Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:02:03 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO KALUNDU residents have sued Minister of Local Government Vincent Mwale and the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) as first and second respondents respectively in the on-going row over the construction of a mall by the Chinese in the area. The residents have filed an affidavit in support of the originating notice of motion for judicial review in the High Court over the construction of a mall in the area by Shumeite Holdings Limited, which they have maintained is illegal. After six months of bickering between the residents and the developer over the project, Mr. Mwale on November 13, 2017 wrote a letter to Shumeite to approve and authorise the company to resume the construction basing his decision on the Urban and Regional Planning Act No 3 of 2015. However, the authorisation came after Kalundu residents’ had already applied for Judicial Review before the Court of Appeal […]
