Lusaka | 14 November 2025 – The intricate investigative trail that led the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) to alleged drug-trafficking queenpin Khadija Agatha Mingel is now a matter of court record. In detailed testimony delivered yesterday, a DEC officer outlined a coordinated surveillance and sting operation that culminated in the arrest of the 36-year-old Kitwe businesswoman and the seizure of suspected cocaine.Testifying before Principal Resident Magistrate Honourable Mungala at the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court, Assistant Security Officer Mr. Muzumbwe who was called as Prosecution Witness number three (PW3), recounted how the operation began with a confidential informant’s tip-off indicating that a drug transaction would take place at Sabina Puma Filling Station in Kitwe. The informant provided specific details, including that the unknown suspect would arrive in a black Toyota Mark X, registration AFB 3930.Acting on this intelligence, a joint DEC team

Kabwe | November 14, 2025 – Joseph Chiteta, a 53-year-old former paramilitary officer, stood mere months from completing his 20-year sentence for aggravated robbery when prison authorities granted him “trustee” status. On November 11, 2025, that trust ended in life imprisonment as the Kabwe High Court sentenced him for the murders of Priscilla Kafumbo, Elizabeth Kazadi, Naomi Namulukwa, Virginia Chanda, Doreen Nyambe, Janice Jani, and Mwanangombe Situmbeko – seven women he killed while enjoying unsupervised prison privileges. The convict admitted to systematically exploiting his position to access prison visitor records, using this information to identify and lure vulnerable women with false promises of assisting their incarcerated relatives. He later led investigators to their remains at Egypt Venture Farm, where he worked as a trustee inmate. “The evidence presented left no doubt about the systematic nature of these crimes,” stated State

Lusaka | November 12, 2025 – The National Prosecution Authority’s senior management and administration team gathered today in the NPA Conference room to finalise planning and budgeting for the 2026 financial year. The sessions, chaired by the learned Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Gilbert A. Phiri SC, focused on aligning financial resources with the NA’s strategic objectives, ensuring the institution is fully equipped to effectively execute its mandate. Following the strategic sessions, the team assembled on the stairway of the NPA headquarters for a photo opportunity, a visual representation of the institution’s unified and ascending path into the 2026 fiscal year.

CHIPATA, CHAMA | November 11, 2025 – In a powerful move to confront the shadow pandemic of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) head-on, the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is building new frontlines, not just in courtrooms, but in the very communities where survivors seek safety and justice. A crucial one-day training session set the tone, bringing together law enforcement, healthcare professionals, social service providers, and traditional leaders. The mission is simply to build a seamless chain of justice for survivors in Chama District, where GBV cases have reached an alarming pitch. This engagement, replicated simultaneously in Chipata through the NPA’s collaboration with the Sexual Reproductive and Health Rights Trust (SAT Zambia), gathered a cross section of GBV response actors across both districts. In Chipata, State Advocate Mrs Cynthia Simwatachela-Mwila captured the critical nature of the mission. “A survivor’s journey is fragile. If

Lusaka | 9 November 2025 – On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, businessman Adolphus Mubanga, a relative of former Defence Minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba commonly known as “GBM”, begun serving his two‑year custodial sentence with hard labour, following a High Court decision that upheld his conviction for possession of K4,050,000, funds the court found reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. In a November 2023 judgment delivered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Division of the Subordinate Court, presided over by Chief Resident Magistrate Ireen Wishimanga, Mr. Mubanga was found guilty on three separate counts. The counts involved the possession of K4,050,000, K980,000 and K525,954, funds that were held to be reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 71(1) of the Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act No. 19 of 2010. He was sentenced to a two year

Lusaka | November 9 2025 – The National Prosecution Authority (NPA) on Tuesday, November 4 2025, hosted a high-level engagement with researchers from the Centre on Human Trafficking Research and Outreach (CenHTRO) aimed at strengthening collaboration under the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Labour Trafficking Project. In attendance were at the meeting was the learned Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mr. Gilbert A. Phiri SC, Mrs. Gracillia Chipulu-Mulenga, Deputy Chief State Advocate (DCSA) and head of the Taxation and Financial Crimes Department, State Advocate Mrs. Chisomo Mtolo-Sikanyika, and three CenHTRO researchers. The meeting provided a platform to exchange insights and reinforce cooperation in the fight against labour trafficking in Zambia. During the engagement, the CenHTRO representatives voiced a strong optimism for a collaborative partnership with the National Prosecution Authority in the fight against labour trafficking. In response, the Director of

Kabwe | October 31 2025 – The Kabwe Subordinate Court concluded a case against five individuals, one of whom is former-Lusaka Province Minister Mr. Bowman Chilosha Lusambo testing the boundaries between political stature and legal accountability. The five were charged with the offence of Unlawful Assembly, contrary to Section 74(1) as read with Section 75 of the Penal Act, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. The court delivered its judgment on October 29 2025, convicting Bowman Lusambo, Billy Sichamba, Saidi Chibwana, and Martin Simfukwe. Mathews Changwe was acquitted.The case, prosecuted by Senior Public Prosecutor Ms. Elizabeth Sikute of the National Prosecution Authority Kabwe Office, stemmed from an incident on November 2 2023 at Brimas in Kabwe Town Centre. The prosecution presented evidence from seven witnesses, establishing that the convicted individuals jointly assembled and conducted themselves in a manner that

Lusaka | October 28, 2025 – The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has today delivered judgment in one of Zambia’s most complex financial crime cases, convicting six men, three Zambians and two Ugandans, including Patrick Kafula (38), for orchestrating a sophisticated cyber-theft that siphoned over K14 million from Atlas Mara Bank Limited.The convicted are Patrick Kafula, Vincent Ssempejji, Sylvester Apuli, Rashid Kyagulanyi, Austin Daka, and Makosana Ndolo. Evidence presented during the trial showed that between December 2019 and July 2020, the accused deliberately and unlawfully accessed Atlas Mara Bank’s core systems, transferring millions of kwacha into 79 internal beneficiary accounts through a carefully coordinated operatioThe prosecution, led by Deputy Chief State Advocate Gracillia Chipulu-Mulenga, Deputy Chief State Advocate in the Taxation and Financial Crimes Department (TFCD) of the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) and supported by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC)’s Anti-Money Laundering

Lobito, Angola | October, 2025 – The Africa Prosecutors’ Association (APA) convened its 18th Annual General Meeting and Conference in the coastal city of Lobito, Benguela Province, Republic of Angola, from 15th to 17th October 2025, under the timely and forward-looking theme “Digital Justice and Technological Innovation in Africa: Emerging Technologies at the Service of Justice.” Hosted by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Angola, the high-level gathering brought together Attorneys General, Directors of Public Prosecutions, senior prosecutors, and justice sector leaders from across the continent to deliberate on the transformative potential of digital technologies in the administration of justice. Zambia was proudly represented by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mr. Gilbert A. Phiri, S.C., accompanied by Ms. Makumba Gwendolyn Kashishi, Principal State Advocate, and Mr. Kayoka Sifali, Senior State Advocate, all from the National

Lusaka | October 17, 2025 – In a major blow, the Lusaka subordinate Court has denied former Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba bail pending appeal and stripped Joseph Malanji of his multimillion-kwacha assets. Chief Resident Magistrate Irene Wishimanga delivered the decisive verdict in the case of The People vs. Yamba and Malanji, ordering the property forfeited to the State.The ruling reinforces the strength of the convictions secured by the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) and confirms the principle that the successful dissipation of public funds will be met with the full force of the law.Following the duo’s convictions and sentencing by the Lusaka Magistrate Court last month, Fredson Yamba filed an application for bail pending the outcome of his appeal.In a decisive ruling, Chief Resident Magistrate Wishimanga dismissed the application. The court found that the applicant failed to demonstrate any