Monze maid builds house, nabbed for theft
Police in Monze have arrested and detained a house maid for allegedly stealing household goods and money from her land lord. The land lord suspected his maid after discovering that she was constructing a house which has since reached above slab level. The stolen items, which include 28 iron sheets, 7 pockets of cement, home [...]
A groundbeaking judgment was handed down in the North Gauteng High Court, ordering the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and SAPS to investigate crimes against humanity, committed in Zimbabwe in 2007. The judgment would mean that should such crimes be committed in any country, and those “perpetrators” cross the South African border, South African officials would [...]
Continue reading …Lawyers want Judge Wood suspended as well as LAZ bans lawyers from commenting on K14b case
May 8, 2012 91 Comments
Some named lawyers have written to President Michael Sata to suspend Judge Albert Mark Wood in the heating up scandal involving K14 billion that DPP Mutembo Nchito and Fred M’membe owner of the Post owe DBZ, a public bank run by tax payers’ money. And the Law Association of Zambia has now banned lawyers from saying [...]
Continue reading …He says the big question that should surround the move by the President is not whether he acted within the law or not but whether he used his powers appropriately.
Mr. Chipimo notes that if the president did not use his powers appropriately, the implications of such an action would be considered abuse of his power.
He says whatever the background of the President’s decision, certain questions surrounding the sourcing of finances involving Mr. Nchito, the Post newspapers and the Development bank of Zambia need to be answered if the matter is to be resolved amicably.
Continue reading …SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Philip Musonda last Thursday visited murder suspect Mathew Mohan at Chimbokaila Prison in Lusaka, according to the government funded and controlled Daily Mail. Prison records show that Judge Musonda signed in the visitors’ book at 10:00 hours in the morning on his mission to meet Mohan, currently serving a two-and-half-year sentence [...]
Continue reading …The European Union Delegation to Zambia says the meeting with Zambia opposition leaders will take place today May, 8, 2012. The Watchdog yesterday Monday reported that some opposition leaders met the EU delegation to raise concern over President Michael Sata’ suspension of three judges over a K14 billion debt that DPP Mutembo Nchito and his [...]
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A Zambian illegal immigrant who fiddled more than £30,000 in benefits cannot be kicked out of the United Kingdom — because of human rights laws. And amazingly, a series of rulings means single mother Joy Chishimba can not only stay in her council flat in London’s fashionable Chelsea but continue claiming benefits. An illegal immigrant who used [...]
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The Zambia Cooperatives Federation (ZCF) has observed that the Zambian government has continued to subsidize maize exports within the SADC region. ZCF Director General James Chirwa says the country has been exporting maize at a loss despite the country having to incur high production costs. Mr. Chirwa notes that with last year’s maize floor price [...]
Continue reading …The PF government must be forced to start telling the truth. Their track record shows that lies are the basis for the new government.
What I said in Livingstone is:” MMD has quality leaders aspiring for the presidency of the party. PF however will have a difficult time choosing a successor to President Sata as there seem to be no capable leaders in their party.”
The official rate of Malawi’s currency has been cut by a third as the impoverished southern African nation seeks to repair ties with the International Monetary Fund, the country’s central banker said Monday. The move is just one in a series of steps President Joyce Banda’s government has taken that sharply distinguish her administration from [...]
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