Lusaka Man Detained 3 years Without Trial
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
THE Lusaka High Court has discharged a Lusaka resident who was wrongfully
detained for over three years without trial.
Lusaka Resident Gets K10M Compensation
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has assisted a Lusaka resident get K10
million compensation from his former employers for unlawful dismissal.
8 ZNS Officers Batter Mansa Man
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A man from Ela Tomo village in Chief Chisunka's area in Mansa wants
compensation for the injury and pain he went through after eight Zambia
National Services officers battered him.
LRF Prods Catholic Secretariat
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
The Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has thanked the Catholic Secretariat
for buying two air tickets for Prohibited Immigrants (PIs) Nigerian
nationals so that they can be deported to their country of origin.
Nursery School to Be Built At Mwembeshi Open
Air Prisons
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A Canadian family has donated 20,000 Canadian dollars (K60 million) to the
Prisons Counseling and Care Association (PRISCCA) for the construction of a
nursery school and day care centre at Mwembeshi Open Air Prisons in Lusaka.
Mpongwe Missionary Couple Accused Of Abusing
Workers, Orphans
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
SOME workers at an orphanage in Mpongwe district have complained of inhuman
treatment from the missionaries who are running the place.
Mongu Resident Seeks LRF Help
By Monica Kunda
A Mongu resident has appealed to the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) to
assist him sue his friend who accused him of theft, a situation that saw him
detained in the prison for a year without trial. According to Simon
Mundandwe, in April 2005, he was accused of stealing a bicycle, a bedsheet,
10 kg bag of mealie meal and two pairs of shoes.
LRF Helps Widow Claim K9M From ZANACO
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
The Legal Resource Foundation in Livingstone has assisted a widow get back
her money which she was swindled by a Zambia National Commercial Bank {ZANACO}
employee who purported to have opened an account for her.
Kasama Cop Agrees To Compensate Girlfriend
For Assault
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A police officer of Mungwi Police Station in Kasama has agreed to compensate
his girl friend K1.5 million for assault.
LRF Urges To Parents To Take Defilement Cases
Seriously
By Monica Kunda Tembo
The Legal Resources Foundation in Mansa has appealed to parents whose
children are defiled to take the case seriously because it is criminal
offence.
Democracy Human Rights Key To Development-Vigtel
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
NORWEGIAN Ambassador to Zambia Terje Vigtel has said anti-corruption
efforts, democracy building and respect for human rights must be the
foundation for development.
Media Losing Its Place In Governance Issues -
PAZA
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) has said the media is losing its
place in the governance scheme of things and its place is slowly being taken
up by a vibrant Civil Society.
Prison Authority Not To Blame For Congestion-LRF
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) paralegal in charge of prisons Patricia
Phiri has said the Prisons authority is not to blame for prison congestion.
Chawama Resident Fights For Daughter
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A resident of Lusaka's Chawama resident has asked the Legal Resources
Foundation to assist him get his daughter.
Investor Accused Of Locking Up Workers In
Poultry
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
SOME workers at a poultry farm in Lusaka's Ibex Hill have accused their
employer of subjecting them to inhuman and degrading treatment by locking
them up in a poultry at night.
Mushekwa Villagers Take Investors to Court
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
VILLAGERS at Musheka village in Chief Sekute's area in Kazungula district in
Southern Province have reached an out of court settlement with investors who
had have invested in their area and failed to honor the pledge to develop
it.
L/stone Court settles friends dispute
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
The Livingstone Magistrate Court has entered a judgment against Sylvester
Chilufya Bwembya of Livingstone.
Fired Chambeshi Metal Employees Seek LRF
Intervention
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has urged government to seriously look
into the issue of investors, especially new mine owners, who allegedly abuse
workers.
The Foundation says many investors on the Copperbelt easily fired workers
who fell ill without compensating them.
Kitwe Man Seeks Compensation Over Injury
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A Kitwe resident has asked the Legal Resources Foundation to intervene a in
matter in which he is claiming compensation for injuries he sustained while
on duty.
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