File: Zambia National Soccer team players in training at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka in readiness for a friendly match against Malawi
Zambia will face Angola and not Swaziland in their first official game in 2013.
Herve Renard’s side has opted to play Angola instead of Swaziland in a friendly after indecision on the part of the latter over whether or not to play the African champions on January 5.
Swaziland earlier backed out of an agreement to play Zambia in Johannesburg citing that they could not raise a team in the absence of their Belgium coach Valerie Billen who was away in Europe on his Christmas break.
Zambia will now instead meet play Angola on January 5 at Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg.
Meanwhile, Stopilla Sunzu joined Zambia’s training camp in Johannesburg on New Year’s Eve.
Sunzu missed the initial four days of training after he was holed-up in Lusaka awaiting his UK visa to be issued for his trip to tie-up a deal at Reading.
“He has missed eight training sessions and the coach hopes he can catch-up with the rest of the team now before he goes after January 7,” Faz sources told LT Sports.
Sunzu is expected to rejoin Zambia in Nelspruit at least a week before Zambia’s Group C opening game against Ethiopia on January 21.
Meanwhile, TP Mazembe midfielder Rainford Kalaba could be rested for all of Zambia’s four build-up friendly games despite his recovery from a three-month groin problem.
Team Doctor Joseph Kabungo said that Kalaba will continue to train with the rest of his team mates but indicated that it was too early to rush him back into action.
Kalaba sustained the groin injury on October 10 while in action for his DR Congo side in a 2012 CAF Champions League semifinal first leg game against Tunisia’s Esperance in Lubumbashi.
There was drama at the National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) in Luwingu district in the Northern Province when one customer refused to receive the new rebased currency.
Musonda Bwalya of Senior Chief Shimumbi rejected the money, saying he was not conversant with the new Kwacha notes and appealed to the bank management to consider giving him the old currency.
He lamented that people in his area will not accept the new notes because the money was very little compared to the value of the old currency.
Mr Bwalya said it was surprising to note this morning that the bank had started issuing new currency without informing the community in senior Chief Shimumbi’s and other far flung areas.
The visibly annoyed Mr Bwalya said he came to withdraw money for the maize he supplied to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) last year at the value of K3,000,000 but when he received K3,000 he said the money was very little.
He said that his wife would not accept the K3,000 instead of the K3,000,000 the two budgeted for.
He said villagers in Senior Chief Shimumbi’s area are not aware about the rebasing of the currency, adding that it would be very difficult for the community to conduct business in villages as they are used to the old currency.
Mr Bwalya felt that business men and women would take advantage of the situation by stealing money from them.
Mr Bwalya, who appeared uncontrollable, appealed to the government to consider intensifying sensitization programmes before villagers are robbed of their hard-earned money.
After receiving the new currency, Mr Bwalya went round the shops, converting the new currency to the old for fear of being beaten by his wife.
The new currency started circulating this morning after the bank opened and a snap survey showed that Mr Bwalya was not alone in that predicament.
Some businessmen were also rejecting the new currency, thinking it was a fake Kwacha.
Scores of Kasama residents today flocked banks to make withdrawals of the newly rebased currency.
Long queues characterized the banking institutions as most people anxiously wanted to start transacting in the new kwacha.
A check by ZANIS this morning revealed long queues at Zanaco Bank, Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank as early as 07:00hours.
Those talked to after accessing the new Kwacha notes expressed happiness.
George Gondwe said he had no problems with new notes because it was easier to carry and conduct transactions.
And Leotina Simutenda, 75, of Location Township has thanked the government for rebasing the money.
Mrs Simutenda said the new currency will be easily understood by elderly people who faced numerous problems with the old currency.
She noted that although the new currency has the same strength as the old one, people will not be required to carry bulky notes in their pockets as the case was in the past.
And Finance Bank customers have cried foul over the non-operational of the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).
Danny Siwila told ZANIS that the machines have not been working since the December 29, 2012, making it difficult for them to withdraw money.
Mr Siwila called on management at Finance Bank to hastily normalize the situation.
He said he could not use his visa card from Finance Bank to any other places as the Bank has not normalized its ATM.
Meanwhile, some shoppers have appealed to the Bank of Zambia to quickly offload coins on the market.
Juniper Sikombe complained that they were not being given change in coins and the money was not yet in circulation.
Mrs Sikombe has since appealed for a quick intervention by the Central Bank.
Efforts to get a comment from the Bank of Zambia failed
Barely two days since the rebased Kwacha was launched by the Minister of Finance, Alexander Chikwanda in Lusaka, Kasama has no coins, causing panic to many business institutions.
Chief Government Spokesperson, Kennedy Sakeni, says suggesting abuse of power by the State, especially on the Public Order Act, is the worst form of lies and deceit that can ever come from two self respecting leaders of the civil society that claim to mean well for the country.
Mr Sakeni notes that it is clear that Evangelical Fellowship (EFZ) Executive Director, Pukuta Mwanza, and Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) Executive Director Mcdonald Chipenzi, are determined to ignore the fundamental realities of governance for selfish motives.
He said in a statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today that Rev Mwanza and Mr Chipenzi should know that a contemptuous and acrimonious approach to national matters will not yield any positive results.
Mr Sakeni advised that it is fair for the duo to engage the Minister of Justice if there are other wider governance issues they want to raise with government.
“This exhibitionist aura they crave to generate around themselves will not help in addressing any substantive issues they seek to resolve with the State but will only assist in exposing their familiar political affiliation and agenda,” he noted.
“Fairness demands that they unmask themselves as opposed to hiding behind the gracious principles and convictions of the organisations they claim to represent,” Mr Sakeni added.
He said it is common knowledge that the police are the enforcers of the law and noted that the Patriotic Front administration does not in any way interfere with their work.
Mr Sakeni said this is so because the Executive seeks to see law enforcers who uphold professionalism in their service to all citizens of their status.
“If it is Rev Mwanza and Mr Chipenzi‘s submission now that the Public Order Act must be amended, surely they know what route to take instead of these wanton attacks on the State,” he noted.
Meanwhile, Mr Sakeni has encouraged the police to keep operating in a manner that permits fairness and justice just like they have done since President Michael Sata assumed office.
He further urged stakeholders to refrain from declaring disputes before engaging the State conclusively as it is resolute on establishing closer working relationships with various stakeholders for the benefit of the country.
Evangelical Church of Zambia (EFZ) Executive Director, Pukuta Mwanza and Forum for Democratic Process (FODEP), Executive Director Mcdonald Chipenzi, have been cited to have accused government of abusing the Public Order Act.
Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo is angry that high levels of corruption at ZAWA have resulted in some foreigners illegally airlifting Zambia’s wildlife undetected.
“This is unacceptable, planes are flying in without any detection and getting our animals. This is revenue we are losing as a nation and yet a few corrupt officials are benefitting,” Mrs. Masebo charged.
Mrs. Masebo said she will fire some more people at ZAWA suspected of corruption following the sacking of Director General Edwin Matokwani and four other senior officers.
She said she will not tolerate corruption in the management of the wildlife sub sector and urged Zambians to take an interest in protecting the country’s wildlife resources.
“I challenge you Journalists, go and visit these game parks and find out what is going on. Some foreigners are taking advantage of us and they are stealing from us. You should be concerned as Zambians.”
Mrs. Masebo also defended her decision to fire the ZAWA officials without any prior notice.
She added. “Sometimes in life you need to move faster than your rivals or you will be double timed. I choose to use a short process because the sacking of those was long overdue. I have received over 300 text messages and 200 calls from people saying the decision was overdue.
I am sure there are other avenues they can pursue if they are aggrieved but they are not the only one, many more will go very soon.
Mrs. Masebo maintained that the sacked team at ZAWA plundered the country’s wildlife sector.
Meanwhile, Ms Masebo has disclosed that government will spend a total of K41 billion for the construction of the modern intercity bus terminus in Livingstone.
And Ms Masebo says Zambia is more than ready to co host this year’s United Nations World Tourism Organization Conference (UNWTO) to take place in the Tourist capital Livingstone.
The Tourism Minister has disclosed that government will spent a total of K96 billion for the overhaul of Kazungula one stop boarder post.
She said the tendering processes for the two major projects are underway and will begin by the end of this month after discussions with the relevant authorities.
Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, the minister expressed happiness with the pace at which various projects are being undertaken in Livingstone ahead of the UNWTO conference.
Ms Masebo said government is committed to ensure that Livingstone has ultra modern facilities for the successful hosting of the conference.
She also said the commissioning of the new departure terminal building at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula international airport will be announced while the construction of the arrival terminal is progressing well.
Ms. Masebo has also disclosed that visas between the two hosting cities of Livingstone and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe will be granted to the delegates free of charge.
And Ms Masebo has called on artists in the country to be creative and assist market the country before, during and after the UNWTO conference.
The price of fuel has been increased in Chongwe district of Lusaka Province following the rebasing of the Kwacha.
Petrol has gone up by 0.06% and diesel by 0.05%.
A check by ZANIS at Kobil and Mount Meru service stations found that petrol was selling at KR8.16 (K8,160) from K8,155 per litre.
And diesel was selling at KR7.57 (K7570) from K 7566 per litre.
The increase has come about as a result of rounding off the rebased pump price to two decimal places instead of rebasing it to three decimal places in order to match with the old price.
Motorists interviewed said the increment should be reversed because it would incite other sellers of goods and services to increase prices.
Fuel attendants at Mount Meru said they have been given the new rebased pump price by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) while those at Kobil refused to comment on the development.
And the two service stations are not displaying the fuel pump price in both the rebased and the old currency as per government directive.
Efforts to get a comment from the ERB in Lusaka failed by press time.
FILE: MMD cadres during the Press conference held at party president Dr.Nevers Mumba’s residence
Chadiza area Member of Parliament Allan Mbewe says the on going wrangles in the former ruling party (MMD) will soon be over.
“I therefore want to urge all MMD members in the district to be united because these wrangles are timely and will soon go to rest and only real MMD Members will remain in the Party,” said Mr Mbewe.
Mbewe also urged the people of Chadiza to pray for their leaders so that they should not be interested in making money or wealth alone but that they should ask for wisdom to lead the people properly.
ZANIS reports that speaking in his New Year message to his electorate in the area , Mr Mbewe asked the people to love one another and also to work together for the development of the district.
He called on all those with differences to reconcile and forgive one another so that together they may help in bring development to the area.
Mr. Mbewe also urged the people of Tigwirizane and Mshoka Villages of Chadiza District not to live in fear because they will not be resettled as government has found an alternative area where to put up an air strip.
“An alternative place for the air strip has been found and I want to urge the people of Tigwirizane and Mshoka villages that they should go on developing their area without any fear of vacating the land”. He said.
Meanwhile, the Mongo MMD Constituency branch led by chairperson, Yowana Chisambwe has threatened to ditch the party if Dr Mumba continues to hold on to the party presidency.
In a petition spearheaded by MMD Mongu Central Constituency chairperson, Yowana Chisambwe and signed by 55 other Constituency and District officials, the members petitioned the party’s National Executive Committee to pass a vote-of-no-confidence on Dr Mumba and ask him to step down.
Mr Chisambwe confirmed the development in an interview from Mongu yesterday saying the MMD was quickly collapsing because of the poor leadership being exhibited by Dr Mumba.
Dr Mumba was encountering mounting pressure to step aside but he had also remained defiant to such calls.
“The members met this morning and we have resolved to pass a vote-of-no-confidence the leadership of Dr Mumba as party president.
He does not listen to his members and he is the sole cause of the confusion in the party. If he doesn’t step down like he is saying, then we will have no choice but to ditch the party and join another one,” Mr Chisambwe said.
He said it was the cry of the membership that Dr Mumba stepped down and pave way for an extra-ordinary convention to choose a new leader to prepare the troubled opposition for 2016 general elections.
Mr Chisambwe who likened the confusion in the party to famous Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, said the problems in the party could only end once Dr Mumba stepped down.
“There are no two-ways about the problems that have engulfed the party, Dr Mumba has to go and we support other members like Mafinga MP Catherine Namugala who has stood firm on this matter,” he added.
He accused Dr Mumba of having assumed the MMD leadership through unconstitutional means.
He said the petition represented the views of other Constituency and District officials in other parts of Western Province.
Recently the Luapula MMD provincial executive committee led by Provincial chairperson, Emmanuel Chungu defected to the Patriotic Front accusing Dr Mumba of exhibiting undemocratic style of leadership that had continued to plunge the party into chaos.
The Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has said it will this year 2013 embark on mobile collection of annual returns in a bid to speed up the process and give access to people in far flung areas.
This follows PACRA’s extension of the amnesty for companies to pay their annual returns penalties from December 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013 to allow more businesses from rural areas to file their returns.
Speaking to ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today, PACRA Public Relations Officer Vaida Bunda says conducting mobile collection of returns will not only quicken the process but also make it cheaper as people will not have to move from distant places to have access to PACRA.
Ms Bunda urged companies to take advantage of the extension of the waiver as the agency will not extend the deadline again.
She added that companies that would not provide returns before or during the deadline will automatically be deregistered and deleted from the PACRA database.
The Public Relations Officer said PACRA was keen on reducing the number of idle companies in its database in readiness for digitalization to commence on 1st February 2013.
She revealed that the agency had initially intended to embark on digitising its records this month January 2013 but postponed the exercise due to the extension of the amnesty.
And Ms Bunda disclosed that with offices already in Ndola, Chipata, Chinsali, Mongu, Livingstone, and Lusaka PACRA would be opening two new offices in Solwezi, and Kasama this month to increase access in all provinces of the country.
She said having more offices across the country would decentralize the registering of companies and provide convenience for SMEs in far flung areas.
Last year PACRA granted amnesty to all defaulters irrespective of the number of years, which begun on October 1, 2012 and was expected to end on December 31 but extended the deadline after realizing that the big beneficiary of the amnesty were businesses from urban areas.
Over 10, 000 business names and companies have successfully filed their annual returns so far from the time the waiver was given.
Soccer fans in the country have expressed confidence that the Chipolopolo boys will defend the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy in South Africa this month.
Zambia Voluntary Soccer Fans Association (ZAVOSOFA) Patron Peter Makembo says his organisation believes the Zambia national soccer team will emerge champions for the second time.
Mr Makembo told ZANIS sports in an interview in Lusaka today that all what it takes for the Chipolopolo boys to do is to train hard in camp and stay focused during the AFCON.
He also said all soccer loving Zambians were looking forward for the team to win the cup again as this was vital in order to continue putting the country on the football map in Africa.
Mr Makembo noted that as soccer fans, his organization will ensure that it provides all the necessary support to the Chipolopolo boys during AFCON tournament with the view to assist them perform well, reach the finals and lift the cup.
The Zambia national football team as title holders will open their defence against Ethiopia on January 21 before taking on Nigeria four days later and conclude with Burkina Faso on January 29.
Meanwhile, Mr Makembo noted that the 2012 was a year of great improvement of soccer as a sport in the country.
Mr Makembo has since pledged ZAVOSOFA’s commitment to work closely with the Ministry of Sport and Youth, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) and other stakeholders towards the continued development of soccer in the country.
He further said there is need for all soccer loving Zambians to continue supporting and promoting football in order to improve and develop the sport that has grown to a level of recognition by majority Zambians and accepted by all as a unifying sport.
A senior customs officer says the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) will soon extend operation hours at Nakonde Border Post in Muchinga Province in order to improve on service delivery to the public.
ZRA acting Station Manager for Nakonde Customs, David Mungela, says Nakonde Border Post will from today, January 1, 2013, start providing 24 hour-service.
Mr Mungela said this during the commemoration of Customs Taxpayers Open Day held in Nakonde council grounds.
“I assure you that service delivery at Nakonde Border will soon improve because the good news is that come January 1, our station will start operating 24 hours service,” said Mr Mungela.
Mr Mungela further said the move is to enhance the flow of traffic and clearance of goods at the border.
He added that the new services were also likely to maximize on revenue collection at the border.
Mr Mungela said Nakonde border was one of the busiest borders in the country, hence the need to extend its working hours.
He further explained that during the night shifts, the station would only be dealing with issues of passenger clearance while other commercial business services would be offered during day time.
He added that operating the border 24 hours was in line with one of the most efficiency programs which the PF government was trying to implement in the country.
Earlier, Nakonde ZRA Examining Officer, Derrick Mukonki, advised all taxpayers in the area to always feel free by making use of ZRA offices each time they wanted to seek assistance from them.
Mr Mukonki said most of their clients fear to visit ZRA offices whenever they had something to inquire regarding ZRA services.
He added that failure to consult ZRA officials at the border has landed most of their clients in big problems for obtaining information on ZRA services from wrong people.
“We have had so many cases of clients who had been swindled by crooked people because of getting information on the services we offer from wrong people,” said Mr Mukonki.
The Customs Taxpayers Open Day is held in all border control points in the country to educate taxpayers on the importance of paying tax.
The Luwingu District Council has introduce dog levy in a bid to reduce the suspected rabies out break which has rocked many villages in senior chief Shimumbi, chief Chipalo and chief Tungati’s areas of the Bemba people in Luwingu district.
This is according an open letter to the public by the local authority.
According to the letter, which was distributed to residents and availed to ZANIS, the council made the resolution on the introduction of the dog levy during its sitting on September 13, 2012 under minute No. LDC 51/09/12.
The letter states that, residents will be paying K30, 000 (K30 rebased) each for the first two dogs and K50, 000 (K50) for any extra dog per annum.
The letter emphasises that the council has introduced dog levy in order to control diseases like rabies and to reduce on stray dogs.
The letter warns that residents who will not comply with the council regulation will have their dogs shot dead.
“Before you come to the council for dog licenses you are supposed to take your dogs to the veterinary department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for the vaccination,” read the letter in part.
Last year, many people in senior chief Shimumbi, chief Chipalo and Tungati, were severely bitten by stray dogs and foxes of which five of them died of suspected rabies diseases.
At Joko Health Post, Ndoki and senior chief Shimumbi Rural Health Centres in senior chief Shimumbi’s area, about the 32 cases of dog bites and fox bites were recorded out of which three died as they opted to seek medical attention from the nearby traditional healers.
Inspector General of Police, Stella Libongani, has assured the nation that police will deal severely with any culprit intending to swindle unsuspecting members of the public with the rebased K100 banknotes using old ones.
Ms Libongani said police is well equipped with appropriate knowledge and skills to handle all sorts of financial crimes such as fraud, money laundering, counterfeiting and illegal exchange of currency.
She said the Zambia Police and other stakeholders, such as The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) and Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) have put in place measures that will ensure prevention of any sort of financial crime activities.
She stressed that police have put in place well calculated means of investigating and prosecuting such cases.
Ms Libongani warned any person with intentions to commit such crimes to desist from doing so as they risk facing the wrath of the law.
The Police IG also reminded all members of the public that it is the responsibility of each and every citizen to protect the integrity of the currency as well as that of the nation.
Ms Libongani said this exercise is timely and has been done at a very huge cost, hence requires the cooperation of all individuals.
She urged all members of the public to report to police or any law enforcement agency, any individual or individuals suspected to be involved in illegal cash transactions.
She said the nation is looking forward to a successful and peaceful transition from the existing to the rebased currencies as the police stood ready to deal with all transgressions.
There was drama in the streets of Kabwe this afternoon when a street vender refused to collect a K10.00 rebased note, previously K10, 000 from a customer, saying she did not want to be duped.
This was after a customer handed a rebased note to an old woman, who only identified herself as Bana Mpundu, to purchase tomatoes valued at K8.00, (K8, 000), from her stand.
Bana Mpundu practically refused to collect the money and demanded the return of her merchandise, saying she did not want to lose her goods by obtaining a fake note.
In an interview with ZANIS, Bana Mpundu said she did not understand why a person would come into town all the way from home just to give her a foreign currency, especially on New Year’s Day.
She unwittingly complained that it is unfair for people to dupe elderly people like her because they are struggling to make ends meet with little resources that they have.
Bana Mpundu, however, recalled that she once used a similar note in the Kaunda era, but unknown to her is the fact that the Zambian Kwacha has been rebased with effect from today by way of cancelling the three zeros.
Moreover, after a profound explanation from her fellow street vendors, David Mwape, Bana Mpundu accepted to collect the money but on condition that Mr Mwape exchanges his old Ten Thousand Kwacha note with the new currency.
Bana Mpundu, aged over 55, is just one of the many Zambians that have no absolute knowledge on the rebased currency and definitely need sensitization.
Meanwhile, Kabwe’s famous Shopping Mall, Shoprite and Restaurant, Hungry Lion, closed business abruptly because the shop assistants had trouble understanding the rebased currency.
A check by ZANIS found the two shops closed by 10:00 hours in the morning, because the shop assistants had trouble assimilating the transactions in the rebased currency.
Some of the shop assistants talked to said they had trouble reconciling prices in the rebased currency as most of their items and food had a segment of Ngwees but that they did not understand the modalities, except for block figures.
They said they needed a lot of sensitization, not only from the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) but their employers as well, because the new financial system now entails that they must give their clients the symmetries, accordingly.
They, therefore, closed the shops, saying they will only resume operations once their managers, whom they contacted from Lusaka, give them a substantive in-house training on the new currency.
And NATSAVE Bank in Kabwe today broke its record of latency when it happened to be the only banking institution that had operational ATM machines.
All the banks were non-operational except for NATSAVE.
The only challenge was that the bank had no VISA services to allow inter-banking services, and as a result, only indigenous customers had an opportunity to use the facility.
Nonetheless, the three banks promised to resume their ATM machine banking services by 14:00 hours today while ZANACO hopes to resume its operations tomorrow.
Chiefs and traditional affairs Minister Nkandu Luo
ELDERLY people should not be abandoned because they are an important part of Zambia’s heritage, Chiefs and traditional affairs Minister Nkandu Luo has said.
Professor Luo said Zambians and Africans in general should not abandon old people but they should give elderly people comfort in their homes.
The Minister noted that it was unAfrican and unZambian for any person to abandon elderly parents.
Prof Luo was speaking in Livingstone yesterday when she handed over donated a 5, 000 litres water tank to Maramba Old People’s Village.
Besides donating a water tank valued at K3 million, Professor Luo also handed various food items to elderly people at Maramba Old People’s Village as New Year gifts valued at the cost of K2.5 million.
The handover ceremony was part of the commemoration of the 100 years of heritage law and 40 years of World Heritage Commission.
“As Zambians and Africans, we should not be abandoning old people but give them comfort in our homes.
The onus is on us as children and great grand children to look after our elderly people in society. Today we are what we are because of our parents and if we abandon elderly people, we won’t get blessings from God,” she said.
Professor Luo said she was happy to be part of the 100 years of heritage law and 40 years of World Heritage Commission.
“We have thought of coming to Maramba Old People’s Home especially to donate a water tank because they need it more than anybody else.
Water is life and if you look around this Village, old people need water and they also need food hence it was also thoughtful to donate food here,” Prof Luo said.
She said he would engage the Minister of Community Development, Maternal and Child Health Joseph Katema to see else could be done jointly to improve the Village.
“For instance, we can plant flowers here because plants are part of therapy. Planting flowers doesn’t cost much.
Old people’s homes in Europe and America, one of the things which give you conform and attraction is their surroundings,” she said.
Prof Luo also said Zambia needed to put a lot of its heritage sites at the centre state to promote tourism.
“Recently during heritage celebrations in South Africa, we visited heritage site and it is a world of its own inside.
For 2013, I challenge the director of heritage that we need to sit down and see how we can enhance some of our sites and make them attractive to tourists,” she said.
She said if the heritage sites were improved and presented to the World Heritage Commission, they would boost the tourism sector in the country.
“Even this Old People’s Home we can make it a tourist attraction for Livingstone. We can make it attractive and sell-able because they are people who would just like to visit and see elderly people
Even in terms of donations, we will have a lot of people coming from the international world to donate and even adopt the place,” she said.
Prof Luo urged the business sector in Zambia to consider coming on board to help upgrade Maramba Cultural Village especially as Livingstone prepares to co-host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly this year.
Business sector, remember the Village and contribute. Look at the Home in a more positive way so that we facelift the centre for our old people
National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC) executive director Collins Chipote said his Commission decided to celebrate the 100 years of heritage law and 40 years of world heritage convention by providing a water tank and foodstuffs to elderly people at Maramba Old People’s Home.
