HIV Divorced Woman Seeks Maintenance
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A Lusaka woman of Frank compound has asked the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)
to assist her claim maintenance from her husband who has sent her away
because of her HIV status.
Govt Urged to Decongest Prisons
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
GOVERNMENT has been urged to build and renovate prisons to decongest and
improve conditions for prisoners.
DPP Enters Nolle In Hyden Family Murder Case
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
THE Director Of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has entered a nolle prosequi in a
matter in which four people were arrested in connection with the murder of
the Hyden family in Kabwe.
Court Sets Aside Warrant of Committal For
Contempt
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
The Kabwe High Court has set aside the warrant of committal for contempt of
court issued against a Munkochi farmer who was granted bail pending review
against the order of committal to prison for contempt of court in July 2006.
Chanda Urges Journalists To Highlight
Children's Plight
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) has challenged the media in Zambia to
be pro-active in highlighting children's issues, especially those affecting
the disadvantaged.
Court Orders Chilanga Cement To Compensate
Lusaka Resident K20M
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Lusaka High Court has awarded a Lusaka resident K 20 million as
compensation for false imprisonment.
LRF Secures Release Of Eight Prisoners
By Monica Kunda Tembo
THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has secured the release of five
prisoners who had been detained for a long time without trial.
LRF Advises Parents To Take Cases Of
Defilement Seriously
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has advised parents to take defilement
cases seriously and not accept to settle them out of court.
Stiffer Penalties Not Helping To Reduces
Cases of Defilement - Judge
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
STIFFER penalties for sexual offences have not helped reduce the scourge,
Ndola High Court Judge Munalula Lisimba has observed.
79 Year Old Widow's Suffering To Be
Documented
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
Justice for Widows and Orphans Project (JWOP) is earmarked to produce a
feature film based on a true story of Theresa Chilala, a 79 year old widow
who suffered for two decades seeking for solution from the traditional
leaders in her area, the local courts and the lands tribunal that failed to
solve her problem of turning her homestead into a graveyard after she
refused to be inherited by her brother in-law.
Abandoned Workers Forced To Walk 180 KM
By Monica Kunda-Tembo
A CONTRACTOR of Mansa-Luwingu road in Luapula Province has been accused of
abandoning casual workers forcing, them to walk 180 km back to Mansa.
Woman Receives Compesation After LRF
Intervetion
By Monica Kunda
A resident of Matero was happy after she received a cheque of K2.5M from the
Zambia Bottlers plc in Lusaka.
Kaoma Man Hindered From Giving Statement
By Monica Kunda Tembo
A resident of Kaoma has complained that he ended up in police cells when a
suspect whom he had taken to the police gave a 'false' statement against him.
Lusaka Man Wants To Claim Bicycle From
Ex-Landlord
By Monica Kunda Tembo
A Lusaka resident has complained to the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) in
Matero that some police officers of Chazanga Police Station forced him to
give his landlord his bicycle.
NGO Accused Of Swindling Client K4.2M
By Monica Kunda Tembo
A Zambian non-governmental organisation (NGO) has been accused of swindling
its client K4.2 million.
Misisi Resident Demands K30million
Compensation
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A Misisi resident is demanding K30 million compensation from the Attorney
General as compensation for injuries he sustained after being shot by a
police reservist. According to a demand letter written to the Attorney
General by Pius Ngoi's lawyers Legal Resources Chambers , he is claiming
that he be compensated for the injuries he sustained from the shooting.
Mpika Council Secretary Accused of Illegally
Signing Remand Warrants
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
MPIKA Council Secretary is Augustine Bwalya has been accused of unlawfully
singing warrants for remandees.
Four Murder Suspects Walk to Freedom
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
THE Ndola High Court has discontinued the writ of Habeas Corpus for four
Nakonde men who were being detained for murder after the state entered a
nolle prosequi.
Administrator Dumps Brother's Kids At
Orphanage
By Monica Kunda Tembo
A widow of Mongu in Western Province has told the Legal Resources Foundation
(LRF) that the administrator of her late husband's estate ended up taking
her four children to Kasisi Orphanage after he failed to provide for them.
Kabwe Woman Sues Hospital Over Daughter's
Death
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A Kabwe woman has sued Kabwe General Hospital, its board and management and
the Attorney General for the death of her child who was allegedly burnt at
the hospital by an incubator.
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