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Siavonga man says he raped imbecile because he was tempted by Satan

A 36 year old man has appeared before the Siavonga Magistrate court charged with one count of defiling an imbecile or a person with a mental illness which is contrary to the Laws of Zambia. Before Magistrate Bartholomew Kaonga was Mungelo Siasuntwe a fisherman of Hanjelesha Village, in Chief Sinadambwe in Siavonga District. Particulars of the offence were [...]

Two police officers in Kalomo were yesterday killed in bizarre circumstances by a named traditional healer when they went to arrest him after he allegedly murdered a person in Chief Chikanta’s area. Southern Province Commissioner of Police Brenda Mutemba confirmed to ZANIS that the two police officers were stabbed to death in unclear circumstances. Ms Muntemba explained that Chief [...]

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Joe Chilaizya, the recently appointed Director General of government controlled broadcaster ZNBC has been been dropped, reportedly. Sources in the PF regime have disclosed that Chilaizya will be sent to China as deputy Ambassador. Chilaizya is one of the PF cadres who were given jobs to head government controlled media institutions after the current regime won elections [...]

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The Luanshya Magistrate Court has acquitted four Chinese Nationals who were accused of defiling and indecently assaulting two under-age Zambian girls. Those acquitted are Zhu Xiang Jin, Hong Liu, Zhang Dailu and Yang Gang Qiang. The four are employees of 15 MCC, a firm contracted by Luanshya Copper Mine. In passing judgment, Magistrate Chitundu Nanyangwe [...]

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The President of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ted Wilson is scheduled to visit Zambia on Monday, next week. Dr Wilson will during his official visit open the new constructed School of Education at Rusangu University in Monze. The Clergyman is also scheduled to call on President Michael Sata at State House shortly after his [...]

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Police in Mbala have arrested a 22 year old man for having sex with a goat. Police have told Zambia News Information and Services-ZANIS- that Bruce Silavwe of Nsokolo village was found in the act with an animal in a kraal around 22:00 hours on Sunday by two people who apprehended him. The animal was [...]

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By Chilando D. Horrance “The Crab Does Not Bite, It Is Its Handshake That Hurts” African proverb When I was growing up in some little rural town in Central province, I kept asking myself why rich people thought nothing of poor people. I remember trotting to school from Lunchu [ some distance not to be [...]

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A decomposed body of a man has been discovered in the Mosi-ou Tunya National Park in Livingstone. Besten Hachunga, brother to the deceased identified the body as that of Bernard Hachunga aged 27 years of Dambwa site and service compound. He said the deceased had a problem of swelling in the legs and went missing [...]

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In terms of gender equity Zambia lags well behind the Sub-Saharan African average and most of its neighbours. This is made apparent by the publication of the Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2012, published by Social Watch on the eve of Women’s International Day, March 8. The GEI prepared annually by Social Watch measures the gap [...]

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