DURING this time of the year (January to March), parents and guardians, especially those with children who qualify to grade eight and grade 10, have an obligation to pay school or user fees for them....
Read MoreBy JESSIE NGOMA- SIMENGWA – WHEN government introduced the girl-child school re-entry policy in 1997, there was much jubilation in the country especially from human rights activists and parents alike. Before that, the girl-child’s life...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA – PARLIAMENT has ratified the appointment of eight new High Court judges by President Edgar Lungu. The eight are, Evaristo Pengele, Koreen Zimba, Ruth Chibbabbuka, Kenneth Mulife, Wilfred Muma, Abha Nayar Patel,...
Read MoreBy STEPHANIE KUNDA – THE Court of Appeal sitting in Ndola has maintained the death sentenced slapped on a Ndola man who murdered his 11 month-old step child because he suspected that his wife was...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT has commissioned a two-phase Constitution refinement roadmap adopted by Cabinet to address the lacunas and inconsistencies in the supreme law of the land. Justice Minister Given Lubinda told Parliament in...
Read MoreBy JAJAH COULIBALY – THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent Mwenya Musenge its general secretary who announced Chishimba Kambwili’s dismissal on forced leave. The party’s central committee resolved to send the party chief executive...
Read MoreBy KASONDE KASONDE – NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) consultant Chishimba Kambwili was yesterday summoned to appear for inquiries at the Lusaka Central Police Station. According to a call-out dated February 21, 2019 issued to Mr...
Read MoreBy STEVEN ZANDE – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has instructed Justice Minister Given Lubinda to invite the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Amnesty International to come to examine the Opposition Alliance’s criminal allegations against some Government...
Read MoreBy MILDRED KATONGO – A-TWENTY-FOUR year-old man in Ndola has been dragged to court for allegedly forcing himself onto his biological sister. However, the court hearing the case was told yesterday that the witnessing who...
Read MoreBy STEVEN ZANDE – BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus-Cochrane Dyet has stressed the need for Zambia to hold a national dialogue process to enable stakeholders address issues like the Public Order Act (POA) and...
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