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EDITH Nawakwi has pleaded for urgent Government action to stop the continued deaths and destitution of scores of pensioners, who are victims of Zambia’s largest “Saturnia Pension Fund”, In which UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has major interest. (To page 3)

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Who owns this Anglo American building being managed by Saturnia?

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GOVERNMENT should institute an independent probe and avoid using the ACC and DEC which have shown themselves to be instruments of compromised “deep state” into the sale of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) as well as the management of Saturnia Pension Fund which has left pensioners destitute and sent many to their early graves, former State House Deputy Minister Blackson Sikanyika has said. (P.2)

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NOT until Hakainde Hichilema gives us substantial answers to specific questions such as his alleged misconduct in the sale of Mosi-oa-tunya Intercontinental Hotel in Livingstone will the matter be put to rest, otherwise we shall not be intimidated by his law suits, says Sean Tembo. (P.4)

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THE CASE OF KCM See story on Page 4

…KCM valued at $1.2bn sold for $25m - Now that’s privatisation that hurts ConCourt must explain

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IN 2003, an unknown Indian mining and non-ferrous metals company, Vedanta Resources Limited Seebought storyZambia’s on Page 2 largest copper mine. (To page 7)

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INTEGRITY AND THE DEEP STATE Cynics and supporters of UPND President Hakainde Hichilema are wondering why privatization issues that are more than 20 years old should gain currency in this age and time. Suggestions of political victimization have been advanced.

There is nothing political about pensioners dying and others being driven into serious destitution because of a corrupt pension that has been allowed to exist. It is an existential matter that continues to haunt families and communities, that contributed money in the hope of receiving a lifelong pension, as is required of a pension scheme.

The deep state is aware of the truth. A truth they have chosen to hide, more so that they expect HH to win the 2021 Presidential elections.

17 years later after the establishment of Saturnia Pension fund, there are people still trooping to court seeking to be paid their dues. The court has ruled in their favour but the matter has been dragged, by fresh twists and turns. The High court has on occasion admonished Administrators of the fund for telling lies in their defense against hapless pensioners. This is on record.

The reality is that at the time of Anglo American pique and hiatus as it abandoned Zambia, a pension scheme it managed, spearheaded by one Anderson Mazoka, fell into the purview and control of Hakainde Hichilema and his colleagues who turned it into a pension fund. This was unknown to the pensioners, who were looking forward to lifelong retirement pension payment.

Indeed it has been said that “Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them.”

Saturnia has never owned up, preferring instead to drag the matter in court.

It has equally been said that Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions.

Hakainde Hichilema has shown no such integrity. He is instead a cruel and heartless opportunist.

While professionals such as Sean Tembo, an MBA in Finance, is faulting Hichilema on a technicality of shareholding in competing institution, we hold Hichilema culpable of corruption for the fact that as Chairman of a negotiating team, he found himself an owner and director that won on the lowest bid.

This was corrupt conduct consistent with a person lacking integrity.

We realize of course that enough people may have been fooled enough into electing him as President in 2021, but that will not stop us standing with the scores of pensioners whose pensions have been defrauded, in a scam well known

by Government, but overlooked by the deep state.

Ours is a duty to defend the weak and vulnerable. Those without deep pockets to sponsor cheer groups and supporters who have turned their backs against the poor and suffering.

We will continue to speak out against injustice.

“If you value your integrity, then be prepared to take a beating from those who have none.” — Lars Lau Thygesen

By PETER SICHALI

GOVERNMENT should institute an independent probe and avoid using the ACC and DEC which have shown themselves to be instruments of compromised “deep state” into the sale of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) as well as the management of Saturnia Pension Fund which has left pensioners destitute and sent many to their early graves, former State House Deputy Minister Blackson Sikanyika has said.

The Deep State is believed

to be a clandestine network entrenched inside the government, bureaucracy, intelligence agencies, and other governmental entities.

Mr Sikanyika said this must be handled by an independent team not controlled by the "Deep State" that has been covering up these matters over the years.

He said it was important to avoid the "Deep State" of people planted in the system who have been frustrating investigations into such scandals and generally sabotaging Government by leaking infor-

mation.

Mr Sikanyika said ACC and DEC have shown themselves to be instruments of compromised "deep state" as they were aware of these things but kept quiet and perhaps covered them up.

He noted that the investigative wings should have probed the fraudulent sale of KCM and illegal externalisation of funds by Saturnia, since they were aware of these especially that the former BP employees even submitted a dossier of sins to ACC. Mr Sikanyika said Zambians have been longing for answers on why KCM was sold for a song.

Mr Sikanyika said the fraudulent sale of KCM has

contributed to economic challenges which the country was experiencing therefore it should be probed.

He said some people lost their jobs and died due to the corrupt sale of KCM. "It's over 20 years now and Zambians want to know what really transpired during the sale of KCM and why was it sold so cheaply? These are the questions that need answers," Mr Sikanyika said.

Mr Sikanyika said the country needed an investigative body that was not blemished to take up this challenge and produce results which everyone can accept and to ensure those found wanting are prosecuted.

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In one company associated with Saturnia, 105 out of 236 pensioners have died, while their claim is still making the rounds in courts.

She has challenged the UPND president to deny having interest as pension fund manager, shareholder and actuary in Saturnia.

“How many people should die before action is taken to award these duped pensioners their dues for which they worked?”

Ms Nawakwi asked.

“As a mother and fellow human being I feel deeply aggrieved for them, this is cruel, inhuman and a great betrayal because the money they contributed has been stolen from them by people claiming to be very rich?” she said.

It was sad and heartbreaking, she said, that 17 years after the irregular privatisation of An-

glo-America/KCM pensioners who were forced to join “Saturnia” scheme were still battling in courts of law, to get their just dues even when a judgment in their favour had been passed, Ms. Nawakwi, who is Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president said.

She cited the case of former BP Zambia workers as one of the biggest pension scandals ever

recorded in Zambia and it is orchestrated by Mr Hichilema and his cohorts, Ms Nawakwi has revealed. According to records 105 of the 236 pension claimants at BP have died, leaving families in serious destitution after being defrauded of their pension.

Ms Nawakwi, a former minister of Finance in the MMD government told the Daily Nation in an exclusive interview that it was a travesty of justice for Mr. Hichilema and his colleagues to defraud innocent former Anglo American security guards and loyal BP Zambia workers.

“He boasts of being rich through hard work when he is riding on the backs of innocent workers’ benefits,” she stated.

Ms Nawakwi maintained that she would not be restrained from commenting on matters that are being dragged in court deliberately as a way to shut down those who want to comment.

Be professional, cops told

Cops still hunt Itezhi-tezhi nuns’ assailant

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

By NOEL IYOMBWA

POLICE officers involved in policing the September 17 by-election in Mwansabombwe must be professional in executing their duties, Inspector General of Police, Kakoma Kanganja has said.

According to Police public relations unit, Mr Kanganja cautioned officers against involving themselves in politics saying all those wishing to do so should resign and hand over their uniform.

He said the role of the Police was to ensure that law and order prevailed.

"The Head of State has always said that he does not condone political violence. Be diligent and professional as you discharge your duties," Mr. Kanganja said.

He advised officers not to take sides but ensure that the law was applied fairly.

Mr Kanganja is in the area to check on the security situation and welfare of Police officers in Mwansabombwe.

And Chief Mwata Kazembe of the Lunda people said he will not condone any political violence ahead of the forthcoming coming Parliamentary by-election.

The traditional leader said Mwansabombwe was a peaceful constituency which all political parties must respect. He was speaking when Mr Kanganja visited him at his plalace.

POLICE are still looking for a suspect who hacked and injured two Catholic nuns of St Barbara Parish in Itezhi-tezhi.

Acting police spokesperson Danny Mwale confirmed in a telephone interview that the suspect was still at large and that police had launched a manhunt.

Mr Mwale disclosed that one of the victims had been discharged from the University Teaching Hospital and that she was in a stable condition.

“The lone suspect is still at large and we are still looking for him, however one of the victims Sister Mulenga Matilda who sustained a deep cut on the forehead and injuries on the eye has been discharged

while Sister Akuffor Assumptor, who sustained a deep cut on the head is still admitted to University Teaching Hospital where they were referred,” he said.

Police in the area received a report of aggravated assault with intent to steal from the victims identified as Sister Akuffor Assumptor, 48, years and Sister, Matildah Mulenga aged 57 both of Saint Barbara Parish in Kataba Township in Itezhi-tezhi District.

He said the two were attacked at their convent by a masked man who wanted to steal from them.

Sister Matilda Mulenga sustained a deep cut on the forehead and injuries on the eye while Sister Akuffor Assumptor sustained a deep cut on the head after being hit with an iron bar. This happened when the victims found the criminal attempting to break in Sister Mulenga's apartment.

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA ZAMBIA has recorded 193 deaths in mine-related accidents between 2008 and 2020, the Mines Safety Department (MSD) has reported.

In the same period, 20 mine accidents have occurred. MSD Senior Inspector, Yoram Chulu, said the fatalities were caused by poor contractor management, human error and poor supervision.

Mr Chulu said that a lot could be done to reduce fatalities in the mines.

"Mine-related fatalities can be reduced to zero if all stakeholders are engaged in the provision of a safe atmosphere for workers in the mining industry," he said. Mr Chulu said the department had embarked on modifying the current Mines and Minerals Development Act to put in provisions aimed at regulating the mines better.

He also said that MSD was conducting safety lectures for mine officials to instill in them knowledge on the mining environment as well as mining responsibilities.

Mr Chulu said that the idea was to reduce fatalities in the sector and ensure that miners operated in safe environments all the time.

FRA buys 290,00 metric tonnes of maize

By NATION REPORTER THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far bought 290,000 metric tons of maize in the ongoing crop marketing.

FRA executive director Chola Kafwabulula announced yesterday that the purchased tonnage translates into 5.8 million bags at a cost of K638 million.

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By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE size of the fines for mobile network operators in Zambia (MNOs) should be wider and more punitive to drive the right behaviour.

Last week, the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) fined Airtel, Zamtel and MTN a total of K5.4 million for failure to provide quality services to consumers.

But Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) national secretary, Mutisunge Zulu, said the fine was not punitive enough to drive better services.

Mr Zulu said with reference to the likes of UBS, Stanchart, Deustche Banks had been fined by respective regulators while just a few years ago MTN was slapped with a record fine by the Nigerian authorities for non-compliance.

He said the Zambian regulator could pick a leaf from the gravity of fines globally that drove optimal behavioural change to make economic sense.

“The argument has been for most analysts that if the fine is a fraction of the cost of the equipment needed to ramp up service, then it is unlikely that the right and desired behaviour will be achieved by the regulator.

“The world continues to see fines for various compliance breaches and the rationale behind the quantum is to ensure non recurrence and drive the right behaviour,” Mr Zulu said.

Mr Zulu said ZICTA was well mandated to fine the MNOs for poor service and other operational failures for up to 10 percent of annual turnover.

He said fining MNOs in Zambia did not come as a surprise as generally the outcry had been that service provision continued to range between deteriorating to sub optimal.

“The regulator has for quite some time fined MNOs with very similar non-compliance of standards which given the repetitive nature suggests a degree of complacency.

“Most MNOs have cited the surge in demand for telecoms service, especially internet in the absence of higher augmentation for equipment to cater for new ways of work virtually, to the poor service in the period,” Mr Zulu said.

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Govt to dish out funds to artists

By JOHN KOMBE

ARTISTS will on September 30 2020 start receiving the government initiated empowerment stimulus package funds, National Arts Council (NAC), chairman, Patrick Samwimbila has said.

Mr. Samwimbila disclosed this when he addressed youths and artists in Chongwe during a one day youth symposium organised

by Chongwe Member of Parliament Japhen Mwakalombe.

He observed that the Youth Empowerment Scheme targeting artists was a milestone undertaken by the government.

Mr Samwimbila was happy to announce that the funds were already in the council’s account and as such artists must be confident that their applications will not be a waste of time.

He emphasised that the council would ensure that the funds benefited artists from as many districts as possible.

He was quick to point out that the funds were a revolving fund that must be paid back so that other artists that will be left out in the first phase also benefit.

He assured those who might not access the funds in the first phase that the

programme was not a one-time event as the funds were revolving. He therefore appealed to all those who will benefit first to ensure they pay back as per guidelines.

He urged recipients not to abuse the funds, but invest them in business ventures.

Mr. Samwimbila thanked the government for the initiative. According to him, this initiative was unprecedented and deserved great commendation.

“NAC has been in existence for 26 years now and such a thing has never been seen,” he said.

He observed that the funds were a boost and an unprecedented development that must be commended.

And born again veteran musician, Levy Sakala thanked the government for allocating the funds to a very progressive sector that helps to inform and educate the public. He said the development was very welcome as it would further help to grow talent for now and the future.

Mr Sakala seized the opportunity to urge youths to be disciplined if their careers will stand the test of time. He said that discipline was the key to success and as such must be the core of every artist.

US$1M SET ASIDE FOR UNPLANNED SETTLEMENTS UPGRADE STUDY

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HE Romanian government is expected to inject about US$1 million in a feasibility study into the possibility of upgrading unplanned settlements in Lusaka such as Kanyama and Misisi compunds.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Analysis Manager, Any Ivan, said the project aimed at improving the living standards in the two areas would start in the next six months.

Ms Ivan said the feasibility study would be conducted for the period of 18 months.

The Romanian government and Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure on behalf of Zambian Government and Ministry of Local Government on behalf of Lusaka City Council signed a memorandum of understand in 2018 aimed at upgrading Kanyama and Misisi compounds.

She said in an interview yesterday, the Romanian government through Romanian Aid Agency had contracted Premium Audit Consultant to conduct feasibility study.

“The full feasibility study will cover how to best improve the dwelling environment of unplanned settlements and by studying garbage collection and dumping

accessibility to clean water and sanitation for households and living in unplanned settlement’s in the Covid era.

Additionally developing the study will provide solution on how Lusaka can begin to change into a smart city, secure and environmentally friendly city.

“Premium Audit Consulting’s activity in Lusaka City is supported by ROAID through a grant and among the local partners Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure and Municipality of Lusaka and Accura Logistics,” Ms Ivan said.

Ms Ivan said during the feasibility study no one would be displaced.

‘HH lawsuit can’t intimidate us’

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

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NOT until Hakainde Hichilema gives us substantial answers to specific questions such as his alleged misconduct in the sale of Mosi-oa-tunya Intercontinental Hotel in Livingstone will the matter be put to rest, otherwise we shall not be intimidated by his law suits, says Sean Tembo.

Mr Tembo who is Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president said no amount of his supporters’ varying degrees of threats and law suits would shield the UPND president from being held accountable.

He said Mr Hichilema’s explanation last Friday was not just hollow but also failed to give substantial answers to specific questions which the public have been asking for a long time.

In a statement, Mr Tembo accused Mr Hichilema of having dodged other outstanding questions

regarding his role in the privatisation process and only chose to answer the about the Kabulonga house matter.

“However, our view is that as aspiring President of this Republic, it is actually in Mr Hakainde’s best interests that he answers the questions,” Mr Tembo said.

Meanwhile, Mr Tembo said he had received threats from Mr Hichilema’s supporters including Professor Michelo Hansungule for demanding answers from him but vowed to do so because it was his democratic right just like any other Zambian.

“Our advice to these individuals is that the lawsuit which Mr Hakainde Hichilema filed against Honorable Edith Nawakwi last Friday, under cause number 2020/ HP/0901 does not include the Mosiotunya Intercontinental Hotel matter nor the RAMCOZ matter, but is exclusively about the Kabulonga House matter only,”Mr Tembo said.

GOVT SETS UP POST-COVID CLINIC

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA Government has established a Post Covid-19 clinic to deal with complications that arise in people who have recovered from the pandemic.

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Lorrita Kabwe said health authorities had learnt of complications that appear among some people who have healed from the pandemic, saying there was need to monitor them.

Dr. Kabwe said the pandemic affects the lungs and heart.

She said the clinic had been set up at the University Teaching Hospital but only operates on Tuesdays.

Speaking during the Covid-19 briefing in Lusaka yesterday, Dr. Kabwe observed that people who had suffered severe Covid-19 risk suffering post complications.

And Zambia has recorded a positivity reduction of Covid-19 in the last two weeks.

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said that the positivity reduction had moved from 13 to 6 percent.

Dr Chilufya however said that it was too early to make a call that the country was winning the fight against the pandemic.

He further expressed worry that despite recording reduction in positivity, facilities across the country were still seeing sicker patients.

“The country recorded 67 new cases out of 1,112 tests conducted in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of cases to 12, 776.

Three facility deaths have been recorded bringing the total number of deaths to 295.

Six people have been discharged bringing the total number of recoveries to 11,674.

Govt to save Tazara from total collapse

By PETER SICHALI FINANCE Minister Bwalya N’gandu says he will engage Management at Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) to revive all railway stations which it has abandoned.

Dr. Ng’andu who recently inspected the Kasongo Tazara Railway Station in Kanchibiya was disappointed to find that the facility had been abandoned.

He said with the substantial amounts of money Government spent to put up railway station, abandoning such infrastructure was not the way to go.

Dr. Ng’andu said one of the objectives of Tazara was to open areas where it traverses to allow farmers transport their Agriculture produce using railway transport.

He said using railway transport to move agriculture produces and other goods can ease pressure on the roads.

Earlier, Zambia Jubilee Coalition (ZJC) Secretary of Kwaela Mwanza said Government should intervene in financial challenges TanzaniaZambia Railways Authority (TAZARA) is facing to save the company from total collapse.

Mr Mwanza said there was urgent need for Government to intervene by recapitalising the railway firm and avoid job losses.

The ZJC Secretary said in an interview that Tazara workers had been working for over five months without salaries.

Mr Mwanza said Tazara was viable Institution that was able to generate money but needed recapitalisation to get back on its feet. He said the company was able to manufacture school desks, wheelbarrows, hammer mills and other equipment.

Government, he said, should therefore step in so that the firm could start making money to sustain its operations.

Mr Mwanza said the Institution should not be allowed to collapse because it was a vital institution linking Zambia and the Port of Dar-es-salaam in Tanzania and had provided employment to many people from Kapiri Mposhi to Nakonde.

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THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has pledged its commitment to rehabilitating roads in Western and Southern [provinces, particularly the Kazungula Sesheke road.

RDA board vice chairperson, Yamfwa Mukanga, said Government and the RDA were about the deteriorating link between Southern and the Western provinces.

Speaking after a drive on the road up to Sikaunzwe at the weekend, Mr Mukanga said the RDA would work on the road.

Mr Mukanga said that the Kazungula-Sesheke road required quality works and not patching up the potholes only.

“This road does not need mere patching but it needs a lot of layers because even pavements can be compromised.

“For the people, they should be aware and be confident Government is aware about the poor state this road. We haven’t neglected them but it’s just that there are a lot of needs,” he said.

Mr Mukanga said that Kazungula Sesheke road was an important link which Government could not neglect.

The RDA board vice chairperson said that Government would be able to do what it takes to make sure the road is worked on.

Mr Mukanga said that the RDA was committed to ensuring that the road was worked on.

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HH challenged to ‘come clean’

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HAKAINDE Hichilema should clear his name if he thinks there was no wrong doing in the sale of national assets just as other political leaders have done before, including former Heads of State, a Consortium of Political Parties and Non- Governmental Organizations has said.

Consortium spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa, said Zambians expected opposition the UPND leader, to account for how he disposed of public assets.

Former Finance minister, Edith Nawakwi revealed that Mr Hichilema did not declare interest in the sale of Intercontinental Hotel in Livingstone to Sun International despite having interest in the asset.

According to Ms Nawakwi,

the opposition leader only advised Government that the lowest bidder was the best because the firm would invest US$50 million and create more jobs unlike other bidders. The privatisation documents for Intercontinental Hotel indicate that Sun International of South Africa, with a bid of US$5.65 million for the hotel was the lowest bidder.

The transaction document states that Victoria Falls Travel Bureau, a private company incorporated in Zambia bid US$20 million but was sidelined.

Mr Mulemwa said Mr Hichilema’s involvement in the privatization of State enterprises was marred with a lot of irregularities and raises moral issues.

“It’s for this reason we advise Hichilema to desist from speaking through his surrogates who are now issuing threats and hurling insults on those that are demanding for answers from him on the role he played in privatization of national assets,” he said.

Mr Mulemwa urged Hichilema to stop playing double standard tactics on being accountable to the Zambian people as he often accuses Government officials, including President Edgar Lungu of not being accountable to the people.

TRADE volumes between Zambia and Botswana are expected to be above the current US$ 24 million following the virtual trade and investment promotion mission which ended last week.

Zambia has recorded a positive trade balance with Botswana as evidenced by the export volumes rising from $13 million in 2015 to $ 24 million in 2019.

This is according to High Commissioner of Zambia to Botswana, Mwansa Kapeya.

Mr Kapeya said the just-ended mission was expected to increase the trade volumes and investment prospects between Zambia and Botswana.

He explained that the promotion was just the beginning of the many endeavors for both countries to mutually benefit from each other’s comparative advantage.

Mr Kapeya cited Zambia’s major exports to Botswana as copper, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits.

He said that through the initiation of mutually beneficial bilateral agreements

By AARON CHIYANZO FALSEHOODS by the opposition should be counteracted to so that they do not instill fear among citizens and make the ruling party unpopular, a Patriotic Front official and former Mandevu constituency secretary Lemmy Bwalya has said.

Mr Bwalya said the economic status and activities in Zambia could be seen to be volatile due to lack of basic information about what was happening in neighbouring countries, regions and globally.

He said the challenges the country was currently going through were even worse in other countries and the Covid-19 pandemic had affected everyone.

Mr Bwalya however observed

ZAMBIA National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) says the sex distribution of COVID-19 cases in Zambia shows that men are more susceptible to the pandemic than women.

ZNPHI Public Health Specialist Davy Simwaba said out of a total of 11,082 cases recorded in Zambia by the time of the survey, men have a proportion of 63 percent compared with women at 37 percent.

Dr Simwaba disclosed the statistics in Kalabo District when he disseminated national guidelines and standard operating procedures in combating further spread of the pandemic.

The medical practitioner however said it was yet to be established why men were more susceptible to COVID-19 than women.

He said the pandemic had continued to evolve adding that the positivity rate stood at 23.5 percent by August 2020 up from 1.8 percent recorded in early June 2020 and the peak having been end of July 2020 with 25.4 percent.

“Between March and August 2020, laboratory confirmed cases indicated that community screening accounted for 35 percent while hospital screening and contact tracing accounted

both countries could harness potential exports such as sugar, cement, honey, dried vegetables and detergents from the Zambian side.

“I therefore encourage local business enterprises to take advantage of this mission to showcase the various avenues for possible business partnerships with their selected Botswana counterparts,” Mr Kapeya said.

He encouraged the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) and the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) to take advantage of the mission to establish a good relationship for future trade and investment missions.

High Commissioner of Botswana to Zambia, Alpheus Matlhaku, observed the need for enhanced intra-African trade could not be over-emphasised as the continent continued with efforts to reach high standards of living for citizens.

Mr Matlhaku said Botswana and Zambia enjoyed cordial and fraternal relations dating back to the pre-Independence era and formalised at Independence in 1966.

He explained that the relations between the two countries covered a wide span of cultural, political, commercial and economic issues.

“The nearly completed Kazungula Bridge Project and the One Stop Border Posts bear testimony to the deep and cordial relations that our two countries have enjoyed over the years.

“It is imperative for all of us to ensure that the improved connectivity brought about by the Kazungula Bridge is fully exploited for mutual benefit,” Mr Matlhaku said.

And, ZDA acting Director General, Mukula Makasa, assured the Zambian private sector that his organization would continue facilitating trade to offer a range of business development support services.

The Trade and Investment Mission organized and hosted by the ZDA in collaboration with the BITC, the Botswana High Commission in Zambia and the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry was focused on trade and investment opportunities available in the two countries.

Challenge opposition falsehoods, PF told that the opposition in Zambia were trying to paint a picture that it was only this country that had economic challenges and that the PF Government had failed.

“It’s saddening and unfortunate to continue watching the opposition political parties mudslinging our country and the economy to some extent of instilling fear in Zambians, taking advantage of the illiterate among many

citizens.

“In BEMBA we say, umwana ashenda, atasha nyina ukunaya.

Meaning, if you are not exposed to what others do, you will continue praising that which is not enough,” he said.

Mr Bwalya said it was high time that the PF being the party in Government set up a desk of foreign affairs at the secretariat, to collaborate with Foreign Affairs ministry to exchange notes.He said there was need

to make information about world economies available to citizens, so that they can judge PF and President Edgar Lungu fairly.

Mr Bwalya said Zambia, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic was still doing its level best to continue having a stable economy.

He also implored citizens to develop a culture of reading and do more of research to avoid being devalued, through cheap propaganda.

‘Men more susceptible to COVID-19 in Zambia’

for 31 and 21 percent, respectively. Furthermore, truck drivers accounted for 7, HCW (Healthcare Worker) screening 4, international travel 1, and mass screening 1 percent,” he said.

Dr Simwaba said the median age of people thus far infected with COVID-19 in Zambia stands at 37 years.

He further said Lusaka recorded the highest number of confirmed cases followed by Copperbelt while Western and Eastern provinces recorded the lowest numbers of covid-19.

Meanwhile, Dr Simwaba outlined that government through Ministry of Health had put in place various covid-19 surveillance and response measures to curb further transmission of the disease.

“These measures include surveillance at points of entry, hospitals and community, contact tracing and responding to alerts. Others are monitoring

positive cases in home isolation, special mass screening and testing, maintenance of toll-free phone line and other phone numbers, mortuary surveillance as well as undertaking of a Sero-prevalence survey of covid-19 in Zambia,” he said.

And Ministry of Health Senior Environmental Health Practitioner Sylvia Banda Tembo said points of entry continue to contribute to the importation of COVID-19 cases in Zambia.

Ms Tembo however said government had put in place various measures aimed at curbing the pandemic.

“These measures include screening and interview of all travellers, including collection of samples. Others are temperature check, physical examinations, detection of all ill travellers, reporting of alerts for all travellers as well as isolation of suspected covid-19 cases.

“In case of death at the point

of entry, the human remains shall be managed according to standard recommendations provided for under national guidelines for handling of human remains and the Public Health Act Cap 295 of the Laws of Zambia. Import and export of human remains dying from covid-19 is not allowed,” she said.

Meanwhile, Ms Tembo has implored healthcare facilities to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities¸ essential sanitation control measures and strictly adhere to principles of waste management in order to help combat transmission of covid-19.

“Covid-19 has spread rapidly around the world, affecting every community directly or indirectly. Stringent public health and social measures have therefore been put in place to slow the spread of covid-19,” she said. - ZANIS

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…KCM valued at $1.2bn sold for $25m - Now that’s privatisation that hurts

Wednesday 2, September 2020

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THE CASE OF KCM Anglo-America also pledged to invest US$500m in the Konkola Deep Mining Project, an area with vast copper/cobalt deposits which would extend the life of the mine.

By EMMANUEL MWAMBA

IN 2003, an unknown Indian mining and nonferrous metals company, Vedanta Resources Limited bought Zambia’s largest copper mine.

The company pledged to pay US$25 million for 51 percent shares of the mine.

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) had mine assets at Nchanga, Konkola, Nkana mines and the Nampundwe pyrite mine.

It also had the Nchanga, Nkana smelters and Nkana Refinery.

The World Bank had hired a London consultant firm, N.M. Rothschild to assess the value of the ZCCM assets during the failed sale to Kafue Consortium in 1996 and the subsequent sale to Anglo-America in 1998-99.

The share value of KCM was deemed at US$1.2 billion but with a market value of US$650m owing to the persistent and prevailing low copper price.

WHY KCM WAS BEING SOLD

Shortly after the 2001 elections, Anglo-America Corporation announced that it was abandoning KCM, a mine it had just bought in October 1999 and was pulling out of Zambia.

Anglo-America through its subsidiary, Zambia Copper Investment (ZCI) had bought an 80 percent stake (Nchanga, Konkola Divisions and Nampundwe) for US$90m (US$30m cash and US$60m deferred payment to be paid five years later beginning 2006).

The deal also included a copper/cobalt price participation and sharing scheme to cap at US$125m.

The new shareholding in the new company now called Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) was ZCI, 65 percent, ZCCM-IH 20 percent and 7.5 percent held by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC).

The new owners pledged to develop and modernise the mines.

Anglo-America also pledged to invest US$500m in the Konkola Deep Mining Project, an area with vast copper/cobalt deposits which would extend the life of the mine.

At the same time,

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Glencore and First Quantum bought Mufulira Division and Nkana Mines to form Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) and pledged an investment of US$153m.

ANGLOAMERICA ABANDONS KCM IN 2002

But both the AngloAmerica and IFC exited abruptly after the 2001 elections.

On January 24, 2002, Anglo-America announced that, in view of the alleged substantial losses suffered

by KCM, the weak outlook for the copper and cobalt markets and the nonavailability of project finance for the Konkola Deep Mining Project, the company could

ANGLO-AMERICA

On January 24, 2002, Anglo-America announced that, in view of the alleged substantial losses suffered by KCM, the weak outlook for the copper and cobalt markets and the non-availability of project finance for the Konkola Deep Mining Project, the company could not justify investing further funds in KCM over and above those committed at the time of vesting.

not justify investing further funds in KCM over and above those committed at the time of vesting.

ENTER VEDANTA

Vedanta Resources and its chairman Anil Agarwal visited Zambia in 2003.

Later an announcement was made that Vedanta Resources would acquire 51 percent stake to take control of KCM. Veteran businessman and entrepreneur, Andrew Sardanis in his book; “A Venture in Africa” discusses this unusual sale.

“The government through ZCCM-IH and ZCI (Anglo’s subsidiary) handed over 51 percent control of KCM by allowing Vedanta to subscribe to new capital for $25 million.”

“Vedanta also paid $23.2m to ZCI (AngloAmerica)” ZCI shares were diluted

but remained with 28.4 percent, ZCCM-IH held 20.6 percent and Vedanta held 51 percent!

The book reveals that instead of paying the $25m to Government as committed, Vedanta instead paid only $16.8m!

VEDANTA MAKES PROFITS

Since Vedanta is listed in London, it is obliged to provide financial information.

After buying KCM for $25m, revenue from its businesses jumped and started making over US$3, 701.8 (US$3.7b) million in every fiscal year and by 2009 the revenue reached US$6, 578.9m ($6.5bn).

CONCLUSION

Imagine that the Zambian government was paid US$25m for 51 percent shares in KCM while

Anglo-America (Zambia Copper Investment) was paid $213m for its remaining 28.4 percent shares (in addition to the US$23.2m paid in 2003)!

By 2008, Vedanta Redources now held a shareholding of 80 percent while ZCCM-IH held the 20 percent.

Now that’s the trouble with privatisation crimes or any corporate crimes!

They are complex, detailed and might be difficult to unravel as they involve lawyers, multinationals, businessmen and public officials.

The trick is simple!

It appears that state assets are obtained at cheap prices but covered by making huge investment pledges that in many cases is never fulfilled while the investor milks the assets to the bone! *The author is Zambia’s ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union.

By 2008, Vedanta Redources now held a shareholding of 80 percent while ZCCMIH held the 20 percent.

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By NOEL IYOMBWA SOCIAL media has become a platform for spreading lies by political opponents to make popular Members of Parliament unpopular, Nakaonde Member of Parliament Yizukanji Siwanzi has said.

Reacting to a social media story that he was chased and beaten by people in his constituency for failing to deliver, Mr Siwanzi said that as a result of desperation, the

MP RUBBISHES ‘SOCIAL MEDIA LIES’

opposition are now using social media by trying to publish falsehoods about Members of Parliament with intent to make them unpopular.

He said contrary to the allegations, he was in Chinsali over the weekend where the President was opening the provincial conference.

“How is it possible that I can be in two places at the same time, because that day I was in Chinsali attending the provincial conference which saw some of the members elected members of the executive committee.

“This is a sign of desperation by the opposition to try and make popular PF MP unpopular,

for me I am happy that my existence is threatening others, it is unfortunate because the accusations are misleading the people.

He noted that the opposition should not blame anyone when they lose in 2021 because instead of telling the people what they will do for the people,

to be expensive to be memorable.

Embracing Cost Effective Yet Meaningful Family ‘Traditions’ During The COVID – 19 ’Era’ the ability to earn an income? What tools can we use to help us spend only on our NEEDS as opposed to WANTS? These are pertinent questions that can help us to get back on track of attaining Financial Freedom (FF)and securing quality lives for ourselves and our families if we are not on this path yet.

Keeping ‘Traditions’ In Control The following tips will help you to keep your ‘traditions’ in line with your financial goals and keep you away from the number one Money Management Demon, overspending or living beyond your means:

Maria Karima

Head - Corporate Affairs & Marketing Investrust Bank Plc

Dear Reader, We trust that you and your families are well and that you are keeping safe and healthy as we continue to fight COVID -19.

With changes we are experiencing in the manner in which we live, we continue to share tips of how we can all take advantage of opportunities being presented by the pandemic. To stay normal in the new normal, we are all required to align our mindsets to reality. Times have changed, and so it goes without saying that our thoughts and way of life must align with this reality.

This week, we draw your attention to family ‘traditions’ which people hold dear to their hearts. These vary from family to family, and they range from dining out every so often and celebrating key milestones such as birthdays, anniversaries and graduations to travelling out of town or the country and making expensive purchases to commemorate special events. We remind you, Dear Reader about the importance of keeping these in check because when we don’t, ‘traditions’ can prove to be a financial nuisance capable of negatively affecting our financial goals.

Tough Times Call For Tough Decisions The social restrictions that the pandemic has brought with it should be taken as opportunities to save that money that we would otherwise have spent without even blinking! These times present to us, the opportunity to take stock of our family ‘traditions’ and really question their relevance and value that they add to the quality of lives that we live. The evaluation process can take various forms. One easy way of effecting this is by asking yourself a few questions. These include but are not limited to the following: What family ‘traditions’ do I hold dear to my heart? How much do we spend on these traditions as a family? What can we cut down on but still have meaningful family moments?

Are we putting aside enough contingency money that we can use as a family should the unexpected happen or when we lose

Plan, Plan And Plan This is how Money Smart people take family ‘traditions’ – they plan comprehensively about how they will spend and save money!

It is critical to know exactly where your money is going so that you can get to do what you love to do as families within what you can afford. Never lose sight of the big picture; attaining Financial Freedom will not happen in a vacuum. You have to be deliberate and intentional about it.

Create A Budget How you do this is entirely dependent on your needs. Whichever way you execute it, please be sure to have a budget - a realistic and timely one. Unrealistic budgets prove to create more harm than good, and you don’t want that. Don’t set budgets that are too tight, you may have great intentions for doing this, but then again you do not want to create a budget that you will end up tossing out of the window simply because it was far from realistic. Think things over thoroughly to ensure that you make the right decisions.

Track Your Spending Your budget is useless if you don’t track it.

Doing this in our era is very easy because we are able to use mobile phones and other applications/tools. Remember that there are so many other hidden costs that come with celebrating ‘traditions’, watch out for these. Spreadsheets are a great and accurate way of tracking your expenditure, be diligent.

Cut Back On Extras Cutting back on those extra unnecessary things that you do can have a big impact on your bottom line. Be sure that the extra ‘treats’ you spend on are really worth the price. You may discover that those seemingly small amounts that you spend on ‘extras’ could have paid for a few meaningful gifts or a generous donation to a charity of your choice or that of your children.

Opt For Cheaper ‘Traditions’ It is a given truth that ‘traditions’ are what make families stay close and help in bonding.

However, it is also true that ‘traditions’, when not well thought through and managed can be a financial burden because they could be unrealistic. You may find yourself going significantly over budget in the name of family ‘traditions’. While ‘traditions’ are important and admirable, they don’t have

Make ‘Traditions Memorable, Spend Wisely Do planning for your family ‘traditions’ affordable and fun! Plan as a family, list down all the activities you wish to celebrate over a period of time, allocate money to these activities and stick to plans. The Investrust Bank Plc (IBP) InvestGo card is one perfect tool that you can use. This is because you can load the card with money that you allocate to your activities. What’s more, you need not be our customer to access the card. All you need to do is go to any IBP branch nearest to you. Be sure to carry your identification card (s) with you. Banking couldn’t be easier!

Convert Costly ‘Traditions’ Into Cost Effective Yet Fulfilling And Magical Ones You can also decide to do volunteer work as a family during such moments. There are so many people in need of various things, and there are so many organisations/ individuals who are doing amazing things to help such people. Teach your young ones the spirit of caring and sharing. Knowing that they helped uplift someone’s life in some way will make them feel fulfilled, proud and responsible. Nothing beats the feeling of knowing that you have made a difference no matter how small/little your contribution may seem to be. Channelling what you would have unnecessarily spent on family gifts for instance to those in need is a great and honourable way to give back!

Teach your kids that ‘traditions’ are not always about what you spend on yourselves, but that they could also be about the time you spend together by making a difference in communities in which we live.

Know When To Stop Please be sure to know when to stop, be responsible. When you have executed all your planned activities, take stock of your expenditure and be sure to make plans of correcting overspending just in case you did that. The period right after your activities is the perfect time to effect some monitoring and evaluation works. Audit your budget and make plans for the new cycle of activities. How did you do? Did you stay within budget? Were there places you could have cut back? Learn from your mistakes and aim to do better next time.

We trust that you enjoyed the read and that you will commit to behaving responsibly towards the execution of family ‘traditions’ going forward. Aim to spend quality time with your loved ones and within your means. Don’t spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. That will be detrimental of you to do, and you will kill the journey to your Financial Freedom. What we wish for you is a great quality of life that comes with the attainment of Financial Freedom.

Please stay safe and clear of COVID -19 by following all the Ministry of Health guidelines.

Stay blessed and be a blessing to others.

For comments or questions email maria.karima@investrustbank.co.zm

they were busy wasting time spreading lies on social media.

The Nakonde law maker stated that Members of Parliament from the ruling PF are busy delivering on promises as was evident with the development and people cannot be cheated.

“People cannot be lied to, we

Farmer placed on defence in ivory case THE Itezhi-tezhi Magistrates Court has found a 37-year -old farmer with a case to answer in a matter he is charged with illegal possession of ivory and ammunitions.

Magistrates Keegan Litia ruled that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the accused in all the charges and then placed him on his defence.

In this case, Feston Chiboyi Shanduba, of Munaluchena Village in Chief Shezongo’s Chiefdom in Itezhi Tezhi is charged with two counts of wildlife related offences.

In the first count, Shanduba is charged with unlawful possession of prescribed trophy contrary to section 130 of the Wildlife Act number 14 of 2015 of the Laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence are that Shanduba on July 4, 2020, in Itezhi Tezhi, had in his possession prescribed trophy namely Ivory without a certificate of ownership issued to him by the Director of Department of National Parks and Wildlife.

In the second count, Shanduba is charged with unlawful possession of ammunitions contrary to section 10 (1) (2) (a) (b) of the Firearm

are delivering projects when they lose, they shouldn’t cry foul because they not telling people what they will do for the people.

“The same picture and story circulated some time back and that it was a member of parliament from Kenya so I wonder if it also happened in Kenya,” he said.

Act number 110 of the laws of Zambia. Particulars were that Shanduba on the same date in Itezhi-tezhi did possess 6 by 458 live ammunition without a licenve. After prosecution witnesses testified, magistrates Litia said “from the evidence adduced before this court, I find that the state has established a prima facie case against the accused.”

And in his defence, Shanduba testified how he was apprehended and taken in the bush for questioning and later searched his house which yielded no results as he had no ivory.

“The bundled me into the vehicle from my home. After covering kilometers, I was told to disembark from a vehicle and went into the bush and they asked me if I was Chiboyi to which I responded in the affirmative. Then they told me that my friend had gone into the park and that I was holding ivory” Shanduba said.

Shanduba testified that he was then driven back to his home where a search was conducted and when it yielded nothing, the officers drove him back to the bush where he had been taken at first.

He said it was there where one officer got into the bush and brought a sack that was later put on his laps.

The court also heard that elephant tasks were found inside the sack when it was opened and at this point he was taken to Ngoma Wildlife Headquarters in Itezhi Tezhi where he was charged with the subject offence.

The matter has since been adjourned to September 8, 2020 for judgment.

‘Church must partner with Govt’

By TROY MUKUPA RELIGIOUS leaders must endeavour to partner with the government because we believe that service to mankind is service to God, a PF official Andrew Lubusha has said.

Mr Lubusha who is the PF Eastern Province chairperson said it was important for religious leaders to continue to offer guidance and influence a positive thinking in people that would push for a peaceful and better nation.

Mr Lubusha He said this yesterday after visiting Eastern Province Anglican Diocese Bishop William Mchombo at his home in Chipata.

“We appreciate the Church for it’s spiritual, social economic guidance and moral contribution to our efforts in transforming the country.

“Religious leaders must endeavour to partner and work with the government because we believe that service to mankind is service to God. They should continue to offer guidance and influence the thinking that will push for a further transformation of our country.

We shall continue supporting the Church in it’s activities and programmes to establish a more united country,” he said.

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Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority

Guidelines for Establishment of a Pharmaceutical Retail Business in Zambia These guidelines for the establishment of a pharmaceutical retail business in Zambia are issued by the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority pursuant to section 68 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act, 2013 of the Laws of Zambia. The Authority may amend any part of these guidelines from time to time.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0

2.0 3.0

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................II

LICENSING PROCEDURE: AN OVERVIEW............................II APPLICATION PROCEDURE TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION TO OPERATE A RETAIL PHARMACY...............................................................................II 4.0 SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION.....................................II 5.0 PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS IN A RETAIL PHARMACY...II 6.0 STANDARDS FOR RETAIL PHARMACY PREMISES.............II 6.1 Premises of a retail pharmacy.......................................... iii 6.2 Stocking in a pharmacy ................................................... iii 6.3 Safety and security of premises for a retail pharmacy..... iii 6.4 Conditions of Premises, Design and Materials................ iii 6.5 The floors, walls, windows, ceiling, woodwork and all other parts of the premises must:............................... iii 6.6 Dispensing of Medicines in a retail pharmacy................. iii 6.7 Medicines in a pharmacy shall be dispensed in accordance with the profession of pharmacy and guidelines that may be issued by the ZAMRA from time to time;............................................................ iii 6.8 It is for one reason or another, the pharmacist is not available to perform duties in a pharmacy, the pharmacist should ensure that the dispensary is closed and all medicines that are only dispensed by a pharmacist should be moved to the dispensary;.......... iii 6.9 Prescription medicines shall not be dispensed without a prescription; .................................................... iii 6.10 Every supply of medicines on a prescription shall be entered in the prescription book and the prescription itself filed;.................................................... iii 6.11 The prescription book, from date of last entry, shall be kept by the pharmacy for a period of two (2) years.................................................... iii 6.12 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)......................... iii

6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17

The following SOPS should be available:....................... iii Relative Partitioning........................................................ iii The following are partitions for the premises:................. iii Shelving and equipment in a retail pharmacy................. iii The following shelving and equipment must be available:........................................................... iii 6.18 Documentation / Record Keeping Facilities: where applicable, the following shall be provided:.......... iii 6.19 Stock Surveillance Facilities............................................ iii 6.20 The following temperature monitoring facilities should be available:.......................................... iii 7.0 REFERENCE MATERIALS......................................................III 7.1 Mandatory references...................................................... iii 7.2 The following reference materials should be available:... iii 7.3 Recommended references............................................... iii (a) British National Formulary (BNF) latest edition.......... iii (b) British Pharmacopoeia latest edition.......................... iii (c) Martindale latest edition.............................................. iii 7.4 Statutes:.......................................................................... iii (a) Medicines and Allied Substances Act (No.3) of 2013 of the Laws of Zambia........................................ iii (b) Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap 95 of the Laws of Zambia..... iii (c) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Cap 96 of the Laws of Zambia ........................................ iii (d) Health Professions and Allied Professions Act (No.24) of 2009 of the Laws of Zambia........................... iii (e) The Public Health Act, Cap. 295 of the Laws of Zambia............................................................... iii ANNEX I: Medicines Expiry Register.............................................. iii ANNEX II: Prescriptions Book.......................................................... iii ANNEX III: Product Recall Register.................................................. iii ANNEX IV: ZAMRA Inspectors’ Book................................................ iii

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1.0 INTRODUCTION The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) regulates medicines for human and animal use in accordance with the provisions of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act No. 3 of 2013 and the relevant Regulations made thereunder. (Hereafter referred to as the Act).

Among other things, it is unlawful for any person to sell medicines, in a retail pharmacy in Zambia without lawful authority from ZAMRA except in accordance with the certificate of registration.

The medicines to be sold in the pharmacy should have Marketing Authorisation or exemptions obtained from ZAMRA. In addition, there must be full compliance to the licensing procedure.

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on the requirements of applying for Certificates of Registration to operate a retail pharmacy where medicines and allied substances may be sold or supplied as provided for by the Act. 2.0 LICENSING PROCEDURE: AN OVERVIEW The directorate responsible for licensing of retail pharmacies has the overall responsibility for ensuring compliance with the whole licensing process. The Director-General endorses the certificate of registration issued to applicants intending to sale or supply medicines and allied substances on retail.

The licensing process of retail pharmacies includes the following: 1) Lodgement of an application; 2) Screening of an application to ensure that relevant documents are attached to the application. Where the Authority finds that the application is incomplete, the Authority shall request for additional information as set out in a prescribed form; 3) Pre-licensing inspections are carried out by the Authority’s inspectors to assess the conformance of the applicant’s premises to the set standards; 4) A pre-licensing inspection report is generated containing findings and relevant recommendations; 5) The licensing committee scrutinises the pre-licensing inspection report and recommendations; 6) Where the licensing committee resolves that deficiencies exist at the premises of the applicant, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the deficiencies that need to be rectified.

When the applicant notifies the Authority in writing that the deficiencies have been rectified, the Authority may conduct a verification inspection where necessary; 7) Where the licensing committee resolves that the premises of the applicant are in conformity with the set standards required, the licensing committee shall support the recommendation to the Director responsible for licensing; 8) The Director responsible for licensing shall facilitate the final steps of generating the certificate of registration for onward endorsement by the Director-General; and

9) The Director-General shall endorse on the certificate of registration issued to the applicant.

The inspectors of the Authority shall conduct routine inspections to monitor compliance to the set standard including terms and conditions of the certificate of registration.

(b) where there is only a pharmacy technologist available, the dispensary of a pharmacy shall be closed during the situation of an emergency, but the pharmacy may remain open for general sale medicines.

3.3.4 The registered pharmacist engaged on a

locum basis, shall attain all the responsibilities of the responsible pharmacist being replaced, and shall display a valid professional practicing licence, in a conspicuous place in the registered pharmacy, for the period of the engagement.

3.0 APPLICATION PROCEDURE TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION TO OPERATE A RETAIL PHARMACY

3.1 A person who intends to operate a retail

pharmacy shall apply to the Authority for a Certificate of Registration, by ensuring that:

(a) The application is duly completed in Form I, of the certificate of registration regulations, and should be accompanied with proof of payment of the prescribed fee; (b) The applicant is a holder of a valid Business Levy Permit and fire certificate issued by the local authority; and (c) The applicant is a holder of a valid certificate of incorporation, business name registration certificate, certificate of registration of a cooperative or certificate of incorporation of a trust.

3.2 Attachments to the application for a certificate of registration

3.2.1 An application made in accordance with

clause 2.0 above shall be accompanied by a: (a) valid professional practising certificate for the responsible person* (registered pharmacist see 2.3) who shall personally manage and control the pharmacy during its operating hours; (b) sketch of the floor plan for the premises; (c) valid certificate of incorporation, business name registration certificate, certificate of registration of a cooperative, certificate of incorporation of a trust; (d) business levy permit from the local authority; and (e) fire certificate from the local authority

3.3 Responsible Person 3.3.1 A responsible person means the registered pharmacist working in a registered pharmacy who shall physically be present to manage and control the registered pharmacy during operating hours.

3.3.2 A registered pharmacy may engage the services of a registered pharmacist on a locum basis, except that a registered pharmacist or where applicable, a registered pharmacist engaged on a locum basis, shall not be: (a) in full-time employment elsewhere; (b) on leave, for less than a year, from a full-time job; or (c) be on full time educational studies.

3.3.3 The Authority shall be informed in writ-

ing of the engagement of any registered pharmacist on a locum basis at least fourteen days prior to the engagement, except that in cases of an emergency: (a) where there is more than one registered pharmacist available to continue operating the registered pharmacy during the emergency situation, the registered pharmacy may remain open.

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3.3.5 The owner of a registered pharmacy shall

at the conclusion of the engagement of a registered locum pharmacist notify the Authority on the cessation of the services of the registered locum pharmacist employed on a locum basis.

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4.1

Submission of the application A completed application shall be submitted to the nearest ZAMRA Offices.

5.0 Personnel pharmacy

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5.1 A retail pharmacy shall engage a full-time registered pharmacist who shall be required to be physically present to manage the pharmacy as a responsible person; 5.2 A registered pharmacy technologist and locum pharmacist may be engaged on a need basis; 5.3 A registered pharmacy may engage support staff.

6.0 Standards for retail pharmacy premises 6.1 Premises of a retail pharmacy 6.1.1 The external appearance of premises must be clean.

6.1.2 The premises should be identified distinctly by a signpost with following details: (a) name of retail pharmacy; (b) address of retail pharmacy; (c) telephone/contact number; (d) operating times on door or window; and (e) standard symbol of a green cross on a white background for a retail pharmacy.

6.1.3 The design and layout of a retail pharmacy must permit a logical flow of work, effective communication and supervision by a responsible person; ensure effective cleaning and maintenance; and must minimize the risk of errors, cross-contamination and anything else which would have an adverse effect on the quality of products.

6.1.4 All parts of the premises must be maintained in an orderly and tidy manner.

6.1.5 A valid annual practising certificate for the responsible pharmacist, pharmacy technologist and locum pharmacist should be displayed conspicuously in a retail pharmacy.

6.1.6 Dispensary 6.1.7 The following compounding equipment and auxiliaries should be available: (a) Distilled water (b) Measuring cylinder (c) Counting tray (d) balance (e) Mortar and pestle (f) Any other compounding equipment and auxiliaries

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6.1.8 The following packaging and labelling ma-

terial should be available: (a) Self-adhesive labels, (b) Self-sealing plastic packs (c) Any other suitable packaging materials.

6.2 Stocking in a pharmacy 6.2.1 The pharmacy may stock the following: (a) Prescription only medicines (POM) (b) Pharmacy medicines (P) (c) General sale medicines (GS) (d) Veterinary medicines (e) Herbal medicines (f) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances (g) Allied substances 6.3 6.3.1

6.3.2

6.3.3 6.3.4 6.3.5 6.3.6

6.3.7

6.3.8

6.3.9

6.4 6.5 (a) (b)

(c)

(d) (e)

Safety and security of premises for a retail pharmacy A working environment must be arranged in a manner that ensures the safety of the public and people working on the premises and comply with relevant legislation relating to safety in the workplace; Measures to prevent accidents and fires must be put in place. Written approved procedures on use of fire extinguishers must be available; Staff must be familiar with the fire prevention procedures; Equipment must be maintained in good working order.

Careful consideration must be given to the overall security of premises.

The premises must be lockable and as far as possible exclude any unauthorised entry.

Security measures must be in place to provide for the safety of both staff and medicines.

Depending on the design of the premises, burglar bars/ security doors or any other such installations should be installed on all entrance/ exit doors and windows where practicable.

Where practicable, it is advisable that security guard(s) are engaged, and other security systems installed such as closed-circuit television. Where a security firm or company is engaged, contract agreement between the pharmacy enterprise and the hired security firm or company must be in place.

Conditions of Premises, Design and Materials The floors, walls, windows, ceiling, woodwork and all other parts of the premises must: Be made of durable and easy to clean materials; Be kept in a continuous good order, repair and condition for the purposes of prevention of infestations, and adding beauty to the premises; Countertops, shelves, floors and walls must be with a smooth finish, washable, and easy to clean material for the purposes of maintaining hygienic conditions; The premises should have adequate natural and/or artificial ventilation; The premises should have sufficient natural and/or artificial lighting, and the walls, floors and ceiling are in a good

(f) (g)

(h) (i)

state of repair; The premises should have a leak-proof roof; The premises should have clearly partitioned areas for carrying out specific activities such as main shop, area for supplying prescription only veterinary medicines, and expired medicines area; The premises should have adequate sanitation facilities such as toilets and hand-washing utility; and The premises must have sufficient shelving which are smooth, washable and impermeable;

6.6

Dispensing of Medicines in a retail pharmacy

6.7

Medicines in a pharmacy shall be dispensed in accordance with the profession of pharmacy and guidelines that may be issued by the ZAMRA from time to time;

6.8

It is for one reason or another, the pharmacist is not available to perform duties in a pharmacy, the pharmacist should ensure that the dispensary is closed and all medicines that are only dispensed by a pharmacist should be moved to the dispensary;

6.9

Prescription medicines shall not be dispensed without a prescription;

6.10

Every supply of medicines on a prescription shall be entered in the prescription book and the prescription itself filed;

6.11

The prescription book, from date of last entry, shall be kept by the pharmacy for a period of two (2) years.

6.12

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

6.13

The following SOPS should be available: (a) Complaints handling (b) Contingency in the event no pharmacist is present (c) Control, ordering and receipt of medicines and allied substances (d) Dispensing and supply of medicines and allied substances (e) Fire safety including use of fire extinguisher (f) Hygiene procedures on premises. (g) Management of recalled products (h) Management of the disposal of expired stock (i) Management of waste generated in the pharmacy (j) Reporting of adverse drug events/reaction

6.14 Relative Partitioning 6.15 The following are partitions for the premis-

es: (a) Front shop with minimum size of 50m2 (b) Dispensary for prescription only medicines with minimum size of 15m2 (c) Main warehouse or storeroom with air conditions (s) with minimum size of 24m2 (d) Office space with minimum size of 3m2 (e) Expired products room with adequate space under lock and key (f) Access to water closet toilet(s) with hand washing basin

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Shelving and equipment in a retail pharmacy The following shelving and equipment must be available:

6.17

(a) Adequate shelves and pallets (where applicable) (b) Hand free or pedal waste bin(s) (c) Refrigerator (d) Fire extinguishers placed at strategic positions (e) Air conditioners for medicines storage areas (f) Secure Cupboard, Receptacle or Dedicated Room for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (where applicable)

6.18 Documentation / Record Keeping Facilities:

where applicable, the following shall be provided: (a) Bin cards (stock cards) (b) Computer or equivalent device (c) Dangerous Drugs Register (d) Delivery notes (where applicable) (e) Expired Products Register (f) File for prescriptions (g) Internal issue books (h) Prescription Book (i) Recalled Products Register (j) Receipt (k) Invoices (l) ZAMRA Inspectors’ Book

6.19 Stock Surveillance Facilities 6.20 The following temperature monitoring facilities should be available: (a) Temperature charts (b) Wall and refrigerator thermometers or data loggers 7.0 Reference materials 7.1 7.2

7.3 (a) (b) (c)

Mandatory references The following reference materials should be available: (a) Zambia National Formulary (ZNF) latest edition (b) Zambian Essential Medicines List latest edition (c) Zambian Standard Treatment Guidelines latest edition (d) Zambian Standards of Pharmaceutical Practice (e) ZAMRA Good Distribution Practices Guidelines latest edition Recommended references British National Formulary (BNF) latest edition British Pharmacopoeia latest edition Martindale latest edition

7.4 Statutes: (a) Medicines and Allied Substances Act (No.3) of 2013 of the Laws of Zambia (b) Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap 95 of the Laws of Zambia (c) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Cap 96 of the Laws of Zambia (d) Health Professions and Allied Professions Act (No.24) of 2009 of the Laws of Zambia (e) The Public Health Act, Cap. 295 of the Laws of Zambia.

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ANNEX I: Medicines Expiry Register Serial No.

Name of Medicine

Sourcing/ Purchase Date

Quantity (Pack Size or units)

Expiry Date

Date of entry

Signature

ANNEX II: Prescriptions Book Serial No.

Name of Patient

Name of Medicines (Ingredient)

Quantity Supplied or Dispensed

Date of Supply or Dispensed

Name of Prescriber and Address

Name of person Supplying or Dispensing

Signature

ANNEX III: Product Recall Register Serial No.

Name of Medicines

Batch. No

Name of Manufacturer

Man. Date

Expiry Date

Establishment Received/ Collected From

Quantity Received/ Collected

Date of Entry

Signature

ANNEX IV: ZAMRA Inspectors’ Book Date of Inspection

Deficiencies

Proposed Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs)

Timelines

Comments on Closure of CAPAs

Name of Lead Inspector

Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Signature

Representative or Responsible Person

Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Signature

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Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority

Guidelines for Establishment of a Pharmaceutical Wholesale Business in Zambia These guidelines for the establishment of a Pharmaceutical Wholesale Business are issued by the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority pursuant to section 68 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act, 2013 of the laws of Zambia. The Authority may amend any part of these guidelines from time to time.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................................ ii 1.1. LICENSING PROCEDURE: AN OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................... ii APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF A PHARMACEUTICAL LICENCE.......................................................... ii SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION...................................................................................................................................... ii 3.1. A COMPLETED APPLICATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORITY.............................................................. ii PERSONNEL REQUIRED IN A PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS................................................................... ii 4.1. PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS IN A PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS................................................... ii STANDARDS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS................................................................................. ii 5.1. PHARMACEUTICAL PREMISES....................................................................................................................................... ii 5.2. RELATIVE PARTITIONING................................................................................................................................................iii 5.3. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT..........................................................................................................................................iii 5.4. RECORD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM...............................................................................................iii 5.5. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPS)..........................................................................................................iii 5.6. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM..................................................................................................................................iii 5.7. REFERENCE MATERIALS................................................................................................................................................iii 5.8. FEES..................................................................................................................................................................................iii CONTACT DETAILS..................................................................................................................................................................iii

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1. INTRODUCTION The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) regulates medicines for human and animal use in accordance with the provisions of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act No. 3 of 2013 of the laws of Zambia and the relevant Regulations made thereunder. (Hereafter referred to as “the Act”).

Among other things, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute or deal in any medicine or allied substance medicines in Zambia except in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Licence and Marketing Authorisation or exemptions obtained from ZAMRA. 1.1.

Licensing procedure: An overview

1.1.1. The Directorate responsible for licensing has the responsibility to grant a pharmaceutical licence to an applicant who intend to sale or supply medicines and allied substances by way of wholesale dealing. The Director-General shall endorse the pharmaceutical licence issued to applicants intending to sale or supply medicines and allied substances by way of wholesale.

form and should include the following attachments: 2.1.1. Proof of payment of the prescribed fee; 2.1.2. The applicant’s valid Business Levy permit and fire certificate issued by the local authority; 2.1.3. The person is a holder of a valid Certificate of Incorporation, Business Name Registration Certificate; 2.1.4. A valid professional practising certificate for the full-time registered pharmacist who shall supervise the pharmaceutical wholesale establishment; and 2.1.5. Sketch of the floor plan for the premises.

3. SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION 3.1. A completed application shall be submitted to the Authority.

4. PERSONNEL REQUIRED IN A PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS 4.1.

4.1.1.

1.1.2. The licensing process of pharmaceutical wholesale business shall include the following: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)

(h) (i)

(j) (k)

The applicant shall lodge an application for a pharmaceutical licence to the Authority; The Authority shall screen the application to ensure that relevant documents are attached; Where the Authority finds that the application is insufficient, the Authority shall request for additional information as set out in a prescribed form; Inspectors of the Authority shall conduct pre-licensing inspections to assess the conformity of the applicant’s premises to the set standards; A pre-licensing inspection report shall be generated containing findings and relevant recommendations; The licensing committee shall scrutinise the pre-licensing inspection report and recommendations; Where the licensing committee resolves that deficiencies exist at the premises of the applicant, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the deficiencies that need to be rectified.

Where the applicant notifies the Authority in writing that the deficiencies have been rectified, the Authority may conduct a verification inspection where necessary; Where the licensing committee resolves that the premises of the applicant are in conformity with the set standards required, the licensing committee shall support the recommendation to the Director responsible for licensing; The Director responsible for licensing shall facilitate the final steps of generating the pharmaceutical licence for onward endorsement by the Director-General; and The Director-General shall endorse on the pharmaceutical licence issued to the applicant.

1.1.3. The inspectors of the Authority shall conduct routine inspections to monitor compliance to the set standards including terms and conditions of the pharmaceutical licence.

1.1.4. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on the requirements to establish and operate a pharmaceutical wholesale business in Zambia.

2. APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF A PHARMACEUTICAL LICENCE 2.1. A person who intends to operate a pharmaceutical wholesale business shall apply to the Authority for a Pharmaceutical Licence as provided under the Act, by ensuring that the application is duly completed in a prescribed manner and

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4.1.2.

4.1.3.

4.1.4.

4.1.5.

4.1.6.

Personnel requirements in a pharmaceutical wholesale business.

A pharmaceutical wholesale business shall engage a registered pharmacist on a full-time or part-time basis.

Where a registered pharmacist is engaged on a full-time basis, the pharmacist shall be required to be physically present to manage the pharmaceutical wholesale business as a responsible person; Where a Pharmacist is engaged on a part-time basis as the responsible person, a pharmaceutical wholesale business shall engage a full-time registered pharmacy technologist; An agro-veterinary wholesale business shall engage a registered veterinary surgeon on a full-time or part-time basis. Where a registered veterinary surgeon is engaged on a full-time basis, the veterinary surgeon shall be required to be physically present to manage the agro-veterinary wholesale business as a responsible person; Where a veterinary surgeon is engaged on a part-time basis as the responsible person, an agro-veterinary wholesale business shall engage a full-time registered veterinary para-professional A registered pharmacy technologist and veterinary paraprofessional may be engaged on locum basis where necessary.

A pharmaceutical wholesale business may engage support staff.

5. STANDARDS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS 5.1. Pharmaceutical Premises 5.1.1. The premises should have the following requirements: (a) Clean and tidy surroundings with conspicuous identity; (b) Be kept in a continuous good order, repair and condition for the purposes of prevention of infestations; (c) Countertops, floors and walls must be with a smooth finish, washable, durable and easy to clean material for the purposes of maintaining hygienic conditions; (d) The premises should have adequate natural and artificial ventilation; (e) The premises should have sufficient natural and artificial lighting; (f) The premises should have a leak-proof roof; (g) The premises should have adequate sanitation facilities such as toilets and hand-washing utility; and (h) The premises must have adequate shelving which are smooth, washable and impermeable 5.1.2. A working environment must be arranged in a manner that ensures the safety of the public and people working on the premises and comply with relevant legislation relating to safety in the workplace; 5.1.3. Measures to prevent accidents and fires must be put in place and written approved procedures on use of fire

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extinguishers must be available; 5.1.4. Staff must be familiar with the fire prevention procedure 5.1.5. Security measures must be in place to provide for the safety of both staff, medicines, allied substances and as far as possible exclude any unauthorised entry; and 5.1.6. Depending on the design of the premises, burglar bars/ security doors or any other such installations should be installed on all entrance/ exit doors and windows where practicable.

5.2. Relative Partitioning 5.2.1. The premises should have clearly partitioned areas to provide for the following: (a) Front shop/ sales or showroom; (b) Main warehouse (air conditioned); (c) Receiving bay; (d) Quarantine room; (e) Recalled products room (under lock and key); (f) Expired products room (under lock and key); (g) Water closet toilet(s) with hand washing basin.

(f) (g) (h) 5.6.

5.5. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) 5.5.1. The pharmaceutical wholesale business should have standard operating procedure on how to deal with the following: (a) Expired products (b) Recalled Products (c) Quarantined Products (d) Distribution of products (e) Complaint handling

Cleaning Procedures Management of waste generated Maintenance of Equipment

Quality Management System

5.6.1. The pharmaceutical wholesale business shall comply with Good Distribution Practices guidelines and ensure that a quality management system is in place.

5.7.

Reference Materials 5.7.1. The following reference materials must be available: (a) Statutes i) Animal Health Act (No.27), 2010** ii) Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap 95 iii) Health Professions Act (No.14), 2009* iv) Medicines and Allied Substances Act (No.3), 2013 v) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Cap 96 vi) Veterinary and Veterinary Para-Professions Act (No.45), 2010**

5.3. Facilities and Equipment 5.3.1. The following facilities and equipment must be available: (a) Adequate shelves and pallets; (b) Pedal waste bin(s); (c) Transportation facilities; (d) Refrigerator; (e) Fire extinguishers placed at strategic positions; (f) Temperature charts; and (g) Wall and refrigerator thermometers 5.4. Record and Information Management System 5.4.1. The following record and information management system must be available: (a) Bin cards (stock cards) as backup system in case of power failure for a computerised system (b) Computer (c) Expired Products Register (d) Invoices/ Delivery notebooks (e) Log for Supervising Pharmacist or Veterinary Surgeon. (f) Recalled Products Register (g) Receipt/issue books (h) ZAMRA’s Inspectors’ Book

Note:

(b) Professional References i) British National Formulary (BNF) - recent edition is preferred* ii) British Pharmacopoeia - recent edition is preferred* iii) Martindale - recent edition is preferred* iv) Standards of Pharmaceutical Practice v) Veterinary National Formulary** vi) Zambia National Formulary (ZNF) - recent edition is preferred* (c) Guidelines i) Good Distribution Practice Guidelines

(*) The references are applicable to a pharmaceutical wholesale dealing in human medicines. (**) The reference is applicable to pharmaceutical establishment where veterinary medicines will be dealt in and / or where a veterinary or veterinary para-professional is engaged.

5.8. Fees 5.8.1. The current fees legislation is contained in the Medicines and Allied Substances Regulations No. 38 of 2016.

6. CONTACT DETAILS The Director General Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority P. O. Box 31890 Plot No. 6903, Tuleteka Road, Off Makishi Road LUSAKA Telephone: +260-211-220439 E-mail: pharmacy@zamra.co.zm

Annex I: Attendance Log for Supervising Pharmacist or Veterinary Surgeon ATTENDANCE LOG Name: Date

Time in

Month: Time Out

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Signature Employee

Checked by Manager

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Sourcing/ Purchase Date

Name of Medicine

Quantity (Pack Size or units)

Expiry Date

Date of entry

Signature

ANNEX III: Product Recall Register

Serial No.

Batch.

No

Name of Medicines

Name of Manufacturer

Man. Date

Expiry Date

Establishment Received/ Collected From

Quantity Received/ Collected

Date of Entry

Signature

ANNEX IV: ZAMRA Inspectors’ Book Date of Inspection

Deficiencies

Proposed Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs)

Timelines

Comments on Closure of CAPAs

Name of Lead Inspector

Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Signature

Representative or Responsible Person

Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

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By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

SMALL-SCALE miners in Chingola have expressed disappointment that Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) has sidelined them in preference for British-owned, Moxico Resources Limited to own the Mimbula dumpsite.

One Group of Cooperatives said it was disappointing that KCM had decided to sideline Zambians in preference for a foreign firm which

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SMALL-SCALE MINERS CRY FOUL OVER DUMPSITE would be externalising all its profits other than doing business with small scale miners.

Group Executive Director, Victor Kalesha, said that it would have been better to have small-scale miners manage the dumpsite as their gains would circulate internally to benefit all Zambians.

"What is more disappointing is that the said investor who is supposed to be conducting explorations and mining is simply loading and supplying materials from the dumpsites to KCM for processing that is supposed to be left for local small scale miners," he said.

Mr Kalesha said that it was wrong to have foreign in-

vestors create competition for jobs that could easily be done by Zambians.

He explained that smallscale miners had been finding it difficult to find where to process their materials since the time they were awarded a dumpsite by the Ministry of Mines under the youth empowerment scheme.

This, he said, was because they were labeled as thugs

by KCM which later refused to meet them to strike a deal.

He said that the need to prioritise locals to supply stock pile materials to KCM to fulfil the empowerment could not be overemphasized.

Mr Kalesha observed the need for KCM to consider

small-scale miners as partners in the development agenda of the country by allowing them to earn a living and become good citizens.

Government, he said, should instruct the foreign investor to concentrate on exploration and mining and leave supplying of dumpsite materials for the locals until their stocks were depleted.

Ronald Ross Hospital gets K300, 000 for ICU

By ROGERS KALERO

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA

PUBLIC TENDER NOTICE - 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 Pursuant to Section 56 of the Public Procurement Act No.12 of 2008 and Section 121 of the Public Procurement Regulations, SI No. 63 of 2011, and following the conclusion of the tendering process, the results of the tender for provision of Administrative Services that closed on 21st August, 2020 have been published. The Commission now intends to enter into contracts as per schedule below and any objections to the proposed award must be raised within ten (10) days from the date of this notice, 7th September, 2020.

The detailed schedule of unsuccessful bidders and the reasons thereof is available in the Procurement Department for debriefs to affected bidders.

ECZ/SRV/004/2020: TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA ON A ONE YEAR RUNNING CONTRACT LOT DESCRIPTION NO. Supply and delivery of 1 bottled mineral water 2 3 4

RECOMMENDED BIDDER

CONTRACT AMOUNT

None

N/A

Provision of clearing & forwarding Services

ADB International

Maintenance of fire equipment Maintenance of air conditioning units

Agency fee of K200.00 per entry, K150.00 for documentation handling per entry and 1.5% VDP per entry

Weldtech & Bearing K91,440.00 VAT inclusive Solutions Mulanjay K188,848.00 VAT inclusive Investments Limited

Objections will not be accepted after 18th September, 2020.

ISSUED BY CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA

GOVERNMENT has released K300, 000 for the refurbishment of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Ronald Ross General Hospital in Mufulira, Kantanshi Member of Parliament Anthony Mumba has disclosed Mr Mumba, in whose constituency the hospital is located, said the ICU had not been operating for a long time and was now sure that with the release of the funds, the facility would become functional and carry out critical functions.

He was speaking at the weekend when he toured the hospital to hand over the two 10,000-litrescontainers of water to be used for storage.

This was meant to deal with the acute water shortage which the health institution had been facing

"People will say all sorts of things, but I can tell you that Government is committed to resolving the various challenges you are facing at the hospital. So far K300, 000 has been released for the refurbishment of the intensive care unit at this hospital.

Mr Mumba said in the many years the ICU was not functioning, cases were being referred to Kitwe Teaching Hospital and many patients died on their way to Kitwe.

Ronald Ross General Hospital Medical Superintendent, James Matabile, said the hospital management was grateful to both the MP and Government for their support to ensure various challenges were addressed.

Dr Matabile said the problem of water and the ICU were some of the major challenges the institution was facing.

Extend mobile NRC issuance period

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

THE Ministry of Home Affairs should consider extending the mobile issuance of the National Registration Cards (NRCs), Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe has suggested.

Mr Nundwe observed that the Copperbelt had a huge population which could not be cleared within the allocated period of 40 days.

He was speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Mufulira District Commissioner Mike Manda at the weekend.

Phase one of the mobile issuance of NRCs which targeted Copperbelt, Luapula, Northern, Eastern and North-western Provinces commenced on August 1 and was expected to come to an end on September 9, this year. "My office has

since written to the Ministry of Home Affairs so that the exercise is extended and we hope that our request will be considered," he said.

Mr Nundwe said that there was need for the people in Mufulira and the Copperbelt at large to take advantage of the few days that wdere remaining and visit the nearest mobile registration points and get their NRCs. He encouraged youths, who attained the age of 16 and above to take advantage of the opportunity availed to them to get the national documents.

Mr Nundwe however cautioned the public to adhere to Covid-19 guidelines as they visit the mobile registration points.

ZRA proposals to 2021 budget impressive - Minister

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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ZACCI URGES FOR QUICK VAT REFUNDS

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

GOVERNMENT should accelerate payment to all businesses long outstanding Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds to protect them from the current adverse effects of Covid-19.

The acceleration of VAT will help cushion the blow as they lose income and pay for non-working workers, says Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) Vice President – Trade and Commerce, Sylvia Mwansa.

Ms Mwansa said the proposal was among the measures suggested to the Ministry of Finance as it compiled the 2021 National Budget which will be presented this month.

She said ZACCI had engaged in pro-active dialogue making various policy submissions on business

sustenance during and post Covid-19 to the Office of the Vice President.

Ms Mwansa was speaking during her presentation on “The Role of Associations and Chambers in Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery” during the second virtual meeting organized by the Policy Monitory and Research Centre (PMRC).

“ZACCI has also engaged Ministry of Finance, Bank of Zambia, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Health, as well as statutory bodies such as National Pension Scheme Authority on various issues affecting businesses amidst Covid-19,” she said.

Ms Mwansa said ZACCI had

Ms Mwansa established regular channels of communication and close working relations with Government line

ministries and agencies and the press.

She encouraged Government to further provide impetus to the agro-processing and manufacturing sector and lower the excise taxes on all locally produced products by 25 to 50 percent from current rates.

This, Ms Mwansa explained, would allow for the operational stimulus of the sector.

She suggested the need to bring down the Corporate Income Tax for value adding manufacturers from 35 to 15 percent.

Ms Mwansa said this would allow for quicker reinvestment of the returns into the expansion of the sector.

She also stressed that it was time for businesses to be innovative with the adverse effects brought about by the Covid-19.

PROPOSALS on taxes for the 2021 National Budget from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) need to be incorporated in the plan presentations, says Finance Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu.

The Minister is expected to present the 2021 National Budget on September 25, this year.

Dr Ng’andu expressed happiness with the budget proposals that were submitted by the ZRA Board chairperson for the 2021 budget.

He was speaking when ZRA Board Chairman, Bwalya Chiti, presented the ZRA 2019 Annual Report last week.

“These are great ideas which we need to make decisions quickly within few weeks and ensure that we incorporate them in next year’s budget presentation,” Dr Ng’andu said.

He applauded ZRA for its continued effort of finding innovative ways of tax collection through electronic platforms.

The Minister encouraged ZRA to continue on its positive path and was happy that the organisation had posted a revenue surplus in 2019.

Dr Ng’andu emphasised that it was Government’s priority to have ZRA execute its mandate effectively as evidenced in the previous years, particularly 2019.

“I am extremely happy to see ZRA posting a revenue surplus in 2019 and the fact the Authority continues to find innovative ways of tax collection through electronic platforms,” he said.

Among the presentations made by Mr Chiti was encouraging taxpayers to demand a receipt every time they buy from any store.

Mr Chiti said this should be something that encouraged the consumer with a possible direct benefit such as entering the receipts into a lottery or winning an instance gift.

“The idea is to encourage consumers to voluntarily demand for receipts rather than the Authority imposing penalties for non-issuance of receipts, which does not give immediate revenue results,” he said.

Mr Chiti informed the Minister that ZRA would continue to collaborate with third-party stakeholders in order to deliver positive results.

He told the Minister that ZRA’s modernisation agenda and enhanced tax education system has yield positive results for the organisation.

Women and Leadership: Creating a Conducive Environment for Increased Political Participation Among Women

By Alice Pearce – Researcher (PMRC)

ZAMBIA has made substantial efforts in trying to mainstream gender and promote women’s participation in political leadership. However, women continue to be underrepresented in the formulation of national policies as well as in the political and economic decision-making spheres due to the various social barriers.

One such barrier relates to how the political landscape is characterized and often portrayed with a male ‘face’.

Additionally, the political space also tends to be marred with violence and character assassination which poses a major challenge for women to navigate.

The Zambian Government

has noted that equal participation of men and women in decision making is a precondition of a functional democracy.

To this effect, the Government continues to express strong political will to enhance women’s political participation in the overall national development agenda. Early this year, the Minister of Gender, Hon. Elizabeth Phiri expressed concern over the significantly low numbers of women in politics and leadership positions. She called for the adoption of a Zebra List that seeks to achieve gender parity.

A Zebra List is a strategy that will subject all political parties to adopt an equal number of women as men to various positions in order to increase women’s seats in parliament and in decision making positions. In essence, the Zebra list is a marker of good governance because it addresses the gender-power dynamics and structural issues that act as barriers to the political advancement of women.

What needs to be done?

Women need to mentor and capacitate each other in order to build their selfesteem, self-awareness and skills. These factors are critical in raising women’s confidence levels to take up leadership positions and political roles.

Equally, the media needs to change the narrative of how women are perceived by highlighting their strengths and dismantling negative traditional norms and attitudes. The media is a strong tool that can perpetuate potentially harmful representations

issues.

In the build-up to the 2021 elections, stakeholders such as civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, the media, individuals, political parties and the Government should strive to create a conducive environment to encourage more women to aspire to leadership roles across all party structures. It is through these efforts that gender parity will be achieved and more women will transcend the various barriers that exist in barring them from fully participating in national development and politics.

Minister of Gender, Hon. Elizabeth Phiri of women which could in-turn impact women’s leadership outcomes.

Building strategic partnerships with institutions that seeks to develop the leadership capacity of women is of significant importance as they also seek to change how women view themselves and each other in politics.

It has been found that engaging men as agents of change and dismantling gender stereotypes equally yields

positive results for women wishing to take up political and leadership roles.

Additionally, creating an enabling environment for women; which entails creating safe spaces for women to converge, consult, share their experiences and knowledge with other women, increasing their civic and technical knowledge as well as securing their access to general education and information on political and national

Conclusion In spite of significant efforts by the Government, a number of barriers still exist that limit the political participation of women and their advancement to leadership roles. However, various policies and enablers could enhance women’s influence and willingness to take up these roles. At a policy level, the Zebra List will help achieve gender parity by increasing the number of seats women hold in parliament and in decision making positions. Equally, there is need for key stakeholders to continue raising women’s consciousness to take keen interest in politics and national development as equal partners in governance and the development agenda.

This article is an extract from a PMRC analysis titled: "Assessing levels of participation among women in policy formulation". To access the analysis visit www.pmrczambia.com

Monday 7 September, 2020

SA’S TAX WOES …It's not just the economy, SARS chief says on collection troubles

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OHANNESBURG South African Revenue Service Commissioner Edward Kieswetter warned that the country's tax authority was in the throes of a credibility battle in the middle of an already disastrous Covid-19 pandemic which has undermined the ability to make good on revenue collections.

Weak growth, a lack of compliance and corruption brewed a perfect storm which dented SARS ambitions for the year along with the national lockdown's impact on businesses' ability to operate and ordinary South Africans' ability to earn a living.

Speaking to reporters during a virtual briefing, Kieswetter said that since 2014, SARS was "... an unfortunate victim of the state capture project," which had severe consequences, including a decline in revenue perfor-

mance as well as a decline in public confidence and tax morality.

"The decline in revenue was a tragedy because we were also finding ourselves as South Africa in a decline in economic performance.

In the past employees in SARS experienced a de-

cline in trust in their management as more and more whistle blower employees were marginalised."

Last month, it emerged that SARS suffered an under-recovery of R47 billion, which was more in tax revenue than the combined amounts that South Africa had borrowed from the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kieswetter said the overall R300 billion under-recovery SARS saw in was also based on the shrinking tax revenue will be significantly impacted by the state of the economy and the unintended consequences of the lockdown.

Kieswetter said he fully understood that government needed to contain the spread of the virus, to protect the health system by imposing a ban on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes but said this had

which is core to Virgin Atlantic's business, remains uncertain with US-UK travel curtailed," the airline said.

It said the past six months had been "the most challenging in Virgin Atlantic's history", and that "regrettably the airline must go further one last time with changes at scale, to ensure it emerges from this crisis".

The carrier added that a 45-day consultation period would begin on Friday with unions.

To try to cut down on crew redundancies, it said it would introduce

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia cut pricing for oil sales in October, a sign the world's biggest exporter sees fuel demand wavering amid more coronavirus flare-ups around the globe.

The kingdom's state producer, Saudi Aramco, reduced its key Arab Light grade of crude by a larger-than-expected amount for shipments to Asia, its main market. It also lowered pricing for US buyers.

Aramco cut Arab Light to Asia to a discount against the benchmark oil price used by the Saudis for the first time amount for shipments to Asia, its main market. It also lowered pricing for US buyers since June.

It's the second consecutive month of reductions for barrels to the region and the first month in six that US refiners will see a cut. Aramco will trim pricing, too, for lighter barrels to northwest Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Oil demand has plunged this year after the pandemic forced governments to lock down economies, airlines to cancel fights and workers to stay at home.

Saudi Arabia, Russia and other OPEC+ producers agreed in April to slash output by almost 10 million barrels a day, roughly 10

percent of global supply, to bolster prices. Those cuts and a demand recovery in China have since helped oil prices more than double. But they're still down around 35 percent this year.

Brent crude fell to $42.66 on Friday, suffering its biggest weekly loss in almost three months as infection rates continue to climb in nations such as the US and India.

"Aramco understands the importance of China for the global oil market," said Giovanni Staunovo, a commodities analyst with UBS Group AG. "The cut for October might help to support stronger imports from China over the coming months."

The company is reducing pricing for Light exports to Asia in October by $1.40 a barrel to 50 cents below the regional benchmark. It was expected to pare pricing by $1 a barrel to a 10-cent discount, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The Saudis raised pricing from June to August for Asia.

However, refinery demand has softened due to weak profits from turning crude into gasoline and other fuels.

Asian refiners are also working through large stockpiles built up earlier in the year when crude prices troughed.

– BLOOMBERG NEWS.

32 idle mining concessions repossessed under new policy

Virgin Atlantic to cut 1, 150 more jobs LONDON - Virgin Atlantic is to cut 1, 150 more jobs after completing a £1.2bn rescue plan that will secure its future for at least 18 months.

The airline had already cut more than 3, 500 jobs out of the 10, 000 employees it had at the beginning of the year. It said it had to cut costs in order to survive.

"Until travel returns in greater numbers, survival is predicated on reducing costs further and continuing to preserve cash," it said.

"The outlook for transatlantic flying,

undeniable consequences in devastating impact on collection of revenue.

"We are looking at a R10 billion compromise in the first four months. The downstream effect of that is at least another R2 billion leading to a tax compromise of R12 billion.

"The tragedy of that is illegal operators have embedded themselves in the system and they used the restrictions to market themselves. It will take us years to reverse the unintended consequences of the alcohol and cigarette impact," Kieswetter said.

Tobacco companies have called on government to expedite the development of a track and trace system for tobacco products to ensure compliance. Kieswetter said SARS had started a fresh process in developing a system that could be "embedded throughout the value chain" of multiple industries. – NEWS24.

Saudis reduce oil pricing signalling demand recovery struggling

a voluntary, company-financed furlough scheme for 600 crew members when the government-backed scheme ends in October.

Pilots union Balpa said that it hoped to avoid pilot redundancies.

"Every single job lost to this crisis is a tragedy and we are doing everything we can to mitigate job losses across the board," said Balpa general secretary Brian Strut-

ton.

"Despite no help from government, their financing is now secure," he added.

US carrier Delta Air Lines, which owns 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic, said the rescue plan was "an important part of protecting Delta's position in the UK, particularly in the critical London Heathrow market," as it vies against American Airlines and British Airways. BBC.

HARARE – The government has repossessed 32 mining concessions that were lying idle across the country as it moves to implement the “use it or lose it” policy.

The 32 concessions are part of the 213 mining concessions earmarked for repossession in the first phase. Further, the Government has also reclaimed 21, 000 hectares of mining land following failure by owners to pay inspection fees.

Many influential businesspeople have been holding on to vast swathes of gold rich fields for speculative purposes, depriving those with capacity to mobilise capital to possess the resource.

Mines and Mining Development Minis-

ter, Winston Chitando, said 32 mining concessions have now been repossessed since the exercise started.

He said that the Government was serious about taking back mining concessions that are not being used for productive reasons.

“At the moment, on the use it or lose it policy, we have 32 out of the 213 concessions that have been processed and by end of the month, those who were holding on to them would have lost them,” he said in an interview.

“There are 213 concessions earmarked for repossession under the first phase.”

Chitando said the mining concessions will be allocated to other companies willing to immediately work on them.

The Mines and Minerals Act empowers the government to repossess unused mining concessions to prevent speculative holding of valuable assets.

The regulation seeks to promote investment, job creation and ensuring broader access to mining assets by allowing those ready to mine to file claims and obtain concessions. Under this exercise, small claims are consolidated to make viable mining concessions that are then allocated

to genuine investors willing to start mining operations.

The government is working towards transforming the mining sector into a US$12 billion industry by 2023 as part of its contribution towards the achievement of middle income status.

- THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

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AS technology advances in the modern world so does the crime techniques. Some people abuse social media to commit crime by posting false information regarding scholarships, job prospects and business deals, among others.

Some people have been swindled out of huge sums of their hard earned money. This is very unfortunate and the trend must be curtailed.

Not too long ago, the social media was awash with people's comments as regards the police recruitment exercise across the country. The job advert on social media was purported to have been issued by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kakoma Kanganja. The advert also stated that

CULPRITS The motive behind the clandestine activities is to swindle people of their hard earned money.

Moving forward; the culprits who abuse social media to swindle people should be nabbed and prosecuted upon conviction.

Dear Editor, I RECENTLY visited Lusaka's central business district (CBD) and it is still lame with the same uncaring attitude by its people.

I am talking about adhering to health guidelines in view of the killer Covid-19.

The careless talk of declaring Coronavirus being the sole preserve for the “apamwam-

LUSAKA CBD REVISITED ba” is still on the lips of the majority of people even when the number of BIDs (brought in dead) from our sprawling compounds is on the upward.

Masks have been thrown away by many while social distancing has been thrown to the winds.

This is a frightening scenario which I think the government should work on with serious urgency it deserves to avoid the imminent human calamity.

For those doubting Thomases they will wake up too late because Covid-19 is real and is

here.

Apart from this, it is mountains of uncollected garbage which are posing another threat to the lives of people as rains are just round the corner - you guessed right cholera will easily join Covid-19 and kill more people.

At the rate we are carrying on, total lockdown will become inevitable.

“LUSAKA RESIDENT.”

Mr. Kanganja demanded money from the potential applicants.

What is certain is that the police recruitment exercise is free. This has been the trend when it comes to the recruitment of the police officers. It is illogical to insinuate that the Inspector General of Police demanded money from those interested to

join the Zambia Police Service.

However, the Police Service through its public relations unit refuted such an advert for recruitment of the police and described the advert as "fake." The police command warned the general public to ignore such an advert.

It is mind boggling that there has been a trend in Zambia where some scrupulous individuals use pictures of prominent public figures such as politicians to post adverts on social media for economic empowerment, jobs and scholarship, among others. In most cases, there is a fee being demanded from the applicants before they can get employed for instance.

The motive behind the clandestine activities is to swindle people of their hard earned money. Moving forward; the culprits who abuse social media to swindle people should be nabbed and prosecuted upon conviction. Ultimately, this will deter the would-be offenders. Abash abuse of social media.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

TRIBALISM, HATRED WREAK DESOLATION IN ZAMBIA LIMITED

JOBS TENDERS CONTRACTS BUSINESS OPPORTINITIES PUPILS FORUM LIFESTYLE

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THE issue of tribalism and hate speech, it seems, is here to stay.

Some politicians have made it their daily bread as they set their eyes at State House.

They even have the cheek to declare themselves winners of the 2021 elections before convincing the voters, the king makers. This almost gives me an impression that nothing

STATE HOUSE Craving for State House is one issue and delivering to people’s expectation is a different matter altogether.

I know some politicians think it will be a walkover on PF because of the usual gullible social media which is accessed by a few owners of smart phones, mainly along the line of railway.

will ever change our voting pattern which has become regional.

Recently, I heard one leader of an opposition party that if he did not come from his tribal region, all issues relating to him to be probed would not have been raised.

I think that was a total misdirection and carelessness of the worst form. That surely sent a bad message of things to come in the unlikely event he was voted into office.

The same leader has already spoken evil against Bemba

and Nyanja speakers. It really stinks.

As we draw closer to the polling day, I can only imagine what would be taking place in our motherland.

Craving for State House is one issue and delivering to people’s expectation is a different matter altogether.

I know some politicians think it will be a walkover on PF because of the usual gullible social media which is accessed by a few owners of smart phones, mainly along the line of railway.

What about those people in Shangombo or in Chieftainess Nawaitwika and other remote areas of Zambia where such gadgets are out of their imagination.

My appeal to all politicians is that they should concentrate on issue-based politics to convince Zambians to vote for them.

Those who believe in tribal politics will have themselves to blame when they flank yet again.

JAY BOND, Lusaka.

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Be patriotic, South farmers told

By NATION REPORTER FOOD Reserve Agency Agency (FRA) executive director Chola Kafwabulula has urged farmers in Southern Province to be patriotic and sell their maize to government as a way of guaranting national food security.

Mr. Kafwabulula said the farmers must take advantage of the FRA's newly introduced concept of mobile maize purchase, which is aimed at reducing the cost of taking their produce to FRA depots.

In this concept, the FRA is following farmers to their homes to buy their maize and clean, pack it, and transport the grain to the agency's depots using its own facilities.

The concept is also meant to help FRA meet the 1 million metric tons of maize President Lungu and his government have given the agency to buy in this crop marketing season.

To meet the target, the agency has already set aside enough funds to ensure farmers are paid upon delivery of the maize unlike in the past when they were delayed to be

paid.

In his continued tour of Southern province to check on the maize purchase exercise in the region, on Saturday Mr. Kafwabulula met one of the farmers in Choma identified as Boyd Mubita who initially refused to sell his over 3,000 bags of maize to FRA at the set K110 per 50 kilograms bag.

Mr. Mubita said the government set price was allegedly too low to mitigate the high price of fertilizer and seed. In response Mr. Kafwabulula told Mr. Mubita to look at the bigger picture of contributing to national food security, of which Southern province benefited from when drought hit the region last year.

"When you sell to FRA it is like you are depositing in a bank, you are keeping that maize for yourself. If we have a drought government is going to feed people of this region because FRA is going to have sufficient stocks.

He said the private buyers that farmers in the region were selling their maize to would not be there to feed them in case of a drought. He said the same maize the farmers shall sell to FRA would be sold back to them at a highly subsidized price in case of drought.

"If you sell your maize to FRA, it is we the citizens who will have enough food in our homes and not government.

If you sell to other players that maize can end up somewhere else," he said.

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KASEMPA SHUTS LIQUOR STORES

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

K

ASEMPA Town Council has closed all liquor stores in the district.

The decision is curb the spread of Covid-19 in accordance with Statutory Instrument number two of 2020 of the laws of Zambia.

Council Secretary, Tryson Chunga, said effective September 12, this year all stores should remain closed in line with the Presidential directive to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

Mr Chunga the local authority had observed with dismay that liquor store operators were abrogating the law on operating hours and allowing clients to drink within their premises.

He said the practice was against the Statutory Instrument number 21 and 22 of 2020. ‘’It is in this vein that all liquor store

When Covid-19 broke out in March this year, President Edgar Lungu directed that all bars and night clubs should stop operating. operators are given a period of one week to exhaust their existing stock before the stated date,’’ he said.

Mr Chunga warned that those who would be found selling alcohol would be charged a penalty fee of K1, 000 and risk their licence being revoked immediately.

When Covid-19 broke out in March this

year, President Edgar Lungu directed that all bars and night clubs should stop operating.

Liquor stores were order to strictly operate on take-away basis while restaurants were shut but later opened and only allowed to sell restricted amount of beer to patrons that would order food.

Councillor wants stalled power project completed

By JACKSON MAPAPA

A COUNCILLOR in Dipalata ward in Zambezi has appealed to the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) to compete the stalled project of electrifying his ward.

Mr Evans Kaluwasha said that the electrification project had stalled for three years and appealed to the REA to resume

the works so that the area could have electricity. He said the contractor had abandoned the site and that nothing was being done. ‘’The contractor only erected poles as well as overhead cables, and that was three years ago. Since then, nothing has been done,’’ he said.

Mr Kaluwasha said that he had tried to follow up the issue with the district administration,

but that there had been no positive results. He appealed to Government to intervene and help the people in his ward to be connected to the national electricity grid. The councillor said with the introduction of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in schools, it was imperative to have schools electrified in the area.

“As the situation stands, pupils can’t learn this subject

despite some schools having computers because of lack of power. So, it is my humble appeal to the relevant authorities to come in and ensure that the project is completed,’’ he said Mr Kaluwasha said once the area was connected to the national grid, a number of investors would explore opportunities and bring investment to the ward.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa RFP Ref: CS/ADM/14-07/04 The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a Regional Economic Community comprising 21 member states and its Secretariat is hosted by the Government of the Republic of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia. COMESA was founded in 1994 as a successor to the Preferential Trade Area (PTA). COMESA's objectives include sustainable economic development through economic and social regional integration.

The bidding document will be sent to the interested companies once in receipt of the expression of interest.

COMESA seeks to appoint a professional security company to provide security services at its premises along Ben Bella Road. COMESA now invites eligible security companies for the provision of security services for an initial period of two (2) years.

Interested Companies should send an Expression of Interest to: procurement@comesa.int

Chairperson - Procurement Committee, COMESA Secretariat, Ben Bella Road, P.O. Box 30051, Lusaka, Zambia,

Sealed Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Thursday 17th September 2020 at 12:00 hrs. local time and should be marked “PROVISION OF SECURITY SERVICES – TENDER No. CS/ADM/14-07/04” DO NOT OPEN BEFORE 17th September 2020

Attention: Procurement Unit

Monday 7 September, 2020

FEATURES

By JOHNSTONE CHIKWANDA

Challenges in the SubSahara African (SSA) Petroleum value chain

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N 2017, I was selected and invited as one of the speakers at a premier event; the 22nd World Petroleum Congress held in Istanbul, Turkey from July 9-13, 2017. This global event is held every three years and attracts very senior politicians, diplomats, captains of industry and several other stakeholders.

I presented three papers in three different sessions. One of the papers I presented was on “Ethics and Human Rights in the Oil Industry-The case of Sub Sahara Africa.” I shared this paper with the readers two weeks ago. Today, I have decided to continue sharing from the paper I presented on Opportunities and Challenges in the SSA at the same event. I shared some aspects last week.

This week, I will focus on challenges and conclusion of the paper on the SSA region.

For the sake of those who may have missed reading the previous articles, I have reproduced the introduction.

INTRODUCTION Sub-Saharan Africa is a vast region of approximately 27, 000, 000 square kilometres.

Geographically, it is the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert.

Politically, it consists of African countries that are fully or partially located south of the Sahara.

According to the World Bank figures, the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) had an estimated population of 973 million as of 2014. The United Nations (UN) predicts for the region a population of 1.5 and two billion by 2050.

It is a well known fact that Africa’s population growth is higher than the average growth rate of other parts of the world.

The SSA, where fertility rates are among the highest in the world, will account for a significant portion of world population growth in the long term.

According to World Bank’s development indicators, women in the SSA average 5.2 children during their lifetime, compared to 1.6 in Europe or 1.9 in North America.

While this increased population is a harbinger for increased energy requirement, it is also a harbinger for significant logistical challenges. The SSA, home to 49 countries is historically known for its relatively high GDP growth rate averaging five percent.

It is fragmented into three major common markets - The SADC, COMESA and ECOWAS. According to KPMG Sub Sahara Africa Power Outlook (2014, p.12), “by 2050, over one billion

The SSA needs to increase refinery capacity including building new ones which could support regional economic growth and invest in projects such as pipelines, rail and fuel storage facilities.

This anthem has been resonating through all regional common markets and at the African Union (AU) summits and is therefore likely to be the continental philosophy which will guide, inform and mentor prospects of doing business with Africa.

CHALLENGES

Africans will be of working age and one in four workers in the world will be Africans.”

The SSA has enormous proven oil and gas reserves. Almost the entire African coast line has oil and gas in addition to several onshore resources across inland Africa. Several countries have in the recent past discovered and are developing oil and gas reserves.

To this end, policy makers in such countries are anxious to harvest good dividends from the extractive resources for their economies. Paradoxically there has been observations that despite the abundant resources being exploited most countries have not been able to reduce debilitating poverty and that the wider society has not benefited from national arbitrage.

In some instances this has precipitated instability and a clarion call for transformation of the industry.

The narrative taking centre stage has been around establishing strong mutually beneficial smart partnerships as elucidated by the New Economical Partnership for Africa (NEPAD), local beneficiation, industrialisation and increased intra-trade.

The challenges facing oil and gas companies operating in Africa are diverse and numerous.

For example, there are some criminal activities and malfeasance in some countries.

As correctly observed by a PwC 2013 report, political interference, uncertainty and delays in passing laws, energy policies and regulations into law are stifling growth, development and investment in a number of countries around Africa.

Many of the challenges facing the African oil and gas industry remain. However, sever-

FERTILITY It is a well known fact that Africa’s population growth is higher than the average growth rate of other parts of the world.

The SSA, where fertility rates are among the highest in the world, will account for a significant portion of world population growth in the long term. al countries have sought to distinguish themselves and break away from this nuance in the African narrative.

Therefore, strategic and longrange planning is extremely

important in today’s uncertain environment. Oil and gas companies must control costs, while continuing to weigh up the risks and benefits of new projects, new products and evaluating how much capital to invest.

Behind such decisions lie a host of regulatory, safety, environmental and political stability considerations. In many African countries oil and gas policies are being reviewed and attempts to increase government take and local content are being introduced.

The challenges in some parts of the region have taken their toll. Eight years ago, most of Africa was booming – 25 of the top 30 economies had accelerated their growth from the past decade.

In 2016, however, the number of nations whose growth was similar reduced to 13 – Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia – and Africa’s six largest economies have experienced slowing growth, partly reflecting lower resource prices and challenges precipitated by the Arab Spring.

Challenges usually mirror opportunities. Because the oil and gas industry is a complex industry, there is quite a myriad of challenges. Some more specific challenges include the following: (1) Lack of adequate skills especially technical skills Skill shortages across the industry value chain are pervasive in almost all SSA countries.

(2) Infrastructure - This area has been identified as a priority sector. Lack of adequate infrastructure in some cases has hampered intra Africa trade.

These are some of the bottlenecks being reduced by country specific action plans.

(3) Limited refining and logistic infrastructure to support growing demand a. Limited conversion refineries b. Limited Tankage c. Limited product intra country pipelines and heavy reliance on road tracking d. Limited rail transportation (4) Electricity deficits - There has been a challenge in this area leading to energy poverty. Most countries have been trapped in the energy trilemma. This was impacting industry growth.

However, most countries have been removing subsidies which supported low tariffs. With tariffs now transitioning to cost reflective status, increased investment in being recorded.

CONCLUSION Economic activity and growth in the region continues to be underpinned by large investments in infrastructure and is supported by a continuation of strong domestic demand and higher production in the mineral resources, agriculture and service sectors.

Growth in exports has been supported by strong demand from developing countries, in particular China, given its relatively high resource intensity in production and its fast growth rate.

The world has started to look to Africa as a high-growth market due to opportunities opened up by strong growth in the region, improved regulation, a growing middle class

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INVESTORS Investors are encouraged to assist and work with African governments to set up Strategic Fuel Reserves that can last a minimum 90 days.

It is a sad scenario that most of African countries have no strategically held fuel reserves which can last a number of months.

with higher discretionary income, the fast pace of urbanisation, which makes it easier to reach consumers, and one of the highest rates of return globally.

Developments are also supported by the new political dynamic in many African countries, which is a good foundation for strong social, economic and ecological developments.

Responsible governments are talking over and they are monitored by an active civil society.

Additionally, enhanced regional cooperation enables Africa to speak with one voice and to emerge as an important player on the global political stage.

The SSA needs to increase refinery capacity including building new ones which could support regional economic growth and invest in projects such as pipelines, rail and fuel storage facilities. These projects will strength regional integration and intra-Africa fuel trade.

At the moment, a lot of African countries that produce crude oil export the product and then import refined fuel at great cost. It is anticipated that by 2025, increased demand for fuel would create serious logistical challenges in terms of critical shortage of storage facilities and transportation of fuel by road would not solve the problem in a significant way. Hence the case for investing in rail and pipeline remains valid.

Furthermore, investors are encouraged to assist and work with African governments to set up Strategic Fuel Reserves that can last a minimum 90 days.

It is a sad scenario that most of African countries have no strategically held fuel reserves which can last a number of months.

They also do not seem to know how to set up robust national fuel reserves without putting pressure on the national treasury for capital expenditure and stock procurement. The opportunities are enormous and will continue to grow. Africa will remain an important source of oil and gas on the global market.

A close analysis of resolutions and policies from national, regional and continental bodies indicate that Africa wants to increase intra Africa trade, infrastructure development, beneficiation and value addition regarding its abundant natural resources.

Africa wants to increase its refining capacity to serve national and regional markets. __________________________ *Johnstone Chikwanda is an energy expert and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Zambia.

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Daily Nation, Educating Zambia!

SENIOR MATHEMATICS GRADE 10

SENIOR MATHEMATICS PREPARED BY: MR. BWALYA . K TOPIC: MATRICES

SUBTOPIC: INVERSE OF A 2 Ă— 2 MATRIX

INVERSE OF A đ?&#x;?đ?&#x;? Ă— đ?&#x;?đ?&#x;? MATRIX.

The inverse of a 2 Ă— 2 matrix is denoted by a letter to the power đ?‘Žđ?‘Ž đ?‘?đ?‘? ). Then its inverse is negative one. For example, if P is the matrix $ đ?‘?đ?‘? đ?‘‘đ?‘‘ +, denoted by đ?‘ƒđ?‘ƒ .

When finding the inverse of a 2 Ă— 2 matrix, the following steps must be followed:

(i) Find the determinant of the matrix. (ii) Find the co-matrix (iii) Multiply the co-matrix by the reciprocal of the determinant of the matrix. đ?‘Žđ?‘Ž đ?‘?đ?‘? đ?‘ƒđ?‘ƒ = $ ). đ?‘?đ?‘? đ?‘‘đ?‘‘

(i)

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APPLICATION OF MATRICES.

Matrices can be used to solve system of equations by using: (a) Determinants (b) Inverse matrices.

SOLVING SIMULTENOUES EQUATIONS USING DETERMINTS OF THE MATRIX.

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1. Extravagant, wasteful 7. Very offensive 8. Paralyze with astonishment 9. Reinforced boot tip 10. Open a secure door 13. Eager, enthusiastic 15. Wonder how they live? (inf) 16. Early cave dweller

2. Oppose an argument 3. Taken flight 4. Fool 5. Severe (of an illness) 6. Overtook by a whole circuit 8. Unwise, without sense 11. Be more successful than others 12. Get ready to pray 13. Plant pest 14. Small island

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3đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ â&#x2C6;&#x2019; 2đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś = 10 (i)

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đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ + 5đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś = â&#x2C6;&#x2019;8

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3 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;2 đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ 10 $ ) $đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś) = $ ) 1 5 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;8 3 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;2 ) Find the inverse of the matrix $ 1 5 5 2 â&#x2C6;&#x2019; â&#x2C6;&#x2019; 17@ đ?&#x2018;&#x20AC;đ?&#x2018;&#x20AC; +, = ? 17 1 3 â&#x2C6;&#x2019; 17 17 Multiply the inverse matrix on both sides of the matrix equation

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đ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ťđ??ť đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C;đ?&#x2018;&#x201C; đ?&#x2018;&#x2021;đ?&#x2018;&#x2021; +,

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SOLVING SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS USING INVERSE MATRIX METHOD.

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3 2đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ ) and has determinant 3. Find the 2 7

đ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;&#x2019; đ?&#x2018;&#x153;đ?&#x2018;&#x153;đ?&#x2018;&#x153;đ?&#x2018;&#x153; đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ 6 = =2 đ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇ đ?&#x2018;&#x153;đ?&#x2018;&#x153;đ?&#x2018;&#x153;đ?&#x2018;&#x153; đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161; 3

(b) 5đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D; + đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? = 11 2đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D; â&#x2C6;&#x2019; 5đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? = 26

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1 2 5 3 ) đ?&#x2018;&#x2039;đ?&#x2018;&#x2039; = $ ).

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(a) 3đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ â&#x2C6;&#x2019; 2đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś = 8 đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ + đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś = 1

2 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;2 1 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;1 1 2 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;2 4 4 2@ +, đ?&#x2018;&#x192;đ?&#x2018;&#x192; = $ )=? @=? 2 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;1 3 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;1 3 4 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;1 3 4 4 4 4

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đ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇ đ?&#x2018;&#x192;đ?&#x2018;&#x192;=(3 Ă&#x2014; 2) â&#x2C6;&#x2019; (1 Ă&#x2014; 2) = 6 â&#x2C6;&#x2019; 2 = 4

â&#x2C6;&#x2019;1 5 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;1 1 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;5 đ?&#x2018;&#x201E;đ?&#x2018;&#x201E;+, = $ ) = ? 13 13@ 2 3 13 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;2 â&#x2C6;&#x2019;3 13 13

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5 1 5 1 )=^ ^=6 đ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇ đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ = $ 4 2 4 2

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(i) đ?&#x2018;&#x160;đ?&#x2018;&#x160;đ?&#x2018;&#x160;đ?&#x2018;&#x160; (ii) đ?&#x2018;&#x160;đ?&#x2018;&#x160; +, (iii) đ?&#x2018;&#x2039;đ?&#x2018;&#x2039; +,

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THE CRAMMERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RULE.

đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ + 2đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś = 4

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Given that đ??´đ??´ = $

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2đ?&#x2018;Ľđ?&#x2018;Ľ + đ?&#x2018;Śđ?&#x2018;Ś = 5

đ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇđ??ˇ đ?&#x2018;&#x192;đ?&#x2018;&#x192; = (đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D; Ă&#x2014; đ?&#x2018;&#x2018;đ?&#x2018;&#x2018;) â&#x2C6;&#x2019; (đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? Ă&#x2014; đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?) = đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D; â&#x2C6;&#x2019; đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? đ?&#x2018;&#x2018;đ?&#x2018;&#x2018; â&#x2C6;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? đ??śđ??śđ??śđ??ś â&#x2C6;&#x2019; đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161;đ?&#x2018;&#x161; $ ). â&#x2C6;&#x2019;đ?&#x2018;?đ?&#x2018;? đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;đ?&#x2018;&#x17D;

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Monday 7 September, 2020

FEATURES

The orphans of Angola's secret massacre seek the truth "MY parents were last seen walking into the Ministry of Defence, hand in hand."

That was more than 40 years ago, when João Ernesto Van Dunem was a threemonth-old baby. He never saw his mother and father again.

He does not know where or how they were killed. He does not know where they are buried.

His parents - José Van Dunem, 27, and Sita Valles, 26 together with other young Angolans, had accused the ruling

elite of prioritising personal wealth and power over the good of the country.

José Van Dunem, who was a senior military official, and a fellow MPLA central committee member, Nito Alves, who had been a government minister, led the criticism from within. This led to their expulsion.

There are many versions of what happened next.

The authorities accused what they described as the "fractionistas" or "splitters" of

staging an attempted coup on May 27, 1977.

Members of the group said they did no such thing; rather they had organised a mass demonstration and a takeover of the radio station to call people on to the streets of the capital, Luanda, to pressurise President António Agostinho Neto to clean up his government.

The result was bloodshed.

Neto called in loyal sections of the army, supported by Cuban troops, and the massacre

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Sita Valles and her husband were amongst those killed following a protest in May 1977.

began. Thousands, including many of the country's young intellectuals and party activists, were imprisoned, tortured and killed.

Those in authority at the time, including Defence Minister General Henrique Teles Carreira, known as Iko Carreira, put the number at 300.

Amnesty International says 30, 000 died in the purge.

Some say as many as 90, 000 were killed.

"The 27 May decapitated progressive thinking in the country," says João Ernesto Van Dunem, now an economist at the Catholic University of Angola.

"I am sceptical that Angola's authorities will tell the truth or see that justice is done."

'Witch-hunt' In May 2017, four decades after their parents disappeared, 24 of the now adult children, including Van Dunem, wrote an open letter to then-President José Eduardo dos Santos, demanding answers. They received no reply.

In January 2018, they set up an association of orphans, named M27.

The "M" stands both for "May," the month of the incident that triggered the killings, and for "Memory."

Members of M27 have a set of key demands, which they say will restore the dignity of the dead, and see them cast as victims not villains.

• They want the remains of their parents recovered and death certificates issued • They want a list of all the people who were killed • They want a memorial built to honour them.

And they want the truth to be told.

"Imagine what 40 years of silence can do to your mind.

The killing of my father created this huge gulf between my motherland and myself," says Henda Vieira Lopes, another member of M27, who works as a psychologist in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, Angola's former colonial ruler.

"For a long time I did not want to return to Angola as I feared I would feel like an orphan in a strange land."

Vieira Lopes' father, Elisiário dos Passos Vieira Lopes, worked in a hospital in the eastern province of Moxico. He says all of its staff were executed.

"It was a witch-hunt, like a fire in the savannah, running

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Elisiário dos Passos Vieira Lopes was killed at a hospital in Moxico province where all the staff were reportedly executed.

out of control."

Silence, pain and mystery Some members of M27 say one reason they have decided to break their silence after all these years is because they now have children of their own.

"My seven-year-old son has started asking questions about his grandparents," says Van Dunem.

"Where are they? Why did

MASSACRE A massacre in Angola that followed a split in the governing MPLA party not long after independence has been shrouded in secrecy and fear for more than four decades.

But some of those affected are coming together to demand answers and have been speaking to the BBC's Mary Harper, some for the first time in public.

President João Lourenço, who came to power three years ago, has brought in an air of change.

they die? Our aim is to prevent this heavy burden of unsolved questions being passed on to the next generation.

Many older relatives of those who were killed, and who themselves survived the purge, do not want to talk about what happened.

"I was born on 15 May 1977, 12 days before the massacres began," says Vania Mendes, a project manager in Sweden.

"The security forces came to our home in the eastern city of Luena and dragged my father out. He was never seen alive

again.

"I grew up knowing nothing about what happened.

The family never spoke to me about it. It was very hard to grow up in an environment of silence, pain and mystery.

"My mother still has a lot of fear and rage towards Angola. She was in mourning for years, dressing in black until I was seven or eight years old."

'It's not about revenge' In 1977, Afonso Carlos António was jailed for 16 months.

He now works for the Angolan Ministry of Culture. After 43 years he has finally decided to break his silence.

"I am not happy with the way opinion makers say the survivors of 27 May are traumatised and want revenge," he says.

"It's not about that at all. It is about honour and truth and a better Angola. In order to have reconciliation the truth has to come out. Only then can we have healing."

António does not want to go into detail about what happened to him in prison.

"Unlike other political prisoners, I was not tortured physically. I was psychologically and emotionally tortured."

In September 2017 Angola got a new president, João Lourenço, bringing to an end Dos Santos' 38 years in power. With him came a degree of change.

In April 2019, Lourenço set up a commission to look into all acts of political violence since independence in 1975, including the 27-year civil war with the Unita rebels, which ended in 2002, and the events of 1977.

"We want to believe the government is acting in good faith but we are sceptical," says Antonio.

"There were no discussions with survivors before the commission was set up, its time frame is too short, and the different periods of violence have been diluted by all being lumped together."

The commission, which will run until the end of July 2021, insists it is giving "special attention" to the events of May 27 and that it has set up a mechanism for issuing death certificates.

"What M27 is doing is crucial in terms of seeking justice for the promising young generation that was so cruelly cut down," says Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, an Angola expert at Oxford University. – BBC.

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KEITA EVACUATED …Ousted Malian president leaves country as transition talks begin

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AMAKO - Ousted Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita left the country on Saturday for medical treatment in Abu Dhabi, an adviser said, as talks about a transition back to civilian rule following last month’s military coup got off to a chaotic start.

Keita, 75, was hospitalised in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, six days after he was released from detention by the ruling junta, which seized power on August 18.

His former chief of staff, Mamadou Camara, said Keita left Bamako on Saturday evening aboard a plane chartered by the United Arab Emirates at the request of Mali’s ruling

junta.

“It is a medical visit of between 10 and 15 days,” Camara said. Keita’s medical condition is unclear. He had a benign tumour removed from his neck in 2016.

West African leaders, fearing the coup could set a precedent that would undermine their power and an international fight against Islamist militants in the wider Sahel region, initially insisted Keita be restored to power.

But they have since dropped that demand and are now calling for elections within a year: a timeline the junta, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), has not committed to.

Talks about the shape of the transition period opened on Saturday with hundreds of representatives from the junta, political parties and civil society groups attending an opening ceremony in Bamako.

But less than an hour after it began, supporters of the M5-RFP coalition, which led mass demonstrations against Keita before the coup, began to protest, accusing the junta of excluding them from most working groups.

M5-RFP supporters in the conference hall shouted down the moderator onstage, bringing proceedings to a halt.

The moderator later announced that the M5-RFP

The growing caseload comes after the World Health Organisation said it did not expect widespread immunisation against Covid-19 until mid-2021.

The WHO also ruled out endorsing a vaccine that has not been proven safe and effective, over concerns around the rush to develop a jab for the virus. As governments around the world enforce measures to

slow the virus, police in Australia - which has reported 26, 200 cases and 748 deaths - arrested more than a dozen protesters in Melbourne on Saturday for deliberately flouting the city's stay-at-home orders.

Several thousand people rallied in the main square of the Croatian capital Zagreb to protest against coronavirus curbs.

They carried banners pro-

Ethiopia's upper house rules Tigray regional vote unconstitutional ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia’s upper house ruled on Saturday that plans by the Tigray region to hold an election on Wednesday were unconstitutional, setting up a potential clash between the central government and a powerful ethnic party.

The House of Federation, which rules over constitutional disputes, unanimously declared that the polls for regional parliament and other positions were “unconstitutional and are therefore void,” the body said in a statement. – REUTERS. _______________________________________________________

Sudan declares three-month state of emergency over floods CAIRO - Sudan’s Security and Defence Council declared a national state of emergency for three months because of floods that have killed 99 people this year and designated Sudan a natural disaster zone, state news agency SUNA reported early on Saturday.

The Sudanese minister of Labour and Social Development said that in addition to the deaths, floods this year have injured 46 people, inflicted damage on more than half a million people and caused the total and partial collapse of more than 100, 000 homes, according to SUNA. – REUTERS. _______________________________________________________ Ibrahim Boubacar Keita would be able to participate in all of the working groups, which calmed the coalition’s supporters and allowed the event to resume. – REUTERS.

India tops 4m virus cases as pandemic rages NEW DELHI - India has become the third country to pass four million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the pandemic showed no sign of peaking.

The new cases took India to 4, 023, 179 infections, third behind the United States which has more than 6.3 million and just trailing Brazil on 4.1 million.

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claiming: "Covid is a lie, we are not all covidiots," and "Take off the mask, turn off the TV, live a full life."

About 1, 000 protesters demonstrated in central Rome against the mandatory use of face masks. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte reacted frostily to the event, saying: "More than 274, 000 ill and 35, 000 dead. Full stop." -AFP.

Tunisia cop, 3 militants dead after 'terrorist' attack TUNIS - Security officials in Tunisia say a police officer has been killed and another wounded in a knife attack in the coastal resort of Sousse.

Three assailants were shot dead after the incident, which is being described as a terrorist attack. In 2015 Sousse was the scene of one of Tunisia's worst attacks, when 38 people, most of them British tourists, were killed by a gunman. – BBC. _______________________________________________________

UK says Russia must explain Navalny attack LONDON - Russia must explain how Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with what Germany says was the Novichok nerve agent, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said yesterday.

Whether the incident involved a state actor or not, Russia had obligations to make sure that chemical weapons cannot be used on its soil, Raab said. – REUTERS.

Several stabbed in Birmingham Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen says president disparaged Black leaders 'major incident': UK police LONDON - British police declared a "major incident" early yesterday after multiple people were stabbed in the centre of England's second city Birmingham.

"We can confirm that at approximately 12:30 hours (Sunday 6 September) we were called to reports of a stabbing in Birmingham city centre", West Midlands Police said in a statement.

"A number of other stab-

bings" were reported in the area shortly after and "this has been declared a major incident," the statement added.

"We are aware of a number of injured people, but at the moment we are not in a position to say how many or how serious.

"However, all emergency services are working together at the scene, and making sure that those who are injured re-

ceive medical care."

Footage aired on British television news channels showed large areas of the city centre cordoned off as police officers wearing forensic suits worked at the scene.

"Work is still going on to establish what has happened, and could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything," West Midlands Police said.

– AFP.

WASHINGTON - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, is alleging in a new book that Trump made disparaging remarks about Black world leaders including former South African President Nelson Mandela, as well as about U.S. minorities in general, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

Cohen worked closely with Trump for years before turning against him, most public-

ly in testimony to Congress last year prior to Trump’s impeachment.

Now Cohen is serving a three-year sentence for, among other things, making false statements to Congress.

In a book due to be published, Cohen alleges that Trump described Mandela as a poor leader, according to the Washington Post which reported it obtained a copy of the book.

According to the newspa-

per, Cohen wrote that following Mandela’s death in 2013, Trump said: “Mandela f—-ed the whole country up. Now it’s a s—-hole. F—- Mandela. He was no leader.”

Cohen also alleged that Trump said: “Tell me one country run by a black person that isn’t a s—-hole. They are all complete f—-ing toilets.”

White House Spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany responded by attacking Cohen’s credibility. – REUTERS.

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RIGHT MAN From Back Page

“He is not focusing on the national team alone but the roots of Zambian football. It’s good to have him in Zambia and what he did in Uganda taking them to their first AFCON, he is the right man for our national team,” said the former Kaizer Chiefs striker.

The 2012 AFCON winner who is still passionate about playing for the national team at 36-years urged

upcoming players to have self-belief for the Chipolopolo to qualify for the 2022 AFCON to be held in Cameroon.

Mbesuma, who finished as Pretoria University top scorer with 12 goals said the Chipolopolo have struggled to qualify for the last two AFCONS because some players luck discipline and self-confidence.

“Discipline and self belief is what I think is lacking. The young players can do it like they did at under-20. They just have to be disciplined and humble themselves, work hard and to believe themselves. Discipline is key,” said the veteran striker who had stints in Turkey, Portugal and England where he featured for Portsmouth FC.

Mweene sccops fifth PSL title with Mamelodi From Back Page ...first PSL title to overshadow his performance after scoring only one goal since he made the switch from Ndola last year.

Meanwhile, Chipolopolo goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene won his PSL title with Mamelodi Sundown’s who secured a historic tenth title.

Mweene produced some fine saves and kept a clean sheet as striker Lebohang Maboe scored a hat trick in the final match as the Brazilians left it late to secure the title for a third consecutive time after thrashing Black Leopards 3-0 on Saturday.

Mweene who had been between the sticks for Mamelodi Sundown’s since Denis Onyango relegated to the bench due to an injury kept four clean sheets in his last five league fixtures to help the Brazilians triumph.

The 2019-2020 PSL league title is the Chipolopolo most capped players’ fifth having

been triumphant in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2019 with Mamelodi Sundowns.

Zambian striker Mwape Musonda was not in the match day squad for Leopards who will now have to play in the relegation playoffs which will include Ajax Cape Town, Tshakuma after the 3-0 loss against eventual champions Sundowns on the final day.

In other PFL fixtures played on the final day, Chipolopolo midfielder Salulani Phiri and goal keeper Mwenya Cyril Chibwe missed Polokwane City’s 3-1 loss to Bidvest Wits while striker Gamphani Lungu put in a 69-minute shift for Supersport United who suffered a 1-0 loss to Cape Town City.

Nathan Sinkala put in a full shift for Stellenbosch who were stunned 1-0 by Orlando Pirates who continued to bench the Zambia trio of Augustin Mulenga, Justin Shonga and Austin Muwowo.

INSIDE SPORTS

SERENA WILLIAMS THROUGH TO US OPEN LAST 16 AFTER BATTLE WITH SLOANE STEPHENS SIX-TIME champion Serena Williams fought back from a slow start to beat fellow American Sloane Stephens and reach the last 16 of the US Open.

Third seed Williams, 38, was sluggish in the opening set before raising her intensity to win 2-6 6-2 6-2 against 26th seed Stephens in New York.

"It was intense, we always have some incredible matches," she said.

Williams, aiming for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, faces Greek 15th seed Maria Sakkari next.

Sakkari, 25, beat Williams in the three sets at the Western and Southern Open last week.

Williams gave a damning self-assessment after losing to Sakkari, saying there were "really no excuses" after she let a set and a break lead slip in that match.

Now she has a chance to quickly avenge the loss after showing her fighting qualities against 2017 champion Stephens.

While Williams' game is still nowhere near the devastating levels that have won her 23 major titles in singles, the grit and determination showed in switching gears against Stephens will have sent a message to the rest of the field.

Whether that will be enough to win another Grand Slam, moving level with Australian Margaret Court's record and putting the demons of losing her past four major finals behind her, remains to be seen.

Against Stephens, it was a tale of contrasting opening sets. The younger American dominated the first with Williams lacking intensity, before

Ronaldo reprimanded for not wearing a mask while watching Portugal CRISTIANO Ronaldo was reprimanded for not wearing a mask while watching Portugal in the Nations League on Saturday night.

Ruled out of the game against Croatia with a toe infection that has been likened to a bee sting, Ronaldo was forced to sit in the stands as he saw his nation claim a convincing 4-1 victory.

Goals from Joao Cancelo, Diogo Jota, Joao Felix and Andre Silva wrapped up the comfortable win for Portugal, who have now won nine of their last 10 matches.

During the game, Ronaldo inevitably drew plenty of attention after a stadium official was filmed approaching the 35-year-old to remind

him to put on a mask as part of coronavirus protocol.

While seemingly not too pleased by the distraction, the Juventus attacker quickly complied and put on a mask

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as he watched the remainder of the match.

Portugal next face Sweden tomorrow with manager Fernando Santos conceding on Saturday that Ronaldo may not be fit in time to feature.

"I wasn't resting him. If he was in good shape, he would have been (in the starting XI) able to play the game," Santos told RTP. "Today he trained, feels better and, at the moment, he will travel to Sweden.

Then we'll see. There is no injury, but he has to recover from that infection."

Santos' side managed to impress without their biggest star against Croatia and it came as no surprise to their coach. - GOAL.COM

“It was intense, we always have some incredible matches,”

the roles eventually reversed in the second.

Stephens tried to move 38-year-old Williams around the court in the opener and then picked her off with blistering winners.

"In that first set I don't think she made any errors, she was playing so clean," said Williams.

As you would expect from a former Grand Slam champion, Stephens has plenty of class to trouble the very best.

Yet, the 27-year-old has struggled for consistency in the past couple of seasons and went into the match against Williams having not beaten a top-10 player for almost two years.

That inconsistency showed as the match wore on.

And Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova, playing in her first tournament after a three-year hiatus, followed up her shock win over 10th seed Garbine

Muguruza with another upset against 18th seed Donna Vekic.

Pironkova, 32, announced in March she planned to return after taking time off following the birth of her son in March 2018.

Known as a grass-court specialist, the 2010 Wimbledon semi-finalist has reached the last 16 at the US Open for only the second time after beating Vekic 6-4 6-1.

Pironkova has not dropped a set all week at Flushing Meadows and next faces France's Alize Cornet, who progressed after her American opponent Madison Keys retired with a neck injury when trailing 7-6 (7-4) 3-2.

Pironkova was one of nine mothers who started in the singles draw and another of them - Serena Williams - paid tribute to that fact after her win.

Another mother, Victoria

Azarenka, also reached the last 16 with a 6-4 6-2 win over Polish 19-year-old Iga Swiatek.

The 31-year-old Belarusian, who won the Western and Southern Open last week, took her third match point for an eighth successive victory.

The two-time US Open finalist will play Czech 20th seed Karolina Muchova, who progressed by beating Sorana Cirstea.

The Romanian, who defeated British number one Johanna Konta in the previous round, had three match points at 6-3 in the final-set tie-break but eventually lost 6-3 2-6 7-6 (9-7).

Belgium's 16th seed Elise Mertens had a 7-5 6-1 victory over American 18-year-old Caty McNally and will face second seed Sofia Kenin in the last 16 after the American beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 7-6 (7-4) 6-3. – BBC.

Wanderers’ skipper Chewe joins Dynamos From Back Page This is also a great opportunity for him to shine at the biggest stage of the Zambian game.

“He has joined us on a one-year loan spell with a chance to extend. As a club, we want to get the best on the market,” Mutale said.

Phiri described his move to Zesco as rare opportunity important to his football journey.

“It is rare that one gets such an oppor-

tunity to play for a big club like Zesco United. This is an important moment for me to prove that I am worth playing for this club.

My focus now is to work hard and help the team win trophies,” he said.

Zesco have been busy trying to strengthen their squad after failing to defend the Super Division title and eventually missing out on the CAF games slot after finishing the Covid-19 disturbed Super Division on fifth position.

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RIGHT MAN

…Mbesuma says the Serbian is the right man for Chipolopolo

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

VETERAN Zambia national team striker Collins “Ntofontofo” Mbesumba says Chipolopolo coach Miluttin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic is the right man to take Zambia to the Africa Cup of Nations.

In an interview from South Africa where he features for Pretoria University Football Club, Mbesuma observed that the former Orlando Pirates coach is determined and focused to develop the Zambian game.

Mbesuma said Micho’s involvement in assembling a national under-15 squad is an indication that the Serbian is not only interested in the senior national team but the development of football from the grassroots.

He said, in future Zambia will

have a very strong national team because of that foundation being laid by the former Uganda national team coach.

Zambia resume the AFCON qualifiers in November with two back to back fixtures against Botswana before facing Zimbabwe and Algeria in the last two qualifying games and Mbesuma believes that with ‘Micho’ at the helm, the Chipolopolo can easily qualify for the AFCON after missing out on the last two editions of the continental showpiece.

“Micho is a good guy with a lot of passion for football, I’m sure you can see what he is doing, he has come up with the under-15 something which has never happened in Zambia, so I think he has the passion to grow Zambian football. To Page 27

“Micho is a good guy with a lot of passion for football, I’m sure you can see what he is doing, he has come up with the under-15 something which has never happened in Zambia, so I think he has the passion to grow Zambian football.

Wanderers’ skipper Chewe joins Dynamos

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UFULIRA Wanderers captain Joseph Chewe has ditched the Eden University National Division-bound side and joined Lusaka Dynamos.

According to a source who sought anonymity, Chewe, who has been training with the Lusaka-based Super Division outfit is reported to have signed a two-year deal which will keep him at Lusaka Dynamos until 2022.

“Chewe is one of the players among the few that have joined Lusaka Dynamos after signing a two-year a deal with the club,” the source said.

Meanwhile,, barely a day after unveiling speedy winger Bruce Musakanya as a Zesco United player, the Ndola giants have announced the arrival of Lazarus Phiri as their new acquisition from Green Eagles.

According to the club’s Communications Manager, the former Kansanshi Dynamos winger has signed a one-year loan contract subject to completing medicals.

Ad Zesco United Football Club Technical chairman, Peter Mutale described Phiri as an exciting prospect who will add value to the club.

“Lazarus is a young player who has a bright future ahead of him. He is an exciting winger who will bring speed to our game. To Page 27

Mweene sccops fifth PSL title with Mamelodi

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By MICHAEL MIYOBA

THE dramatic end of the ABSA Premier Soccer League saw former Zesco United top man Lazarus Kambole’s Kaizer Chiefs surrendering the PSL title to Sundown’s on the final day after recording a 1-1 stalemate against

Baroka FC. Kambole was a second-half substitute for Kaizer Chiefs who were held to a 1-1 draw by Baroka FC who needed a draw to survive relegation.

A win against Baroka would have given Kambole his... To Page 27