Market fire culprits jailed 15 years each
PRISCILLA CHIPULU, Lusaka
THREE men of Lusaka have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment each with hard labour for burning a makeshift shop and a vehicle at Soweto market. (more…)
Market fire culprit jailed 2 years
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola
THE Ndola Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to two years imprisonment with hard labour for causing fire which swept through over 3,000 stalls at Kapalala Market on Wednesday.
VICTIMS sift through debris at Kapalala Market in Ndola’s Masala township after a fire swept through the facility destroying 3,000 stalls in the early hours of Wednesday. PICTURE: STAFRANCE ZULU
12 looters nabbed after market fire
CHISHALA MUSONDA, Ndola
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly causing the fire which swept through over 3,000 stalls and destroyed property worth millions of Kwacha at Kapalala market in Ndola’s Masala township yesterday.
City Market fire: My personal experience
Life: What a journey – CHARLES CHISALA
THE woman of our house sounded irritated when her mobile phone rang just as I was preparing to go for a bath in preparation to go for work.
Fire at Lusaka's City Market yesterday.
Fraudsters prey on market-fire victims
KELVIN MBEWE, MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka
VICTIMS of the recently burnt stalls at Lusaka’s city market have said some unscrupulous people are soliciting K100 from each of them claiming to build up a fund for reconstructing the market.
One of the victims, Grace Phiri, said this in an interview yesterday.