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Cosafa Castle Cup Semifinal draws & Barclays Cup fixture

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Defending champions Zambia will face Mozambique in the semifinals of this year’s Cosafa Castle Cup in a penultimate stage doubleheader to be played at Germiston stadium in Johannesburg on September 29.

South Africa will face Botswana in the other semifinals with the winners advancing to the final to be played on October 27.

The semifinal draws were made today in Johannesburg but the tournament organizers have yet to decide on the finals venue.

It will be the sixth time Zambia will be playing Mozambique in the Cosafa Castle Cup in which the latter has yet to beat the former.

South Africa on the other hand takes on Botswana for a fifth time in the same tournament and The Zebras will be hoping to record a second successive win over Bafana Bafana.

Botswana beat South Africa 6-5 on post-match penalties in last years Group B mini-tournament final played in Gaborone on May 21 following a scoreless draw before losing 1-0 in the final to eventual champions Zambia on August 19 in Lusaka.

2007 Barclays Cup Preliminary Round Fixtures

18/08/2007

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka.

Young Green Eagles- Green Buffaloes

Kascol Rangers-Green Eagles.

Arthur Davis Stadium, Lusaka.

Kabwe Warriors-Nkana

Konkola Blades -Freedom Rangers

Staunch Kafue UNIPist advises Panji to resign

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A staunch UNIP member in Kafue has appealed to party president Tilyenji Kaunda to resign and concentrate on his personal businesses if the party is to survive.

Former Kafue UNIP Constituency Chairman, Boniface Mhango, told ZANIS in Kafue today
that Mr. Tilyenji Kaunda has failed to run the party because he is always in
Zimbabwe doing personal business instead of concentrating on building the party. 

He said there is no way UNIP will regain its former glory when he is always
traveling out.

Mr. Mhango pointed out that a lot of loyal party members were resigning from UNIP to
join other political parties because of frustrations being caused by Tilyenji’s
advisors who are misleading him. 

He said Tilyenji should be blamed for the downfall of UNIP as he has no interest to
run the party but wants to use it for his personal gain.

He wondered how Tilyenji could run the party effectively when he does not know what
problems the party was going through. 

Mr Mhango added that even calling for a convention in October this year is just too
far as members in the lower organs are not happy with him.

He charged that Colonel Panji Kaunda, his brother, was right when he accused him of
running UNIP from his bedroom because he does not want to get advice from wise
people but from crooks who have no heart for the party.

Mr. Mhango said that the party in Kafue has started identifying a leader who will
take over from Tilyenji as he has become unpopular and is not fit to be President of
Zambia.

SADC peacekeeping force becomes a reality

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Brigade (SADCBRIG) comprising the military, the police and civilian components has officially been launched in Lusaka at a colourful parade, with 554 uniformed personnel present.

The SADCBRIG, launched at Zambia Air Force’s (ZAF) City Airport, is a regional multidimensional peace support operations capability, established under the African standby force policy framework.

It was constituted under the African Union (AU) protocol on peace and security
requiring all regional economic communities to have standby peace keeping forces.

President Levy Mwanawasa, who assumed SADC Chairmanship yesterday, said when he
launched the brigade that peace, security and stability was a prerequisite to
regional and continental economic development and integration.

President Mwanawasa said the scourge of conflicts in the African region constituted
a major impediment to socio-economic development of the continent.

The purpose of the SADCBRIG is to participate in missions, including performing
observations and monitoring, peace support, interventions for peace and security
restoration in grave circumstances at the request of a member state.

The brigade will also participate in missions to prevent the spearheading to
neighbouring areas or states of conflict or the resurgence of violence after
agreements have been reached.

Mr. Mwanawasa said that the SADC brigade would also serve in peace-building efforts,
which include post-conflict disarmament and demobilisation and humanitarian
assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilian populations in conflict areas and
support efforts on major natural disasters.
  
He said the troops or personnel would remain domiciled in their countries of origin
on an ‘on call’ level of alert for the duration of the assignment.

“Training of the brigade at all levels will remain a key priority for the SADC in
order to achieve the principle of uniformity and be able to operate together its
systems and equipment,” he said.
 
President Mwanawasa further said the regional peacekeeping training centre in
Zimbabwe and other national peace support training institutions would be important
in training commanders, police officers and civilian officials at various levels.

The institutions would also act as a clearing house for all peace support operations
and training activities in the region.

Earlier, President Mwanawasa unveiled a SADC plaque after which the heads of state
and government released white, green, gold and blue balloons to symbolise the
launch.

The white balloons symbolise the commitment of SADC to peace in the region while
green, gold, and blue were SADC colours.

Mr. Mwanawasa also presented conferred medals on military officials that were in the
planning element of the standby brigade and other structures.

He also inspected a parade constituted by 11 countries. Three other SADC countries
were not represented.

The SADC heads of state that are attending the 27th summit, senior defence and
police officials from countries in the SADC region, ministers and other officials
with the region witnessed the launch of the standby brigade.

There was also a presidential salute, which was accorded a 21 gun salute when the
Zambia Army brass band was singing the Zambian National Anthem and the SADC anthem.

A fly past by five Zambia Air Force (ZAF) jets, tow of them emitted a smoke, added
colour to the ceremony.

The 554 personnel present at the launch today did not have representation from
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mauritius and Madagascar while the rest of the
SADC countries contributed.

The brigade will comprise military personnel drawn from the member states, who will
be assigned to quell disturbances and maintain peace and stability in trouble areas
within the SADC region.

Legalise your businesses, mote, hotel managements told

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The Hotel and Catering Association of Zambia  (HCAZ) has urged all those involved in the hospitality industry in Kafue to legalize their businesses and pay taxes to government.

Association President Sylvia Eneke, speaking in Kafue today, said all those who
have not legalized their motels, lodges and guest houses, risk  having their
facilities closed down because they are operating illegally.

Mrs Eneke said this during the official launch of Hotel and Catering Association of
Zambia (HCAZ) branch in Kafue.

Mrs. Eneke said her association in conjunction with government has a
responsibility to ensure standards and professionalism are upheld in the
hospitality industry.

She also urged investors in the hospitality industry to apply for the tourism
credit fund at the under Ministry of Tourism to boost their businesses. 

She added that government was committed to the development of the hotel and tourism
industry  by giving out small loans ranging from K50 to K300 million.

Speaking at the same function, Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (HTTI)
Director Greeves Sitwala expressed concern at some  hotels and motels which are
employing unqualified staff.  

Mr Sitwala said this has led to poor services for the clients.

Mr. Sitwala also advised the owners of motels and hotels to take their staff
for medical check-ups every six months as required by law.

Kabila finally in for SADC summit

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DRC President Joseph Kabila has arrived in Lusaka five hours after the official opening of the SADC summit.

Mr Kabila arrived at 15:50 hours and was met by Youth, Sport and Child Development
Minister, Gabriel Namulambe, Lusaka Province Minister Charles Shawa and Lusaka
Mayor, Steven Chilatu, among others.

Mr Kabila is among three heads of state and government that were scheduled to arrive
today for the SADC heads of state andgovernment summit which officially opened this
morning.

Others who arrived this morning were Angolan President, Eduardo Dos Santos and
Madagascar’s Marc Ravalomanana.

The theme for this year’s summit being held at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International
Conference Centre is “Infrastructure Development in Support of Regional
Integration”.

President Mwanawasa has since assumed the chairmanship of the regional body from
Lesotho prime minister Pkalitha Mosisili.

Luangwa youths empowered

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A local developmental project in Luangwa has been commended for training youths in various skills aimed at empowering them economically.

   A Mr Moses Mwanza, speaking on behalf of Luangwa acting District Commissioner
Captain Stanslaus Kalunga, commended Zanimuone Prevention and Care Project for
successfully organising a tailoring course for youths in the area.

Mr Mwanza said the course empowered youths with skills to embark on income
generating activities through tailoring.

     He urged the youths to use their newly acquired skills to improve  their lives.

And Luangwa District Aids Taskforce, DATF, Coordinator Alfred Milamba
expressed gratitude to Zanimuone Prevention and Care Project for its support
to youth empowerment programmes.

 Milamba said K400 million was released by the Community Response to AIDS,
CRAIDS, to fund 13 prevention and care projects throughout the district.

He said out of this money,  Zanimuone Prevention and Care Project received K32
million for tailoring, bricklaying, carpentry and formation of Ant-AIDS groups which
he said has started yielding positive results.

SADC First Spouses commend SOS for helping under privileged children

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The Southern African Development Community, SADC First Spouses have commended SOS for the  good work it is doing to uplift the living standards of the less privileged children in society.

Speaking on behalf of the First Spouses, Lesotho’s First Lady Mathato Mosisili said
money cannot be  compared to the  love the organization was giving to the children.

Mrs. Mosisili said this after touring the SOS children village in Lusaka today.

She called on other organizations to emulate and support  SOS in order for it to run
smoothly.

And speaking  earlier at the same function, SOS Director , Florence Phiri paid
glowing tribute to the First Ladies for finding time off their busy schedule to
visit the childrens village.

Mrs. Phiri  appealed for support from the SADC First Ladies.

She said her organization  is present in all the SADC member countries and that
currently 48, 000 children were being looked after in the region.

She added that a total of 4,800 children were being looked after in Zambia alone.

The SADC First Spouses also donated $8, 300 US dollars to SOS in Zambia
 

Sorry for power disruption during SADC summit

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Government has unreservedly apologised to the Heads of  State and Government and delegates attending  the 27th SADC summit at Mulungushi International Conference Centre, MICC for the power failure that occurred during the official opening of the summit.

Chief Government Spokesperson, Mike Mulongoti says Government,Management of MICC and Zambia Electricity Supply, ZESCO regrets the unexpected power disruption which occured in the morning when a Zimbabwean student was reading her essay.

“The unexpected power disruption which occurred at about 11.20 hrs this morning and
lasts several minutes when a Zimbabwean student was reading her essay is deeply
regretted by government, the management of MICC and ZESCO,” he said.

This is contained in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka this evening.

Mr. Mulongoti who is also Information and Broadcasting Minister said government
has since asked ZESCO to explain why the two independent sources of supply did not
respond immediately.

Mr Mulongoti  wondered why the standby generators took longer, which under
normal circumstances should have taken over within seconds.

Mr. Mulongoti has however said MICC management and ZESCO has taken all the
necessary measures to ensure that there was no occurrence of power disruptions.

He said ZESCO has provided two independent sources of power in additional to a
diesel standby generator to provide power in the event of failure of the two sources.

He added that ZESCO personnel have been deployed at the conference centre to ensure
that there is quick restoration of supply in the event of power failure.

Power failure this morning partially disrupted the official opening of the 27th SADC
Heads of States and government summit.

Power went off when this years SADC regional secondary school winner Diana
Kawendu , a pupil from Zimbabwe was reading her extracts from the essay.

Deliberations however continued after four minutes when power was restored to the
venture.

And ZESCO has attributed the power failure to a lizard which crept in the Great East
Road Substation on the Great East road.

 ZANIS

Patrick Phiri names squad for Togo friendly

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Patrick Phiri has called-up seven foreign based players and named two new caps for Zambia’s international friendly match away to Togo in Lome on August 22.

Strikers Jacob Mulenga of French Ligue 2 club Chateauroux and Christopher Katongo of Danish top-flight club Brondby have both been called up to lead Zambia’s attack against Togo next week.

The other five players are all South African based and they include first-choice goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene of 2nd division club Free State Stars.

Others are defenders Billy Mwanza and Joseph Musonda, both of top-flight team Lamotville Golden Arrows.

Striker Songwe Chalwe of Moroka Swallows and the club-less junior international winger Clifford Mulenga who recently rejoined division 2 side Pretoria University FC are all in the team.

Phiri meanwhile has given first caps to Young Arrows and Zambia Under-20 left-back Joseph Zimba and Power Dynamos’ teenage left-winger Kennedy Mudenda.

Lusaka Dynamos and Zambia Under-17 midfielder Tom Bakala has been given a second chance to finally pick up his first senior cap.

Tom Bakala, young brother of veteran midfielder Ian Bakala, gets a chance to impress after missing out on the Botswana friendly played away in Orapa July 21.

Dropped from the squad for this encounter are the Zanaco duo of goalkeeper George Kolala and defender Kennedy Nkethani.

Zambia goes into camp in Lusaka tomorrow and departs for Lome via South Africa on Sunday.

The two European-based players will join the team in Lome while the five South African based players will join-up with the team in Johannesburg en route to Togo.

Zambia is using the match as part of its preparations for the teams September 8 final match in their 2008 Africa Cup, Group 11 qualifier against South Africa to be played in Cape Town.

Goalkeepers: Kennedy Mweene (Free State Stars, South Africa), Mike Poto (Green Buffaloes), Makasa Mufwaya (Roan United).

Defenders: Dennis Banda, Patrick Masosa (Buffaloes), William Chinyama (Zesco United), Joseph Zimba (Young Arrows), Lameck Njobvu (Zanaco), Patrick Masosa (Buffaloes), Gilbert Kalusa (Lusaka Dynamos),Billy Mwanza, Joseph Musonda (Both Lamotville Golden Arrows, South Africa).

Midfielders: Rainford Kalaba (Zesco United), Kruger Mwansa (Red Arrows), Tom Bakala (Lusaka Dynamos), Allan Mukuka (Mufulira Wanderers), Kennedy Mudenda (Power Dynamos), Clifford Mulenga (Pretoria University, South Africa).

Strikers: Songwe Chalwe (Moroka Swallows, South Africa), Christopher Katongo (Brondby, Denmark) Enoch Sakala (Zesco United), Ben Mwanza (Roan United), Elson Mkandawire (Power Dynamos), Jacob Mulenga (Chateauroux, France).

The power blackout that lasted for four minutes was

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The 12 Heads of State and country representatives who are attending the summit remained in the dark while seated at the high table in the main hall, save for a litle light from a few power saving florescent tubes.

The sudden blackout happened when winner of the SADC Secondary Schools essay competition Diana Kawenda from Zimbabwe was reading to the delegates the essay that made her scoop the competition.

The deafening silence that followed the power failure was however diluted by songs from the MMD choir as the fault was being rectified

Zesco has in the recent past received a barrage of complaints from people around the country on its unannounced power cuts.

Zambia under 23 beat Malaw 6 – 1

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The under 23 Zambia National Soccer Team yesterday won the Malawi Premier League 6 goals to 1.

The match which started at around 15:30 and ended at 17:25 hours at David Kaunda
Stadium in Chipata saw Zambia’s Timothy Mbewe scoring the first goal 7 minutes after
the game started while the second one was coverted 20 minutes later by Reuben Tembo.

Speaking just after the game, Assistant Zambian National Soccer Team Coach Wesley
Mondo, said the aim of the game was not to win but to equip the team adequately as
they prepare for the Olympic games that will take place on the 22 of August 2007.

Mr Mondo said the team will tomorrow have another game with the Eastern Province
selected side and this will give them an opportunity to scout for good players from
Eastern Province.

Mr. Mondo said the Malawian team posed a good challenge to the Zambian Team and has
since called for such friendly matches in future.

Meanwhile Burger World Co-Director Charles Kumwenda, who is one of the sponsors of
the game, revealed that more than K20 million will spent for the games,
accommodation of the players, food and advertising.

He has appealed to government and the people of Zambia to support such games if they
want to expect good results from the football team.

Mr. Kumwenda said Eastern Province has a lot of talented footballers and believed
that tomorrows game will help in exposing the local players.

The team which arrived in Chipata on 12th August is expected to leave for Lusaka on
17th August 2007.

SADC members told to strategize at national level to make regional integration a

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has underscored the need for member countries to carefully strategize at national level in order to make the regional integration agenda a reality.

Outgoing Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Chairperson Professor
Pakalitha Mosisili stated that deepening of regional integration can only be
realised if adequate and cost effective infrastructure is in place.

He said the region, in line with the theme of this summit ‘scaling up the
implementation of regional infrastructure development’ has realised the need for
strengthening capacities to develop infrastructure at national and regional levels.

Prof Mosisili, who is Lesotho Prime Minister said when he officially opened the 27th
Heads of State and Government summit in Lusaka today that there is need to adopt
radical measures to finance the infrastructure gap in the region.

NEPAD has already made provisions for financing projects that include one in
transport, three communications, six energy projects which are being packaged in to
bankable projects.

” We are grateful for the $8.2 million allocated to NEPAD for infrastructure
projects by our cooperating partners , we urge the G8 countries among others to
honour their pledges that amount to several billions of dollars.

And Prof. Mosisili says the challenges of overlapping membership and configurations
within the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union
would continue to haunt the region as uncertainty continues to obscure the
collective destiny.

He stressed the overlapping memberships will pose a big challenge to the region in
the near future as it moves towards deeper integration within SADC.

He however urged member countries to speedily address key obligations at the
national level to ensure that the Free Trade Area is realised by 2008 , a custom
union in 2010 and the common market in 2015.

Meanwhile Prof. Mosilili has urged the region to seek to achieve overarching
adjective of poverty reduction through deepening integration, global competitiveness
and export led growth.

He said it imperative that the region collectively fight for a SADC wide enabling
investment climate , complementary and supportive investment and industrial policies
as well as a fair multilateral trade regime.

Prof. Mosilili observed the current one is characterised by skewed market access ,
double standard on subsidies and other non reciprocal trade measures.

He said the region has to promote and increase trade among its members by focussing
more that ever on market integration and all efforts that add value to regional
integration.

Prof. Mosilili added it is important that the region reviews the energy cris as
energy falls will derail programmes and slow down the economic growth.

He said SADC needs to adopt clear strategy to address the matter with as an integral
part of the regional integration framework.

” Beyond energy, we must commit to goods moving between and within our countries
easily and without ant barriers by opening up all transportation corridors,’ he
added .

He said special attention should be paid to the effective operationalisation of
corridors whose impact on landlocked countries such as Lesotho has a telling effect
on the landing costs of both imports and exports.

He said the Almaty declaration which seeks to unlock routes to sea for land locked
countries should remain one of the guiding principles.

SADC members told to strategize at national level to make regional integration a

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has underscored the need for member countries to carefully strategize at national level in order to make the regional integration agenda a reality.

Outgoing Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Chairperson Professor Pakalitha Mosisili stated that deepening of regional integration can only be realised if adequate and cost effective infrastructure is in place.

He said the region, in line with the theme of this summit ‘scaling up the
implementation of regional infrastructure development’ has realised the need for
strengthening capacities to develop infrastructure at national and regional levels.

Prof Mosisili, who is Lesotho Prime Minister said when he officially opened the 27th
Heads of State and Government summit in Lusaka today that there is need to adopt
radical measures to finance the infrastructure gap in the region.

NEPAD has already made provisions for financing projects that include one in
transport, three communications, six energy projects which are being packaged in to
bankable projects.

” We are grateful for the $8.2 million allocated to NEPAD for infrastructure
projects by our cooperating partners , we urge the G8 countries among others to
honour their pledges that amount to several billions of dollars.

And Prof. Mosisili says the challenges of overlapping membership and configurations
within the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union
would continue to haunt the region as uncertainty continues to obscure the
collective destiny.

He stressed the overlapping memberships will pose a big challenge to the region in
the near future as it moves towards deeper integration within SADC.

He however urged member countries to speedily address key obligations at the
national level to ensure that the Free Trade Area is realised by 2008 , a custom
union in 2010 and the common market in 2015.

Meanwhile Prof. Mosilili has urged the region to seek to achieve overarching
adjective of poverty reduction through deepening integration, global competitiveness
and export led growth.

He said it imperative that the region collectively fight for a SADC wide enabling
investment climate , complementary and supportive investment and industrial policies
as well as a fair multilateral trade regime.

Prof. Mosilili observed the current one is characterised by skewed market access ,
double standard on subsidies and other non reciprocal trade measures.

He said the region has to promote and increase trade among its members by focussing
more that ever on market integration and all efforts that add value to regional
integration.

Prof. Mosilili added it is important that the region reviews the energy cris as
energy falls will derail programmes and slow down the economic growth.

He said SADC needs to adopt clear strategy to address the matter with as an integral
part of the regional integration framework.

” Beyond energy, we must commit to goods moving between and within our countries
easily and without ant barriers by opening up all transportation corridors,’ he
added .

He said special attention should be paid to the effective operationalisation of
corridors whose impact on landlocked countries such as Lesotho has a telling effect
on the landing costs of both imports and exports.

He said the Almaty declaration which seeks to unlock routes to sea for land locked
countries should remain one of the guiding principles.

Zambian embassy

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Zambians are now becoming well traveled and if you ever went to a faraway place like Hong Kong for example, chances are you will bump into a Zambian if you looked hard enough.

I did not want to be one of the less traveled Zambians and decided to travel to Bangkok with an acquaintance of mine – Big Jo. We were first to spend some days in Johannesburg at a place called Hilbrow. My well traveled friend Big Jo, told me they had cheap accommodation and would be the best place to stay, you see we had limited funds. Big Jo’s neighbor’s cousin was doing some business in Bangkok and we were going to help him sell some of the “stuff” in Johannesburg and Zambia. I knew northwestern province like the back of my hand and I was going to make millions of kwacha selling the “stuff” there. Well that’s what Big Jo said. I did ask him what we would be selling and he said clothes, sofas, spare parts etc.

I later got to learn that Big Jo had conveniently left out some vital information about Hilbrow, like it was a dangerous place to be! But how was an innocent boy from Kasempa supposed to know such details.

So we traveled in a dirty “luxury coach from Lusaka to Johannesburg. When we arrived I had never seen such a big bus station in my life! It was called Park station. I thought when become rich I’ll build one like this in Solwezi.We then took a mini bus to Hilbrow. As we drove another mini bus driver waved a gun at us. It was then my legs began shaking. Despite that, we arrived safely in Hilbrow, but just in time to hear more gun shots.
“Big Jo lets go back,” I cried. He, like all the other people around was calm. I was later to learn this was a way of life here. We had barely disembarked from the bus when a group of men approached us.
“Butuka!” Big Jo shouted. But before my wobbly legs could move, all my possessions were taken from me. I shook like a leaf, at least I was unharmed I thought. A few moments later Big Jo resurfaced. My passport, the driver’s license I had bought in Lusaka and all my money were stolen. At least Big Jo had kept the air ticket to Bangkok.

We were about to go to the police station when a Zimbabwean man approached us.
“I saw what happened,” he said “but if you go to the police they will think you are an illegal immigrant.”
Big Jo suggested we try the Zambian embassy. He said they would take care of me. As for him he had to proceed to Bangkok .The next day Big Jo left me at the Zambian embassy. I walked in and was looked at suspiciously by the beautiful lady at reception. I explained what happened and she said I needed a police report to verify what I was saying. I told her I had no transport money, no passport and no clothes. If they could just organize a passport and drivers license for me I could join Big Jo in Bangkok. She laughed at me so hard you would have thought she was watching one of the late “maximo’s” comedies. At this point I had had enough. I broke down in my mother tongue. This attracted two gentlemen from the next office. The lady told them I wanted a passport and drivers license from them. They too laughed at me. This again attracted an elderly gentleman, whom I’ll never forget. At least he showed more compassion for me.
To cut a long story short I never made it to Bangkok. I am back in Kasempa.I don’t have a passport. I tried to buy a drivers license from Mr. Mwape but I’m told things are now computerized so its difficult. As old as I am, I have to take a driving test. I’m told I have to reverse through drums on a hill!

So, I never want to travel outside Zambia again. I do not know what the function of a Zambian embassy is, if you can’t even obtain necessary documents from them when you are abroad. As for Big Jo I never heard from him. Never trust someone with the name Big Jo I guess!

Bilateral ties should culminate into sustainable livelihood for the people, Pande

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maga.jpgGovernment says bilateral ties between nations should help transform the livelihoods of people economically.

Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Kabinga Pande says the south-to south cooperation between Zambia and India has greatly benefited the people in the two countries especially in education and technology.

Mr. Pande notes that that Zambia and India enjoy cordial relations because of the
good policies by government.

Mr. Pande  hailed the Indian government for the continued support in areas of
education as well as in technology, agriculture, manufacturing.

The Minister was speaking in Lusaka tonight when he officiated at the commemoration
of India’s 60th Independence Anniversary held at the High Commissioners’ residence.

He pointed out that Zambia continues to learn from that country in ensuring that
bilateral ties are cemented and strengthened.

And Indian High Commissioner to Zambia Rivar Wallang said investment and bilateral
trade between Zambia and India has remarkably increased.

Commissioner Wallang also disclosed that India will continue offering scholarships
to Zambians to study in that country. 

He reiterated his government’s commitment to helping Zambia in various fields by
capacitating more Zambians in different skills.

On Zambia’s hosting of the 27th SADC Heads of State Summit, Commissioner Wallang
commended the government saying Zambia is improving economically and has made
positive strides in breaking the cycle of poverty and under-development.