Join our community of SUBSCRIBERS and be part of the conversation.
To subscribe, simply enter your email address on our website or click the subscribe button below. Don't worry, we respect your privacy and won't spam your inbox. Your information is safe with us.
Fashion Sakala in new KitStriker Fashion Sakala will not be part of the Chipolopolo’s 2019 AFCON qualifier on Sunday away against Guinea Bissau after he left camp on Wednesday.
The striker from Belgian club KV Oostende left camp just after Zambia’s 2-1 win over Guinea Bissau at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka in a match he as an unused substitute.
“Fashion left camp when they returned from the match .It has something to do with an administrative issue over the way his travel itinerary from his base in Europe for the match was handled that the coach is not pleased with,” a source told LT Sports.
The affair also saw team manager Hastings Ndovi banished from camp on the eve of the game but was recalled after the match.
Nkana say they are ready to face Lusaka Dynamos on Saturday in Lusaka despite the abrupt rescheduling of this Week 38 match of the FAZ Super Division.
Football House on Wednesday moved four of the Week 38 matches involving the top five teams from November 17 to 13th October 2018.
“We wish to inform you that your week 38 matches which were scheduled for Saturday 17th November 2018, have been rescheduled to Saturday 13th October 2018 in order to determine the top four positions in the league,” League Manager Katongo Kabungo wrote to the eight affected clubs.
The clubs are Zesco United, Nkana, Green Buffaloes, Green Eagles, Zanaco, Lusaka Dynamos, Kabwe Youth and Nkwazi.
“I think the League is on and as Nkana FC we are ready to play any game at any given time,” Nkana Chief Executive Officer Charles Chakatazya said.
Chakatazya added:” But I think all the League games should have been played at the same time and if the decision was made to have the week 38 games this weekend it should have all the teams playing same day.”
Nkana, Buffaloes, Zanaco and Eagles are all fighting to play CAF games.
Rescheduled Matches
13/10/18
Kabwe Youth- Green Buffaloes
Lusaka Dynamos-Nkana
Green Eagles-Zesco United
Nkwazi-Zanaco
Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, Kampamba MulengaGovernment has officially launched the export of Organic Honey to China worth more than US$34, 000.
Speaking during the flagging off of 3.4 tonnes of Organic Honey processed by Mpundu World Honey Limited in Kabwe, Central Province, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Kampamba Mulenga said the market access to China is a milestone to Zambia’s diversification agenda.
Mrs. Mulenga said the export of honey follows the signing of an export protocol by President Edgar Lungu and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jimping during his recent visit to that country.
She appealed to more Bee farmers and out grower schemes to increase the production of Honey now that the market access has been created.
Zambia’s annual honey production is 2500 tonnes and currently only exports 1000 tonnes to the European and African Union leaving a surplus of 1500 metric tonnes.
In August this year, South Africa restricted market access for Zambia’s pure honey because of a consignment allegedly from Zambia that was found to be contaminated with a disease called American foulbrood.
In a letter written to South African importers of pure Zambian honey, the authorities stated that audit samples from a consignment from a farm called Musonda Chitalu and forest fruite, detected American foulbrood.
Knives and other paraphernalia surrended to Lusaka museum that were used by slain Mailoni brother’s
A research by the National Museum Board has revealed that the Mailoni Brothers did not use witchcraft to kill their victims and elude law enforcement Agencies.
According to the research, the three brothers were motivated by their desire to rule Luano Valley in Mkushi Central Province and to be feared by the people in the area.
Lead researcher Alice Salasini said during the launch of the Mailoni brothers’ exhibition in Lusaka that if the three brothers had another life, more people would have been killed but a lot of people survived including their elder brother.
“I get very much disappointed, when we can’t explain anything we resort to witchcraft, we miss out” Ms. Salasini said.
And Second Deputy speaker of the National Assembly Mwimba Malama has urged the film industry in the country to consider producing a movie on the Mailoni brothers’ story based on research findings.
He said the movie will allow many people to learn about the activities of the three notorious brothers which saw them kill ten people in seven years and displace 750 families from 2006 to 2013.
The three infamous brothers Stephano, Fabiano and Tika of Mkushi were gunned down on 25th June by a combined defence security after a tip off from one of the members of the public.
Among those killed was a doctor from the Flying Doctor Service.
The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called for a long term tax framework in the mining sector of about two-three years for the country to implement.
This is in response to the proposed increment of mineral royalty rates to 1.5 percentage points at all levels of the sliding scale according to the 2019 national budget.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka, ZACCI President Michael Nyirenda said the longer tax framework will enable investors and mine owners to understand and appreciate government’s intentions and objectives.
“Currently the mine owners have received the development with mixed feelings because they did not anticipate it,” he said.
He explained that government needs to engage all the stakeholders in order for them to fully understand the development.
Mr. Nyirenda stated that if there was a tax framework, stakeholders would have planned ahead in order to avoid disruptions in their operations.
He added that there is need for more discussions with stakeholders in as much as government is looking for resource mobilization.
Mr. Nyirenda said there is need to look at taxation which allows growth in the economy.
Government announced the increment of the mineral royalty rates, saying that it is vital to structure an effective fiscal regime for the mining sector to ensure that Zambians will benefit from the mineral wealth the country has.
The Zambia National Students Union has challenged Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo to resign on moral grounds for incompetence and failure to manage Higher Institutions of Learning in the country.
Union Secretary General Isaac Mwanza said Professor Luo must resign on moral grounds for failing to handle issues affecting students in higher institutions of learning.
Speaking at a media briefing today, Mr. Mwanza has also requested President Edgar Lungu to fire Professor Luo if she does not resign on her own because she has caused students a lot of pain.
“Because she has failed to manage the Higher learning institutions in a democracy, morally she should have resigned, we are surprised that they are trying to blame other people instead of taking responsibility over many issues affecting students”. Mr. Mwanza said.
He added that Professor Luo must take responsibility over the death of Vespers Shimuzhila, a fourth-year student in the school of education instead of blaming others.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mwanza has also demanded that police officers who were deployed to quell riots at the University of Zambia last week should be prosecuted for the death of Vespers Shimuzhila.
On Tuesday this week, Professor Luo accused the UPND of causing the riots at the University of Zambia after its Choma Central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa wondered whether Professor Luo thought she had been too heavy handed on the students by banning the University of Zambia students Union.
Professor Luo also vowed that there will be no unionism in universities.
NORTH-WESTERN Province permanent secretary Ephraim Mateyo
Northwestern province Permanent Secretary Ephraim Mateyo says government remains committed towards improving eye health care in the country through strong partnerships with stake holders.
Mr Mateyo said government will continue to ensure that good eye health care is availed to all Zambians despite the many challenges .
He said it is saddening to note that many Zambians have continued suffering from preventable blindness.
Mr Mateyo was speaking in Solwezi today in a speech read for him by Solwezi District Commissioner Rosemary Kamalonga during the world Sight day commemorations under the theme “eye care everywhere”
The Permanent Secretary urged members of the public to access eye health services as government endeavors to achieve eye health care goals.
Speaking earlier, North Western Province ORBIS International Zambia Projects Officer, Moffat Shawa said there is need to put in place effective measures to enhance strategies meant to prevent and treat avoidable blindness in Zambia.
Mr Shawa said ORBIS International Zambia will continue working to ensure people in vulnerable communities have access to quality eye health care.
And Provincial Health Director Lawrence Phiri said health projects require that members of the public are fully informed to enable them make informed decisions and appreciate health actions.
Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska
Secretary to the Cabinet, Rowland Msiska, says government saved K1. 2 billion through the e-voucher system during the 2017/2018 farming season.
Speaking at the ongoing Central Province Investment Forum and Expo on the sidelines of the public service reforms investment promotion, Mr Msiska said one of the reasons government has decided to go digital is to deal with corruption, in the farmer support programmes.
He said a good example is the e-voucher propelled 2017/2018 farming season where government saved K1. 2 billion because the system is capable of identifying both qualified and unqualified beneficiaries for the programme.
He observed that most people do not realise how effective Information Communication Technology (ICT’s) can be in curbing corrupt practices.
“You can see that because we are using the e-voucher, the system is compelled to identify members who would want to get inputs, but are not eligible. Inevitably using that system enables us to actually reduce corruption in that particular field,” he stated.
He however said the underlining factor for the smart nation is digitalizing of various services to achieve a reduced cost of doing business.
He further said it for this reason that President Edgar Lungu has set up the Smart Zambia Institute to signify the Smart Nation concept.
Mr Msiska also disclosed that government aims at literally covering the whole country with voice and data services.
He added that with the erection of the 1, 009 towers countrywide being put up countrywide, 95 percent have been completed, in the last three years.
“Essentially when you look at the concept of smart economy, smart commerce and smart banking services among others, the underlining theme is, ‘digitalization’, which is the simplification of processes,” Dr Msiska said.
Dr Msiska also said Zambia currently has one of the best visa online in the world where anyone anywhere on the globe can access the visa.
And Mr Msiska noted that government is upgrading the management of the human resource, in the way they are managed by the private sector.
He said one of the challenges realised in the past was that if an officer commits an office elsewhere, the case will be tried by the Public Service Management Division (PSMD).
The Central Province Investment Forum and Expo is being held under the theme, ‘Accelerating Investment for Inclusive and Sustainable Development’.
Ministry of Commerce,Trade and Industry Agriculture Director Planning Mwila Daka(r) confers with the Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame(l) during the Consultative Meeting on the Border Management(Trade Facilitation) Bill,2017The African Development Bank has provided a grant of U$8.1 million to finance the Lobito Corridor Trade Facilitation Project to map out a strategy for its development.
The Financing will go towards Capacity Building for Trade facilitation and Corridor coordination, Technical Assistance for Value chains development and economic Cluster development and project Management to meet part of the investment requirements on the Corridor over the next three years.
Ministry of Commerce Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame said the three components of the Project will target basic Infrastructure development in form of a Pilot Border Market at Jimbe and two Trade Information Desks at Kipushi and Jimbe respectively.
Mrs. Siame said the Project will also support the development of Conceptual designs of One Stop Border Posts, but the actual construction of the infrastructure will require the additional funding mechanism and will be implemented at a later stage.
Speaking at the trilateral meeting between Angola, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia facilitated by the Southern African Development Community on the Lobito corridor trade facilitation project, Mrs. Siame said government is still exploring the various ways in which to finance the infrastructure including through Public Private Partnerships.
“The Lobito Corridor Trade Facilitation Project will also help to empower SMEs in agriculture, basic manufacturing and construction with skills for value addition and ability to take advantage of existing and future Corridor value chains including the vibrant Mining sector, multinational retail organizations and others”, She said.
Mrs. Siame said one of the areas of focus will be the cassava value chain that constitutes a huge potential for growth, creation of employment, wealth creation and improve the income especially for women and youth.
She has expressed hope that the meeting will address among others, poor Infrastructure on the corridor, harmonization of laws and Regulations related to intra- regional trade, cumbersome clearing processes and variances in documentation and standardization of products and recognition of certification processes by standards bureaus or authorities.
Mrs. Siame said other challenges are burdens on cross border transactions and smooth movement of proceeds of goods and people and market Intelligence surveys, trade information systems and trade mark infringements.
“I believe that with targeted interventions we can move forward the agenda for operationalizing the Lobito Corridor to its full potential and increase the usage of the port from the current 25% to 50%.
The Corridor traverses four Provinces in Angola namely Huambo, Benguela, Bei and Moxico, four Provinces in The Democratic Republic of Congo namely Kantanga, Tanganyika, Lomami and Lualaba as well as two provinces in Zambia namely, Copperbelt and Northwestern.
Justine Mulenga of Mpika Catholic Church has passionately advised politicians in Zambia to desist from dividing Zambian citizens.
Bishop Mulenga noted that Zambia is known for its peace through the love your neighbor as you love yourself principal that Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda championed.
Speaking in Isoka on arrival for his three day working visit, the Bishop thanked the people of Isoka who paraded for him from all walks of life.
He said people from various denominations welcomed him but it is the opposite when any political leader visits.
Bishop mulenga said hate speech, fighting and injuring your own blood brothers and sisters due to their political affiliation should not be entertained on Zambian soil.
He said politics are like a stage that anyone can come to perform his art on but does not get the stage.
The Bishop appealed to both Catholic believers and other congregants to embrace one another and not to be swayed by Politicians who are just on that position for a while.
He further, prayed to God to bless Zambia with good rains so that its citizens can produce enough food.
Meanwhile, Bishop Mulenga has made an appeal to government to hasten the process of distributing farming inputs to farmers so as to avert hunger among citizens.
Bishop Mulenga is on mission to raise funds under Mother Theresa Project that support would-be Priests
Police in Kalumbila district are looking for an unknown person who hit and killed a cyclist in a hit and run accident that happened on the Kasempa- Mutanda road in Kalumbila district.
North-western Province Commissioner of Police Hudson Namachila confirmed the death of Markson Sungayi 31, who sustained cuts on the mouth, head and suspected to have fractured both legs and died on the spot.
Mr Namachila said Sungayi of Sungayi village in Chief Mumena’s area was hit by an unknown driver who was driving an unknown motor vehicle as he was riding his bicycle on the opposite direction around 20:00 hours last night.
He said the body of the deceased is lying in Solwezi General Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Mr Namachila disclosed that a manhunt has been launched for the unidentified driver who is yet to be charged for causing death by dangerous driving.
In a related incident, a 27 year old man of Ngumbo village in senior chief Kalilele’s area died after being run over by an unknown motor vehicle on the Solwezi-Chingola road.
Mr Namachila said Lewis Ngumbo was hit by a motor vehicle that was going in the same direction after the unidentified driver failed to keep to his lane.
He said Ngumbo had a crushed head, sustained deep cuts on the buttocks and a broken left leg adding that the body is lying in Solwezi General Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Fitch Ratings cut Zambia deeper into junk Thursday, citing a widening budget gap and a faster-than-expected rise in debt levels.Zambia’s Eurobonds fell.
The rating company lowered its long-term foreign currency assessment to B- with a negative outlook, the same level as at Standard & Poor’s, which has a positive outlook.
Moody’s cut its assessment in July to Caa1.
Zambia’s 2019 budget, presented by Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe last month, laid out “a significantly less ambitious fiscal consolidation effort” compared to targets her ministry set earlier in September, Fitch said.
The country has also consistently failed to achieve goals to trim the budget gap.
“Upward revisions to fiscal deficits and government debt have weakened the credibility of the government’s fiscal targets,” Fitch said in a statement. “Delayed fiscal consolidation and high debt will weigh on macroeconomic stability.”
Yields on Zambia’s $1 billion of Eurobonds due 2024 rose 33 basis points to 16.64 percent by midday in the capital, Lusaka.
The government is targeting cutting the fiscal deficit to 6.5 percent in 2019 from 7.4 percent this year. That’s “optimistic,” according to Fitch, which sees it reaching 6.9 percent.
Zambia’s debt will hit 69 percent of gross domestic product by the end of this year, up from the previous forecast of 64 percent, the rating company said.
This figure could grow if recent currency depreciation continues, it said.
World Bank Executive Director for the 21 Member Africa Group One Constituency Andrew Bvumbe says the expansionary policy stance adopted by the United States of America, the world’s largest economy, coupled with tightening global financial markets and a growing trend of trade protectionist policies, have had spill-over effects on global growth output; including Sub-Saharan Africa.
Presenting the World Bank Africa Group 1 Constituency Annual Report, the World Bank Executive Director projected Zambia’s end of year Gross Domestic Product [GDP] at 4.1% against an average of 2.6% for the Constituency.
He said to end poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, individual countries needed to implement fiscal consolidation policies, improve domestic resource mobilisation and make firm commitments towards sustainable debt management.
Mr. Bvumbe further stated that for member countries to win the battle against poverty, private sector led economic transformation and diversification needs to be fostered through quality investments in human capital, agriculture, infrastructure, and regional integration initiatives.
The Executive Director also announced that the World Bank International Development Association [IDA] 18 Mid-Term-Review will be held in Livingstone, Zambia, next month.
He stated that, “the Livingstone event will also see the launch of IDA 19 discussions which will focus on private sector window, special themes, and IDA’s new financing model,” and added that, “IDA 19 replenishment negotiations will take place in 2019.”
Under IDA 18, Zambia has a facility of USD 600 million from the World Bank of which only USD 50 million has been accessed and the rest needs to be accessed within the next eighteen months.
Contributing during the plenary, Zambia’s Minister of Finance MARGARET Mwanakatwe, who arrived in Bali last night, said the assessment of individual country’s debt sustainability done by multi-lateral organisations and rating agencies, needs to take into account the programme gestation periods and time-lags for achieving tangible return on investments, especially for infrastructure related loan obligations.
She was accompanied to the constituency meeting by Minister of Development Planning Alexander Chiteme, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Finance and Economic Development Christopher Mvunga, and Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary for Economic Management Mukuli Chikuba.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mines Paul Chanda says Central province has great potential for gold and base metals.
Speaking at the on-going Central Province Investment Forum and Expo, Mr.Chanda said mining for the mineral is being done at a small scale but one large mining firm is conducting feasibility studies and is expected to almost graduate.
Mr.Chanda disclosed that there is no major mines established getting the materials whose deposits are located in Luano and Mumbwa districts.
He added that the province is endowed with other mineral resource which includes Zinc, Lead, Limestone, Manganese and gemstones.
Mr.Chanda further said the province had since witnessed the establishment of a cement plant in Mkushi district and eight firms were actively mining manganese in the district.
He said the old mine that was launched last month had commenced production and is expected to commence export of copper soon.
Meanwhile,Mr. Chanda has encouraged Zambians owning mining licences in Central province to form cooperatives to awaken and realize full potential of the sector.
Mr.Chanda said investing in the sector comes with high stakes to invest in productivity and borrow the necessary funds to purchase equipment.
He disclosed that 80 percent of the mining licences issued by the Ministry in the province were awarded to Zambians.
Mr.Chanda said a total of 176 exploration licences for large scale,219 issued for explorations at small scale,16 large scale mining licences were issued but most had not yet commenced works.
He added that 105 licences were issued for small scale mining while 61 licences issued for mineral processing with four processing plants already operational.
He said the 2013 Mineral Resource Development Policy is evidenced by governments commitment to creating an enabling environment for local and foreign partnerships in the sector to thrive.
Issued by:
Central Province Investment Forum & Expo
Media Team
SOME Police officers doing a demo of riot drills during Police Commemorations in Choma
We, The Movement For Economic Emancipation Youth, stand with The University of Zambia (UNZA) students and condemn, in the strongest terms, police brutality and intimidation.
We also demand that justice be served for the late Verspers Shimuzhila and Evelyn Chongo who sustained a spinal injury after she jumped from the second-floor room she shared with Verspers to escape from the fire which is believed to have started after anti-riot police threw a teargas canister into their room.
We, therefore, demand that the riot police, who were at the scene on that day, be investigated and prosecuted. Police are supposed to protect and not kill us. We have lost a young and energetic life that could have contributed greatly to the wellbeing of our country. A life that could have been the pride of her family, a life that could have carried itself with so much confidence that it could have contributed and shared in building a nation full of hope.
This needless tragedy, that has left a couple childless, could have been avoided had police refrained from using excessive force. It is well-known that UNZA students regularly resort to rioting to air their grievances and police should, by now, know how to deal with riotous students.
It’s a shame that government has chosen to ignore complaints of police brutality and intimidation and have instead sided with officers whose use of excessive force when dealing with students continues to happen far too often to justify.
MEE youth shall always advocate for impartial treatment of all youth, whether in institutions of higher learning, on the streets, in markets and in any other place where they are found.
The youth are the future leaders, the torch bearers and custodians of peace, and must be given a chance to speak and be heard. A listening government is one that listens to good advice and acts upon it. A listening government does not give a deaf ear to cries of the people.
A young person should never have to die while trying to acquire education as this defeats the whole purpose of going to school.
Lastly, MEE youth would like to urge Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to come up with an action plan of how to disperse rioting students without causing death, disability or any other harm.
Listen to the youth! Stop police brutality! Stop police intimidation!
Mary Mulenga – Head Of Department
For and On Behalf Of The Department For Youth Development
MOVEMENT FOR ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION
