ZambiaMonitor Contributor | Zambia Monitor

PF’s Mwamba may face arrest as court issues bench warrant

Patriotic Front (PF) Chairperson for Information and Publicity, Emmanuel Mwamba, is facing possible arrest after the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court issued a bench warrant ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 6, 20250

Metro

Zambia Airforce officer, wife jailed for failing to explain K7 million wealth

A Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officer and his wife will spend the next three years in prison after failing to justify how they ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 6, 20250

Power and Politics

Lusambo’s bail request thrown out, as court reportedly finds no convincing grounds, exceptional circumstances

Former Kabushi Member of Parliament, Bowman Lusambo, has suffered another legal setback after the Economic and Financial Crimes Court denied his request for ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 6, 20250

Power and Politics

Party president, Pule, challenges constitutionality of Zambia’s sedition laws, demands damages for 8 days incarceration

Christian Democratic Party president, Daniel Pule, has challenged the constitutionality of Zambia’s sedition laws, arguing that they are being used to suppress dissent ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 5, 20250

Japanese investor, Sakamoto, tells court how ex-Kasama MP, Sampa, duped him $80,000 in fake gold deal

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court erupted in laughter after Japanese investor Satoshi Sakamoto testified that former Kasama Member of Parliament, Kelvin Sampa, had claimed ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 4, 20250

Power and Politics

‘Flawed, irrational,’ Sampa returns to court to fight delisting of his name as PF President by Registrar of Societies

Miles Sampa has once again turned to the courts, this time challenging the Chief Registrar of Societies’ decision to alter the list of ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 4, 20250

Economy

Gemfields halts emerald sales over Zambia’s reintroduced 15% export tax

Gemfields, the majority owner of Kagem Mining Limited, has reportedly suspended emerald sales following Zambia’s decision to reintroduce a 15 percent export tax, ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 4, 20250

Power and Politics

Lumezi MP, Zulu, denies criminal libel charges, cites parliamentary privileges

Lumezi Independent Member of Parliament, Munir Zulu, has denied charges of criminal libel against Finance Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, Infrastructure Minister, Charles Milupi, and ...

By ZambiaMonitor ContributorFebruary 1, 20250