Zambia

*GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES 3.7 BILLION KWACHA TO SOCIAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMES IN 2023* Government has increased expenditure to the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCT),by 19.8% in the 2023 National Budget. This means that K3.7 Billion will be spent on the programme next year, to improve the welfare of the vulnerable across …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Lusaka businessman Francis Muchemwa, alias Commander Two, for possession of property worth over K12 million suspected of being proceeds of crime. Muchemwa, 38, of L/26392/M Silverest, Chongwe and a former Patriotic Front (PF) strongman who exuded a lot of influence at Inter City …

…….as Crest Lodge is under Charles Phiri and not Edgar Lungu. Investigative wings recently seized what they believe to be former President Edgar Lungu’s lodge in Lusaka’s Ibex Hill area. Crest Lodge was seized under a law that allows forfeiture of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Source: Millennium …

A 31-YEAR-OLD peasant of Chipangali has killed his 70-year-old grandfather after hitting him with a hoe while his grandmother is battling for her life after he accused them of being responsible for his joblessness through witchcraft. According to a family member, the grandson, Lusale Shawa, saw the grandfather Bordington Shawa, …

A 30 year old woman of Chinsali in Muchinga Province has sued her husband of 5 years for divorce because he has been refusing to shave her. Maron Mulenga, wants the court to dissolve her marriage because since her husband (Levy Chewe aged 32) married her five years ago, he …

By Leah Ngoma State House is calling on political party leaders to exercise, observe and maintain sobriety and common decency in the manner they exercise their democratic rights and freedoms. Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says it is increasingly worrying that opposition Patriots for Economic Progress-Pep- leader Sean Tembo has continued …

PATIENT BITES OFF NURSE’S EAR ..as management fails to secure treatment for the victim Management at Ndola Central Hospital, have failed to provide medical care for a male nurse, whose ear was bitten and partially cut off by a mental patient. Brief facts are that on Friday night while on …

AN 18-year-old grade 12 boy of Luanshya has allegedly committed suicide using his school tie after he failed his GCE examination. Jason Chonde was found by his father Thomas Chishala hanging by the neck in his bedroom. Copperbelt Province Commanding officer Sharon Zulu said police received a report of suicide …

LOVE PROPOSAL TURNS TRAGIC A 38 year-old female game scout is nursing a gunshot wound after being shot for allegedly turning down a love proposal from her male colleague while on night patrol. Madrin Phiri, a game scout at Mkhanya Community Resource Board, was shot on the right ribcage after …

500 jobless men abused by partners ABOUT 520 men have this year reported being abused, including physically, by their partners after losing employment. The cases of abuse, which range from sexual to emotional, were recorded from various parts of the country by Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development …