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Coach Justin Chinama has insisted that Choma Eagles are not under pressure to remain at the top of the FAZ Super League table ahead of this weekend’s week three games.
Eagles are the surprise league leaders with six points from the first two games.
The team’s resolve to remain at the top of the table will be tested on Saturday when they travel to Napsa Stars in Lusaka.
“No, we are not under pressure. We have so far played well, worked hard and deserve to be on top,” Chinama said.
He, howeve, admitted that it won’t be easy for Choma to maintain top spot.
“It is not going to be easy so it cause for a lot of hard work, you know every team wants to be there (on top),” he said.
Chinama adds:”We are only hoping that the boys won’t lose focus.”
On the match against Napsa, Chinama said:”We are taking each game seriously. We have to work hard knowing that Napsa is a good side as well.”
Eagles kicked off the campaign with an away 1-0 win over Lusaka Dynamos before edging Green Buffloes with a similar score-line at home.
MTN/FAZ SUPER DIVISION FIXTURES
WEEK 3
04//04/2015
Napsa Stars-Green Eagles
Red Arrows-Konkola Blades
Lusaka Dynamos-Forest Rangers
05/04/2015
Nkana-Nkwazi
Nchanga Rangers-Zanaco
Mufulira Wanderers-National Assembly
POSTPONED
Nakambala Leopards- Zesco United
Green Buffaloes-Power Dynamos
Henry Sakala Acting Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Director General
The Government of the Republic of Zambia is seriously engaging in economic diversification to reduce it’s over reliance on copper exports.
Speaking in an interview with CNBC Africa, Mr. Henry Sakala Acting Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Director General said government had identified some priority sectors for investment, which include manufacturing, tourism, agricultural, mining and construction.
Mr. Sakala told CNBC that in the agricultural sector, government has identified farm blocks in all the ten provinces of the country.
“Government has secured about hundred thousand hectors of land for industrial development in all the ten provinces to provide marketing thrust by purchasing the major products in the farm block and adding value for local and export markets. Government will facilitate such things such as power, roads and water,” he said.
Mr. Sakala added that in the manufacturing sector, government has among other things introduced the Multi-facility Economic Zones (MFEZ), which will be rolled out to all the provinces of the country.
He said government is calling on the private sector to partner with government and invest in the MFEZ such as the Lusaka South and Lusaka East MFEZ facilities.
Mr. Sakala added that government has made strides in the construction sector in terms of road development with the Link Zambia 8000, Lusaka 400 and upgrading of the railway system.
“Government is working on the rail line that will link Zambia to the port of Lobito in Angola which is a shorter access to the sea. It is also working on linking Tazara Railway to the port of Nakala through Chipata,” he said.
He added that the airports are also being improved to international standards so as to make Zambia a business hub.
Mr. Sakala adds that government is also working on improving the hydro-power system in the country.
“40 percent of the water in the SADC region is in Zambia, so, government is engaged in various power projects to curb the power deficits in the country and looking at the possibilities of exporting to the countries in the sub-region.”
Mr. Sakala called on all investors world over to consider investing in Zambia as it is the best investment destination in the sub region.
Former president Rupiah Banda at Edgar Lungu’s innauguration
FOURTH republican president Rupiah Banda has described outgoing Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of defeat in the March 28 elections as victory for African democracy.
President Banda says Mr Jonathan’s graceful exit, after losing to opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari, should be embraced by all incumbent African leaders if the continent’s democracy is to be entrenched.
The former head of State in a statement released in Lusaka by his deputy administrative assistant Kennedy Limwanya has praised Mr Jonathan for his action and congratulated incoming Nigerian President Buhari, further hoping that the country will find peace in the post-election period.
He has noted that resistance to leave office after losing elections has been a recipe for bloodshed in many African countries, adding that the continent cannot afford to continue sliding down the path of acrimony.
Meanwhile, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has been featured in the major international news publication The New York Times following his visit to London where he addressed the Royal Africa Society earlier this week.
In the wake of the victory of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the recently concluded Nigerian elections, Mr Hichilema spoke to the New York Times about the impact his victory will have in inspiring citizens in Zambia and elsewhere to campaign for change.
During the interview Mr Hichilema called for the rise of a new generation of politicians focused on delivering change for their people through better economic management, rather than leaders serving their own personal interests under the guise of politics. Mr Hichilema explained to the New York Times that in Zambia “There is nobody who can be called well off when the great majority of the people are poor.”
The full article placed in the New York Times can be found here:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/world/europe/in-nigerian-elections-a-look-at-reshaping-a-patchwork-continent.html?_r=0
The six former UNZA graduates who were recently arrested after staging a protest over high unemployment have described as illogical former President Michael Sata’s daughter Stella for graduates to venture into entrepreneurship as illogical.
The six who have now being named Jobless six feel Stella should be the last person to offer advice to young people on entrepreneurship.
Featuring on the HotSeat radio program on Hot FM, three of the six youths condemned Stella’s reaction to their protest and accused her of mocking their joblessness.
The three, Frederick Kapambwe who graduated in 2004 in Environmental Education, Vincent Chaile, a 2013 Bachelors of Science graduated and Gasto Boniface Mugande who left UNZA in 2014 with a degree in Public Administration and Economics said their crusade over the lack of jobs will spark a revolution in Zambia.
‘For Stella, she is a child who has never suffered, some of us were brought up in a ghetto and we are closer to reality, there is no way someone who has never suffered and has never been to UNZA, she was taken to Malaysia because she didn’t even quality to come to UNZA can start asking us to start selling tomatoes,’ Chaile said.
Mugande said the Jobless six have all done their level business to find jobs but to no avail’.
‘We have done everything, which country I don’t know in Southern Africa because i did cross border trade. I used to suffer to pay my school fees, i even delayed to graduate because of school fees then after finishing hoping to get a good job only to receive wrong advice from a daughter of the late President Mr Sata that i should go back to the streets and sell tomatoes. I think that is misguided especially coming from the child of the former President, it is quite unfortunate,’ Mugande said.
Kapambwe said, ‘It is sad to learn that throughout my school life in Zambia, i didn’t come across any lesson to teach me to write a business proposal, i was just taught to write application letters.’
He added, ‘I used to buy laptops from China and resell but because of the dollar issue, i have stopped because i will be making losses because of weak Kwacha.
Chaile said most young entrepreneurs face difficulties with accessing capital and that most of the young people are from poor family and do not have c collateral.
He also condemned Government for imposing the new retirement and freezing the wage freeze.
Kapambwe stated that Zambia’s developmental challenges today are due to leadership and policy problems.
‘The business environment is unfriendly making it very difficult to start a business in Zambia,’ he said.
They also condemned Government for issuing over 30,000 work permits to foreigners despite work deficit without considering the plight of local people.
A PREGNANT 16-year-old pupil of Chipata who was allegedly hacked by her boyfriend and lost her right arm for refusing to abort has lost her pregnancy. Police described the attack as an attempted murder.
Police in Chipata said Gertrude Mwanza, a grade 11 pupil at Chipata Day Secondary School, was axed on the neck and arms on Sunday around 15:00 hours, allegedly by her boyfriend, Ranford Soko of Anoya Zulu Secondary School.
Eastern Province deputy commissioner of police Patrick Bili said Gertrude was attacked allegedly because she refused to terminate her unborn baby as suggested by the boyfriend.
“The girl met her fate when Soko tried to convince her to abort the pregnancy but [she]refused and she was, instead, axed behind her neck and on both arms,” Mr Bili said.
Mr Bili said that Gertrude is nursing serious wounds in Chipata General Hospital, where doctors have amputated the schoolgirl’s right arm as the injuries were severe.
Ranford, an 18-year-old grade 11 pupil, was arrested on Wednesday at Mthilansembe, a village near Chipata town. He has been charged with attempted murder.
Ranford went into hiding after the incident but police launched a manhunt until the suspect was located in his neighbourhood of Mthilansembe.
The Daily Mail spoke to Gertrude and her family at Chipata General Hospital where the schoolgirl was found with a heavily bandaged neck and amputated arm. Her teary mother was by the bedside.
Her aunt Faustaine Daka narrated that her niece, who is four months pregnant, got a call from the suspect, seemingly in connection with the pregnancy, and the two agreed to meet at a nearby stream after 19:00 hours.
Gertrude said she does not remember what happened at the rendezvous.
“I was in a pool of blood and I could not remember what happened. A Good Samaritan rushed me to Chipata General Hospital. My left arm, which was badly injured, had been imputed and I am still nursing a broken finger on my right hand,” Gertrude said.
Gertrude, however, does not remember how the incident started. She just found herself in a pool of blood.
“Now I have to live without my arm for the rest of my life,” she lamented.
File: Coal Mine workers picking coal without protective clothes at Shaft One at the chinese collum mine
GOVERNMENT has reinstated the Collum Coal Mine licence and issued the colliery with a large-scale operations permit, a decision that is expected to save over 600 jobs and create an additional 200.
And Collum Coal Mining Industries Limited has appointed Lusaka business executive Suzyo Nyika as board chairman of the Sinazongwe-based mine in Southern Province.
The mining company has since been directed to ensure strict adherence to safety, health and environmental standards as it resumes operations early this month.
In a letter dated March 30 this year addressed to Mr Nyika and copied to the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development, Geological Survey department and head of mining cadastre, director of mines development Mooya Lumamba informed the company that a decision had been made to reinstate the cancelled licence.
Mr Lumamba advised the company’s new management team in liaison with the Mines Safety Department to conduct a thorough audit of the mine and come up with a checklist of activities that need to be undertaken to ensure adherence to all mining regulations.
“The Mines Safety department shall also develop new guidelines on safety, health and environmental standards that you will be expected to adhere to. Please contact ZCCM-IH over the matter and ensure a smooth handover of the management of the mine,” Mr Lumamba states in the letter.
This follows Collum Coal Mining Industries’ successful appeal to President Lungu over its cancelled licence.
The 12,000 tonnes per annum producer of the heating substance chiefly used by the mines for production of various metals was shut down in February 2013.
Among concerns at the mine were alleged flouting of labour laws, poor safety and sanitary record at place of work and failure to remit taxes.
The mining licence was cancelled due to a number of unresolved disputes involving owners of the mine and the workers.
Collum Coal Mine director Xu Jianglin has announced that the mining company had appointed Mr Nyika and hopes all stakeholders will give him and his team support as they endeavor to resume operations and contribute to the economy of Sinazongwe and Zambia as a whole.
“We hope the new chairman will be given all the support by stakeholders to steer the mine to progress that will impact the people of Sinazongwe positively,” Mr Xu said.
In October 2010, two Chinese supervisors allegedly shot at protesting workers and injured 11 of them. The two supervisors were arrested and charged with appropriate offences but the matter was discontinued in the courts of law through a nolle prosequi.
In 2006, the then provincial minister Alice Simango openly wept after seeing miners during emerge semi-naked and barefoot from the tunnel.
Ms Simango, who was blocked from entering the mine by the mine owners, later recommended that it be closed to protect human life.
A WOMAN of Kalulushi District, who disappeared from home leaving her four children on their own, has been located in another township, cohabiting with a lover.
Sharon Bwalya, 37, left her four children, among them a six-month-old baby, on their own, forcing them to seek refuge from neighbouring houses where they had to scrounge for food.
Ms Bwalya said she left her matrimonial home for fear of losing her life to her husband who constantly beat her even on petty issues.
“I left home and everything including the children because I was fed up and I feared that I would be killed because my husband is always beating me even over small things,” she said.
Ms Bwalya has vowed not to go back to the matrimonial home but that at some point, she would take all her children with her.
Her mother, Beauty Mwamba also narrated that after the Times of Zambia reported the disappearance of her daughter, she was located in Kandabwe Township in Kitwe where she was staying with another man.
Ms Mwamba, who expressed disappointment with her daughter’s behaviour, said she took in her grandchildren who were left to fend for themselves.
She said the family searched for her daughter for two weeks and did not report to the police because it was not the first time she had disappeared in unexplained circumstances.
Ms Mwamba said she found her daughter at another man’s house whom she said was her new found husband.
She said she has made efforts to call for a family meeting with her son-in-law to reconcile them, but the couple had maintained that they wanted to go separate ways.
“My daughter has insisted that she will not return to her husband because he physically abuses her and does not take care of her, while my son-in-law has also refused to take her in,” she said.
Ms Mwamba said she had since taken custody of her grandchildren even though it was not easy to look after them because she did not have a stable income.
Langford Banda stands uneasily outside his home in the US.
GOVERNMENT has terminated the contract of second secretary of communications at Zambia’s Mission to the United Nations (UN) Langford Banda, who was arrested for drunken driving in the United States (US).
Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary George Zulu said that the move was aimed at promoting a culture of discipline among the diplomats representing Zambia abroad.
“Mr Banda has been recalled in national interest as our aim is to protect the cordial relations that we enjoy with the US. At the moment, the office is vacant but someone will soon be recruited to fill the gap,” he said.
Mr Banda, 41, rammed his 2006 BMW into a vehicle belonging to the New York Police Department (NYPD) in Queens injuring two police officers but escaped a charge due to his diplomatic immunity.
Mr Zulu also told the media that investigations in the case where former deputy high commissioner to London Eva Fundafunda is alleged to have stolen title deeds, are ongoing.
“Those documents are a precious property of the Government as such, emphasis has been placed on recovering them and ensuring that the culprit is traced and brought to book,” he said.
Mr Zulu has since urged Zambian diplomats abroad to be exemplary.
Meanwhile, Mr Zulu said Zambia would this year open an Embassy in Australia to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
The Permanent Secretary said Australia and Zambia had over the years embarked on joint ventures in areas of commerce and trade; hence it was relevant for Government to open an Embassy.
“Australia has large investments in Zambia and it is also home to many Zambians living in the diaspora.
“We will, therefore, be opening an Embassy there to ensure that the existing ties are enhanced further, he said.
Mr Zulu said the move would also enhance skills transfer between Zambians and Australians.
Council of Churches in Zambia Secretary General Reverend Suzanne Matale has advised Zambians to use Easter as a period of reflection, reconciliation and embracing one another.
Reverend Suzanne Matale said Easter is a sign of love which the Lord himself express by sending his only son Jesus Christ to die for humanity.
‘It is with great pleasure that we as a Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) join the Christian fraternity in celebrating this years’ Easter, as we remember the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,’ Reverend Matale said.
She added, ‘I would like to remind all Zambians that this period comes with an opportunity for each one of us to reflect on the relationship with God and with one another especially in light of the post-election atmosphere.’
‘As we celebrate Easter, we must to put aside any differences, whether political or tribal or personal and pursue reconciliation to embrace one another.’
Reverend Matale continued, ‘As we celebrate the resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ, may his resurrection as believers interpret into new beginnings for us as individuals and the country in the quest of moving forward for the betterment of our lives.’
‘I would like to advise all people in Zambia to observe this period with high caution of dangers that might arise associated with the excitement such as substance abuse. It is our plea to all Zambians to refrain from all activities that will endanger their lives by focusing on living a Christ like life.’
The Supreme Court of Zambia on Thursday upheld a 2011 High Court verdict which found Konkola Copper Mines guilty of water pollution which poisoned thousands of Chingola residents in 2006.
Meanwhile in London protesters held a vigil outside the Zambia High Commission, drumming and holding banners in solidarity with the victims of Vedanta’s water pollution.
The judgement will be officially read out in court in seven days time.
The High Court had awarded 10 billion kwacha in total to 2000 claimants who had suffered illness and liver and kidney damage as a result of drinking the water.
However Vedanta challenged the decision which was not re-heard until June 2014.
Today’s judgement delivered some justice to the poisoned victims after eight long years wait, but will not award compensation until an assessment is carried out by the High Court Deputy Registrar.
This is likely to reduce the total award since the claimants were only able to show twelve medical reports which they had been able to obtain at the time of the pollution incident.
The High Court had previously ruled that these twelve reports were indicative of the damage caused to all residents who had drunk the water, and had heard testimonies from victims who were unable to obtain medical reports from the doctors.
James Nyasulu, a poultry farmer from Chingola and the lead claimant in the case reacted to the judgement saying the court should have stood firm and fully supported the High Court judgement.
He said compensation should even be increased due to the damage done to people’s health and interest on the original award.
‘The poison we drank violated our right to life, but the court is treating life as cheap. Citizens of this country cannot be treated as guinea pigs for investors.”
Samarendra Das, Foil Vedanta member and author of the report ‘Copper Colonialism: Vedanta KCM and the copper loot of Zambia’ which put pressure on the Zambian government to deliver justice said the victims of KCM’s water pollution are just one of many communities bearing the impact of Vedanta’s careless style of operation worldwide.
‘This company has a pattern of abuse and lawlessness which has landed it in a series of court cases across India and Africa. It is time that the Zambian government and the legal system stood up to Vedanta and held them to account for their actions.’
The 2000 claimants in the original case, led by lead claimant James Nyasulu, had feared they would never get justice until President Michael Sata intervened after meeting them in April 2014 and arranged a hearing of the Supreme Court in Ndola on June 3rd.
Twenty two of the original 2000 claimants have now died, some from liver and kidney damage potentially caused by the poisoned water, but the rest have awaited justice for eight years.
In the landmark ruling in 2011 High Court judge Phillip Musonda said he wanted to make an example of KCM for their ‘gross recklessness’.
He also stated that the courts have a duty to protect poor communities from the powerful and politically connected.
‘I agree with the plaintiff’s pleadings that KCM was shielded from criminal prosecution by political connections and financial influence, which put them beyond the pale of criminal justice,’ Justice Musonda said.
However, Vedanta (KCM) subsequently challenged this decision, claiming they were not responsible for the contamination.
The judgement ‘Nyasulu and Others v Konkola Copper Mines Plc and Others’. Case No: 2007/HP/1286. 1 January 2011 can be found at www.zamlii.org/zm/judgment/high-court/2011/86
The Zambia Revenue Authority has impounded four trucks laden with smuggled cooking oil with a value for duty purposes of K462,177.60 which was not declared and had false transit papers.
The cooking oil would have attracted taxes equivalent to K207,979.92.
ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Mumbuna Kufekisa in a statement to QFM News says the trucks were impounded during enforcement activities over the past couple of weeks aimed at detecting smuggling of goods into the country.
Mr Kufekisa says the trucks were detained during the regular enforcement patrols in the Northern Region and also by the alert officers based at the Enforcement Centre in Kapiri Mposhi.
He says the cooking oil which was on the trucks was smuggled into the country contrary to the provision of section 149 of the Customs and Excise Act.
Mr Kufekisa says the matter is under further investigations and collection of taxes due on the consignment.
He states that ZRA is determined to curb and eradicate smuggling and ensure all due taxes are collected and the enforcement activities will continue throughout the year.
Mr Vincent Mwale Minister of Youth and Sports who is Acting Chief Government Spokesperson with Mr Amos Chanda Special assisstant to the President Presss and Public Relation -Picture By EDDIE MWANALEZA /STATEHOUSE.
Cabinet yesterday approved the appointment of new members to serve on the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) board.
Sports and Youth Minister Vincent Mwale, who is Acting Chief Government spokesperson, disclosed this during a press briefing in Lusaka today.
Mr. Mwale said the new board members were appointed following the expiry of tenure of office for the previous board last year.
He stated that cabinet made the decision in accordance with the provisions of the medicines and allied substance Act, No. 3 of 2013.
He said Cabinet also approved the appointment of new members to serve on the National Health Research Authority (NHRA) council in accordance with the provisions of the National Health Research Act No. 2 of 2013.
Mr. Mwale said cabinet expects NHRA to put in place an effective national health ethics system by ensuring that the health research that was conducted in the country was relevant, well-coordinated and regulated in order to contribute to improving the provisions of health services and policy making in Zambia.
And cabinet has approved the appointment of new members of the General Nursing Council of Zambia board following the expiry of the tenure of office for the previous board in November 2014.
Mr. Mwale said Cabinet made the decision in accordance with the provisions of the Nurses and Midwives Act No. 300 of 1997.
He said with a board in place, it was expected that there will be improved regulation of health professionals so as to contribute to the improved health delivery service to the general public.
In a related development, Cabinet also approved the appointment of new members of the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) board.
Mr. Mwale said the NAC board is critical to the coordination of the response by various stakeholders to the HIV/AIDS/STI/TB pandemic.
Meanwhile, Cabinet yesterday approved the appointment of new members of the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) board in accordance with the provisions of the health Professional Council of Zambia Act No. 24 of 2009 of laws of Zambia.
Mr. Mwale said Cabinet expects the HPCZ board to implement and strengthen regulations on the health providers and health facilities registered under the Health Professions Council of Zambia.
He told journalists that the names to the afore boards and committees will be announced in due course.
And Cabinet yesterday approved the forest bill 2015 for publication and introduction in parliament during the next sitting in June this year.
The law will among other things provide for the participation of local communities and other stakeholders in sustainable forest management and the implementation of the United Nations framework convention on climate change and other international agreements to which Zambia is a party.
Mr Vincent Mwale Minister of Youth and Sports who is Acting Chief Government Spokesperson with Mr Amos Chanda Special assisstant to the President Presss and Public Relation -Picture By EDDIE MWANALEZA /STATEHOUSE.
Minister of Youth and Sports Vincent Mwale says Zambia will host the United Nations conference on landlocked developing countries this year.
Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, Mr. Mwale, who is Acting Chief Government Spokesperson, said the United Nations conference on landlocked developing countries will be held in Livingstone from 2nd to 4th June 2015.
He said the hosting of the international conference was a testimony that Zambia is a prime destination for world conferences.
He noted that Zambia will benefit immensely from the gathering as the conference will help the country realise the much needed foreign exchange.
Mr. Mwale said the hosting of the conference will further help to market the country’s tourism potential and also sell the country as a prime investment destination.
The minister said details of the conference will be given at a later stage.
Lusaka city centre
The Lusaka City Council (LCC) and Maputo Municipal Council (MMC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that seeks to enhance development and strengthen co-operation.
The areas of co-operation in the MoU include culture, education, waste management, transport management, local finance development, promotion of investment and tourism.
The two local authorities have similarities in a number of areas and emphasised that the signed MoU would strengthen bilateral and developmental relations between the two cities.
Lusaka Mayor George Nyendwa said the MoU would not just end up on paper like previous documents, but would ensure that the agreement comes to fruition.
This is contained in a press statement released to ZANIS by LCC Public Relations Officer, Brenda Katongola
“I want to assure you that this document that we have signed today will not just end up on paper, but I will ensure that we implement it. I came with a very competent team who understands the importance of this agreement,” Mr. Nyendwa said.
The Lusaka Mayor observed that a lot of lessons have been learnt from the visit as the two cities are similar in a number of areas of service delivery and also face similar challenges.
“We will invite you to Lusaka soon so that you can also see the projects we are working on and from there we can see which direction we take,” the Lusaka Mayor said.
The agreement was postponed last year following the Presidential elections that were held in Mozambique and the death of President Michael Sata in October, last year.
And Maputo Mayor, David Simango said he was happy to learn that LCC and his council shared similar challenges and responsibilities in the local government administration.
Mayor Simango said Mozambique was fairly young in local government administration issues having formed their first Council in 1998 when they held their first elections.
He disclosed that Maputo had an ambitious programme in decentralization process in the local government administration that allows locals to be part of the development process.
He said Maputo was a cosmopolitan city but assured that he would modernize Maputo city by partnering with big cities like Lusaka, which he said was expanding fast and was managing to make the city clean.
“I’m happy that the MoU signed after a long period of correspondence between the two cities which we’ve twinned today and can learn from each other,” councillor Simango said.
Zambia`s High Commissioner to Mozambique, Japhen Mwakalombe who witnessed the signing ceremony held at the Maputo Municipal Council is happy that the twinning agreement which he engineered three years ago had finally become a reality.
Mr Mwakalombe said Maputo has advanced from the time he went there in 2012.
During his time in Maputo, the Lusaka Mayor visited Ntsindya Cultural Centre, the roads and drainages along the Indian Ocean coastline, various markets and cultural and art centres and also held bilateral talks with the Mayor and President of the Maputo Council.
The Mayor was accompanied to Maputo by Councillors, Daniel Kalembe and Joyce Banda and Acting Director of Human Resource and Administration, Henry Phiri,
