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Tottenham Hotspur ask Mining Rangers to first sort out Mbola’s contract mess

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Zambia’s Emmanuel Mbola and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Mum In Guk fight for the ball during the international friendly match played at Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka, Zambia

ENGLISH Premiership top side, Tottenham Hotspur have asked KCM-FAZ Division One North, Mining Rangers to sort out defender Emmanuel Mbola’s professional contractual mess with Armenian club, Yereven Pyunik before they can continue assessing the Zambian teenager.

Hotspur, who invited Mbola for a week-long soccer trials, wrote to Mining Rangers demanding that they clear the player with Pyunik before the 16-year-old could go back to White Hart Lane in London to continue with trials.

Mbola said on arrival from London yesterday that Hotspurs advised him to have his problem sorted out first before heading back to England to wind up his programme.

He said Hotspurs showed a lot of interest in him after he trained with the main team for a day and he was optimistic of impressing manager Harry Rednapp.

“Hotspurs like me a lot but it is just because of the contract confusion with Pyunik and my agent,” he said.

Mbola said he was hopeful everything would be dealt with soon to enable him get back to London by next week.
He said he enjoyed his brief stay in London describing it as good and fantastic.

On reports that Redknapp indicated that he did not train with the first team and that he did not know him, Mbola insisted that he trained with the main team under the Spurs manager alongside a Nigerian player.

Mining Rangers director Elijah Chileshe, who welcomed Mbola at Lusaka International Airport yesterday, confirmed receiving a letter from Hotspur where the English club demanded that they should clear the Pyunik issue.

Chileshe said his team would await a response from world soccer governing body, FIFA through FAZ after making a formal complaint to the association.

He said it was regrettable that Pyunik forced Mbola to sign a contract as an under-16 teenager contrary to FIFA statutes.

Chileshe said Pyunik were not sincere in their dealings as they neither consulted Mining Rangers on the contract nor got parental consent from Mbola’s father.

Article 19 (1) of the FIFA constitution states that international transfers of players are only permitted if the player is over the age of 18.

Part of Article 19 says there are three exceptions where the rule applies; that (a) the player’s parents move to the country in which the club is located for reasons not related to football; (b) the transfer takes place within the territory of the European Union or European Economic Area and the player is aged between 16 and 18.

And (c) that the player lives no further than 50 km from a national border and the club with which the player wishes to be registered in the neighbouring association is also within 50 km of that border.

FAZ has since reported the matter to FIFA for action.
Chileshe was optimistic that the Mbola issue would be resolved as quickly as possible to enable him continue with his try-outs at Hotspur.

He said Hotspur had shown interest in him and he was sure Mbola would pass the trials.
“Knowing Mbola, he can’t fail the trials. I wish him luck so that he passes. It will be good for his career if he passes the trials,” Chileshe said.

To ensure that Mbola remained in shape, Chileshe took the exciting defender to the Zambia Under-17 squad which is currently training at Independence Stadium.

“I’ve just handed him (Mbola) to the Under-17 manager Daniel Jere so that he loosens up and trains with the team. I’ve to keep an eye on him until all is well,” Chileshe said.

Earlier in the week, media reports from England stated that Hotspur had clinched Mbola on a one million pound deal after fending off competition from West Ham United but Chileshe denied the story.

Despite being a debutante at the African Cup finals in Angola this year, Mbola was one of the most outstanding performers for Zambia and was named as a substitute in Africa’s finest players’ team.

[Times of Zambia]

President Banda courts more Chinese investment

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President Rupiah Banda with Chinese deputy minister of Foreign Affairs at Beijing International Airport in china on his arrival

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has invited more Chinese investors to come and explore investment opportunities in various sectors of the economy in Zambia and thanked the Chinese investors for not scaling down on production and labour during the global economic crisis.

And the Chinese government has cancelled 50 per cent of the unpaid loan for the construction of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).

Speaking at the China-Zambia Investment Promotion seminar held at the China Nonferrous Metal Corporation (CNMC) headquarters in Beijing yesterday, President Banda said Zambia had since independence enjoyed good economic cooperation with the Chinese government and urged the Chinese companies that attended the seminar to visit Zambia and explore investment opportunities.

Opportunities are available in areas such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing, tourism, energy and information communication technology.

President Banda said it was the Zambian Government’s wish to promote an environment in which partnerships between Zambia and Chinese business houses could be strengthened for the mutual benefit to ensure a win-win outcome for the two nations.

“The objective of this seminar is to cement the warm and strong relationship between our two countries. Specifically, our aim at this seminar is to showcase the vast investment opportunities that exist in the Zambian economy for Chinese investment.

“To those companies that are participating in this business seminar, particularly for those who may have not enough information about Zambia, I would like to ask you to obtain as much information as possible from this seminar.

‘‘In addition, I invite you to come to Zambia to see for yourselves and explore investment opportunities in a number of areas such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing, tourism, energy and information communication technology,” he said.

He said the Chinese had been involved in the implementation of some important projects in Zambia such as the construction of the TAZARA , construction and rehabilitation of roads, supply of shortwave transmitters to Zambia’s national broadcaster, construction of a new ultramodern Government complex, rehabilitation of the silos, construction of houses and provision of scholarships as well as development of medical doctors to Zambia.

President Banda observed that not long ago, the Chinese government opened a branch for the Bank of China in Lusaka alongside a trade and commercial centre.

He said the coming of the Bank of China meant that business interests from China would be fully supported by Bank of China and the other commercial banks capable of providing business with first-class financial services.

He was confident that the Zambian business houses that attended the seminar would return to Zambia with a Chinese business partner.

President Banda said it was befitting and symbolic that the China-Zambia investment seminar was being hosted by CNMC, a company that had already made enormous strides towards the consolidation of partnerships in a number of areas such as social, political, economic, technological and cultural fields.

President Banda said following the forum on China-Africa Cooperation in November 2006, and the State visit by President Hu to Zambia in 2007, China made several commitments and all had been implemented.

Among the projects implemented was the construction of an ultramodern national stadium in Ndola, establishment of multi-facility economic zones in Chambishi and Lusaka and the provision of machinery for road construction.

He said the US$10 billion that China committed to African countries in form of concessional loans was a noble gesture which would go a long way in consolidating the gains that had been achieved.

And according to news monitored on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation last evening, Mr Wen Jiabao announced the Chinese government’s cancellation of 50 per cent of the unpaid loan for the construction of the TAZARA.

President Banda thanked the Chinese government for the gesture.
[Times of Zambia]

Three children perish in floods

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Three bodies for children who were feared to have drowned in a stream when floods swept away the vehicle they were in at a bridge in Sinazongwe district in Southern Province have been retrieved.

Police sources confirmed that the last body was retrieved yesterday from Zalo stream in senior chief Mweemba area while the other two were recovered on Wednesday in the evening.

The Source said the three bodies were for children aged, between one year six months, one year nine months, and for a nine year old boy identified as Chabota Chizebuka of Maamba Township.

Police source explained that the nine year old boy was in grade five at Maamba Private School.

On Wednesday, an eye witness Monde Chilanda from Muuka Fishing Village said the vehicle overturned three times in the stream after floods swept it away.

Mr .Chilanda explained that the driver of an open van vehicle decided to cross the flooded stream around 19:00 hours on Tuesday after waiting the whole day for the water to recede but the level was still high.

He said when the driver saw that a Land Cruiser had crossed he gained courage and decided to cross but when he reached the middle of the bridge which had only one lane the vehicle lights went off and it was swept away.

MMD cadres demand Prosecution of Sata over K1.2 billion

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The hour has come to...MMD acting Lusaka Province Chairman William Banda addresses a meeting at Kabanana Basic School in Lusaka
MMD acting Lusaka Province Chairman William Banda addresses a meeting at Kabanana Basic School in Lusaka

The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Lusaka Province has petitioned Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani to ensure that opposition Patriotic Front (PF) President Michael Sata is investigated and prosecuted for alleged diverting public funds amounting to K1.2billion into a 45 day special investment account at Standard Chartered Bank.

In November 1992 Mr. Sata during his tenure as Local Government and Housing Minister, was investigated by the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) for allegedly diverting public funds amounting to K1.2billion into a 45 day special investment account at Standard Chartered Bank contrary to the Ministry of Finance circular number 10of 1992.

Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka today MMD Lusaka Province Chairperson William Banda said the Ministry of Home Affairs should investigate because to date the docket to prosecute Mr. Sata is still active.

Mr. Banda said the docket is still active notwithstanding the recommendations by the ACC that Mr. Sata be prosecuted for abuse of office and corrupt practices.

He said the MMD in Lusaka would not rest until Mr. Sata is investigated and prosecuted for abuse of office and corrupt practices.

Meanwhile, Mr. Banda further petitioned Mr. Mangani to investigate who owns the Luxury buses ABG 6159 and ZB 4 at Intercity bus stations and whose licence they are operating on.

He said the buses are allegedly owned by Mr. Sata adding that the PF Leader should explain to the Zambians as to why he is running his businesses and owning property in other people’s names.

Mr. Banda questioned if it was a deliberate ploy to avoid paying taxes adding that Mr. Sata cannot be trusted to run the affairs of the country.

And about 50 Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) Members have since defected to the ruling MMD.

Representative of the defectors William Khosa said the members have decided to defect to the ruling MMD because the FDD is a dead party with no vision.

And in welcoming the defectors Mr. Banda said people have now started realizing that the MMD is the only party with vision for the people of Zambia.

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Battle against lead contamination in Kabwe

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Kabwe Town Centre
THE Copperbelt Environment Project (CEP) has spent K46 billion on activities aimed at mitigating the effects of lead contamination in Kabwe, environmental mining facility (EMF) chairperson David Ndopu has said.

And Central Province Permanent Secretary Denny Lumbama has said there is need to start soliciting more funds to continue with the lead clean up programme in Kabwe.

Mr Ndopu said in a speech read for him by EMF committee member Engwase Mwale at a workshop to discuss management options for the CEP in Kabwe yesterday, that the project had scored positives.

He said six years down the line since the CEP project was launched in Ndola, a number of lead mitigation initiatives had been put in place in Kabwe, thereby reducing the lead contamination in the town.

“The project has recorded important milestones with the implementation of so many sub-projects in Kabwe which include the water supply, rehabilitation of mine plant area and the removal of mine waste from residences.

“Under the same project, we have managed to remove dredged materials from the main canal, the mine waste materials from Mulungushi Road slug dump and we have erected play parks for children to play on the greens,” he said.

The CEP project is financed through a grant from the World Bank and a credit from the Nordic Development Fund (NORDIC) which is implemented by the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) and comes to an end next year.

Objectives of the CEP were mainly to address environmental liabilities and obligations with the mining sector following the privatisation of the mining assets of ZCCM-IH.

Mr Ndopu, however, expressed concerns at reports of vandalism at play parks, water points and other facilities put in place through the project.

And officiating at the function, Mr Lumbama noted the need to secure financiers that would continue to implement the lead programme in Kabwe.

He said the lead pollution still remained a great challenge to the town, especially in children.

“Environmental pollution is a big challenge as it compromises the quality of life of communities and steadily holds back development,” Mr Lumbama said.

He was happy to note that the Government, through the CEP project, had continued to implement the remedial measures aimed at addressing environmental liabilities in Kabwe.

[Times of Zambia]

HIV Drug Given to Protect a Fetus Should Be Avoided for One Year After Childbirth

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Women given the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention drug nevirapine to protect their fetus should not use an HIV-drug regimen that contains nevirapine for at least one year after childbirth, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

A new UAB study found that while nevirapine works well to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, a single dose of nevirapine in infected pregnant women can trigger resistance to some forms of the AIDS-drug cocktail known as combination antiretroviral treatment (ART). This nevirapine-induced resistance fades after about 12 months and no longer hinders ART, says UAB Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jeffrey S.A. Stringer, M.D., the study’s lead author.

The findings are published in PLoS Medicine, a journal of the nonprofit Public Library of Science.

Single-dose nevirapine is widely used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, an infection that affects more than 30 million people globally and leads to more than 2 million AIDS-related deaths each year.

“This study shows that women who need treatment more than 12 months after using nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child transmission safely can use standard first-line treatments in their countries,” says Stringer, director of the UAB-affiliated Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia. “Women who need treatment sooner than that should use a combination that does not contain nevirapine, typically an ART regimen that contains protease-inhibitor drugs.”

The UAB study included 878 infected women in Zambia, Cote d’Ivoire and Thailand. Some were given single-dose nevirapine and others were not; all participants were given ART immediately upon confirmed infection and monitored for one year.

Nevirapine continues to be the backbone of anti-HIV therapy in the developing world, and its usefulness in preventing mother-to-child transmission is confirmed in the new study, Stringer says.

The research is a collaboration between several partners: UAB; the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Global AIDS Program; the Centers for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, Zambia; the Catholic Medical Missions Board; the Lusaka Urban District Health Management Board; the University of Nairobi; Siriraj Hospital and Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok; the Thailand Ministry of Public Health; and Northrop Grumman Corp. Funding support for the study is provided by the CDC.

[University of Alabama at Birmingham ]

Zambia’s allies in the fight against the “ruthless, devious, rich and powerful” tobacco industry

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Trina Hebblethwaite, famous advocate of smoking
World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan on Friday accused “ruthless, devious” tobacco companies of bullying as she battled attempts to stimulate smoking in poor nations.

In a speech marking the fifth anniversary of an international convention on tobacco control, Chan said she would not allow the tobacco industry to take part in talks on expanding the world’s first public health treaty.

“Like my predecessors, I am not on speaking terms with the tobacco industry, but I will say this: we’ve come a long way, bullies,” she said at WHO headquarters in Geneva.

The 2005 convention bans advertising and sponsorship, advocates tobacco taxes, legislation to make public places smoke-free and other restrictions to stifle a growth in smoking which is blamed for increasing heart disease, strokes and cancers.

“The battle against opposition continues, especially in developing countries,” the UN health chief said.

“It is estimated that tobacco use kills more than five million people per year — an average of one person every six seconds — and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide,” she added.

Chan said the treaty backed by 168 countries had allowed the agency and public health authorities to stand up against the “ruthless, devious, rich and powerful” tobacco industry.

While tobacco use in many affluent countries had dropped significantly, others have been slow to implement tobacco restrictions, according to the WHO.

“Most alarming of all, tobacco use is actually increasing in many developing countries. If Big Tobacco is in retreat in some parts of the world, it is on the march in others,” Chan said.

Developing countries were the “new frontier” for tobacco marketing, but were also the most vulnerable to its ill-effects and chronic disease due to the shortage of health care and poverty, she added.

“In these countries as elsewhere, girls and women are a market with attractive and lucrative growth potential, and they are likewise being targeted,” said Chan.

Some 5.4 percent of the world’s population can benefit from laws against smoking in public places, according to the WHO.

Such bans were enforced in 17 countries, with Colombia, Djibouti, Guatemala, Mauritius, Panama, Turkey, and Zambia joining the list in 2008, the WHO said in December.

Twenty-one countries have high taxes — above 75 percent — on tobacco products.

The agency said Friday that more than 90 countries have prohibited the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to minors, while at least 80 have introduced “large, clear and visible” health warnings on packages.

The global death toll attributed to tobacco could rise to eight million by 2030 at the current rate.

[Javno.com]

Zambia’s ambassador to Angola tours bordering provinces

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Zambia's ambassador to Angola, Marina Nsingo
Zambia’s ambassador to Angola, Marina Nsingo, has visted Luena city, eastern Moxico province of Angola, to learn about social and economic integration programmes between the bordering provinces, Angop has learnt.

At her arrival, she was welcomed at the airport by employees of the Zambian consulate there and Sub-commissioner Elias Dumbo Livulo, representing the governor João Ernesto dos Santos “Liberdade”.

According to her agenda, the diplomat will hear about the rehabilitation and enlargement works of the road linking Moxico province and Zambia, through Bundas district, as well as to analyse the situation of the Angolans living in Zambia and refugees.

She will also visit her country chancellery and fuels warehouse and she will tour Lucusse commune on Friday .

[Angop]

The Week in Pictures

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A Boy pushing a bicycle at Sikalamba stream after heavy rains washed away the bridge along Mamba Batoka road in Sinazongwe district in Southern Province

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The women conducting business at Mwaiseni bus station in Chingola.

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Youths conducting business at Mwaisen shopping centre in Chongola township

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Chingola town centre

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Kapiri Mposhi Township.

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The status of Chingola Town once known as the cleanest town in 1980s

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Luanshya copper mines (LCM)

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President Rupiah Banda with Chinese deputy minister of Foreign Affairs at Beijing International Airport in china on his arrival

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Some United Party for National Development - UPND big wigs listening to a press briefing address by MPs Douglas Siakalima and Garry Nkombo in Lusaka

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Former Zambia National Soccer team Ante Buselic with officials from Ndola United Football Club where he donated 20 footballs.

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Illegal fishing...Some women engage in illegal fishing in Mongu

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Some women of Munagaba area with goats they received as part of the poverty eradication strategy in Choma.

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Central province minisetrs Ackimson Banda and Serenje District Commissioner Stanley Chibwa inspect works on the Serenje youth centre

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Vehicles marooned at Mvuvye bridge along the great east road after the gap was flooded.

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Vehicles wait for water to subside at Mvuvye bridge which has been flooded along the great east road

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A referee fouls ZANACO's Allan Mukuka during the Samuel 'Zoom' Njovu charity shield game at Woodlands stadium in Lusaka. ZESCO won 1-0.

Zamalek give up on Kalaba

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Zamalek have asked for a refund from Sporting Braga after Rainford Kalaba refused to join the Cairo giants.

Zamalek Sabri Serag to Filgoal.com that the club had requested Braga refund them on the US25,000 they paid to the Portuguese club for a six-month loan deal for Kalaba.

“We don’t know whether the player intends to change his mind and complete the move,” Zamalek spokesman Sabri Serag told Filgoal.com.

“But we don’t care anymore, we’ve asked Braga to send back the money they received from us. A player who does not want to play for Zamalek is unwelcomed here.”

Meanwhile, Kalaba is believed to be still on the Copperbelt.

Govt has lost track in fighting corruption- CCZ

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The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has charged that government has lost track in the fight against corruption.

CCZ General Secretary Susan Matale said despite the numerous government pronouncements on the fight against corruption, the vice has continued to be rampant in the country.

Reverend Matale said that corruption has become rampant in the country because government has ignored the general corruption taking root in the country.

She noted that government has concentrated on high profile corruption, overlooking the general corruption.

Rev Matale said the shift in attention has negatively impacted on the fight against corruption which has resulted in grassroots corruption being rampant.
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Michael Sata did indeed abuse K1.2bn in 1992—ACC

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THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has acknowledged investigating the matter involving Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata for financial misconduct involving K1.2 billion when he served as minister of Local Government and Housing.

Responding to a Press query in Lusaka yesterday, ACC director general Godfrey Kayukwa admitted that when Mr Sata served as Local Government and Housing minister in 1992, he allegedly directed his officers to place the funds into a special 45 days investment account at Standard Chartered Bank contrary to financial regulation number 10 of 1992.

“I wish to confirm that the case of suspected corruption and abuse of office by Mr Sata was thoroughly investigated by the ACC in 1992 and forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for consent to prosecute, which was not given. Therefore, the matter was closed in 1993,” said Lieutenant Colonel Kayukwa.

He said after investigating the matter, the ACC recommended to the DPP that Mr Sata should be prosecuted for abuse of office and for corrupt practices contrary to Statutory Instrument number 210 of 1987 under the Corrupt Practices Act.

The Act requires disclosure by public officers of interest in contracts and proposed contracts.

On Wednesday former PF secretary general Edward Mumbi said he would petition any attempt by Mr Sata to contest the Republican presidency because he had a questionable trait.

According to information obtained by the Times of Zambia a report was even submitted to the President by the ACC on the alleged misconduct.

Upon receipt of the request for prosecution of Mr Sata, the DPP referred the matter to the Attorney General under the provision of Article 56(6) of constitution of Zambia.

No reasons were given by the attorney general for his decision not to prosecute the matter.

[Times of Zambia]

BoZ chief assures Zambians on Finance Bank

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Bank of Zambia Governor Dr. Caleb Fundanga

THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has said the recent changes in the administration set-up of Finance Bank will not negatively affect the bank’s financial standing in any way.

BoZ Govenor Caleb Fundanga said the central bank was closely following the happenings at Finance Bank and had not noted any problems.

He also said the investigations by the Drug Enforcement Commission at Finsbury Park, a shareholder in Finance Bank Zambia, would not in any way affect the bank.

Speaking at a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, Dr Fundanga said Finance Bank was an independent legal entity and the investigations at Finsbury would not in any way affect the financial institution.

“Any action at Finsbury should not be seen to affect Finance Bank and, in fact, Finsbury has reduced its shareholding to 10 per cent from 25 per cent and the 15 per cent shares will be sold to an acceptable buyer,” Dr Fundanga said.

Dr Fundanga said the board changes at the bank were meant to strengthen it and make it stronger.

He said the BoZ was optimistic that Finance Bank would continue to operate without any disturbances.

He said Rajan Mahtani’s stepping down from the board was accepted by the BoZ and that the newly-appointed chairperson Jacob Mwanza was equally competent and credible.

Dr Fundanga said the BoZ would continue to monitoring Finance Bank so that the institution continued to operate within the confines of the law.

The role of BoZ is to supervise and regulate financial institutions in the country and Finance Bank is not an exception.

Dr Fundanga said Finance Bank was an important financial institution in Zambia as it served the remotest parts of the nation.

So far, he said, the assets of the bank were secure and implored the public not to panic about the future of Finance Bank.

And Dr Mwanza said his greatest challenge and responsibility was to broaden the ownership base of the bank.

He said it was the vision of the bank that the ownership encompassed as many Zambians as possible and soon, the shares of the bank would be floated on the Lusaka Stock exchange (LuSE).

Dr Mwanza also said he would ensure that Finance Bank was run professionally and observed the legal framework in the financial sectors.

[Times of Zambia]

Tell us candidate, South headmen urge PACT

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Chief Mwanachingwala

MORE than 200 village headmen in Mazabuka District have joined the growing number of voices dreading the possible assumption of Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata to the helm of the UPND/PF pact as president.

The headmen have since called on the pact to immediately announce its presidential candidate for the 2011 presidential polls, while also reiterating the now widely held assertion within the UPND and the Southern Province that “No HH as presidential candidate, no pact”.

Speaking for the headmen from Mazabuka during the week, Chief who is also fierce opponent of the pact revealed that the traditional leaders were anxious to know which candidate would be adopted as president.

He said Mr Sata was not a leader to be entrusted with the running of affairs of the nation even going by the number of revelations about allegations about his past dealings.

Chief Mwanachingwala said the headmen were unanimous in their resolve that they would not be intimidated in their resolve to see that either Mr Hakainde was president of the pact or that he from the outset goes it on his own as presidential candidate for the UPND.

He insisted the pact did not have any future and while he was an avid supporter of President Rupiah Banda for the 2011 presidential bid, he felt Mr Hichilema would have his time in 2016.

And Times investigations have revealed that a team of pro-Pact UPND cadres have started going around the Southern province intimidating people into supporting the pact.

In Mazabuka, a source said there were teams of people sent into the villages harassing people into accepting the pact to counteract an earlier team, which has been educating the masses about the dangers of staying in the pact.

Meanwhile, Chief Mwanachingwala in an interview with ZANIS deplored tribal politics being perpetuated by some traditional rulers in Southern Province.

He said in Mazabuka yesterday that he would not associate himself with political leaders who lack national representation, and that no amount of negative criticism by the UPND would make him shift his support away from President Banda.

[Times of Zambia]

Three Kitwe supermarkets found selling expired products

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Kitwe’s Town center
Kitwe’s Town center
A COMBINED team of officers from the Kitwe City Council (KCC) and the Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC) on Tuesday confiscated expired foodstuffs worth K1.5 million from three supermarkets in Kitwe.

The officers confiscated the foodstuffs after they conducted a random inspection of the three supermarkets.

ZCC consumer and public relations director Brian Lingela said at a press briefing that it is an offence to sell expired foods and drugs under the competition and fair trading act.

Mr Lingela said expired products can cause harm to people’s health, hence the need for concerted efforts from stakeholders to keep such products off shop shelves.

He said during the inspection, the team observed that some of the tinned foodstuffs were not labelled and some tins were not properly sealed.

“The number of goods confiscated during the exercise is minimal compared to what was seized last year in a similar exercise. The culprits are usually these big supermarkets,” Mr Lingela said.

He warned supermarket owners of stern action if they continue stocking and selling expired foodstuffs.

And KCC public relations manager Francis Wasamunu said the local authority will continue working with ZCC in ensuring that consumers’ rights are protected.
Mr Wasamunu urged consumers to be wary of outlets that sell expired foodstuffs.

“Consumers should be careful when buying these goods. They should not be cheated out of their hard-earned money,” he said.

Mr Wasamunu said the confiscated goods will be destroyed once a court order is obtained.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

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