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Former United States President George W. Bush and his wife Laura when they arrived in Lusaka at Kenneth Kaunda international airport.
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President Sata welcomes former United State president George W. Bush and his wife Laura when they arrived in Lusaka at Kenneth Kaunda international airport
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President Sata introduces Dr Dave Kishore to former United States President George W. Bush at Kenneth Kaunda international airport.
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President Sata introduces Zambia Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese to former United States president George W. Bush at Kenneth Kaunda international airport
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President Michael Sata with former American President George Bush at State House.
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Laura Bush signs the State house guest book while President Sata and former President George Bush look on at State House.
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President Sata, First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba, former United States president George W. Bush and his wife Laura at State House
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President Sata, First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba, former United State president George W. Bush and his wife Laura at State House
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President Sata and former United States president George W. Bush toast during a luncheon at State House
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Former United States president George W. Bush waves as he is sandwiched by Lusaka province Minister Miles Sampa (right) and Dr. Groesbeck P. Parham at George Clinic in Lusaka.
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Dr. Groesbeck Parham introduces former United States president George W. Bush to cancer survivors at George Clinic in Lusaka.
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United States president George W. Bush with First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba at George Clinic in Lusaka
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United States president George W. Bush applauds First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba at George Clinic in Lusaka.
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United States president George W. Bush makes a presentation while his wife Laura, First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba listen at George Clinic in Lusaka
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United States (US) president George W. Bush, Health Minister Dr Joseph Kasonde and US Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella at George Clinic in Lusaka.
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United States (US) president George W. Bush, US Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella, his wife Laura and First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba in Lusaka
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Former United States president George W. Bush talks to a cancer survivor Veronica Shipanuka at the cancer Diseases Centre located at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka .
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President Mugabe (l) and President Sata after a closed door meeting at Royal Livingstone Hotel
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President Sata (r) talks to President Mugabe at Royal Livingstone Hotel
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President Sata and President Mugabe confer after a closed door meeting at Royal Livingstone Hotel
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President Sata talks to President Mugabe after a closed door meeting at Royal Livingstone Hotel
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President Sata and President Mugabe (l) after a closed door meeting at Royal Livingstone Hotel
President Michael Sata has revealed that the MMD government illegally printed money from two other printers apart from De la rue.
The president says the fake money is currently circulating on the market.
He questioned why secretaries to the treasury and cabinet Evans Chibiliti and Joshua Kanganja who served in the previous government have remained mute on the matter.
Mr. Sata says the previous government also appointed a committee of three chiefs who are going round the country to destabilize the nation.
He says instead of going round to establish the welfare of chiefs, they are going round provinces using fake money to antagonize and dilute the effect of government.
President Sata said this at State house on Monday when he swore in three Deputy Ministers in the Ministry of Education, Works Supply, transport and Communication and Agriculture.
Those appointed include Brigadier General Benson Kapaya as Deputy Minister for Agriculture, David Mabumba as Deputy Minister for Education and Mutaba Mwali as Deputy Minister for Works and Supply.
The President urged the newly appointed Deputy Ministers to be loyal to their ministers and government.
Meanwhile, President Sata says those criticising the resignation of Msanzala Independent Member of Parliament George Lungu, should bear in mind that the constitution provides for such.
He says concerns on the cost of holding by-elections must be left to government which has provided money to hold these polls in an event that an MP dies or resigns.
The President was speaking at State House on Monday when he swore in three commissioners from the remaining 20 man committee appointed to draft the constitution.
Mr. Sata has since urged the commissioners to draw up a constitution that will stand a test of time.
He says the commissioners should draw up their own terms of reference on how they will draft the constitution.
Those sworn in as commissioners include CCZ General Secretary Reverand Susan Matale, Father Ivis Chituba and Rodger Chongwe.
Lands, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a countrywide land audit which will result in all “irregularly and corruptly” acquired land in the last 10 years being repossessed by the State.
Government has also warned that it will prosecute and dismiss any officials from the Ministry of Lands found to have been involved in any illegal land sales.
Land, Energy and Water Development Minister, Christopher Yaluma, said in Lusaka yesterday that the land audit was, in the long run, meant to enable Zambians easier access to land.
“We have just started some random land audit. We are, soon, going to embark on a countrywide audit to ensure that all the land that was irregularly acquired in the last 10 years is repossessed. “If there are officials from my ministry involved in these irregular allocations, we shall ensure that they are prosecuted and fired instantly,” he said.
The Minister has since called upon members of the public to provide information of any irregularly or corruptly acquired land.
He said it was the Patriotic Front (PF) Government’s policy that all Zambians should benefit from their natural resources like land.
Meanwhile Mr. Yaluma has said that Government was working towards ensuring that Zambians access oil products like petrol, diesel and kerosene at affordable prices.
He said government was looking to find alternative fuel sources that would supply the commodity at a reasonable price.
“We need to cut off the middlemen because that is what is making fuel expensive. We want Zambians to get better prices for diesel, petrol and kerosene,” he said.
The minister also revealed that the PF Government was reviewing the solar geyser programme that was started by the MMD in collaboration with Zesco Limited.
He said while the solar geyser project was being used as a political gimmick by the previous government, it could help the country save on electricity if well implemented.
“We are reviewing the project, if well implemented and not as a political gimmick, the project can help us manage the electricity shortages and even enable us save power so that the country could even have excess,” he said.
Before the September 20 tripartite elections, the MMD embarked on a solar geyser project, which was targeted at densely populated residential areas. The project was launched by former president, Rupiah Banda.
[Times of Zambia]
LUSAKA Mayor, Daniel Chisenga has demanded that Government terminates and reverses the transaction with Egyptian investors currently proposing to develop Baobab land on Kafue Road.
Speaking in an interview in Lusaka during the week, Mr Chisenga said that the previous Government allegedly usurped powers of the Lusaka City Council and single-handedly made the decision to give land to Legacy Holdings who promised to develop it by putting up a shopping mall, hotel and other structures.
Mr Chisenga said that when the council advertised asking residents to apply for plots in Baobab area, the Government accused councillors of wanting to share the plots among themselves.
He said it was on the basis of these unfounded suspicions that the previous Government usurped the powers of the local authority to give out land.
“We were ignored as a council by the MMD Government and what we are now asking the current Government is to reverse that whole transaction. From the start it is clear that there has been lack of transparency.
“As a council who are the planning authority, we are still in the dark about what these Egyptians are putting up there. All this is happening because the MMD decided to ignore us and it is appropriate that the Government reverses this transaction,” Mr Chisenga said.
He said that from the little information that the council had, it has turned out that Legacy Holdings allegedly sold the piece of land to an Egyptian investor who has only managed to set up base on the piece of land. Legacy Holding was given the land to develop and not to sell to other developers.
Mr Chisenga said that had the council been allowed to give out plots at the Baobab land, the local authority would have, by now, managed to develop it using service charges and land rates.
He said the land remained undeveloped to date because of the manner in which the transaction was handled.
Mr Chisenga said apart from servicing the area, the local authority could have been earning revenue through rates and service charges.
A Times visit to the area, recently, found a billboard that read: “Proposed Copperfield Village on sub 632 of Plot 4300.” The clients for the project are indicated as Legacy Holding Zambia. Legacy holding
Zambia was also the project manager.
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has summoned Committee of Citizens executive director, Gregory Chifire and President Michael Sata’s son, Mulenga, over allegations that the latter has acquired two luxurious vehicles worth K1.8 billion.
And Mr Chifire has welcomed President Sata’s directive to have the two appear before the DEC over the allegations.
DEC acting spokesperson, Samuel Silomba, said in Lusaka yesterday that officers from the investigative wing have been trying to contact both Mulenga and Mr Chifire.
“I want to confirm that we are summoning the two and officers are trying to make contact with them, especially Mr Chifire. Even this morning officers were trying to contact Mr Chifire,” he said.
Mr Silomba has since encouraged members of the general public to report any suspicious matters to the Commission.
“We would like to encourage members of the public to have confidence in law enforcement agencies by providing information before they even decide to go public,” he said.
In an interview, Mr Chifire said in Lusaka yesterday that he was waiting for the DEC to summon him so that he could tell them what he knew.
President Sata directed that investigations be instituted into the allegations made by Mr Chifire that his son had acquired two luxurious vehicles within 60 days that the father had been in office.
“First of all I do not think it should be a media war, I was just a whistle blower. I am waiting for the summons from the DEC so that I go and say what I know and other businesses. The directive by the president is very welcome. I was just a whistle blower,” he said.
Mr Chifire said he could not make baseless accusations against the president’s son if he did not have evidence.
He, however, pointed out that he would not accuse Mulenga of being guilty because Zambian laws were clear that one was innocent until proven guilty.
“I would not say that he is guilty because our Constitution is very clear that everyone is innocent until proven guilty by a competent court of law. I, however, stand by the statement I issued about the allegations,” he said.
Mulenga, who is Kabulonga Ward Councillor, had given Mr Chifire up to yesterday to apologise or face legal action.
According to Mulenga’s lawyers Mweemba Chashi and Partners, the President’s son warned that he would seek legal action unless Mr Chifire retracted his statement and apologised.
Mr Chifire had challenged Government to explain how Mulenga allegedly became rich suddenly when he had been selling dogs before his father became President.
The outspoken NGO leader alleged that Mulenga had suddenly acquired money and property in unexplained circumstances.
Among the properties Mulenga is alleged to own was a brand new Jeep costing about K800 million and a brand new Toyota GX, valued at about K1 billion.
But William Mweemba from Mweemba Chashi and Partners, said in a letter addressed to Mr Chifire that the statement attributed to the NGO leader was defamatory and had injured Mulenga as a businessman, professional civil Engineer and politician.
Following the accusations, President Sata ordered investigations into the matter and urged Mr Chifire to furnish the investigative wings with necessary information concerning the matter.
President Sata, who has received commendation on the directive, has vowed not to shield anyone from prosecution and has since advised Mr Chifire to put down a formal complaint with the law enforcement
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The quest for six pack abs does not begin and end with ab workouts, but they are very important.
The aim of this workout is to train all the muscles of the core to produce a a pefect chiselled six-pack.
Perform this workout between 2-4 times per week ,with no rest in between moves, it should take you just 10 minutes to complete.
THE WORKOUT
This workout is for both men and women ,repeat each workout 3 times
The long-arm crunch
12 reps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-z5JXFif4A&feature=related How its done
Lie on your back with your knees bent and your arms straightened behind you.
Then, keeping your arms straight above your head, perform a traditional crunch.
The movement should be slow and controlled.
Why you should do it By extending your arms you add a longer ‘lever’ to the exercise, placing a greater strain on the upper region of the rectus abdominis.
The reverse crunch
12 reps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIupf5NKtt4&feature=related How its done
Lie on your back and place your hands behind your head, then bring your knees in towards your chest until they’re bent to 90 degrees, with feet together or crossed.
Contract your abs to curl your hips off the floor, reaching your legs up towards the ceiling, then lower your legs back down to their original position without letting your feet touch the floor.
This ensures your abs are continually activated.
The exercise should be slow and controlled, with no leg swinging or overuse of hip flexors. Pay particular attention to the downward phase – it’s tempting to let your legs drop, but they key is to maintain tension in the abdominals throughout the entire exercise.
Why you should do it Although it’s important to remember that your rectus abdominis is actually one long muscle that travels from your lower chest to your pelvis and that most abdominal specific exercises train the entire muscle, the reverse crunch will emphasise the lower part of the stomach muscle.
Janda sit-up
12 reps
How to do it Lie on your back with your knees bent and hands placed behind your head. Then try ‘digging’ your heels into the floor, contracting your hamstrings, whilst performing an ordinary crunch.
Why you should do it The theory is that by contracting your hamstrings, you disengage your hip flexors, which in turn makes the muscles of the stomach work that much harder during the exercise.
The Jacknife
12 reps
How its done
Place a mat on the floor, lie down on your back and extend your arms above your head.
Simultaneously lift your arms and legs toward the ceiling, until your fingertips touch your toes, then return to your starting position.
Why you should do it After specifically targeting (and pre-exhausting) the upper and lower regions of the rectus abdominis muscle, the jackknife exercise is a great way to comprehensively train the stomach muscles in their entirety in one exercise.
The extended plank
45 second
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4T_rTIUnt0 How its done
Get into a press-up position, placing your hands around 10 inches in front of your shoulders, with the toes of your shoes placed against the floor.
Hold this position with your back straight and try to continue to breathe as normal.
Why you should do it Very similar to the traditional plank, this specifically trains the transverse abdominis muscle – the deepest layer of abdominal muscle which wraps around the whole midsection. By extending your hands past the shoulders you force the muscles involved in the plank to work over a larger (and more difficult) range of movement
American Gospel Musician Kirk Franklin has arrived in the country. He is making his debut visit to Zambia with expectations from the locals upped after experiencing his charismatic kind of musical display from the screens.
The 41 year old renowned artist is schedule to work with local musicians during his stay and later host a concert within the capital Lusaka.
Speaking to Muvi TV news on arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, Franklin said he is looking forward to working with Zambian musicians to help them excel in their careers.
He added the music should be used by those in the industry to promote behavior change among the young people who are an important asset.
ALL is set for the world acclaimed and top-selling Gospel artist Kirk Franklin historical concert slated for today Monday, December 5 at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre.
Two years ago one of our readers sent us this story which was a true account of her life.It was very difficult for the author to relive her past and write this article but she did it to help other girls,women and parents who might entrust their daughters to relatives.A few days after the article was published Lusakatimes got an email from one of the men who was mentioned later in the story.He sought forgiveness for his involvement and said he had carried guilt with him for many years.We also got emails from women, some in their 50’s who shared similar stories but never felt they had a voice and applauded the author for her courage.This article is being republished to give a voice to the voiceless in the Zambian society.
This girl is NOT the author of this story but around the same age the author was sexually abused by her rich uncle
By Indi
I was five year old when I left the Southern province with my young sister to go to live on the Copperbelt. The Copperbelt (CB) was the place to be at that time, the mines were giving the best jobs and scholarships, the best private schools could be found here, visas to shop in the UK were unlimited, the Duty Free shops where everywhere and of course it was a big thing to miss the Trade Fair.
I loved the trade fair and took pride in how many candyfloss I could eat in one day. So the idea to travel to the CB and live with my very rich uncle and his wife sounded like was the best thing that could ever happen to me. My parents had allowed us to stay with my uncle for the first three years to be able to attend the mine schools there. As my aunt and uncle had no children, it would be an ideal thing to do but all those details and more did not matter to me as I was going to live in the place of my dreams.
The first weeks of arriving there were heaven on earth, I had no idea that this would soon change. I soon became my uncle´s sex pet. It all started with simple sexual sayings like, “you do not have your breasts yet at your age?”, “What lovely long straight legs you have!” etc. I took these comments as compliments and also eyeopeners to pray that I would develop fast and have breasts. But I liked being with uncle, he just showed us the best times in life.
The comments would change to small touches on my private parts and chest. I was five years of age and thought it was some kind of game that I really did not want to play. It was then that I started to get weary and shy of being in his presence.[pullquote]I never gave them the details of what he did to me, but when I got home, I was whipped by my aunt so badly that I swore on everything in my life never to repeat this story or even hint at it. She accused me of trying to wreck her home, reputation and called me lots of ugly names. Names that would soon become a part of me. She told me, I was useless, ugly and a home wrecker[/pullquote]
Uncle who was 36 years at the time began to play “games”. Games that were secrets never to be told. Uncle`s game of touch would turn to showing me pornographic movies. My parents never allowed us to watch any form of kissing in any movie, magazine or newspaper. So when the porno movie started, I did what I always did, cover my eyes with my hands and hope that it would soon be over. I never knew what I was watching but it was full of sounds and not words. I run out of the room to my sleeping room. I did not want to disobey my parents.
By the time I turned six, the movies, touching games had soon began to be a part of my weekly life. I was afraid to tell because I was just so scared Then the sexual molestation began, the bait was my young sister. If I refused to do what he said, he told me that he would go after my sister and kill us. I never wanted that. I had to protect my sister. So I surrendered to his demands. I never understood this but I knew this game was not what I ever wanted to play and I just wanted to go home. My aunt was always busy and attended every single party/event there was to attend. After all she was the Boss´ wife and a very important person in the community.
But the holiday we were to come home, my aunt had her first baby and unfortunately we had to stay. But my parents did come and visit us, but I never got around to tell them what was going on. I cried so much the day they came but everyone around me including myself said it was homesickness. My parents were surprised to see that I was no longer carefree (I have to admit that I was very lazy in terms of doing house chores) but became so clean and concerned. The truth was, I thought my hard work would make me so tired that I never woke up to do what my molester wanted.
My abuser would soon get tired of his molesting and wanted more. Three days before my seventh birthday, he took me in his big car for a ride with his young son. We rode to a river bank or was that a dam, I never can remember. He took me out of his car and slapped me so hard, I could not understand why. His son was quietly sleeping and I looked around for someone nearby, but there was nobody. He kicked me so hard in my stomach. I was so confused and in pain that I just did not know what to do. It was in my confusion and crying that he raped me. The feeling was like that of the sharpest razor cutting me down there. He told me it was a way to make me feel like a woman, to be mature and he was doing me a favor and if I told anyone he would kill me.
All I did was try to scream, but his hand was over my mouth, and cry and wish never to be a woman because what I felt during the rape hurt me so bad. I was bleeding and thought I was going to die.
When we returned home, he was laughing and being nice and acted like nothing had happened. My aunt noticed my sad face and the blood on my clothes and she asked me what had happened and he was fast to say I had began my menstrual period. I did not know what those words meant and agreed to what he said. I went to bath asking myself did every woman go through this to become a woman? What about my mum, did she go through it too?
I never died that night but I held my sister so hard because I did not want her to feel what I felt. I cried myself to sleep. The next morning the pain was still there and I could barely walk, so I stayed in bed. My aunt came in and told me things about “periods”, something that made no sense to me. She also warned me to stay away from boys as I could get pregnant. The bleeding had eventually stopped but the pain was excruciating. I hated to have to urinate.
Within a week of this experience, my abuser carried on sexually abusing me. I kept asking, how many times do I have to be cut down there to become a woman? As he sometimes came into my room late in the night, I would always be up and awake and loud hoping that my aunt would hear what was going on. But all my efforts were in vain as we lived in a very large house.
That year my cousin had been killed in a car crash, so we had to go to the funeral. As we sat around the fire, I told my abuser´s sister and a number of other relatives that were willing to hear how my uncle had sometimes late in the night come into my room.
I never gave them the details of what he did to me, but when I got home, I was whipped by my aunt so badly that I swore on everything in my life never to repeat this story or even hint at it. She accused me of trying to wreck her home, reputation and called me lots of ugly names. Names that would soon become a part of me. She told me, I was useless, ugly and a home wrecker.
Right after the funeral Aunt had to travel to London, we had to look after our baby cousin. Uncle heard about my incident at the funeral, and he pulled me by the hair out of the house and drove me to his friends house. I was so shaken that I thought he would beat me up, but it turned out I would be in a porno movie and I was the leading actress. I had never felt so dirty in my life but I never wanted him to kill me or my sister like he said he would. His friends enjoyed taking turns at me too. I had to oblige, I was being made into a woman and I belonged to him.
When we drove back to the mansion, my sister was so scared and came to my bed and we cried together. I prayed every night that he or his friends would stop these “woman” lessons because I just wanted to be a girl. It hurt so bad to be a grown up. I prayed to God that I would even stop playing those grown up games, like putting lemons in my chest pretending they were my breasts or wearing my aunts shoes because I was now happy to be a girl. But for some reason the answer never came. Where was my God? I went to church and tried hard not to sin. I just wanted God to save me and my sister from being killed.
When we finally went home that August, I was so happy but then I became afraid of all men in my life including my own father and brothers. I never wanted to play and hid behind house chores and reading.
The remaining year, we stayed with my parents and I started to feel normal again, but then my aunt came to collect us just before my ninth birthday to return to the Copperbelt. I thought my uncle had told her to come and kill us …that when it was time for us to leave, I went into the car without looking back at my family and falling back into my abuser´s hands. Many months went by and the abuse got worse but I accepted it as a part of my life. I was beaten and tied down if I refused but fear had the best of me.
United Party for National Development (UPND) has described the recent resignation of Msanzala independent Member of Parliament in Petauke district, Colonel, Joseph Lungu, as the worst plunder of national resources.
Party Deputy National Spokesperson, Cornelius Mweetwa allege that the current scheme by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) to boost its numbers in Parliament is primitive.
Mr. Mweetwa, who is Choma Central MP, says the reported resignation of the Msanzala legislator barely two-months after general elections, is disappointing.
He said although Colonel Lungu, as a democratic right of association, it is morally wrong for him to subject the people of Msanzala to a by-election so soon.
Colonel Lungu has resigned from his position as Member of Parliament and joined the ruling Patriotic Front (PF).
This is not the first time an MP is resigning after September, 20th elections and force a by-election.
Meanwhile, The long awaited opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) general assembly next year will be held next year.
[pullquote]Mr. Hapunda says all positions in the party’s National Management Committee will be contested for and that all eligible members are free to apply[/pullquote]
The mandatory general assembly comes six years after the last convention was held in 2006. The party failed to hold a mandatory general assembly prior to the 2011 tripartite elections, as prescribed by its party constitution for unknown reasons.
UPND National Youth Coordinator, Brian Hapunda has disclosed that his party is in full gear to prepare for its elective general assembly.
Mr. Hapunda says all positions in the party’s National Management Committee will be contested for and that all eligible members are free to apply
The Zambian flag flies along the Presidential flag characterised by the Coat Arms
The Electoral Institute of Southern Africa has observed that some Zambian laws on the qualifications of presidential candidates are inconsistent with regional principles.
The institute has singled our article 34, which contains the parentage and domiciled clause not allowed in the Principles for electoral Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC region.
According to the institute’s interim statement on the just ended 2011 elections, the two clauses should be amended if Zambian elections are to meet international standards.
According to article 34 of the current republican constitution, a person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as President if both his parents are Zambians by birth or descent he has been domiciled in Zambia for a period of at least 20 years.
Zambia Under-20 stayed in second place in Group C at the Cosafa Youth Championships in Botswana after beating Mauritius 4-0 this evening in Molepolole.
The defending champions were inspired by a brace scored by Nkana’s teenage striker Reynold Kampamba in the 31st and 46th minutes.
Red Arrows midfielder Shadreck Malambo added the third goal in the 68th minute.
Nkana striker Evans Kangwa scored Zambia’s fourth of the game and his third goal of the tournament in the 79th minute.
Zambia have 4 points from two games, level with leaders South Africa who drew 1-1 with 3rd placed Tanzania in the earlier kickoff at the same venue.
Only goal difference separates the three teams on four points each from two games placed.
It looks like Group C will go down to the wire on Tuesday with the derby showdown between South Africa and Zambia at 17:00 hours at the same venue taking center stage.
Zambia national soccer team head coach Herve Renard
Herve Renard has talked tough that changes are coming in the 2012 Africa Cup bound team but one department in particular needs serious attention.
The other day I sat down with some Copperbelt-based ex footballers who aired their concern over the state of the Zambia goalkeeping department.
Their concerns were not about Kennedy Mweene but about the quality he lacks in competition from the bench.
In particular, they said, does Kalililo Kakonje still deserve to continue being Zambia’s number two?
Mweene has been peerless since 2005 after replacing Kalililo as number one.
Furthermore, I agree with the guys that the TP Mazembe substitute goalkeeper has been inactive since leaving Amazulu in 2010 and so is it justifiable to keep him on?
If so, is Faz telling us that a foreign-based bench-warming goalkeeper was enough criteria to get you a national team place?
Or don’t we have enough quality at home in Joshua Titima of Power Dynamos or Jacob Banda of Zesco United to measure up to Kalililo’s grade?
Zambia had no sufficient information to arrest Former US President George W. Bush who was visiting the country.
President Michael Sata says the Amnesty International had not given government sufficient information regarding Mr. Bush’s arrest.
Mr. Sata was speaking to journalists shortly after he arrived at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport where he had gone to see off Mr. Bush on today.
The Amnesty International had made fresh calls on three countries to arrest Mr. Bush during his trip to Africa.
Mr. Bush whose second stop over was Zambia after visiting Tanzania has left for Ethiopia.
He is in Africa to promote HIV/AIDS relief efforts and to raise awareness on cervical cancer.
And yesterday, Zambia has dismissed an international rights group’s call for the arrest on torture charges of former President George W. Bush, who has been touring Africa to raise awareness about cervical and breast cancer.
“On what basis does Amnesty International want us to arrest President Bush?” Foreign Affairs Minister Chishimba Kambwili asked.
[pullquote]“On what basis does Amnesty International want us to arrest President Bush?” Foreign Affairs Minister Chishimba Kambwili asked.[/pullquote]
Kambwili said Zambia would have considered the request only if it had come from the International Criminal Court acting on behalf of international organizations like the United Nations.
Earlier in the week, Amnesty International said it had asked Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia to arrest Bush, “someone who has admitted to authorizing waterboarding.” As president, Bush authorized the interrogation technique that simulates drowning and is viewed as torture by many.
Bush is warmly remembered across Africa for his U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which since 2003 has provided AIDS treatment to millions on the continent hardest hit by the disease.
Bush started his Africa tour in Tanzania. He launched his Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon project Friday in Zambia.
The project is aimed at expanding the availability of breast care education and cervical cancer screening and treatment.
The government says there is need re-capitalise the railway transport sector.
