Livingstone Acting District Commissioner James Zimba has challenged youths to go into entrepreneurship instead of idling.

Mr. Zimba says youths should desist from citing high unemployment levels in the country as a challenge but instead focus on contributing to the country’s growth through self-employment.

He said by engaging in entrepreneurship most of the youths would become key players in the national economy and eventual national growth.

He said the country would only develop and sustain its growth if youths in the county stopped using excuses such high unemployment levels and disability to remain idle.

ZANIS reports that the Acting District Commissioner said this at the burial of 77 year old Newspaper Vendor Daniel Mundungani at Nakatindi Graveyard iin Livingstone.

The late Mr. Mundungani was born deaf and had speech impairment.

The Acting District Commissioner noted that despite his disability and being uneducated, Mr. Mundungani was entrepreneurial in nature with good communication and mathematical skills.

Mr. Zimba said Mr. Mundungani who was the longest serving newspaper vendor in Livingstone had proved that disability was not a barrier.

“Mr. Mundungani has taught us a lesson. You cannot be a beggar due to a disability; find something to do and develop the economy using local resources,” he said.

Speaking earlier, Times of Zambia Bureau Chief for the South-West Region Brian Hatyoka urged the mourners to emulate Mr. Mundungani and his spirit of hard work which could not be suppressed by his limited abilities.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mundungani’s nephew Msusa Matengu said the family was grateful for the support rendered by government, the private sector and the Livingstone City Council to give the deceased a dignified burial.

Mr. Mundungani sold newspapers on behalf of Times of Zambia, Zambia Daily Mail, The Mast and Daily Nation.

He died of Acute Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney failure on 27 May 2017 at the Livingstone Central Hospital.

 

Police and Prisons Service Commission Chairperson Peter Chingaipe has warned of taking stern action against corrupt practices.
Mr. Chingaipe warned that any officer involved in corrupt activities would face severe disciplinary action in line with government’s policy on zero tolerance on corruption.
He,however, said the Commission would continue sensitization police, immigration, and correctional service officers on the dangers of corruption and its detrimental effect on the country’s growth.
Mr. Chingaipe said this on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy call on Livingstone Acting District Commissioner James Zimba at his office.
He further advised officers to desist from engaging in partisan politics.
“We advise officers to desist from engaging in partisan politics and to be loyal to the government of the day. Those who want to be politicians should resign,” he said.
Mr. Chingaipe called on the officers to continue maintaining law and order to sustain the peace and security that the country enjoys.

The Police service in the country is dogged with various operational challenges such as lack of transport among others to investigate crime activities such that they are alleged to ask for help commonly known as nicekeleko from complainants for them to carry out their duties, a thing that has dented their image.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chingaipe explained that the Commission was on a tour of Southern Province to familiarize itself with the environment and conditions under which Police, Correctional Services and Immigration operate.
He said the Commission would also use the opportunity to learn more about the challenges being experienced by officers in the three departments.

He added that these included inadequate accommodation, shortage of water in camps, and inadequate transport among others.
Mr. Chingaipe said all the challenges would be captured and a report would be presented to higher authorities and stake holders for them to be addressed.
And speaking earlier, Livingstone Acting District Commissioner James Zimba said as the tourist capital of the nation, Livingstone received over 400 local and foreign tourists per day but the Police and Immigration Department were equal to the task and managed to handle the huge numbers while maintaining peace and order.

Livingstone Acting District Commissioner James Zimba has challenged youths to initiate entrepreneurship instead of idling.

Mr. Zimba says youths should desist from citing high unemployment levels in the country as a challenge but  instead focus on contributing to the country’s growth through self-employment.

He said by engaging in entrepreneurship most of the youths would become key players in the national economy and eventual national growth.

He said the country would only develop and sustain its growth if youths in the county stopped using excuses such high unemployment levels and disability to remain idle.

ZANIS reports that the Acting District Commissioner said this at the burial of 77 year old Newspaper Vendor Daniel Mundungani at Nakatindi Graveyard iin Livingstone.
The late Mr. Mundungani was born deaf and had speech impairment.

The Acting District Commissioner noted that despite his disability and being uneducated, Mr. Mundungani was entrepreneurial in nature with good communication and mathematical skills.
Mr. Zimba said Mr. Mundungani who was the longest serving newspaper vendor in Livingstone had proved that disability was not a barrier.
“Mr. Mundungani has taught us a lesson. You cannot be a beggar due to a disability; find something to do and develop the economy using local resources,” he said.
Speaking earlier, Times of Zambia Bureau Chief for the South-West Region Brian Hatyoka urged the mourners to emulate Mr. Mundungani and his spirit of hard work which could not be suppressed by his limited abilities.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mundungani’s nephew Msusa Matengu said the family was grateful for the support rendered by government, the private sector and the Livingstone City Council to give the deceased a dignified burial.
Mr. Mundungani sold newspapers on behalf of Times of Zambia, Zambia Daily Mail, The Mast and Daily Nation.
He died of Acute Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney failure on 27 May 2017 at the Livingstone Central Hospital.

 

Police in Mazabuka District have picked up a body of a dead man believed to have been murdered by unknown people.

ZANIS reports that Southern Province Police Commissioner Bonny Kapeso confirmed that Police picked the body of a man he identified as JONATHAN Mbili aged 22 a resident of Appolo  compound.

Mr. Kapeso disclosed that Mbili’s body was found lying in a pool of blood near Mazabuka Primary School football grounds.

He said the body was found with bruises on both ears and blood gashing from the nose.

Mr. Kapeso said Mbili was seen last night drinking at a named bar in Kabbobola Compound before he was murdered.

And ZANIS investigations into the matter revealed that the deceased could have been trailed from the bar on his way home.

Some people interviewed who reside near the place where the body was found said they heard huge noise of people fighting and struggling with each other around middle night.

Meanwhile Mr. Kapeso said police have since opened a docket of murder in the matter as they highly suspect foul play in the incidence.

The Lusaka High Court has acquitted Directors of the defunct Access Financial Services Aaron Chungu and Faustin Kabwe of the offence of being in possession of property reasonably suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.

The court has upheld Mr Kabwe and Chungu’s appeal and set aside the Magistrate judgment which convicted the duo.

In a judgment by a panel of Judges Banda -Bobo, Betty Mungomba and Mwila Chitabo, State Counsel, the court has deemed the convictions of the two under counts 11 and 12 unsafe and set them at liberty forthwith.

The court found that there was no basis upon which the trial Magistrate could have convicted the appellants for the offence of being in possession of property reasonably suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained.

The judges found that the only misdirection from the evidence is failure by the trial magistrate to consider the explanation given by the appellants in the defence.

They ruled that the trial magistrate would have inevitably come to the conclusion that the explanation given was a reasonable explanation if he had taken into account the duo’s submissions.

Citing the authority of Maseka versus the People and Kalonga versus the people, the judges found that the explanation by the appellants satisfied the criteria of the being reasonably possible or could reasonably have been true.

The court has granted leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.

This is an appeal case from the Magistrate court against both the conviction and sentence of Mr Kabwe and Mr Chungu to a term of three years with hard labour.

 

Following the announcement by the Justice Minister Given Lubinda that Zambians had elected to remain part of the International Criminal Court, SACCORD and some selected partners last week commenced a series of public fora aimed at protecting the decision of citizens.

The meetings which started on Thursday last week are being supported by the World Federalist Movement (WFM) through the Coalition on the International Criminal Court (CICC).

The first Public Forum which was held at Protea Hotels in Lusaka featured the Executive Directors of Operation Young Vote (OYV) Guess Nyirenda and Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Austin Kayanda who represented his director Hellen Mwale.

The discussions centered around the recent results released by the Ministry of Justice indicating that over 90% of Zambians prefer to remain in the ICC.

The discussions concluded that CSOs need to continue being pro-active in protecting the peoples decision as the final validated report is taken to cabinet and Parliament respectively.

They feather agreed that the media was critical in any democracy and that all Zambians must create an enabling media environment that will allow them to cover important matters such as those related to the ICC.

Recently Justice Minister Given Lubinda announced that Zambians through a consultative process which was conducted in 30 Districts across the country had chosen to remain or be part of the International Criminal Court.

African Heads Of State’s last seating were met with a contentous resolution of leaving the ICC to which most African Union members are part of. This was arrived as a resolution in part to the establishment of an African friendly court to deal with African matters.