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Transport and Communications Minister Hon Mutotwe Kafwaya
Transport and Communications Minister Hon Mutotwe Kafwaya has directed his Permanent Secretary to speed up the constitution of a committee for the implementation of the instructions given by President Edgar Lungu to remove from the roads public passenger vehicles without seat belts.
President Edgar Lungu late last month directed Hon Kafwaya to remove from the road all public service vehicles without seat belts.
President Lungu further urged the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) to ensure the law that bans people from traveling at the back of vans and trucks is enforced.
Speaking in Lusaka when he launched the Road Transport and Safety Agency Strategic Plan running from 2019 – 2021, Hon Kafwaya said President Lungu has also requested his ministry to strengthen legislation on the road traffic offenses.
“I have a very important message from His Excellency President Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu that in implementing your strategic plan, you are required to weed off the use of open vans and vehicles without seat belts on our roads as public passenger vehicles,” he said.
“I am pleased to note that RTSA has put in place a plan which will guide its performance from 2019 t0 2021.”
He made it clear that the implementation of this directive will be guided by his ministry.
The Transport and Communications Minister since assured bus owners and drivers that the government will sanitize bus stations and bus stops by ensuring that those elements that extort hard-earned money from drivers are removed permanently.
Speaking at the same event, RTSA Acting Board Chairperson Dr. Cornelius Chipoma said the agency will work with key stakeholders in the transport sector such as the Ministry of Home Affairs, Road Development Agency, National Road Fund Agency, local authorities, research institutions, insurance companies, health professionals, CSOs and local communities to ensure ongoing learning and responsive solutions for public safety.
Dr. Chipoma said this will also minimize recourse to punitive measures including fines and litigation.
“Honourable Minister, your endorsement of the new Strategic Plan will allow the Agency to immediately ramp up implementation for the next three years,” said the RTSA Acting Board Chairperson.
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Dr. Nevers Mumba
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Dr. Nevers Mumba has said that the MMD is back and it means business.
Dr. Mumba who was today’s guest on the Hot Seat program on Hot FM said that Judge Newa’s MMD Leadership Judgement was a landmark.
“On behalf of the MMD Leadership, we would love to thank High Court Judge Sharon Newa for her landmark judgment on the MMD Leadership Impasse. This Impasse which has lasted for the past 3 years was a fight between the MMD Constitution and those who thought the money could buy power. The ruling which lasted for over 5 hours and had over 600 pages clearly stipulated that parties should be governed by there Constitution. We took the case through our National Secretary not because we wanted to defend our leadership but because we wanted to protect our constitution and the future generations that never again will people with money ever buy power using illegal means. Judge Newa’s judgment was a landmark ruling”, Dr. Mumba said.
Dr. Mumba further said that he had always reached out his hand to Mutati.
“I knew Felix when I was Republican Vice President and he was Deputy Minister of Energy. After I won the MMD Presidency in 2012, I had reached out to all the losing candidates including my brother Felix for dinner. He never showed up. We later managed to meet and have dinner at Acacia Park, where I asked him to support and work with me. Shortly afterward, I received a letter from him where he resigned as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament”, Dr. Mumba said.
“This is not his first expulsion but second expulsion from the MMD. The first was in 2014, where he rebelled against the party leadership and supported the opposition UPND during the Presidential by-election. He afterward approached me and said that Mr. President, what I did was wrong and MMD is a party that I belong to, please forgive. I recommended to the National Executive Committee (NEC), and that’s how he was reinstated back into the party. Again in 2016, the National Executive Committee (NEC) decided to expel him and he even contested the expulsion which he lost in the high court. If Mr. Mutati wants to come back to the MMD, he knows what he should do”, Dr. Mumba said.
Dr. Mumba said that like the Labour party, the MMD will bounce back to Power.
“I have heard some people allege that MMD will never bounce back to power. But let me tell you, when I became MMD President in 2012, no one wanted to do anything with the MMD. RB had resigned as Party President, We had 11 of our MPs serving in the PF government as Ministers and a number of members had left our party. To add to those problems, the Registrar of Societies threatened to deregister our party for a bill of $85,000”, Dr. Mumba said.
“Not only did We raise the $85,000, we managed to beat the PF in a number of by-elections that included Mkaika and Muchinga constituencies. By 2014, our party was so attractive that the same people who left our party earlier started to cause confusion. The labour party of the UK after losing power, was in the opposition for a long period of time, up until Tony Blair took over and called it the New Labour Party and won the elections. So like the New Labour Party, the New Hope MMD will bounce back into power”, Dr. Mumba said.
File:Flood gates on the Kariba Dam wall between Zimbabwe and Zambia open ceremonially on February 20, 2015 after the two neighbors signed $294 million in deals with international investors – JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images
ZESCO owes South Africa’s state owned power company -Eskom R89million in outstanding payments.
This was revealed in the South African parliament when Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan responded to a question posed by the Democratic Alliance(DA).
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa Holdings) owes Eskom R322m, Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) owes R221m and Zambian state-owned power company Zesco owes R89m.
“Half a billion rands is an astonishing amount of money and could, in the long term, go a long way in stabilising the financial woes at Eskom,” said DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone.
“As such, the DA has written to minister Gordhan to request that he makes public the payment plans that Eskom has with these foreign governments which owe the utility millions in unpaid debt,” she said.
“Clearly Eskom is incapable of collecting debts both at home and abroad. This begs the question: does Eskom actually have plans in place to collect debts owed to it?
A few days ago Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said the Zambian Government had paid US$ 40 million for electricity importation from South Africa. Unconfirmed reports however, suggest only US$10 million was paid.
Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa announced on 23rd October, 2019 that the power imports would be in after 14 days.
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who’s ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, version of himself.
Pros
Nicely choreographed action scenes.
Good performances by the entire cast.
Cons
Very interesting , yet somewhat predictable story-line.
The characters should have had more depth, they felt one dimensional.
Favorite Quotes
Henry: [referring to Junior] “When I saw him, it was like I was seeing a ghost. Like every trigger I’ve ever pulled.”
Danny Zakarweski: “You can tell me now or you can tell me in five minutes without all your teeth.”
Conclusion
After watching the trailer for Gemini Man you would think you have the whole movie figured out, well you would be partially right. The story-line is pretty basic and straight forward. That is not a bad thing,there are some interesting twits and turn that will keep you glued to the screen. There is plenty of action , high speed chases and suspense to keep you entertained.
Will Smith gave a great performances as both ‘Henry Brogan’ and his younger self. The characters had great on screen chemistry and had some emotional moments. The young Brogan did however feel bland , more character depth was required to make viewers get attached to him. Clive Owen’s portrayal of Clayton Varris, the ruthless head of the top secret black ops unit was menacing and believable.
Gemini Man is a good popcorn movie that will entertain you but may not live long in the memory.
Lusaka Province Patriotic Front Youth Chairperson Daniel Kalembe says PF remains a pro-poor party and its leadership in the province will not tolerate lawlessness in Markets and Bus stations
The Zambia National Marketeers Credit Association (ZANAMACA) commended President Edgar Lungu for his decision to stop political cadres from operating in markets and bus stations.
ZANAMACA President Mupila Kameya says the informal sector has suffered at the hands of political cadres who are bent of ‘milking’ hard-working self-employed Zambians.
Mr Kameya says micro and macro-economic processes have been hindered by acts of political cadres who undermine socio-economic development, hence the decision to remove them from the markets and bus stations is a welcome move.
ZANIS reports that the ZANAMACA leader in a statement said that only local authorities are mandated to manage markets and the bus stations and not any other individual.
He urged Zambians to heed to President Lungu’s directive in transforming the nation for the betterment of the people.
Recently, Minister of Local Government Charles Banda reiterated that President Lungu wants sanity restored at bus stations and markets countrywide, by ensuring that the collection of levies is done in a clear and transparent manner through the local authorities.
Dr Banda said the ministry has embarked on a programme of appointing management boards to manage and control markets and bus stations in line with clause 3(1) of the Markets and Bus Stations Act No. 7 of 2007, in order to cure this malaise.
A few days ago, renowned Lusaka proprietor of Capital Buses Ishmael Kankara threatened to remove his buses from operating on some routes in the city citing ‘harassment by political party cadres who demanded money for selfish gain.’
But yesterday, the Head of State directed Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo and Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to ‘flush-out’ party cadres or any other grouping from markets and bus stations, in order to restore sanity in the said areas.
President Lungu said his administration attaches great importance to markets and bus stations by constructing, rehabilitating, upgrading and maintaining markets as well as bus stations in the country.
Patrick Mutimushi, Director General ZICTA (reading through his speech before address)
The Zambia Information Communication Authority (ZICTA) has expressed concern with the growing volumes of electronic waste (e-waste) that do not have a sustainable management and disposal system in the country.
ZICTA Director-General Patrick Mutimushi says the absence of an effective management and disposal system of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) equipment, has an adverse impact on the environment.
Mr Mutimushi has since called for concerted efforts in addressing the emerging threats to the environment which are posed by e-waste.
Speaking in Lusaka today, during the launch of the first-ever e-waste management and recycling company, TCH W-Waste, Mr Mutimushi disclosed that government has realized the need for a robust e-waste management strategy, adding that this is why a number of joint ventures interventions are been put in place to mitigate the effects associated with indiscriminate disposal of e-waste.
He explained that in 2018 ZICTA carried out a national ICT survey aimed at accessing the flaws of e-waste in the country in order to understand the current disposal mechanisms as well as the risks associated with them.
Mr. Mutimushi said the survey revealed that mobile phones contributed to the largest amount of e-waste at about 34.8 percent followed by radio and television sets at 17.4 and 10% respectively while computers and are the lest at 1.5 %.
He added that this is why the coming of TCH E-Waste Company on the Zambian market will go a long way in addressing same of the challenges faced in the management and disposal of e-waste in the country.
Earlier, Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) Principal Inspector Crispin Simwanza explained that by virtual of Zambia not being a producing country, the country cumulates a lot of e-waste which needs sustainable management and disposal.
Mr Simwanza noted that this is because of the e-waste starts at the time of importing the products into the country.
He stated that ZEMA is confident that TCH E-Waste is capable of handling all the e-waste that is generated in the country has complied with all the laid down regulations.
And TCH E-Waste representative Malcom Whitehouse explained that the company will be involved in collecting, sorting, and exporting the recyclable parts of e-waste and shipping for final disposal in an environmentally friendly manner.
Mr Whitehouse said the company will offer its services to consumers at the household level, public and private sector and industries among others, adding that once it starts full operations, the company will also create jobs for the local people.
Orphaned elephant calf Olimba mtima heading for sanctuary on board Proflight Zambia’s Dash 8 jet
In echoes of the newly released Hollywood movie Holiday in the Wild, which is set in Zambia, Proflight, Game Rangers International (GRI) and Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) have rescued an orphaned baby elephant.
The elephant was airlifted to safety in Proflight’s 56-seat Dash 8 aircraft, flying from Mfuwe to Lusaka with 40 tourists on board and then onward by road to the GRI Lilayi Elephant Nursery that was featured in the movie starring Kristen Davis and Rob Lowe released on Netflix this month.
The one-year-old elephant, which weighs around 200kg, was named Olimba mtima – which means ‘strong heart’ – and given her own boarding pass by Proflight as she was loaded into the rear cargo hold of the plane.
After a smooth landing at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from Mfuwe, Proflight Zambia Captain Walter Nhliziyo said: “I am very happy to play an important role in transporting the elephant calf safely to Lusaka. I love the idea of taking care of our nature and wildlife. We have tourists within and outside the country coming to view our wildlife in the National Parks; it’s important that we take care of it. I look forward to seeing Olimba mtima.”
The airline also thanked Zambia Airports Corporation (ZACL) for its support in facilitating the airlift.
It was less than a week since the rescue mission when GRI and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife were called to respond to yet another tragic elephant orphaning. DNPW Rangers came across this tragic scene: a mother elephant agonisingly caught around the neck in a poacher’s snare and bearing three life-threatening gunshot wounds. Standing under her chin, her 1-year-old calf stood in terror after the traumatic experience of being shot at and running for her life.
Tragically, her mother was too injured to be saved and had to be put out of her suffering. This traumatised little calf was darted with sedative and carefully moved with the help of Conservation South Luangwa (CSL) and DNPW staff to Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust (CWET), which have been a long-term first response for orphaned elephants and other wildlife in need.
The GRI vet unit were onsite to help stabilise the calf as they coordinate the logistics to relocate her to the Lilayi Elephant Nursery where she will be united with other elephants.
DNPW senior wildlife vet Dr Innocent Billy N’gombwa said: “Thank you to Proflight for the great job they are doing to save wildlife. It wouldn’t have been easy to transport the elephant calf on the road due to high stress.
“We are trying to give this calf a chance to live by rehabilitating it to an elephant orphanage based in Lusaka called Lilayi Elephant Nursery under Game Rangers International GRI.
“We are transporting it using air transportation with Proflight Zambia. Flying the calf to Lusaka will guarantee us to get it there as soon as possible and reduce stress on the elephant.”
The Netflix conservation film Holiday In theWild tells the story of a young orphaned elephant calf’s rescue. GRI has rescued 49 elephant calves to date, and most have been found wandering alone, starving and distressed.
“Having been with her mother up to the bitter end she is in good physical condition, but is incredibly traumatised, frightened and confused having lost her mother and her herd due to the incessant and insatiable demand for ivory! Having lost her mother in such a brutal manner this level of anxiety is to be expected. However, she is now feeding well, and seems reassured by her carers’ presence,” said GRI.
“An elephant mother invests nearly two years in producing a calf so they do not readily abandon them. The dramatic rise in illegal ivory poaching and a variety of human-elephant conflict issues are the main cause of orphaned elephants across Africa,”
GRI works closely with the Department of National Parks & Wildlife and communities living on the edge national parks to support rural sustainable livelihoods, elephant conflict mitigations and conservation education, in addition to bolstering the law enforcement capabilities in the area to actively protect elephants and all the wildlife within the National Park and its surrounding protected areas.
Orphaned elephant calf Olimba mtima heading for sanctuary on board Proflight Zambia’s Dash 8 jet. Credit: action4lawOrphaned elephant calf Olimba mtima – with her boarding pass – heading for sanctuary on board Proflight Zambia’s Dash 8 jet.
MMD President Nevers Mumba at the burial sites of late President Chiluba and Mwanawasa.
By James Mulenga
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba this morning laid wreaths at the burial sites of late President Chiluba and Mwanawasa.
Dr. Mumba who led members of his Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) arrived at the Presidential Embassy Park at 9 hours.
He then proceeded to lay wreaths at the tomb of First MMD President Dr. Frederick Chiluba and then laid at the tomb of Second MMD President Dr. Levy Mwanawasa.
In an interview afterwards, Dr. Mumba said that he had decided to visit the late MMD Leaders to pay our respects and signal a fresh start for the New Hope MMD.
“The MMD Leadership decided that before we hit the road running to regain our rightful place in the Political space, we first had to come and pay our respects to the Founder leaders of our Party. The past 4 years have been very difficult for MMD but yesterday the storm finally calmed”, Dr. Mumba said.
Government plans to build five more universities to increase access to public higher Learning institutions in the country.
Higher Education Minister, Brian Mushimba said currently, only 20 percent of those wanting to be in public tertiary institutions have access leaving the 80 percent to find an alternative in private institutions.
Dr Mushimba said it is for this reason the Minister thanked the University of Lusaka- UNILUS- for taking a leading role in offering quality higher education in the country.
He was speaking when he graced the UNILUS 7th Graduation ceremony.
And UNILUS Chancellor Jeventus Tembo urged the graduates to be innovative in their various fields to better Zambia’s economy.
Professor Tembo said graduates should offer solutions to the problems that the country in going through.
Meanwhile, UNILUS Vice-Chancellor Pinalo Chifwanakeni said the institution will continue to offer quality higher education in the country as a response to the economic challenges.
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has invited Journalists from Private and Public Media for a get-together-event tomorrow at State House.
The Journalists will be drawn from various media houses including print, broadcasting and online media.
The President will address the Journalists on a number of issues affecting the country and will welcome questions during the function. He will also have one-on-one discussions with the Journalists before inviting them for a photo session.
The function will start at 12:00hrs.
According to the statement released to the media by State House, President Lungu believes that there cannot be democracy and development in a country without a free media.
The statement further added that, since his tenure, President Lungu’s administration has made enormous strides in developing the media in Zambia including digitising broadcast media and growing the number of private radio and television houses in the country.
This is according to a statement made available to Smart Eagles by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Mr. Isaac Chipampe.
FAZ National Division One League side Nchanga Rangers have announced the appointment of Emmanuel Simbeye as the new club secretary.
Simbeye has been appointed on a one-year deal.
“It is our sincere hope that he will bring with him some added aura of professionalism to the administration of Nchanga Rangers Football Club,” club president Patson Nyirenda said.
“We look forward to a day when the entire Chingola and followers and partners of Nchanga Rangers countrywide will celebrate the achievements we desire in so far as football in concerned and Simbeye should be part of that history,” Nyirenda said.
Nchanga are 10th in the league with 13 points from 10 matches.
Now more than ever, the United Party for National Development (UPND), in keeping with one of our fundamental founding principles – that of putting people back at the heart of economic growth and development; is committing to delivering a mamoth $1.5bn back into the economy by merely rearranging the tax models around Pay As you Earn (PAYE) and other SMEs business incentives.
With our economy currently dead in the trenches, suffocated by the culture of reckless borrowing and public spending by the Patriotic Front (PF) administration; as well as any prospects of recovery being thwarted by what is now government’s evidently diminished headroom to spend, the UPND would like to reiterate our unwavering resolve to deliver a well coordinated tax reform plan intended to reignite growth, and deliver opportunities for ordinary citizens to once again be able to take advantage of available opportunities in our country to not only spend, but also build SMEs and create jobs for the economy.
Part of our wider tax reform plan, is anchored on delivering additional tax relief for individuals; while giving unprecedented growth and capital protection incentives to SMEs; and this is envisaged to directly deliver well in excess of $1.5bn worth of a boost to the economy at a very basic, micro economic level, over a 5 year period.
HOW WOULD THIS PLAN WORK?
As a matter of economic common sense, $1bn is worth more to an economy when directly placed in the hands of micro economic actors (individuals, households and SMEs) than it being held, and dispensed with, by a corrupt, unconscionable government.
In fact, $1.5bn in the hands of the PF would see an enormous 63 Cents on every $1 lost to corruption at the hands of political actors and their private sector proxies.
$1.5bn in the hands of individual, households and SMEs will go substantively towards spending on things that matter most to our citizens – health, education, building and expanding small businesses and actually creating the jobs the PF government have failed to create in close to 10 years of tinkering at the highest level of politics.
The $1.5bn would see the cab drivers and bus drivers more than double their takings as people’s ability to spend on essential travel expands. We also expect our mothers selling Kapenta, vegetables and tomatoes increase their sales; as would our brothers selling electronic gadgets – as individuals and households get to have a bit more disposable income to dispense with.
This is why we have proposed to increase the lower tax exempt threshold by an extra K700, from the current K3,300 to K4,000; as well as proposing to cut the upper tax bracket by a massive 10%.
Now, as people spend more within the economy, we anticipate government stands to collect up to 30% more in consumption based taxes, as opposed to the current situation where micro economic spending is subdued owing to over taxation, and government failing to maximize the collection of consumption based taxes.
It is worth noting, that any part of the $1.5bn which consumers end up not spending or investing in SMEs business activities, will most likely end up as savings in our local banking jurisdiction or informal saving groups. Either way, it would have the net effect of driving interest rates down and therefore lowering the overall cost of money within the economy.
And as far as SMEs go, the UPND is disappointed that the PF have relentlessly been sacrificing and punishing SMEs by failing to deliver crucial business incentives to allow our SMEs protect the integrity of their capital and then proceed to growing their SMEs enterprises.
The PF administration have in close to 10 years of being in power, failed to deliver capital incentives for SMEs; as well as failing to deliver incentives for growth of these indispensable micro economic actors.
The UPND plans to deliver tax and other business incentives to allow SMEs achieve Two (2) things:
1. Protect the integrity of capital
2. Achieve business expansion without being penalized for doing so
This could mean the following:
1. Graduation of tax and other business levy obligations over a period of 5 years, with 0% obligations in year 1 of setting up and the final 100% of tax and other business levies due only applicable in year 5. This will allow SMEs a smooth path to growth and expansion.
2. Incentivize business expansion by ensuring that new business branches are not penalized on the performance of principal branches. This will encourage more SMEs to expand their reach and the process create more employment.
The following measures are also envisaged to prop up compliance in terms of tax and other business levies. This is one sure way of expanding our ever degenerating tax base.
IS THIS PLAN POSSIBLE?
Absolutely.
Since 2011 to date, Zambia has leaked close to $10bn in a combination of state sponsored corruption where PF officials and operatives abuse public processes to steal public resources. We have seen this from successive FIC reports, Auditor General’s Reports and CPI intimations, with Zambia having dropped several points on the assessment register.
We have also seen how the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources diverted close to $100m of Mukula revenue into their own pockets, the undelivered but overpriced ambulances, the Fire Tenders…
We also know that on the Copperbelt province alone, government pays over 40,000 ghost workers per month. Expanding this statistic across our 10 provinces may mean that under the PF, the country is losing tens of millions of dollars paying salaries and other fringe benefits to over 100,000 ghost employees.
Therefore, with the right kind of political leadeship, it is possible for us to achieve crucial efficiencies around how our government works: and with that would come several millions of dollars in expenditure savings, money that can easily be channeled towards funding our $1.5bn tax reform plans.
We would like to reiterate, that our planned $1.5bn micro economic boost, staggered over a period of 5 years and anchored on robust reforms to part of our tax system, will be executed while a UPND administration continues to mobilize the much needed resources to invest in priority infrastructure as part of continuing to create an enabling environment in which micro economic actors can dispense with the $1bn cash injection.
This is what a responsible government should and could have done.
Super Eagles Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has joined the Nigeria U23 camp ahead of this weekends kickoff of the 2019 U23 AFCON tournament in Egypt.
Nigeria are Zambia’s opponents in Group B at the Cairo championships that Egypt is hosting from November 8-22.
Rohr is part of the technical bench in an advisory role for a week before returning to Nigeria to prepare the seniors for their 2021 AFCON qualifiers.
He will leave Egypt on November 10 after Nigeria’s opening Group B match against Cote d’Ivoire.
Nigeria will play Zambia in their second Group B match on November 15.
Meanwhile, Rohr has promoted U23 striker Victor Osimhen of French club Lille to the senior team for next weeks AFCON Group L qualifiers against Benin at home and Lesotho away.
Osimhen was Nigerias top scorer on three goals in the 2029 U23 AFCON qualifiers.
Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) President Dr Nevers Mumba says Tuesday’s judgment has set precedence in Zambia politics with respect to the rule of law.
Dr Nevers Mumba said that the party is willing to reconcile with the other members who were led by Mutati.
Speaking at a press briefing at the MMD Secretariat, Dr Mumba further stated that he joined the politics to bring morality and integrity in politics, to foster discipline and to fight corruption.
The MMD President has however noted that the party’s new slogan will be “New hope” as it intends to deliver a new political system.
Commenting on the nullification of the Mutati led MMD group and it’s alliance with the Patriotic Front, Dr. Mumba noted that those appointed by the President to serve in Parliament would continue to serve because his NEC had no power to remove them. He, however, said he was not privy to any documentation that supports the alliance between MMD and the PF. He said as his team settles down in office they may be briefed on such and make a decision on it.
On Tuesday, the High Court finally passed a landmark judgment on a three years court case on the MMD leadership confirming that the former vice president Nevers Sekwila Mumba was the President of the party and nullified Felix Mutati’s MMD led faction.
MMD President Nevers Mumba at the burial sites of late President Chiluba and Mwanawasa.
Meanwhile, Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba yesterday morning laid wreaths at the burial sites of late President Chiluba and Mwanawasa.
Dr. Mumba who led members of his Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) arrived at the Presidential Embassy Park at 9 hours.
He then proceeded to lay wreaths at the tomb of First MMD President Dr. Frederick Chiluba and then laid at the tomb of Second MMD President Dr. Levy Mwanawasa.
In an interview afterward, Dr. Mumba said that he had decided to visit the late MMD Leaders to pay our respects and signal a fresh start for the New Hope MMD.
“The MMD Leadership decided that before we hit the road running to regain our rightful place in the Political space, we first had to come and pay our respects to the Founder leaders of our Party. The past 4 years have been very difficult for MMD but Tuesday the storm finally calmed”, Dr. Mumba said.
Zamba’s 2019 U23 AFCON Group B opponents, South Africa, are battling to make 18 players for the two sides’ Saturdays opening meeting in Cairo.
The club-versus – country story has not only hit Zambia who will only have 18 players for that Group B opener that will be played before the November FIFA match window opens on November 11.
South Africa landed in Cairo on Tuesday with just twelve out of the 21 call-ups ahead of the Africa zone 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament Egypt is hosting from November 8-22.
By press-time, that number had swelled to 14 although PSL clubs, notably Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates , refusing to release any of their players until after Saturday’s Soweto derby that will see the former host the latter.
They are also match-day-one doubts on the availability of two European-based stars namely striker’s Luther Singh of Moreirense in Portugal and Lyle Foster of Belgium club Cercle Brugge.
Zambia will be without Enock Mwepu and Patson Daka of Austrian champions RB Salzburg and Fashion Sakala of Belgium club KV Oostende who will only join camp after November 11 ahead of the clash against U23 AFCON defending champions Nigeria on match-day-two on November 12.
