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Nkana left it until late to record a critical 2-1 home win over Choma Eagles to move within two points of securing their top flight survival an important 2-1 home win over Choma Eagles in a Faz Super Division Week 24 game at Wusakile Stadium in Kitwe today.
Linos Makwaza’s side is unbeaten in four successive league games and are in 5th place on 34 points needing only two points to stay in the top flight for another session after they were promoted this year.
Meanwhile, in their game against Choma, Nkana took the lead in the 35th minute through an unlikely hero.
A rare first half outing for former midfield protégé Cement Mulenga yielded results when he set the tone for Nkana following his first goal in six years for the record 11-time league champions in the 35th minute.
It is never easy to beat any team coached by Keagan Mumba whose Choma side equalized in the 86th minute but he met his match in Makwaza whose side secured their vital win in the dying minutes of the game through Evans Kangwa.
Wedson Nyirenda has accused referees of conspiring against Zanaco in the Caf Confederation Cup.
On Friday, Zanaco had their second sent off in successive games when striker Winston Kalengo was shown a red card for an innocuous challenge just a week after coach Nyirenda was sent to the stands for questioning the referees decisions that was followed by a flurry of four cautions for his players.
10-man Zanaco on Friday lost 2-1 away to CS Sfaxien of Tunisia in their fourth Group B match played in Sfax.
“All the time Zanaco is playing whether at home or away, it is like we are always pitted against referees,” Nyirenda said
But Nyirenda said Zanaco will bounce back on October 2 when they host FUS Rabat of Morocco at Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka.
Zanaco are 3rd in Group B while Sfaxien top on 7 points for at least 24 hours ahead of the FUS-Haras El Hodoud game.
FUS who led Group B on six points before Friday’s game are away in Egypt to face Haras in Alexandria on Sunday evening.
If you have spent any time in the presence of baboons you will have noticed that they often pick through one another’s fur. This is called grooming. One’s first thought is that this serves a hygienic purpose by helping another get fleas and dirt out; similar to a cat licking their fur. Actually, on my last game drive (not is Kasanka) this was the explanation our guide gave us when we came across grooming baboons. I held my tongue J. Grooming does serve a hygienic purpose and often you will also see baboons grooming themselves, however, for baboons grooming is much more than cleanliness.
Grooming can be called the “glue” that holds the social group together.
Grooming creates and maintains bonds between individual baboons.
Apart from eating, sleeping and traveling to feed and sleep, baboons spend their time resting and grooming one another.
The same adult female reciprocates by grooming the adult male
Of course it must feel good to BE groomed, but recent research has actually found that grooming another individual also feels good.
Grooming and being groomed has been shown to decrease stress levels in baboons (e.g. cortisol). In baboon society females remain in their birth group, while males transfer when they are mature adults. Because of this, females are closely bonded and grooming is most commonly seen between females and females and females and their offspring. Other grooming relationships do exist including juveniles grooming males, and males and females grooming one another.
Grooming relationships between males and females are a strong indicator of opposite-sex friendship in baboons.
Data I collected last summer shows that grooming interactions are very different in Kinda baboons compared to chacma, yellow and olive baboons.
Supporters for Kasama central PF Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba chanting party slogans outside the Woodlands police Station.
by Gerald Nkisu Katayi
Is wife battering a criminal act in Zambia? This one question can be answered by different opinions across the nation. The diverseness in answering this question can be justified by different sources that inform Zambians. As it has been said, “who educates you controls you”.
One of our own law makers is allegedly to have battered his wife. He is not the first nor is he going to be the last man to lay his hands on his spouse. Zambian women are battered in marriages and even during courtship by their boy friends. But who says these acts are criminal?
Zambia is a country of ethnic diversity; this means Zambians can have the same question, yet give different answers and none of the answers will be wrong. Tradition, Religion and English Law are the main sources of information where decisions are derived from. Both of these institutions are alive and well; they are both entertained by the society and politicians yet in some cases they antagonize each other.[pullquote]Zambian women are battered in marriages and even during courtship by their boy friends[/pullquote]
In some Zambian traditions wife battering is part of showing love, in fact some women complain when violence is absent in their marriage; meaning they don’t feel loved. English Law (State) will interpret the same scenario as criminal and punishable offence, while the Church will say love is not easily provoked, thinks no evil, love has patience, love is kind, (1 Corinthians 13:5-7), avoiding any form of violent.
In one society we give recognition to traditional and civil marriages, we have traditional healers and medical doctors; we have local courts to deal with cultural matters, chiefs to rule over their tribes, culture to interpret the norms of a tribe. On the other hand we have the police to enforce the Law, criminal courts to determine the State Law and politicians to rule. In case of wife battering, when tradition says yes, the State will say no! In this case who is right and who is wrong?
Tradition sees hunting as a way of survival, the State calls it poaching and is a punishable offence, tradition in some places supports early marriages, the State brings in girl child education, witch battering is acceptable in some chiefdoms, the State says that is an assault, tradition has it that a woman should endure pain, even when ill she should cook for her husband, the state has women’s rights.
Polygamous marriages are allowed by some traditions, the Church and the State say no. Should the State then arrest the traditional follower who is polygamous? If a chief who is a follower and the keeper of tradition and culture beats up his wife, are the society and the Law going to demonize him? Or is it that some animals are more equal than others?
If a man is empowered by his tradition to batter his wife as away of showing love or solving family disputes, why should the Law come in? Is this then a divided society?
It is tantamount to persecution to try a Christian by sharia law which is Islamic. Why is it in order to try an ardent traditional follower in the courts of law for wife battering? Can this be seen as persecuting the traditionalist?
Both the Church, tradition and the State are institution that influences people’s decisions. Are these three institutions on the same standing? If not; when does tradition becomes inferior to the Law in the case of wife battering? These institutions must be harmonized like in Kenya where chiefdoms are abolished in order to create a more “united conscience society”. If the Law and traditions are allowed to operate without clear distinction, how is the society that is so diverse going to know if wife battering is an offence or not?
Members of the diplomatic corp have described President Rupiah Banda speech during the official opening of the fifth session of the tenth National Assembly as brilliant and inspiring.
President Banda today opened the fifth session of parliament and addressed a numbers of issues ranging from the country’s internal matters to regional and international relations.
Russian Ambassador to Zambia Boris Malakhov told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today, that the President’s speech has given cooperating partners confidence that Zambia is ready to improve its international relations with other countries.
Mr Malakhov disclosed that in areas of peace and security Zambia has scored a number of successes that are good for international relations.
He said President Banda’s speech has further demonstrated that the Zambian government is ready to continue building on the peace and security that it has already achieved.
He cited the assuming of the Chairmanship of the Southern African Development Communities (SADC) on Peace and Security by President Banda as one of the indications that Zambia has a significant role to play in the promotion of peace in the South African region and the African continent as a whole.
And Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Qianmin has described the speech by President Banda as brilliant.
Ambassador Li noted the speech by the President brings hope not only to Zambians but even other cooperating partners.
He said the speech by the President will also go a long way in enhancing its social and economic development for the betterment of the citizens.
Meanwhile, Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi in a separate interview has expressed happiness with the Presidents announcement on the need to have uniform fuel prices.
Mr. Milupi noted that he was happy that government has responded positively on the urgent need to have a uniform pricing system on all petroleum products throughout the country just like the way it is with electricity.
He explained that the move will make the rural community compete favorably with their urban counterparts when it comes to investing in the energy sector.
During the opening of the fifth session of tenth National Assembly today, President Banda announced that government has worked out a uniform pricing mechanism to ensure fuel prices across the country are some.
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has stated that it is working on addressing concerns regarding the operations of the Chirundu One Stop Border Post.
ZRA Commissioner General Criticles Mwansa said the institution has since put up a team to walk through the border post which is the first one of its kind in Africa to access the challenges.
He said the team which would be accompanied by stakeholders and sponsors will then recommend solutions which are supposed to be addressed.
Mr Mwansa has further added that ZRA has set a deadline of October to address the concerns which some cross border traders have complained that are defeating its purpose.
He further noted that the one stop border post was meant to lessen congestion at border points hence making international trade effective.
Mr Mwansa was speaking in an Interview with Muvi TV Business News in Lusaka.
The Zambian Government is also working on establishing one stop border posts in many of its borders with neighboring countries with the current one being the Kasumbalesa border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
[ MUVI TV ]
Expelled Kafulafuta Member of parliament George Mpombo
Expelled Movement for Multiparty Democracy Kafulafuta Member of Parliament George Mpombo has described president Rupiah Banda’s address to parliament yesterday as flat.
Mr Mpombo said he found the president’s speech to parliament yesterday more of a political campaign than issue based.
He said it is the first time in Zambia’s history that the president has chosen to use his official opening speech to parliament to campaign.
He says such is a departure from the true tradition of addressing the people of Zambia through parliament.
Meanwhile Mr Mpombo said much as the uniform pricing of fuel announced by the president in his speech is commendabl but he failed to outline how the government is going to do it.
Mr Mpombo noted that the president has not announced whether the fuel stabilization fund will be set up.
He said president Banda was supposed to explain how the government was going to address costs encountered in the transportation of fuel.
[ QFM ]
President Rupiah Banda
President Rupiah Banda says he has hired a physical trainer and intends to be fighting fit for the campaigns next year.
Speaking when he officially opened the fifth session of the tenth national assembly today President Banda said the 2011 election campaigns would not be for people who are faint hearted.
President Banda has since promised to fight for the 2011 presidential elections.
He has urged Zambians to look at what his government has achieved since coming to power in 2008 as they decide who to vote for in the 2011 elections.
Mr Banda said the Zambians should judge the politicians as they go to cast their votes next year based on their deeds and not words.
He added that his government is proud of the achievements it has scored since coming to power in 2008.
President Banda said his government has set the foundation and that it is the time to build a stronger country, hence he would fight to win the 2011 elections.
And President Rupiah Banda said he has not confided in anyone not even Patriotic Front (PFleader Michael Sata on the 2011 elections date.
He says the 2011 elections date has not yet been decided.
And president Banda says Zambia cannot fashion laws to fight corruption to suite foreign powers, but will use Zambian laws to hunt down corrupt individuals.
He says corrupt elements will be dealt with severely if caught and if convicted they should expect no leniency.
Mr Banda says the fight against corruption is his government’s top priority.
Sinazongwe district women have expressed happiness that civic education have removed them from ‘slavery’ that they encountered at the hands of men for they were using them as labourers and denied them the chance to belong to any association.
Sinazongwe district Women for Change Association Chairperson Jeresi Siamakoli said at the training for trainers in human rights and democracy in Malima that men in the district have started involving them in budgeting and planning.
She said the gender lesson have educated men to start treating them as equal partners in development.
Ms Siamakoli said the woman have started accessing land a thing that was a taboo among the valley tonga men.
She said men have also stopped the habit of using women as labourers and only resurface when it was time for selling the harvest.
“The men used to make women work the whole day at the end of the harvest they pocket all the money realized from the sale of the harvest and we were not allowed to complain because it was a taboo,” Ms Siamakoli said.
Sinazongwe District Women for Change Association former Chairperson Rebecca Siamapibi said the endangered girls have now been saved from the early marriages that they were being subjected to go through.
[pullquote]“The men used to make women work the whole day at the end of the harvest they pocket all the money realized from the sale of the harvest and we were not allowed to complain because it was a taboo,” Ms Siamakoli said. [/pullquote]
Ms Siamapibi noted that girls that were being treated as the source of wealth to be given out into marriage were now being encouraged to go back to School.
She noted that once a girl gets pregnant they were sent directly given out into marriage instead of taking them back to School.
Ms Siampibi also noted that villagers would no longer be cheated in electing their leaders because they have been enlightened on the basic need of democracy and elections.
Women for Change Trainer Patricia Chambisha said she was overwhelmed that people were appreciating the information that they were being taught.
Ms Chambisha disclosed that woman for change that has a centre in Malima area have been conducting lesson on gender, democracy and civic education.
She said it was encouraging to note that most women and men have accepted that they were supposed to live as partners in addressing their developmental activities unlike the situation where men were in control of all things.
Harrison "WAWA" Chongo (beige shirt), a member of Zambia National football Team squad that reached the finals of the 1994 Africa Cup Finals but lost 2-1 to Nigeria, posing for a picture with his fans
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Harrison 'WAWA' Chongo (R) one-time Zambia's best player posing with a fan
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Athletes (from left) Gift Soko, Rachel Nachula and Saviour Kombe practice on the tartan running track at the Olympic Youth Development Center in Lusaka
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Ben Kangwa interviewing Bank of Zambia Governor Dr. Caleb Fundanga at the Zambian Embassy in Washington DC,
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Western Province Permanent Secretary Seth Muleya shakes hands with Kalabo High School Head Teacher Nyambe Mumbuna while Bank of Zambia Head of Public Relations Kanguya Mayondi observes during the donation of mattresses to Kalabo high School
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Senior chief Kanongesha being carried on his traditional chair during the Chisemwa cha Lunda traditional ceremony in Mwinilunga
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President Banda greets chief Nyakaseya after he presented him with a traditional cup during the Chisemwa Cha Lunda traditional ceremony.
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President Banda and Local Government minister Eustakio Kazonga(r) join the Ikelenge young culture group in dancing during the Chisemwa Cha Lunda traditional ceremony.
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President Banda is greeted by opposition UPND vice president Richard Kapita(l) and Mwinilunga East MP Stephen Katuka (m) during the Chisemwa Cha Lunda traditional ceremony
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Sylvester Mwila wins Mr Kabwata 2010 body building contest.
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Syvester Mwila at the Mr Kabwata body building contest.
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Syvester Mwila at the Mr Kabwata body building contest.
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Hon. Mutati, Mrs M'lewa and Mrs. Kayula admiring Zamsure leather shoes at the Zambia stand during the 2010 AGOA Meeting in Kansas City
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Vice President George Kunda presents Kamwala Reformed church of Zambia Presiding Reverend- Daniel Daka with a token of appreciation that was prepared by the congregation at the commemoration of the diamond jubilee, as Reformed church of Zambia Vice Moderator- Alfred Ngoma (center) looks on
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Ambassador Sheila Siwela (r) and Mrs. Sylvia Banda (l) CEO of Sylva Food Solutions this was during the "AGOA Recognizes African Women Entrepreneurs" forum
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Cassava leaves (Sylva food products)
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Cowpeas leaves and cassava leaves(Sylva food products)
Mr Banda inspects a guard of honour at national assembly buildings (file picture)
Republican President Rupiah Banda this morning officially opened the fifth session of the tenth National Assembly outlining his government’s programme for 2011, including an ambitious road construction and rehabilitation programme.
This is the second time President Banda graced the ceremonial opening of the National Assembly after coming assuming office in 2008.
Outlining his government’s programme for the coming year, president Banda said government would this year embark on the construction of the Mongu/Kalabo road among many other major road projects to be undertaken.
Mr Banda said good transport and communications are vital for commerce, and that his government would, construct, rehabiliat, and repair the country’s physical infrastructure.
He said in view of the high cost of these developments,public/private partnerships will be key in achieving the developmental plans.
President Banda revealed that progress has been made in designing the Kazungula Bridge across the Zambezi river, and that construction is expected to commence by the end of 2011.
He said the Kazungula Bridge would make regional trade with other countries in the southern part easier.
President Banda also mentioned the many road projects which his government is working on which he said are expected to be completed in 2011.
And President Banda has announced that government has procured nine mobile hospitals.
Mr Banda said government is committed to provide the Zambians with equity of access to cost-effective quality health care as close to the family as possible.
He said it is for this reason that his government is constructing district hospitals across the country and commission of these hospitals has since begun.
President Banda pointed out that in addition to the construction of health posts government procured nine mobile hospitals to increase access to health services in rural areas.
He said his goal is a health nation in which no one dies unnecessarily.
[ QFM ]
The Zambia Information Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has said it is committed to ensuring that communication was accessible throughout the country.
ZICTA Director General Margret Chalwe said accessibility to information was vital for the smooth flow of information which allowed members of the public to make informed decisions for national development.
Ms Chalwe said it was against this backdrop that the authority had been providing funding under its universal access programme for connectivity of rural and unserved areas, including underserved areas.
ZANIS reports that she said this would allow the erection of communication towers in deficit areas where service operators have not started providing communication services.
Ms Chalwe stated that service operators would be expected to install transmitters in the areas to enable them have access to communication once the task of erecting communication towers was completed.
The Director General said this in Lusaka today during a press briefing to announce their determination of interconnection rates for mobile and fixed network providers.
Ms Chalwe,however, pointed out that multipurpose telecentres funded by the authority have been established in various parts of the country to enable the public have access to internet and provide a source of income to co-operatives and other entrepreneurs.
[ ZANIS ]
Here are the Super Division fixtures and standings of Week 24 games to be played 19/09/2010 including division 1 games to be played 19-20/09/2010.
FAZ Super Division
WEEK 24
18/09/2010
Roan United-Nkwazi
Nkana-Choma Eagles
City of Lusaka-Konkola Blades
Green Buffaloes-National Assembly
Lusaka Dynamos-Kabwe warriors
Postponed:
Red Arrows-Zesco United
Nchanga Rangers-Power Dynamos
Forest Rangers-Zanaco
Education Minister Dora Siliya
Calls for Education Minister Dora Siliya to apologize over her remarks she passed recently have continued heating up with some visually impaired individuals saying the people with disability feel threatened by the MMD government’s stance on the blind.
Recently Ms. Siliya was quoted by the media as saying only a blind person can fail to tell or explain what Government is doing in the country.
She was referring to remarks by Mongu Catholic Diocese Bishop Paul Duffy, suggesting that the people of Western province wanted a change of government due to lack of development in the province.
The latest call comes from the Zambia Federation of Disability Organizations (ZAFOD) which claims that the statement by Ms Siliya is agitating, annoying and discomforting.
Organization Human Rights Manager Wamundila Waliuya said the statement by the Education Minister was demeaning and derogative to the blind.
Mr Waliuya noted that Ms Siliya’s statement has sent a wrong signal to the Zambians saying it meant that the blind do not appreciate development.
[MUVTV ]
