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November 1, 2014 - 0 Comments

By CHATULA KAMPO – A CLERGYMAN in Ndola has been sued for allegedly accusing a church member of  practising witchcraft and making his niece perform poorly at school. Prophet Mwelwa Mulenga, 45, of Voice of God Ministries Church in Chipulukusu Township was...

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October 23, 2014 - 0 Comments

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka High Court has upheld the five-year jail sentence slapped on Chisamba Member of Parliament (MP), Moses Muteteka for stealing a motor vehicle belonging to his constituency. Muteteka was in...

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October 23, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MARISA MWAPE – A KITWE magistrate’s court has sentenced two youths to five years imprisonment each for stealing a motor vehicle at a funeral house. Senior resident magistrate Daniel Musonda jailed Fred Tembo, 20,...

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October 23, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MARISA MWAPE  – A SENIOR section surveyor at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) has narrated before a Kitwe magistrate’s court how some residents of Mindolo North allocated land belonging to the company, to themselves. This...

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October 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

By NORMA SIAME  – A KASAMA shop owner, who killed an employee by stabbing him in the stomach with a pair of scissors, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for murder. Kasama High Court...

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October 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MARISA MWAPE  – A PASTOR in Kitwe has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for formulating a fake value added tax (VAT) registration number. Magistrate Daniel Musonda jailed Rodrick Kapungwe, 45, a pastor at...

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October 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Lusaka Magistrates Court has set December 26,  as judgment date for former Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) chief executive officer Clive Chirwa and his former finance and administration director, Regina Mwale....

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October 20, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MARISA MWAPE- THE Kitwe Magistrate’s court has sentenced a 37-year-old woman to three years simple imprisonment for fraudulently collecting money from unsuspecting members of the public on the pretext that she would get them...

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October 20, 2014 - 0 Comments

By CHATULA KAMPO- A NDOLA magistrate has admonished a family for forcing a student to keep his two year-old daughter as a way of forcing him to pay compensation for impregnating his girlfriend. Magistrate Chris...

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October 17, 2014 - 0 Comments

By KASONDE KASONDE – KABWE High Court has sentenced a 72-year-old man to 30 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling an 11-year-old girl. Kabwe Judge-in-charge Mwiinde Siavwapa sent Ackson Siwale to prison yesterday after...

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