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Zanaco travel to Power Dynamos tomorrow to play a Week 14 game in search of their first points in the league there since 2008.
The two archrivals clash in the biggest crowd puller in the Super Division this weekend in Kitwe at Arthur Davies Stadium.
Zanaco have lost in their last two visits to Power of this Midlands-versus-Copperbelt dual and their best result at Arthur Davies in three years has been a 1-1 draw in a week 16 game in 2008.
Furthermore, the two teams are both in the top five with Power in 3rd place on 25 points, three points more than Zanaco in 4th place.
This match has the potential to light-up with Zanaco banking on key striker Moses Phiri and Fabrice Mbimba while Power will flip the switch for kennedy Mudenda and Lottie Phiri to provide the sparks.
Meanwhile, the match between Nchanga Rangers and Zesco United has been postponed.
This is due to a bereavement at Nchanga where coach Bruce Mwape lost his son on Thursday.
16/07/2011
Super Division Week 14 Fixtures
Konkola Blades- Forest Rangers
Roan United-Kalewa
Nakambala Leopards-Kabwe Warriors
Lime Hotspurs-Nkana
Power Dynamos-Zanaco
Green Buffaloes-Green Eagles
17/07/2010
Red Arrows-Nkwazi
Postponed:
Nchanga Rangers-Zesco United
Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Eastern Province Chairperson Lucas Phiri with pointing finger
Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Eastern Province Chairperson this morning openly attacked reporters from the public media for what he termed as biased reporting.
Mr. Phiri scolded Journalists from Zambia News and Information services (ZANIS) and Times of Zambia who went to cover embattled Chipata Central Member of Parliament Lameck Mangani at a press briefing at Pine View guest house.
Mr. Phiri claimed the public media were not fair in their reporting and charged that they misrepresented facts.
Mr. Phiri threatened to chase away the ZANIS crew that was present saying the organization was misusing government resources by writing false stories in their news coverage.
He also warned that the PF will not allow the public media to cover the party rally that will be held in Chipata district tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Chipata Central MP Lameck Mangani acknowledged that the MMD had developed some sectors of the economy.
Mr. Managani cited some of the developments such as the opening of mines and the improved employment levels.
He stated that President Banda had also managed to maintain peace and economic stability in the country.
And the Former Deputy Minister has reiterated that his resignation from the ruling MMD is not because of personal hatred towards President Rupiah Banda.
Mr Mangani said that he was sensitive to what has been obtaining on the ground and decided to respond to the needs of his supporters who advised him to follow the wind of change.
But MMD Chipata District Chairperson Sinoya Mwale said that it was sad that the Former Deputy Minister of Works and Supply decided to resign from the ruling party just because the opposition PF seemed to attract more members and not because they had something better to offer the people of Zambia.
Mr. Mwale stated that Mr. Mangani had proved to the people of Chipata that he is not a genuine politician because he wants to follow what he calls a wind of change which had nothing better to offer.
He stated that Mr. Mangani and others who think the opposition PF will win the tripartite elections are being cheated because MMD is still strong on the ground.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda this afternoon visited house number C409 in Libuyu township where he lived when he was 24 years old.
Mr. Banda who arrived at the house slightly after 14 hours attracted a huge crowd as they tried to catch the glimpse of the Head of State.
The President was accompanied by Southern Province Minister Elijah Muchima, Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere and other senior government officials.
In an interview, Mr. Banda said he went to see the house because that was where he lived when he was 24 years old while he was working at the Post Office.
He described the visit to the house as emotional to him because it brought back memories of the time when he lived there.
Mr Banda told the crowd that had gathered to have a glimpse of him that he was their neighbour as he lived there before.
He said he lived there for two years and that his visit to that house gives hope to life.
The house now belongs to Etha Mweetwa who is a widow.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has awarded Universal Print Group Limited of Durban, South Africa a tender to print ballot paper booklets and nomination forms for the 2011
tripartite elections.
ECZ Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna said the tender was awarded to Universal Print Group after fulfilling all the tender requirements.
He said the award of the tender follows invitations by the commission of sealed bids from interested bidders through open tender procedures for the supply and delivery of ballot paper and nomination forms in April this year.
Mr. Akufuna said the tender was advertised in the print media for four weeks.
“This follows the invitation by the commission of sealed bids from interested bidders through open tender procedures for the supply and delivery of ballot paper and nomination forms on 27th March, 2011 which closed on 29th April 2011. The tender was advertised through the
print media for a period of four weeks” he said.
He disclosed that eight companies responded to the invitation and were evaluated in accordance with the laid down procedures.
He added that three companies qualified for technical evaluation and were examined in accordance with the technical specifications that were provided with specific references to bidding document.
Mr. Akufuna said in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today.
He said two companies qualified for analysis of their past performance records and site inspection was done on 6th and 7th June 2011.
He further said that the commission also inspected machinery and production technology and the security and surveillance technology at the premises and surroundings.
“Apart from inspecting machinery and production technology in place the commission also considered the security and surveillance technology at the premises and surroundings. In addition the commission needed to ascertain the binding, finishing, sorting,packaging, audit trail and related technologies at the printing facilities”
“And Universal Print of the republic of South Africa satisfied all these requirements and the commission has therefore awarded the tender to the company” he said.
Universal Print of South Africa was also contracted to print the 2006 General elections and the 2008 Presidential elections.
The Zambia football industry is in somewhat of the recession half way through the 2011 season.
For the first time in recent memory, there is no high profile movement of new prospects leaving the territorial limits of Zambia seeking greener pastures abroad.
Furthermore, there has so far been no major interest from traditional importer South Africa for fresh talent from Zambia in the run up to their 2011/2012 season kickoff next month.
If there has been any movement at all in the market, it has only been for old and experienced players like striker Signs Chibambo who recently moved to an undisclosed club in Thailand while Simba in Tanzania are chasing another striker Felix Sunzu Junior.
Meanwhile, the last time a player left a local club for a foreign stint was December 2010 when striker Vanecious Mapande moved from Zanaco to Arab Contractors in Egypt.
Mapande’s transfer was enhanced thanks to Zanaco’s participation in the Caf Confederation Cup group stage, a competition including the Caf Champions League where no Zambian club managed to reach the pool stage this season.
Business too has been hit mostly by the Under-23’s poor showing in the Olympic and All Africa Games qualifiers.
One needs just to look across the Zambezi into Zimbabwe who have benefitted from their good run in the All Africa Games qualifiers eliminating Zambia from the preliminary stage before South Africa ejected them in the third and final elimination stage.
South African clubs have targeted key Zimbabwe Under-23 players like Simba Sithole has joined Mamelodi Sundowns while Denver Mukamba and Amin Qadr are being courted by Maritzburg United and Orlando Pirates respectively.
The Cosafa Under-20 Championship coming up at the end of November will also have a telling on how productive local clubs have been in finding the next big thing.
The World’s leading search engine Google and leading video sharing website You Tube has partnered with local Internet service provider (ISP) AfriConnect to host the internet giant’s local cache operations.
AfriConnect Marketing Manager Janice Maliwa-Chipenzi announced in a statement in Lusaka today that AfriConnect will become the host operation for the Google and YouTube servers in Zambia.
“The effect of hosting this caching equipment is that all Google searches are carried out locally in Zambia (rather than in Europe or further afield), and that ‘popular’ searches from around the world are ‘pre-fetched’ or ‘saved’ on the servers – meaning search results are already on a server in the country, making searches notably faster, and saving international bandwidth. She said.
Since Google also own YouTube the same facility applies to searching for and viewing all popular videos – now held locally.
Ms Maliwa-Chipenzi said to make this service available to local internet users, AfriConnect has installed several high-powered computer servers linked to their own dedicated high-speed Internet link, all housed in a secure facility with fully resilient power and cooling systems.
She said the partnership with Google and you tube shows the level of confidence the international ICT sector has in the local ISP’s, a situation which will further enhance Zambia’s internet connectivity to the world.
“AfriConnect has been tirelessly building capacity on our network and thus Google choosing to partner with us as the Zambian location for hosting because of our ability to provide the necessary infrastructure to an international standard.” She added
Ms Maliwa-Chipenzi said AfriConnect is now working to ensure that users of other ISPs in the country can take advantage of the speed and savings.
“Our integration into Vodacom Business has also seen more resources put into upgrading our technical support. Our call centre has been expanded and now has more staff to handle all manner of technical queries. Our call centre which is open from 07hrs to 23hrs daily now has more dedicated lines. Our customers can reach us through our customer support email. We will continue to improve upon our infrastructure and support as we push to offer more than just internet.” said Janice Maliwa-Chipenzi.
An underground 11-KV power line which supplies electricity to the Lusaka International Airport has been cut off and stolen.
The 47-meters of three core-cables was stolen Wednesday night at about 23 hours on Airport road.
ZESCO Limited Public Relations Manager Andre Makulu who inspected the site where the cables have been cut-off says the Airport has since been put on alternative power supply.
Mr. Makalu told ZNBC News that it is unfortunate that people could steal power cables which supply electricity to a security installation.
Mr. Makulu urged the public to report any person found stealing or vandalising ZESCO installations.
The Ministry of Finance has issued a new statutory instrument which seeks to empower local entrepreneurs under the preferential reservation scheme in public procurement.
Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission Board Chairman Dr. Overs Banda says local entreprenuers will be empowered by reserving certain public procurements to Companies that are citizens influenced, empowered and owned.
Dr. Banda says a circular will be issued by Zambia Public Procurement Authority -ZPPA to instruct all government institutions and parastatals to commence implementation of the preferential regulations.
He says all procurement of goods not exceeding 3-billion kwacha will be reserved for the mentioned companies.
Dr. Banda told a media briefing that under building construction works, reservations will be up to 20-billion kwacha while for civil and road works, the thresholds shall be up to 30-billion kwacha.
He says other provisions of the instrument include providing for adjustment of bid prices during evaluation so that it favours citizens influenced companies and citizen owned and empowered companies.
Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane (right) talks to Deputy Minister Chileshe Kapwepwe after he addressed journalists in Lusaka
Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has described the classification of Zambia to the lower Middle Income status country by the World Bank as a clear manifestation that government’s economic policies are materializing.
Speaking to Journalists in Lusaka this morning, Dr. Musokotwane said this classification means a reduction in donor Aid to Zambia and increased foreign investment.
Dr. Musokotwane says Zambia will now be able to access non concession loans adding that previously the country had been constrained by concession financing which is limited.
The minister has further explained that the country now lies in the range of 1,600 to 3,975 dollars per capita income adding that the target for government is to reach up to over 1,200 dollars per capita income which is for a high income status country.
And Dr. Musokotwane has said the economic reform process has not been easy for government and that this achievement is as a result of political will towards driving the country to economic prosperity.
On whether Zambia’s classification translates into poverty reduction in the country, the minister says the effects on the average household will slowly manifest adding that even in the High Income status countries, problems of the effect are there.
Patrick Mwanawasa has responded to former vice president Enoch Kavindele’s advice for him to learn to respect elders by describing him as A finished old politician who should be the last person to give him advice.
Patrick said that he respects Mr. Kavindele as former vice president and successful businessman but advised him to save himself from being embarrassed.
Reacting to advice given to him by Mr. Kavindele that he is too young to engage himself in a confrontation with republican President Rupiah Banda, the late president Levy Mwanawasa’s eldest son observes that Zambia is a democratic nation stating that he will talk to any person in whichever way that pleases him.
Patrick, who recently defected from the ruling MMD to the opposition Patriotic Front, says Mr. Kavindele should realize that the political dispensation in the country is changing.
He says the last elderly leader to be given a mandate to run the country will be PF leader Michael Sata, who he says should also serve only five years and leave office for the young generation.
The zambian rap industry has been on the rise. Everybody knows somebody who is a “rapper”. Of Coarse they are not all good , but there are those that stand out.
Many are breaking barriers. the first barrier that needed to be broken was rapping in English. some people still have a problem when someone makes a song entirely in english , they say ” why cant you rap in your mother tounge?” or ” he is trying to sound american”. I credit Crisis for breaking that barrier. Since he come onto the scene with his hit song “One day” featuring JK , he has been rapping in english , he faced opposition but he has continued and is now ,in my opinion the most successful rapper in Zambia.
He is also the most consistent zambain rapper. There are many “one hit wonders” but C.R.I.$.I.$ definetly is not one of them. He has released 3 albums. And they all show his growth as an artist , both lyrically and production wise.
The reason why i say he is the most succesful zambian rapper is because of his many achievments such as:
He has sold 15 000+ CD’s in Zambia
In 2004 he had the third position in a rap battle in South Africa that aired live SABC.
In 2005 he signed deal with U.K.management, Clavel Inc,.
Also in 2005 he was First Zambian to perform at the Channel-O Video Music Awards performing his song “One day”.
Again in 2005 ,his album Officer in Charge was released. First hip-hop record, produced and released in Zambia by a Zambian artist.
In 2006 he won a Brath Award. Best Zambian Hip-Hop artist.
In 2008 he released ‘Designer’ his first U.K. debut.
In 2007 he appeared on a Mixtape by DJ Green Lantern, Myspace Monster Mash & DJ Ames, called US-UK Takeover also featuring Craig David & Lil’ Wayne
In 2009 he released is critically accliamed third album Mr. Swagger
In 2011 he won a BEFFTA award for Best International act.
The BEFFTA award was a very big achivement he was up against other well know artists such as Sade (UK), Fally Ipupa (DR Congo), 2 Face (Nigeria), Ali Kiba (Tanzania) and M.I. (Nigeria). He went on to dedicate the award to the people who told him to stop rapping in english.
He is currently working on a number of projects , he recently worked with US rapper Lil’Flip .A snippet of their collaboration, as well as other songs, can be heard on his facebook page.
Some of his stand out songs include “Fire Inside” featuring Linx and CamStar.
It is a very nice track , the beat and lyrics are on point . Great video
Another nice track is “Make the crowd go” featuring JK
It is a laid back track , JK assists with the hook and also does a bridge. He raps “…they thought i was a diamond imitation , research tells me they all thought with limitation.” , addressing the people who underestimated him.
Drug Enforcement Commission spokesperson John Nyawali
TWO Zambian women have been arrested in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for drug trafficking.
Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) spokesperson, John Nyawali said in a statement yesterday that Catherine Shapati, 54, and Audrey Namutowe, 28, both residents of Lusaka were arrested at Sao Paulo International Airport for trafficking in different quantities of cocaine.
Ms Namutowe was found with about 10 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in several handbags which were put in her suit case while Ms Shapati was found with an undisclosed quantity of cocaine hidden in the backpacks of her suitcase.
The two were arrested in separate incidents by the Brazilian federal police as they were about to board South African Airways flights to Johannesburg.
Ms Shapati and Ms Namutowe are being held at a women’s prison in Sao Paulo awaiting trial.
“The commission would like to warn members of the public especially women that there is a vicious and ruthless drug cartel operating in the Southern African Development Community region and is attempting to set up base in Zambia to recruit more drug couriers,” Mr Nyawali said
The Copper prices yesterday went up backed by better-than-expected Chinese growth and hopes of further monetary policy easing by the American Federal Reserve.
According to Reuters, the positive factors outweighed fears of spreading debt contagion across Europe and the possibility of more tightening measures by Beijing for now.
The prices for the three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.7 per cent to US$9,720 a tonne while the most-active September copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange jumped nearly 1.9 per cent to 72,460 Yuan per tonne.
China’s economy grew by 9.5 per cent in the second quarter from a year ago, not far from the 9.7 per cent expansion in the first three months of the year.
The data lifted Asian equities and other risk assets, despite nagging worries of a global slowdown at a time euro zone debt worries are also deterring investors.
Equally supportive of the base metals, was the belief by some Federal Reserve officials that further monetary policy easing could be needed if the recovery remains too sluggish to cut the stubbornly high America’s
jobless rate.
This raised hopes of a continued loose monetary policy that is supportive of commodities and pared the dollar’s strength from a four-month high reached in the previous session.
China’s June refined copper and copper concentrate outputs rose to 8.7 per cent and 12.7 per cent from May, respectively.
Coupled with a rebound in June copper imports and reported declines in Chinese bonded and ShFE warehouses data pointed to a steady demand for
the metal, traders said.
On a more pessimistic note, Moody’s cut Ireland’s credit rating to junk, warning that the debt-laden country was likely to need a second bailout, heightening fears of debt contagion in Europe.
[Times of Zambia]
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda arrived in Livingstone yesterday afternoon for a three-day working visit.
The presidential jet carrying Mr Banda, who was accompanied by First Lady Thandiwe, landed at Livingstone International Airport around 16:26 hours and the delegation proceeded to Royal Livingstone Hotel.
Mr Banda was welcomed by special assistant to the president for Press and public relations Dickson Jere, Southern Province Minister Elijah Muchima, Southern Province Permanent Secretary Gladys Kristafor, Livingstone District Commissioner Francis Chika, Government officials and MMD members.
He is today expected to officiate at the 2011 Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commissioning parade where officer cadets would graduate after one year of intensive training.
Among the graduating officers would be females, in line with the policy of President Banda’s Government which ensures women were provided with equal opportunities of competing with their male counterparts.
The ZAF academy in Livingstone has been producing quality officers for more than 40 years and many former students have risen to be high-ranking officers in Zambia’s military establishment.
After officiating at the ZAF commissioning parade, President Banda would address a public rally at Maramba Stadium.
The presidential delegation is expected to return to Lusaka after concluding business.
[Times of Zambia]
Tourism minister and Natural resorces minister Catherine Namugala with Commerce and trade Industry Felix Mutati during the Kasama MMD Provincial Conference
MMD chairperson for commerce, trade and industry Felix Mutati has said he is focused on helping the ruling party become stronger because it has demonstrated its vision to improve the living standards of the Zambian people.
He said the MMD Government would continue taking development to all the parts of the country.
Mr Mutati said the Government would ensure more job opportunities were created for the citizens so that they contribute to the growth of the economy.
He dispelled reports that he intended to defect to the opposition Patriotic Front (PF).
He said he could not defect to PF because the MMD Government had continued to score tremendous successes in making Zambia a better country than it was some years ago.
“Let’s deal with serious national issues. I am a focused MMD member holding very senior positions and now I am in Mpika carrying out Government work. So why should some people force me to defect?” Mr Mutati asked.
