Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - A marriage of over 8 years has come to a bloody and fatal end after a 43-year-old man, Victor Sungababwa, hacked his estranged wife to death with an axe in Zambia. Police spokesperson, Rae Hamoonga, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, August 28, 2023, said the deceased, Atrina…
This case study forms part of a series of six case studies on mobilising internal finance within forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) prepared by FFPOs for the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF).
On 24 March 2023, the High Court of Zambia, granted an interim injunction in a case where the Petitioners are challenging the taking over of their customary land and allocating it to a company owned and managed by individuals from Norway. The Court restrained the company from carrying out the complained farming activities to protect the Petitioners from losing their interest in the land and the irreparable damage likely to the land and the environment due to the company’s farming activities.
On 7 March 2023, the Supreme Court of Zambia will hear an appeal brought by Billis Farm Limited and Abraham Lodewikus Vileone (Appellants) against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the case of Molosoni Chipabwamba and 12 Other displaced village owners v Yssel Enterprises Limited and 7 Others. The Court of Appeal cancelled the Certificate of Title issued to Billis Farm Limited (1st Appellant) following an unlawful conversion of customary land to State land.
The South Gauteng High Court Tuesday in South Africa continued hearing a case against mining company Anglo American South Africa on allegations of lead poisoning. Zambian communities brought the class.