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Crime & Courts
Mundubile, Makebi Appear before Solwezi Magistrates Court
National Restoration Party for Unity and Prosperity—NRPUP—2026 presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate,...
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Crime & Courts
Mundubile, Makebi Appear before Solwezi Magistrate’s Court
National Restoration Party for Unity and Prosperity—NRPUP—2026 presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, have appeared before the Solwezi Magistrate’s Court on charges of seditious practices. The matter was scheduled for plea and possible commencement of trial. However, Mr. Mundubile applied for…
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Crime & Courts
Solwezi Court Rules It Has No Jurisdiction in Mundubile, Zulu Case
Principal Resident Magistrate Mambwe Mukonde has ruled that the Solwezi Magistrates’ Court lacks jurisdiction to...
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Crime & Courts
Counterfeit money case adjourned
The Kabwe Magistrates’ Court has adjourned a case in which four Kabwe businessmen are accused of being in possession of forged bank notes after one of the accused failed to appear in court due to a road traffic accident. Resident Magistrate Lishaniso Wamundila adjourned the…
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Crime & Courts
Court issues bench warrant against Binwell
GRACE CHAILE Lusaka FORMER Nkana Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu risks arrest after the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court issued a bench warrant against him for repeatedly failing to appear in court in a case involving alleged seditious practices. Magistrate Webster Milumbe yesterday issued the warrant and…
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Crime & Courts
Archbishop Alick Banda’s trial set for November 3
Lusaka Archbishop, Alick Banda, appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ahead of his trial, which is scheduled to begin on November 3, 2026. Archbishop Banda, accompanied by fellow Catholic priests, appeared before Magistrate Mwandu Nakazwe for mention, where the State confirmed the trial…
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Crime & Courts
Court issues bench warrant for former Nkana MP, Binwell Mpundu
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has issued a bench warrant against former Nkana Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu following his continued failure to appear before court. Mpundu, an opposition politician facing a charge of sedition, failed to appear before Magistrate Webster Milumbe on Tuesday. The court…
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Crime & Courts
Archbishop Alick Bandas Trial to Start November 3
The State has confirmed before Lusaka Senior Resident Magistrate Mwandu Nakazwe that...
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Crime & Courts
Two Deny Possession of 75 Pangolin Scales
Two people have appeared before the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court for allegedly possessing...
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Crime & Courts
Solwezi court refers Mundubile, Zulu sedition case to High Court
Principal Resident Magistrate, Mambwe Mukonde, has referred the two-count sedition case involving former 2026 NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, to the High Court after ruling that the Solwezi Magistrates’ Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. Citing provisions of…
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Crime & Courts
Solwezi Court Rules It Has No Jurisdiction in Mundubile, Zulu Case
Principal Resident Magistrate Mambwe Mukonde has ruled that the Solwezi Magistrates’ Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the two-count sedition case involving 2026 presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, referring the matter to the High Court for further proceedings. Citing provisions of…
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Crime & Courts
Mukandila Appears in Court on Forgery Charges
Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General and lawyer Celestin Mukandila has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’...
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Crime & Courts
Mundubile ,Makebi Case Adjourned to October
Opposition leaders BRIAN MUNDUBILE and MAKEBI ZULU have appeared before the Solwezi Magistrate’s Court on...
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Crime & Courts
Henry Shula Kasolo Convicted, Sentenced to 7 Years Imprisonment With Hard Labour
The Lusaka Magistrate Court has sentenced 54-year-old Henry Shula Kasolo, a notorious...
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Crime & Courts
Sean Tembo Insulting Language Case Set for Case to Answer Ruling
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has set October 2, 2026 for a ruling on whether former...
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Crime & Courts
Court rejects oral submissions in Mundubile case
The Solwezi Magistrate’s Court has declined oral submissions by Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu in their challenge to the court’s jurisdiction to hear their sedition case.
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Crime & Courts
Bishop Banda arrested, denies charge
Archbishop Alick Banda has been arrested and charged with possessing property suspected to be unlawfully obtained, but was granted K80,000 bail after appearing before the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court.
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Crime & Courts
Ex-minister Katele Kalumba in court over seditious charges
Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba, 74, appears in the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court on seditious practices charges, but his plea is not taken as the State awaits consent from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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Crime & Courts
Blogger Chishimba gets 9 months
GRACE CHAILE Lusaka LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate Idah Phiri has cautioned Zambians against making unsubstantiated claims that could bring the office of the President into disrepute or cause embarrassment. Ms Phiri said this when she sentenced blogger Joseph Chishimba to nine months’ imprisonment with hard…
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Crime & Courts
Mukandila Trial Fails to Take Off
The trial of Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General and lawyer Celestine Mukandila has been adjourned to November 6, 2026, after the State told the Court it was not ready to proceed. Mukandila appeared before Lusaka Resident Magistrate Anna Holland today, Tuesday for the commencement of…
