DR. CHRIS ZUMANI ZIMBA ARRESTED FOR CYBER HARASSMENT AND LIBEL AGAINST DR. NEVERS MUMBA
PRESS STATEMENT
APPREHENSION OF DR. CHRIS ZUMANI ZIMBA FOR HARASSMENT UTILISING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND LIBEL
July 21, 2025-The Zambia Police Service has formerly Arrested and Charged Dr. Chris Zumani Zimba, aged 45, of Chunga Village in Chongwe District, for the offences of Harassment utilising means of electronic communication Contrary to Section 69 of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act No. 2 of 2021, and Libel Contrary to Section 191 of the Penal Code Act, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
Brief facts of the matter are that on May 02, 2024, Dr. Zimba published an article on his Facebook page and furthermore, on May 04, 2024, Dr. Zimba authored another article published in The Mast Newspaper, Edition No. 4533-SM 393 bordering on harassment and libel against Dr. Nevers Mumba.
As a result of these publications, Dr. Zimba has been formally charged with two counts of Harassment utilising means of electronic communication Contrary to Section 69 of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act No. 2 of 2021, and one count of Libel Contrary to Section 191 of the Penal Code Act, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
The suspect has since been released on police bond and is scheduled to appear before the courts of law soon.
The Zambia Police Service wishes to remind members of the public that freedom of expression is not absolute, and must be exercised within the confines of the law. The use of electronic platforms to harass, defame or injure the reputation of others will not be tolerated and those found wanting will be held accountable.
Rae Hamoonga
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
I am just waiting for praise singers to come here to applaud this arrest of ZIMBA.
Where did we go wrong as a country? Is this the Zambia we want for our children? How can any normal person support this oppression?
REJECT TRIBALISM, CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Yes this is the Zambia we all want. If you don’t like it continue hiding in Seattle.
I thought Dr Nervous Mumba had sued Dr Zumani Zimba in 2024 in a Civil Case. Dr Nervous Mumba had posted an article on his face book page , and this article was in the public domain. Dr Zimba did a critique of this article , the normal critique common in academia…We see these interactions between Laura Miti and Dr Sishuwa, or Ketis , simuwa , and now some Timmy etc.
How this interaction can become a criminal case today is strange.
This is not the Zambia I want.
If you tell a lie, and some one rebuts your lie, in Hakainde’s Zambia, it becomes a criminal offence?!
I don’t know where we are going as a country.
Why lie? Lying is bed, it has the possibility of ruining a person’s life.
I get disgusted seen grown up people who should our mentors behave so childish just because they have access to corridors of power …what a shame
What did he say against Dr Mumba? Not article this, article that
I am NOT A PRAISE SINGER @HaaIndingoTyrol.
I am just concerned with Zumani’s lies OF THE ACCIDENT HE WAS INVOLVED IN LAST WEEK. WHERE he totally lied. He is mourning his “GOD FATHER-ECL” but he should be careful with words or phrases. Honestly who can assassinate a person like him??!!
Ba Mumba mulibakalamba sana. Ati ba pastor. What does the Bible teach us about forgiveness? Time will come for you to introspect and reflect on your life. Always inclining to the powers that be from Kaunda to HH. A critique cannot be harassment.
The Bible also says we obey the worldly authority meaning the laws that govern countries and the world at large. So let’s not read the bible in parts.