Kitwe | November 21, 2025 – The atmosphere in the Moba Hotel conference hall was charged with anticipation as the learned Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mr. Gilbert A. Phiri S.C., took the podium as Guest of Honour at the Intergenerational Forum against Gender-Based Violence. Before an audience that spanned generations – from adolescent students to permanent secretaries, corporate leaders to grassroots activists – the DPP chose this significant platform to announce what may become the most consequential shift in Zambia’s fight against gender-based violence. The forum, organised by the Gender Division in collaboration with the National Prosecution Authority and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) under the African Women Leaders Network, brought together precisely the cross-section of Zambian society needed to witness such a game-changing declaration. Against this backdrop of unified purpose, our nation’s Chief Prosecutor revealed that the National

Isoka, Chinsali, Mbala, Senanga | November 2025 — The National Prosecution Authority (NPA), working together with the Sexual Reproductive and Health Rights Trust (SAT), has continued pushing its community-based fight against gender-based violence by extending its GBV legal framework trainings to Isoka in Muchinga Province, Chinsali and Mbala in the Northern Province and Senanga in Western Province. The new sessions build on earlier work carried out in Chipata and Chama. The trainings brought together a wide group of frontline responders, police officers, health workers, social welfare staff, media personnel and others who often serve as the first point of contact for survivors.The initiative aims to create a unified front by ensuring all stakeholders share a common understanding of GBV case management, referral pathways, and survivor support services. The Isoka, Chinsali and Mbala sessions were led by Mr. Samuel Simwaka, Deputy

Kitwe | November 19, 2025 -The Kitwe High Court has convicted and sentenced three police officers for one count of the offence of Aggravated Robbery contrary to section 294(2) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. The case cited as The People vs.Richard Mpengaula and Four Others, was heard before Lady Justice Abbah Patel at the Kitwe High Court. According to the evidence before court, Richard Mpengaula, Teddy Nyirenda, Kennedy Mwansa, Luka Mtonga and Peter Kamabayenda were jointly charged with one count of the offence of Aggravated Robbery. Particulars of the offence were that on January 3, 2020, at Kitwe in the Kitwe District of the Copperbelt Province of the Republic of Zambia, the accused persons whilst acting together and whilst armed with a firearm, did steal a copper blister, a chain block and 4 steel

Cape Town, South Africa | November 2025 – The National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is currently participating in a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Regional Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The meeting, themed, “Regional Reflection and Knowledge Exchange,” is supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The conference aims to highlight key achievements in GBV justice and create a platform for Southern African nations to share successful methodologies, lessons learned, and innovative practices for replication across the region. Representing the NPA and Zambia at the conference are two key specialists from the Authority’s Gender Based Crimes and Child Protection Department – Mrs. Chali Mbewe-Hambayi, Deputy Chief State Advocate, and Mrs. Monde Chizongo,Senior State Advocate, who have taken a leading role in the knowledge exchange.During the conference, the Zambian delegation delivered three key presentations: The conference has brought together

Lusaka | November 18, 2025*– The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Gilbert A. Phiri SC, personally led a high-level National Prosecution Authority (NPA) delegation in strategic talks with the Indian High Commission on Friday, November 14, 2025. The delegation comprised the Authority’s Chief Administrator, Ms. Cassandra Soko; the Acting Chief State Advocate, Mrs. Chali Mbewe-Hambayi, who also serves as head of the Gender Based Crimes and Child Protection Department; the Deputy Chief State Advocate who heads the Asset Forfeiture Department, Ms. Margaret Kapambwe-Chitundu; and State Advocate in the Taxation and Financial Crimes Department, Mr. Sylvester Banda. The meeting focused on translating the long-standing Zambia-India relationship into a strong operational legal alliance. Central to the discussions was the finalisation of a comprehensive Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) treaty. This critical agreement will establish formal channels for evidence exchange, asset recovery, and joint

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