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Zambia’s digital migration is on course – Mushala

Government says the country’s migration from analogue to digital television broadcasting is on course and on schedule. Speaking during the signing ceremony of the digital migration contract with Star...

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Criminalise child marriage – Kaseba

By ARTHUR MWANSA and SITEMBILE SIWAWA FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba says Zambia should work towards criminalising child marriage to end the vice. And visiting UK Secretary of State for International...

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FAKE DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY

A LUSAKA business executive has pleaded guilty to two counts of impersonating a medical doctor. Bonaventure Ng’uni, 32, of Lusaka’s George Township, on several occasions impersonated a medical doctor...

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6 PARTIES FILE MANGANGO POLL NOMINATIONS

By KAIKO NAMUSA - SIX political parties yesterday successfully filed in their nomination papers for the Mangango Parliamentary by-election slated for August 19, 2014. The first candidate to file was...

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GOVT INKS $9M DIGITAL TV DEAL

By CHUSA SICHONE - GOVERNMENT has signed a US $9 million contract with Star Software Technology Company Limited of China for the supply, installation and commissioning of phase one of the National...

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General Kanene denied bail

THE Supreme Court has denied to grant bail to musician, Clifford Dimba, popularly known as ‘General’ Kanene on grounds that there was no special circumstance to warrant the court to do so. Supreme...

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ACC CONCLUDES HIGH-PROFILE CASES

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has concluded investigations in a number of high-profile cases and has since handed over the findings to its legal department for thorough scrutiny. The cases...

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Co-habiting not marriage, court tells woman

THE Chawama Local Court has told a 22-year-old woman of Ndola that cohabiting and having children does not constitute a marriage under the legal system in Zambia. Senior Court Magistrates Gaston Kalala...

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COURT THROWS OUT SATA HEALTH CASE

THE Lusaka High Court has refused to grant leave for judicial review to Civil Rights activist Brebner Changala in the matter he is asking the court to constitute a medical board to examine the health...

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Man seeks divorce over sex

A HUSBAND who was desperately in need of his wife’s affection has sued for divorce because she does not initiate sex. And a witness in the case told the Matero Local Court that Elvis Kaluba has also...

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MPS REQUEST TO VISIT SATA

VICE-President, Guy Scott told Parliament yesterday that he will have to seek clearance from State House to permit Members of Parliament (MPs) to visit President Michael Sata. Dr Scott as leader of...

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‘I didn’t kill my baby’

A 30-YEAR-OLD woman of Mumbwa has pleaded not guilty to killing her 11-month-old child. Before Kabwe High Court judge in-charge Mwiinde Siavwapa on Wednesday was Temala Kasonga who appeared for plea...

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Pay K2,000 for divorcing wife, Makeni man told

THE Matero Local Court has ordered a 36-year-old man of Makeni to pay K2, 000 as compensation for divorce after his four-year -old marriage ended due to marital disputes. Leevan Musoboya,a police...

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Nevers lashes out at HH for demeaning MMD

Opposition MMD President Nevers Mumba has lashed out at UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema for saying that people staying or joining the MMD are out of their mind. Dr Mumba has advised Mr. Hichilema to...

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Truck overturns outside Bauleni [Pictures]

Today around 15:00 hours, a truck carrying flat stones overturned on Leopards Hill Road, just outside Bauleni. Lusaka Voice reporters arrived at the scene 15 minutes after the accident.  The overturned...

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Mutati urges donors to deliver on their commitments to LDCs

  NEW YORK, Monday, July 14, 2014 – Lunte Member of Parliament Felix Mutati has urged donor countries and development partners to deliver on their commitments to Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The...

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Mumba Malila: A Supreme Court Justice for our time

At the age of 50, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Mumba Malila is one of the youngest Zambians to have ascended to the apex of our courts. We should heartily congratulate him for this feat....

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Three police officers and a civilian get 75 years imprisonment for robbery

THREE Lusaka-based police officers and a civilian have been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment each with hard labour for robbing a Tanzanian businesswoman of K75,000 at gunpoint. Ndola High Court judge...

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RTSA to crack down on unregistered vehicles

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has warned that it will soon crack down on all the unregistered vehicles that are being operated even after the 14-day grace period of registration has...

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Bandits snatch K250,000 at gunpoint

FIVE suspected robbers yesterday snatched K258,384 from Kabwe’s BM Distributors Limited at gunpoint. And unknown men have shot dead a Lusaka female maize trader after snatching K10,000 from her in...

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