We also having a show this Saturday:
BitterSweet Poetry:- The Beauty in The Rain
Venue: Mulungushi Conference Center
Time: 18:00-21:00
Charges: K30,000

OCTOBER 24th by Edwina Muzunda

I’m not delivering a speech or a poem.

I’m not championing a political cause.

I’m not starting a religious revolution.

I’m merely making an appeal for freedom.

Freedom from hunger, racism and desperation; depression, oppressions and more.

Freedom to be who I am with no apologies.

Freedom to build imaginations and give voice to my thoughts,

Actions to belief and courage to character.

I’m not giving rhymes or presenting wants and needs.

I’m declaring that there’s more than the gatherings and celebrations of October 24th-the awards, honours and laying of wreaths.

What’s more than the red carpet and independence cake? You may ask.

Clean drinking water, eradication of malaria, measles and sickle cell anaemia.

Desks in the classrooms and a roof over my head.

At least one medal from the Olympics.

Freedom from brazier fumes by supply of electricity.

Freedom to walk the streets without stepping on people’s means of livelihood.

I’m not championing a political cause or starting a religious strife.

But I do hope I cause you anger and rage.

I hope I stir your hearts to compassion, your minds to thoughts-thoughts of change-change for what’s good.

I hope I make you realise there is a form of dependence on a higher power. A higher level of freedom beyond the fire works on Independence Day.

I hope I make you see that life continues after the 24th of October.

10th OCTOBER 2012 by Mwaba Jacinta Kayula

10th October 2012

I never explain

So you never understand

For you I pretend to be normal

Your normal

I try really hard to hide my sorrow

I hide the truth

But i cant lie to you

So the truth slips through the cracks

And you think my life kinda sucks

Well you see

Its crazy

I wanna ran and hide

Not from you, from my own mind

With no one by my side

I feel so alone

I wanna feel  strong

Feel that i too belong

A song with no lyrics

A broken mirror you cannot fix

A river with no ocean to flow into

I am flawed, but i am right next to you

A sky with no clouds

A voice with no sound

A mind full of doubt

I crave to be found

Old in years, faced your fears

You cant possibly be foolish

Behind bars, Revenge is not as sweet,

Or is it?

Maybe i have too much love for you

But I tell you it’s true

Too much rain never once dried up a tree

I am not with you

Why don’t you miss me?

Am your shadow

I go wherever you go

Your breath,

Only appreciated after death

Your heartbeat

Forever with you, yet i go unnoticed

Without you

Water without O2

Bone without flesh

Painter with no sketch

Barren, I cannot give birth

You are my secret revealed

Nothing is hidden under the sun

These wounds have healed

I vow to never again

Live to please man

Proud to be your roots

You were my tree

See, i loved you so deeply

I never once understood science

How a spark can burn into  a fire so wild and fierce

—My love for you—

Or how a stone cold, block of ice

Could melt in a mans hands

—You melted my heart—

And water once melted

Can easily evaporate

—u left me hurt and scarred—

Ice into gas, sublimation

No need to question

—You are no longer mine—

Someone once said

Even fairy-tales come to an end

I have to let you go

All is fair in love and war…..

THE DREAM TRAVELER by Hillary Mulenga

I have see you poking my face

Haunting me with the details of your beauty

Each day you pass before my eyes I see

The precision of the creator

Words are lost between my fascination and awe

I refuse to be haunted by the philosophy of denial

Before what my naked eyes could see

I find you indescribable

Lost for the mere words of humans

It is the void that best see what words can fail to utter

A speech best known to the heart

Through which the dart of the eleventh cloud passes

I’ve seen many dreams in my life

Nightmares that turn me around that wake remedies

I refuse to give up on this dream

For the visitation of the gods is but a blessing to one who receives favor

A curse to one who does not see

Come back again to my dreams

I will be waiting at the corner of the pillow

On the pitch of my blankets

Filled with the warm of the love you alone can give

For dreams are supposed to be lived

Or they may have been lived when they stuck on the fibers of the mind.

LESSONS TAUGHT by John Tembo

Honour thy mother

Go to war for your brothers

Treat your sister like a queen so she will discriminate the bums from the others

A man keeps his word even if it hurts him

Feeds his own despite his own cravings

Giving more than all his takings

Risking it all for a vision of his own making

Breathing life into the dreams of his wife

Being her shield and taking the strife

His worth is seen in the brilliance of her smile

Steely determination is what you see in his eyes

He loves his hustle for whats life without struggle

Realising strength is more than muscle

A bird’s eye view will see the way through the trouble

Beauty is more than just what he sees

Love is more than just what he feels

He does and doesn’t preach

These are the things I wish they would teach
By Kapa187

President Michael Sata has appointed Dr. Solomon Jere as deputy Inspector General of Police replacing Peter Chingaipe who has been retired in national interest.

Dr Jere was until his appointment Lusaka province Police Commissioner.

President Sata has congratulated Dr Jere on what he has described as a well deserved promotion.

The head of State says he is confident that the new deputy Inspector General of Police will perform to his expectations and that of the Zambian people in general.

Mr Sata has since wished Dr Jere God’s blessings.

And President Sata has expressed gratitude to Mr. Chingaipe for the services he rendered to the nation during his tenure of office as deputy Inspector General of Police.

And President Sata has further appointed Dr. Muyenga Atanga as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication.

Dr. Atanga replaces Major. Francis Kamanga, who was recently retired in public interest.

The changes are with immediate effect.

This is contained in a statement released to QFM News by the president’s special assistant for press and public relations George Chellah.

QFM

Malawian High Commissioner to Zambia David Bandawe has said that Malawian President Joyce Banda had a last minute engagement which prevented her from gracing Zambia’s 48th independence celebration where she was expected to be the guest of honor.

In an interview yesterday Mr. Bandawe said President Banda who was scheduled to arrive at Kenneth Kaunda international airport on Tuesday failed to turn up due to a last minute engagement in United Arab Emirates where she had been on a state visit.

Mr. Bandawe said the Malawian head of state was set to travel to Zambia until the very last minute when an emergency arose which required her urgent attention.

He said the head of state may visit the Zambia soon but that the details of the visit will only be availed once the visit was confirmed.

The Malawian president was scheduled to grace this year’s 48 independence celebrations after an invitation from President Michael Sata.

Meanwhile, President Sata has condemned the opposition MMD and UPND’s decision to shun the country’s 48th Independence celebrations signifying how the leaders of the two parties, Nevers Mumba and Hakainde Hichilema belittled the national event.

President Sata said this in a statement issued by his Special assistant for Press and Public Relations, George Chellah in Lusaka yesterday.

Mr Sata said the Independence Day celebrations, attended by a multitude of people, was an opportunity for the opposition and the ruling Patriotic Front to come together and witness the historical event.

[pullquote]“This is simply because of the leaders of these political formations do not value our independence and the role our mothers and other freedom fighters played to make us who we are today as a nation,” Mr Sata said.[/pullquote]

Dr Mumba and Mr Hichilema announced that they would not attend the Independence celebrations. The two leaders have continued to shun several other national events held in the past.

“In our humble opinion, this prestigious event was an opportunity for both the ruling party (PF) and the opposition political parties to come together and witness this historical occasion. We are gratified that some patriotic leaders within the opposition took time to be part of this momentous occasion, which regrettably the MMD and UPND decided to shun.

“This is simply because of the leaders of these political formations do not value our independence and the role our mothers and other freedom fighters played to make us who we are today as a nation,” Mr Sata said.

Mr Sata said despite the ‘irresponsible’ calls of boycott by the leadership of the MMD and the UPND, many citizens turned out in numbers and joined hands in commemorating the national event which was an important day on the country’s national calendar.

“This action is an indictment on the leadership of MMD and UPND, and further signifies that Zambians are fatigued with the detestable messages, lies and negative politics of disunity from the two opposition political parties,” the President said.

Mr Sata said his administration stood with the Zambian people and would remain a devoted partner in moving the country’s unitary state forward and guaranteed to protect the lives and property of citizens as mandated by the Zambian people.

He added that complaints against the Police and other law enforcement agencies by some opposition parties were unjustified particularly that all citizens were expected to understand that they could not enjoy freedom in excess of their responsibility to ensure law and order.

Lusaka Resident Magistrate Prince Mwiinga said his decision in sentencing Iris Kaingu was based on records and not reports from the media.

This was in response to defence counsel Christopher Mundia who had made an application to have the Post Newspaper and Muvi TV cited for contempt for making running comments before his client was sentenced.

After spending two nights at Lusaka central prison Iris Kaingu appeared before Resident Magistrate Prince Mwiinga in a fully packed court room looking calm and clad in a track suit. She however appeared remorseful and scared when Resident Magistrate Prince Mwiinga started reading his judgment

When passing the sentence Magistrate Mwiinga said that he had taken into consideration the mitigation presented by the defence in which they said that the convict was a first offender and that she was only aged 20 when the offence was committed.He further said he also considered that Iris had lost her career having been expelled as a student from the Zambia Institute of Accountancy Studies (ZICAS).

The Magistrate also said that he had considered that she did not personally cause the publication of the material adding that he did not find aggravated circumstances in the case when arriving at the decision.

Magistrate Mwiinga bemoaned the rate at which young people were involving themselves in making obscene cinematography films tending to corrupt morals, saying this was the second case he was dealing with in seven months.He said it was the duty of the courts to met out sentences that would act as deterrents to would be offenders

The Magistrate said he also considered that the convict did not show any remorse during trial and that the two nights spent in custody should have served as a lesson to her.

Magistrate Mwiinga said that he had exercised leniency based on those grounds in the hope that she had learnt a lesson out of it.

He then said that the destruction of the material should be done after 14 days if there is no appeal raised.