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A Zambian-born nurse who was due to be deported this week will be allowed to stay in the country.
Dianne Ngoza, 47, who has lived in Greater Manchester for 14 years, received support from human rights groups and Manchester MP Lucy Powell.
She was due to be flown out of the country on Wednesday but has now been told she can stay while her case is reviewed.
Just hours before the flight was set to depart, Ms Powell confirmed the news.
Mum-of-one Dianne moved to the UK in 2002 to work as a nurse – one of many overseas medical staff working in the NHS – before volunteering for a number of community organisations and churches.
But the 47-year-old was left destitute and had been forced to live in shelters across the region for many years.
Ms Powell said: “Dianne was due to be deported this afternoon at 5pm but I have been given confirmation this morning that has been deferred.
“She has still been detained and there is a question mark over what is going to happen next.
“We were all very anxious she was going to be deported today, so this is a small step in the right direction.
“I am hopeful that the minister will look at this case personally and at least give Dianne the option to appeal the decision from the UK.
“I will continue to put pressure on the Minister until all avenues have been exhausted.
Dianne’s friends and supporters had become increasingly worried about her weight loss and lack of a proper vegan diet in the detention centre in Bedford.
A Serco spokesman insisted Dianne had been given appropriate food after her ‘vegan requirements’ were noted on arrival.
Before she was detained Dianne took to social media where she posted the following:
My name is Dianne Ngoza, I am from Zambia. In 1994 I went to work in South Africa and was granted permanent residence there. In 2002, I was offered a two year work permit to work as a nurse in the UK. After six months, my 11 year old daughter came to join me.
In 2004, before my visa expired, I went to Liverpool to renew it. The immigration officer there told me to send my daughter, who was then 13, back to South Africa, and sort out her visa first. We couldn’t afford to do this.
When I sought legal help, my lawyer said that he was going to apply for both us to gain leave to remain under section 8 of the human rights act: right to family life. However he incorrectly applied for asylum instead – and this was unsurprisingly rejected. This whole process took four years, during which time I was forbidden from working. I became increasingly dependent on help from the community. My daughter remained with me all this time.
In 2008 new lawyers took over my case. Although they told me that they had made the application for my leave to remain, I never received a letter from the Home Office confirming this. Only in 2010 did the Home Office confirm that no application had been made on my behalf.
That same year, my child and I were evicted and became homeless. I have been destitute and homeless for the past six years.
Over the last three years, I have become involved in a variety of organisations: Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST), Manchester City Of Sanctuary, United For Change, Migrant Solidarity Group, Revive and, most recently, RAPAR. Through this activity, I have been given the opportunity to help other members who are in the same situation as me. I’ve recently been nominated for a Spirit of Manchester 2016 award.
I left Zambia 22 years ago and I don’t have any contact there; in fact, I have no network of social, family or work with anyone back in Africa. My residence permit for South Africa has expired. After such a long time, I don’t consider myself to be Zambian or South African: I consider myself British. I have no work experience in Africa and my qualifications from there are no longer valid. I only speak English and I don’t speak any African dialect.
My only surviving close family member, my daughter, resides in the UK with me. I am campaigning to exercise my right to family life under article 8 of the European Convention. I am asking for your help and support to urge the Home Office to respect my right to family life, so I can live with dignity in this country, working and taking care of myself, my daughter and others. Thank you.”
Government says the implementation of the Diaspora Policy is on course.
Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says government has taken cognizance that there is a direct link between the Diaspora Policy and the Dual Citizenship clause in the republican constitution.
In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Kalaba said government’s aim is to ensure that Zambians living in the Diaspora participate in the emancipation of the country.
Mr. Kalaba says government through his Ministry wants Zambians living abroad to among other things own businesses and land in the country.
He added that his Ministry is also in the process of setting up a Diaspora desk for which it will soon head hunt for a Director.
Government has pledged to increase its support to HIV and AIDS prevention campaigns within its available resources.
Meanwhile, government has also promised to continue ensuring that an enabling environment is created for carrying out targeted interventions.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya stated that government, just like other stakeholders has a responsibility of contributing to the reduction of infectious diseases in the country.
Speaking when he officiated at the World AIDS Day commemoration at Lusaka Showgrounds yesterday. Dr. Chilufya said despite the country’s progress in HIV prevention, there is need to scale up efforts so as to remain in line with the global commitments of ending AIDS as an epidemic by 2030.
Dr. Chilufya said the country’s membership to the global community requires every citizen’s response to HIV and AIDS resonate with global commitments to which Zambia is a signatory to and a key mover.
He further called on traditional, church and other community leaders to use the resources at their disposal in their various settings to ensure that HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns are publicized in their communities.
Dr. Chilufya also commended all stakeholders from the government, private sector, cooperation partners and civil society from their support towards the HIV and AIDS response.
And speaking earlier at the same event, United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Country Director Tsehaiu Medhin commended government for demonstrating its global solidarity and shared responsibility in the fight against HIV,TB and, malaria through its five million dollars pledge to the Global Fund.
Dr. Medhin said the gesture is recognized and appreciated but the attitude should carry on in establishing a comprehensive and domestic resource mobilization to sustain the gains made so far.
“The United Nations system IS committed to maintain a close relation with the government and the people of Zambia through the Partnership Framework signed in 2015 and providing support in mainstreaming the Sustainable Goals and various global and regional commitments,” she said.
She further called on other government officials, civil societies, cooperating partners and the private sector to focus the targets on locations and populations affected by the epidemic so as to attain a higher impact towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
2016 World AIDS Day was commemorated under the theme “Hands Up for HIV Prevention”.
The US funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) says poor households continue to experience reduced purchasing power because of the high maize and meal prices.
FEWSNET says after some stability in maize meal prices, the start of the lean season across parts of the country has resulted in a rise in maize meal prices as demand for industrially processed meal picks up.
It says meal prices are about 25% and 60% above the previous season and the five-year average, respectively.
FEWSNET says these high price levels for meal are being driven by high maize grain prices.
It observed that the export ban has been indefinitely extended because the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) was not able to reach its purchase goal of 500,000 MT of maize for the strategic grain reserves.
In order to meet this goal, a tender had been issued for the purchase of 220,000 MT of maize grain, but the response has been less than favorable and they are still unlikely to meet the target.
Meanwhile the government has reiterated that the export ban will continue until the FRA meets its target to ensure the country’s food security.
Despite the continued export ban, informal exports into Malawi and the DRC will continue to sustain high local prices and reduce consumer purchasing power.
In Chipata, maize grain prices increased by 47% between September and November due to increasing demand in Malawi.
Although Minimal (IPC Phase 1) acute food insecurity outcomes are likely to continue in most parts of the country during the outlook period, between the end of November/December Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes are likely to set in in a few areas in the southeast and southwest as poor households continue to experience reduced purchasing power because of the high maize and meal prices.
For now, livestock continues to be in mild to poor condition due to poor pastures and limited access to water, but this should improve once the seasonal rains are established.
Land preparation for the 2016/17 season continues while input acquisition from the market is ongoing. Fertilizer for the Government Input Support program has reached districts, but the delivery of seeds and administrative funding challenges is delaying the distribution.
Of the 105 districts (targeting 1.6 million farmers), 39 districts are expected to receive e-vouchers. Despite the program delays, since many farmers benefited greatly from the good prices that they received from their 2015/16 crop sales, they should be able to acquire agricultural inputs for the upcoming season on time.
Nkana have at short notice won their petition to play their final 2016 FAZ Super Division Week 34 fixture away at Forest Rangers in Ndola to December 10 because of their second place contender Zesco United’s three-match backlog.
Nkana in their petition stated that it would not be in the interest of fair play that they play Forest on December 4 while Zesco enjoyed an undue advantage in that fight for the number two spot.
December 10 will see Zesco play their final of three games when they visit Lumwana Radiants and will also see
Green Eagles and demoted Lusaka Dynamos’ Week 34 match also delayed to the same date.
Nkana and Zesco are on 67 and 63 points with one and three games left to play respectively.
The number two slot comes with a ticket for Zambia’s slot in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.
Nkana also cited in their petition that the backlog fixtures would be unfair for the relegation fighting sides although it was just Nakambala Leopards who occupied the only demotion slot yet to be confirmed.
Mufulira Blackpool, Lusaka Tigers and Lusaka Dynamos have already been relegated.
Nakambala, whom Zesco will host on December 4 and visit on December 7, hold the fate of five teams above them; Lumwana Radiants (38, two games) Green Eagles (38, one game ), Nchanga Rangers (39, one game ), Mufulira Wanderers (39, one game) and Napsa Stars (39, one game) in the race to reach that 41 point magic number.
Nakambala have 35 points with two games left to play.
But the ruling now hands the power to play to the minor teams starting next season with Zambia’s continental representative who notoriously defer league matches once on CAF club cup duty ultimately expected to be hit the most.
The precedent will hand the minor clubs powers obliging the so-called big guns to fulfill their fixtures at short notice to avoid another end of season farce that we have just witnessed in the Nkana ruling.
However, the big guns could circumnavigate that minefield by abusing their status with the last say citing their continental matches are in nation’s’ interest.
2012 BBC African Footballer of the Year winner Christopher ‘Tsunami’ Katongo has described sport as the easiest and most effective way of communicating key awareness messages calling for an end to Gender Based Violence (GBV), child abuse, violence and other related vices.
Katongo says sport cuts across all manners of race and religion and its attraction is second to none as can be seen from millions of people who stay glued to their favourite sport despite numerous challenges they may be faced with.
The versatile striker, who plays for Zambian Super League side Green Buffaloes, was speaking shortly after he graced the ‘STOP GBV Tournament in Nyimba at the prisons grounds’, which is part of the activities for the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence marked globally from November 25 to December 10 every year.
“I am proud and happy to be here because it is a huge honour to see and interact with young players who have expressed their desire to use football not only to advance their careers, but also use it as a tool to reach out to many people on the need to end violence and abuse,” says Katongo.
The former Jomo Cosmos striker, who led the Zambia national soccer team to winning the African Cup of Nations, the continents’ most prized tournament in 2012, also described the interaction with the Under-17 and Under-23 players under the auspices of Sport In Action as fantastic.
“Sport especially football brings people together, and that is why I found myself here to ensure that we spread the messages to stop GBV, stop violence, and child abuse. The reception was incredible because most of them have not seen me after winning the AFCON, so it was a success working together as one and spread the word in totality.
‘Football has no political attachment, when we won the AFCON, the nation celebrated as one, there was no ruling or opposition party, everyone was on the streets together- that’s how strong football is, and to put messages of Stop GBV in it, we are going in the right direction to stop the scourge completely’
‘I would like to commend organisations such as Sport In Action who are going beyond their means to involve as many young people as possible. My encouragement therefore is that they have to continue, hold more tournaments, more sessions with young people to stop them from engaging in bad vices; this is the great job that Sport in Action is doing and I would urged government to work with them more,” said Katongo.
The STOP GBV tournament attracted eleven teams of the Under-17 and Under-23 represented by 140 players, who were watched by close to one thousand spectators that thronged the Prisons’ ground in Nyimba district, east of the country.
Project manager George Kakomwe said he was proud of the participation of young men in the campaign as “they all came together to say no to violence and to say it in a positive and constructive way through football and sessions conducted by World Vision”.
Kakomwe said Sport In Action entered into partnership with World Vision Zambia to implement a Stamping Out and Preventing Gender Based Violence (STOP GBV) Project, which has left a fine blueprint on the need to end all forms of violence.
The STOP GBV project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID).
“The sessions with the boys on how to engage boys and young men in stopping GBV was a success and the presence of World Vision, who were on hand to provide information on how young people can access legal information when abused was very interactive,” said Kakomwe.
FODEP is deeply appalled by Mr. Amos Chanda’s unjustifiable and unfortunate attacks on the judiciary and we wonder whether such unwarranted attacks have the blessings of HE President Edgar Lungu.
According to the United Nations basic principles on the independence of the judiciary and the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges, the bench is sacrosanct and its well-considered decisions, though contestable by professional legal means, should not be subject to any outside influence, including the influence of the Presidency.
FODEP would like to further remind Mr. Chanda on the provisions on the Republican Constitution in Articles 122 (2) which state:
“A person holding a public office shall not interfere with performance of a judicial function by a judge or judicial officer” (4) “A person holding a public office shall protect the independence, dignity and effectiveness of the judiciary”.
The judiciary should decide on matters before them objectively, based on facts and in accordance with the law. It should not be under any restrictions, inducements, pressures, threats, or interference, direct or indirect, from any quarter for any reason. Rules concerning the exercise of judicial decisions should aim at enabling judges to act without fear or favor. It sets a fatally wrong precedent when people like Mr. Chanda a senior civil servant make statements insinuating that the presidency is above the law. In fact, the independence of the Judiciary should be guaranteed by the Presidency itself and it ought to be the duty of all governmental institutions to uphold the principles of separation of powers that encompasses the independence of the judiciary. We therefore challenge Mr. Chanda to practice widely acceptable tenets of democracy by avoiding commenting on matters that are still active in the Courts of law.
A flurry of commentaries and examination from different sections of society have been flying around ever since the High Court nullified the 4 parliamentary seats particularly those held by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). Some of the statements uttered constitute an attack on the State itself — a contempt of the court in a way. It is mind-defying that the judiciary only becomes subject of vitriol when it sanctions a constitutionally protected right,
Issued by Mr. Chimfwembe Mweenge
Executive Director
FODEP.
Former Chief Government Spokesman Chishimba Kambwili
Kambwili condemns ban on night travel on public transport, warns of looming civil unrest
Outspoken former Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili has broken ranks with his party, the ruling Patriotic Front by openly condemning its criticizing its recent ban on night travels for public buses.
In a long statement posted on his Facebook page, Dr Kambwili who is Roan PF MP said the move will hurt the majority poor people who voted for the PF.
He said the decision to ban buses from travelling after 21:00 hrs is extremely harsh and does not represent the values of the PF government.
Dr Kambwili said the decision will most certainly affect business and trading, especially on the part of traders who are fond of travelling through the night in order to do their orders early and get back to business in their respective areas.
He warned that there is a looming economic downturn and civil unrest with regards to job losses within this industry.
“Bus drivers have families and responsibilities just like the rest of us, it is unfair for them to lose their jobs especially those that usually do night shifts, the bus operators no longer have use for these employees, it means that the bus drivers being laid off no longer have a source of income, in these times of high standard of living people have to get by, now this decision is retrogressive because we are supposed to spur employment, create it at every given opportunity. This decision proves to be counterproductive with regards to that particular aspect, let us consider the common Zambian,” Dr Kambwili advised.
Below is Dr Kambwili’s full statement
MY CRY FOR THE COMMON ZAMBIAN
Dear esteemed Government, please take into consideration my valuable point that affects the livelihood of the common Zambian.
Ban of PSV Vehicles travelling at night
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Let us remember the people that voted us in all that we do, I may not be a part of you but I will always be patriotic front at heart, the patriotic front is a pro poor party founded on high moral integrity and with a view to serve the poor and promote a great standard of living. Let us consider the fact that a high percentage of the people that voted us into power are the poor who have the world of hope in us, people that are waiting for us to deliver on our promises, they have the world of faith in us because they voted us in based on our lucrative and hopeful manifesto, a manifesto that we created with genuine hearts just as our fallen hero would have wanted.
First and foremost as an individual, as a leader, as a father and most importantly as a Zambian, I feel and I am sure the rest of the population feel that the decision to ban buses from travelling after 21:00 hrs is extremely harsh and does not represent the values of the patriotic front government. We were voted to improve the lives of our people and not to make them a whole lot difficult, and I strongly believe this decision adversely affects the common Zambian. They are a million and one reasons why this decision should be immediately reversed.
This decision will most certainly affect business and trading, especially on the part of traders who are fond of travelling through the night in order to do their orders early and get back to business in their respective areas. Banning buses travelling at night will make this a difficult feat and an impossible task for traders, traders could be travelling for 2 – 3 days on end, this would obviously affect their monthly income and in turn their livelihoods and responsibilities would be compromised, this is against our pro poor manifesto.
During elections we continuously encouraged people to travel to their respective polling stations in order for them to cast their votes, the bus business was booming during this period because Bana Mulenga wanted to desperately vote for PF, but she had to travel from Chingola to Luwingu, this was made possible because of bus availability. Now that the elections are over don’t we risk looking like we used the people? It is common knowledge that only 10% of the population are able to afford cars, the larger population do not own vehicles thus relying on public transport to commute. We are here to serve the poor but this decision seems to favour the rich.
There is a looming economic downturn and civil unrest with regards to job losses within this industry, bus drivers have families and responsibilities just like the rest of us, it is unfair for them to lose their jobs especially those that usually do night shifts, the bus operators no longer have use for these employees, it means that the bus drivers being laid off no longer have a source of income, in these times of high standard of living people have to get by, now this decision is retrogressive because we are supposed to spur employment, create it at every given opportunity. This decision proves to be counterproductive with regards to that particular aspect, let us consider the common Zambian.
With regards to hygiene and health, supposing a bus leaves Lusaka for the Copperbelt at 14:00 which is the very last time it can leave in order to arrive during the stipulated time. It has a break down or a tyre burst in the middle of nowhere, this break down is only attended to around 19 – 20:00. The bus cannot leave at that time, meaning therefore that women and children suffer the most, especially in the rain season we will subject our citizens to spend a night in ridiculous conditions and an unhealthy environment.
For example, with reference to women that may be going through a cycle, what happens to them if they spend 2 days on end on a bus, is that good for hygiene, how uncomfortable will that make them? If a child falls ill during that journey and they can only get to the clinic the following day, is that morally upright? Please let us consider the common Zambian, this decision is farfetched and does not contain the problem of accidents, if you look at the statistics you will find that most accidents or the most fatal accidents happen during the day, does that mean there’s a looming ban all together if accidents are the justification.
I urge government in conjunction with RTSA to come up with other alternatives to curb accidents. Let us provide a conducive environment for buses and lager vehicles to operate safely, for example road markings, our roads are good but most of them do not have sufficient road markings, simple lines that can save lives, often times the busses that get into accidents fail to negotiate curves due to the fact that they are not visible. Street lights at the entrance of each town, city or boma to improve visibility at night, another idea could be to enforce a law that each bus must have 2 or 3 drivers per route as to decrease tiredness when driving, the minister of transport should implore operators to have extra drivers and enforce stiff zero tolerance to alcohol. Once all these avenues have been exhausted, only then can this decision be justified. But for as long as the government is also being negligent, this decision remains a burden on the common Zambian.
On the part of trucks being banned too, this is not good for the economy because as things stand we rely on the roads to deliver goods from point A to B, for example delivering maize on behalf of FRA demands for good time in order to finish the orders on time, if the order exceeds its designated time frame that means the transporter loses out on millions of kwacha once tabulated.
That is money lost which can be spent and used to improve our fiscal landscape, the ban would mean that Copper would take 8 days to be delivered to another country as a pose to 2 or 3 days, time is an important component in business and I strongly believe this would have an adverse effect on the economic outlook of our beloved country, not forgetting that we are landlocked and a 3rd world country at the same time, so business is already hard enough without the one way we have to transport being delayed also.
In conclusion I am a pro PF person but I will continue to be a voice for the voiceless where I feel that the public is being hard done by. Take my concern seriously and know that it’s is on behalf of the common Zambian that does not have a loud enough voice to air out their grievances. I know that our president is a listening president and he will re consider this decision for the good of our country.
The Bank of Zambia has strongly cautioned members of the public and online media to desist from falsely speculating that certain banks or financial institutions are facing imminent closure following the Central Bank’s takeover of Intermarket Banking Corporation.
BoZ Deputy Governor-Operations and who is also the Registrar of Banks and Financial Institutions, Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu said members of the public and online media should stop fuelling speculations as the financial sector was fragile and very sensitive to information.
He said recent speculations had the potential to cause alarm, panic, harm and had the potential to bring instability to the financial sector.
Dr. Ng’andu said the decision by the Central Bank to take possession of Intermarket Banking Corporation on 29th November 2016 was procedural and designed to secure the interest of depositors.
He also stated that during the possession period, the Central Bank would assess the assets and liabilities of Intermarket Bank and a status statement would be made public.
He said it is this statement that would determine the next course of action as provided by the Banking and Financial Act.
United Party for National Development (UPND) must remove the log out of its eye before it can focus on the speck in PF’s eye.
We further wish to place on record that it is a Party that believes in strong institutions in order to entrench our governance and democracy. Sadly, the Opposition and those they talk to in the Judiciary have shown a predilection to treat every call from the people of Zambia or indeed Executive or the legislature for greater judicial accountability as an attack on the judiciary’s independence. The concerns over the conduct of some judges are serious, genuine and legitimate. Things that have reportedly been said by some of them to the Opposition in private are in tandem with some of the judgements being administered in our judiciary and we are not naive as a Party. We must however emphasize that we still believe the Judiciary has men and women of integrity in the Judiciary; but the Zambian judiciary, like its counterparts elsewhere, relies on its reputation for fairness, impartiality, and incorruptibility. The courts can scarcely afford any loss of public faith.
It is therefore disappointing that a senior citizen like UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka would seek to politic over very objective remarks attributed to Presidential Spokesperson Mr. Amos Chanda who successfully made a case for integrity in the Judiciary. Neither PF as a Party or State House have insulted the Judiciary! UPND must be the last political party to preach respect for the Judiciary as that would be hypocritical.
We ask UPND to accept that Zambia elected President Edgar Lungu and he is in charge for the next five (5) years. While we respect people’s right to seek redress, and we promote more rights for citizens and political organizations such as the UPND, this space does not entail abuse by those with lop-sided agendas. This is the same UPND headed by a man who insulted the judiciary with the motive of blackmailing the institution. While we appreciate Mr. Hichilema’s freedom of expression, he had no sense of shame desired of someone seeking the highest office of the land.
We are calling on the upnd leader and Mr. Hichilema to render an apology to the Judiciary and abandon the hypocritical and bitter path his party has been on since he succeeded the late Anderson Mazoka.
On 10th September 2016, UPND leader Hichilema charged that constitutional court judges were paid huge amounts of money to deliberately lapse the UPND petition to nullify the re-election of President Edgar Lungu in the 11th August general elections.
Can Mr. Katuka tell Zambians when his UPND leader Hichilema is apologising for the lies and insults he unleashed against the Judiciary! Let him show remorse for describing the Constitutional Court judges as thugs and criminals who, according to him, had raped the Constitution and were therefore not worth the gowns they wore as they lacked integrity and impartiality. Let him personally apologise to Judges Anne Sitali, Pallan Mulonda and Mungeni Mulenga whom he likened to Judas Iscariot who betrayed a cause for pieces of silver?
Lastly, we are calling on all Zambians of good will to ignore the bitter politics by the UPND. President Lungu deserves the support of all Zambians in order for him to deliver on the promises PF made. While we welcome cricism and we are not allergic to it, we refuse to be distracted by the UPND and the infamous cartel. We are here to work and bring sanity to all institutions designed to deliver on behalf of the people. This is because we take our role to govern very seriously!
Issued By: MR. DAVIES MWILA, SECRETARY GENERAL –PF
PF NATIONAL SECRETARIAT
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Zambian Breweries staff donate goods to Beit CURE Hospital in Lusaka.
Generous employees of Zambian Breweries have been donating goods to Beit CURE Hospital in Lusaka, which is one of the few hospitals in the country able to address the surgical needs of children with disabilities.
The items offered by staff from the brewing company include clothes, children’s toys, a fridge and a few cases of the nutritious maheu product.
The clothes were donated by employees from their various departments at Zambian Breweries in October, to commemorate the Cancer Awareness Month.
Zambian Breweries corporate affairs director Ezekiel Sekele said the company and employees were committed to helping the community and hoped the goods would put a smile on the beneficiaries. “The items we are handing over were voluntarily donated by employees of the company as a way of contributing to the cancer awareness campaign.
The management at Beit CURE said they were delighted at this gesture by the Zambian Breweries employees.
“We are humbled by the gesture of Zambian Breweries employees and who saw it befitting to donate to our hospital. We appreciate the donation,” said the Beit CURE Financial Controller Ms. Catherine Malisawa..
Beit CURE International Hospital of Zambia was established in 2004. CURE International signed an agreement with the Zambian Ministry of Health to operate a paediatric teaching hospital specialising in the treatment and care of children living with physical disabilities. It is one of the few hospitals of in the country that is able to address the surgical needs of disabled children. Since opening its doors, Beit CURE Zambia, has seen over 8,000 patients and nearly 4,000 operations have been carried out.
Cleo Ice Queen is geared to release the highly anticipated video for her new single “Soldier”. She shared the ‘Behind the scenes’ footage with her fans.
The song was produced by Kekero. Video directed by DJ-LO of Ikonik Music, and features choreography from ‘Dancehall Down-under‘ and ‘Street Culture Zambia
