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Thursday October 22, 2020

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

John Kasanga Economist

ZAMBIA needs to urgently institute a massive and demonstrable inward looking economic recovery plan that emphaises cost saving programmes that cut across all sectors of the economy, especially in areas where savings can be made to help generate revenue to pay the bondholders, an economist

John Kasanga has recommended.

Mr Kasanga argued that Zambia could only convince the creditors for debt referral payments if it had a strong case of revenue generation to prove that it would be able to pay back the loans, and the plan should conclude discussions with IMF.

Lubinda Haabazoka Economics Association of Zambia president

…Zambians can do this, says economists. Page 3

Gold smuggling rife in Msanzala - MP

By SILUMESI MALUMO

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SAZALA Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Daka has called for enhanced security to curb smuggling of gold in his constituency in the Eastern province.

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Consultant bashes ‘alarmist’ EIZ. P3

P2 Labour PS warns economic saboteurs

Stop bad fishing methods, orders Lungu

By NOEL IYOMBWA and MUKWIMA CHILALA THERE will be serious consequences for truck drivers who are inciting others to go on an illegal strike, Government has

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US HAILS ZAMBIAN DEMOCRACY THE United States Government says Zambia’s governance institutions are strong and rooted in Democracy.

US embassy Chargé D’ Affairs, David Young has expressed confidence that Zambia will continue on its good democratic path.

Mr. Young has pledged the US government’s support to Zambia. He said this when he called on Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya at her office in Lusaka yesterday.

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UPND MP withdraws motion

warned.

Ministry of Labour and Social Security Permanent Secretary, Chanda Kazhila, warned truck drivers to stop inciting others to go on an illegal strike or face the wrath of the law. To Page 2

..as it gets scant Parliament support

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HOMEGROWN ANSWERS WE are on our own.

It is up to us as a nation to find a way out of the crippling debt situation we have found ourselves in as a nation.

While Government has been trying to engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to help, the onus still remains on Zambians to resolve the debt crisis.

Economist John Kasanga is right that the country needs to urgently institute a massive and demonstrable inward looking economic recovery plan that emphasises cost saving programmes that cut across all sectors of the economy, especially in areas where savings can be made to help generate revenue to pay the bondholders.

Mr Kasanga argued that Zambia could only convince the creditors for debt referral payments if it had a strong case of revenue generation to prove that it would be able to pay back the loans, and the plan should conclude discussions with IMF. “We have to demonstrate how we are going to generate resources locally, Government right now is asking for deferral payment. The debt burden will still be there, we may delay when it has to be paid but we will still have to pay,” he said.

Mr Kasanga emphasised that Zambia needed to demonstrate how it would generate revenue locally to meet the payments even if the country would be granted debt relief.

Zambia indeed has potential to generate substantial revenue not from the traditional minerals – copper – but from the newly discovered gold deposits in several parts of the country.

We have for example suggested that a master-plan be formulated to guide the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines - Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) to manage the gold deposits so that the country could earn the much needed revenue.

If anything, what Zambia needs is a “Marshall Plan” that spells out how the country will take charge and exploit not only her mineral resources but also agricultural yields from the envisaged legalisation of Marijuana cultivation, Zambia has suffered in the past and failed to take advantage of her rich mineral wealth because foreigners are the ones who have gained the most – by crook or other means.

The “discovery” of gold deposits in several parts of the country, particularly in the North-Western Province has sparked off wide debate on how the country can benefit.

One of the country’s leading economists Mr Yusuf Dodia sometime back said Government should appoint independent experts to come up with a master plan on how ZCCM-IH can well manage gold mining so that there are no kickbacks.

A well-thought out master plan, he said, would guide how best the mineral which had been discovered in various parts of the country could be mined.

Government has also legalised the growing of marijuana for medicinal purposes. This decision has been misunderstood in some quarters to mean that anyone can grow the crop and smoke anyhow. But Government is yet to announce policy guidelines on its cultivation.

But while Government is dilly-dallying, other countries like Rwanda are implementing programmes that ensure that they make the most out of marijuana.

The Rwandese government recently approved guidelines for medical cannabis cultivation, processing, and export.

The Rwanda Development Board reiterated in a statement that “medical cannabis produced in Rwanda will be solely for export markets,” adding that it plans to introduce a special export tax for cannabis products.

Government’s failure to act with urgency is the country’s undoing for the private sector needs to be brought on board quickly to exploit this potential arising from gold deposits and cultivation of marijuana.

We agree with Mr Kasanga that the onus should be on stimulating and supporting the private sector to create wealth and employment, especially among small enterprises that have suffered most from business and job losses in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Although the Bank of Zambia has injected K10 billion stimulus package into the country’s economy, it appears that the initial excitement with which it was received has also raised some anxiety among stakeholders.

Government has stipulated that the package is meant to help local businesses navigate through the uncertain terrain brought about by the global coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19).

One of the most asked question has been who is eligible and how to access the facility.

No one doubts the government’s intentions to resolve the debt crisis but a home-grown approach should be the best basis – the basic requirements are there.

He said that the law would take its course on truck drivers who were arrested on the Copperbelt and described their action as economic sabotage.

A group of truck drivers calling themselves “Professional Drivers Association” have been picketing other drivers especially tanker drivers to join an illegal strike.

However, it has emerged that the rampaging drivers are international truck drivers who used to work in South Africa but returned during the

xenophobic attacks in that country.

Some enraged drivers were threatening and forcing other drivers to park their vehicles, demanding better working conditions and wages.

On Monday, four ring leaders of the country-wide strike were arrested on the Copperbelt.

However, Transport and Communication Minister, Mutotwe Kafwaya, released trucks that had parked at Sabina area along the Kitwe-Chingola road.

Meanwhile, Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa has assured that the erratic supply of

fuel that has been experienced in some part of the country is being normalized.

Mr Nkhuwa noted said during a meeting with oil Marketing Companies, it was clear that the shortage was due to the strike by truck drivers which disrupted the delivery cycle for depots and filling stations around the country.

The minister also assured oil marketing companies of its commitment to addressing any bottlenecks that may hinder their smooth operations.

Mr Nkhuwa expressed happiness that the Energy Regulations Board (ERB) has come

US hails Zambian democracy From Page 1 Mr. Young also urged Zambians to register to vote as it is important for the country’s democracy.

He said the US Government is ready to partner with the Zambian Government to sensitise citizens on the importance of registering as voters and exercising their right to vote.

And Ms. Siliya said the sup-

port of the US Government is a demonstration of strong relations that exist between the two governments.

Ms. Siliya said Government is concerned with violation of journalists, especially female media personnel, during elections. She said politicians must appreciate that the media are doing their job and nobody has a right to attack them.

Ms. Siliya

Ms. Siliya said it should not be a norm that there should be violence each time there is an election. - ZNBC

Chanda Kambwili went overboard - Kamba

By SIMON MUNTEMBA THERE is no justification for slapping a police officer regardless of how aggrieved one is and no country can tolerate that, a Patriotic Front (PF) official has said.

PF Lusaka Province secretary, Kennedy Kamba, said he understood what Chishimba Kambwili’s family was going through, but slapping a police officer at the magistrate courts was way beyond the limit.

Mr Kamba was reacting to a fracas that happened at the Magistrates Court Complex on Tuesday when Mr Kambwili’s daughter, Chanda is alleged to have slapped a police officer in uniform.

He said law and order was the cornerstone of any State otherwise, the country risked being ungovernable.

Mr Kamba said no one was above the law and that it was wrong for Ms Kambwili and her

Mr Kamba

Jay Jay back in High Court

By CHARLES MUSONDA EMBATTLED Patriotic Front (PF) Eastern Province youth chairperson Emmanuel Banda, popularly known as Jay Jay, and four others have again been committed to the High Court for aggravated assault on a police officer.

This comes barely a day after Banda was acquitted by the Chipata Magistrates’

ACC arrests Livingstone ‘con-woman’

By SIMON MUNTEMBA A 30-YEAR-OLD woman in Livingstone has been arrested for swindling unsuspecting teacher graduates out of over K32, 000 on pretext that she would facilitate their recruitment.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) pounced on the suspect identified as Milimo Miyoba of house number D58

Court on Tuesday in a matter he was charged with unlawful assembly.

Banda and his co-accused were last week discharged on a nolle prosequi but were immediately re-arrested for the same offence of aggravated assault.

He is charged with John Lungu, 25, of Garden House, Maxwell Pito, 20, of Lusaka West, Morris Silyonde, 27, of Malota Compound.

ACC public relations manager, Timothy Moono, said Miyoba was arrested for extorting K32, 000 from unsuspecting citizens for whom she promised to facilitate recruitment as teachers under the Ministry of General Education.

Mr Moono said the suspect obtained various amounts totalling K32, 300 during 2017 teacher recruitment exercise from five people between October 9 and November 3, 2017 in Livingstone.

This is contained in a statement issued to the Daily Nation yesterday.

Mr Moono said the woman had been charged with nine counts of obtaining money by

daughter, Chanda, to assault a police officer just because they were related to a politician.

“We know very well that emotions were high, the Kambwili family is going through hard times following the conviction of Mr Kambwili, but slapping a police officer was way beyond the limit,” Mr Kamba said.

Meanwhile Ms Kambwili who was arrested for conduct likely to cause the breach of peace at the Lusaka’s Magistrate court on Tuesday has been released after paying admission of guilty fine.

Police spokesperson Esther Katongo said, Ms Kambwili who was arrested and detained at Kabwata police station has since been released.

Kanyama, and Lyford Phiri, 21, of Lusaka West.

On July 6, this year in Lusaka, the accused persons, with intent to steal, assaulted Allan Mbahwe, a police officer.

The incident allegedly happened at Lusaka Central Police station but the five denied the charge when they appeared before High Court Judge Timothy Katanekwa on October 5, this year.

This was before the State entered a nolle prosequi. false pretences.

He said the suspect collected the amount from Vineless Siatwiinda, Munji Cheelo, Lungowe Zaza, Precious Kembulwe, and Evans Namakando, through a Zanaco account by pretending that she would facilitate recruitment.

Mr Moono said the victims were told to deposit the money into her account after being promised that they would be recruited as teachers under the Ministry of Education during the 2017 teacher recruitment exercise.

He said Miyoba was released on bond and would appear before the Livingstone Magistrates Court next Tuesday.

up with measures to speed up the mandatory inspection of fuel deliveries by the oil marketing companies to ensure there is no time lost in the process.

Mr Nkhuwa said the fuel tankers have now been allowed to transport fuel to their destinations even after 18 hours to ensure a steady and stable supply of fuel across the country.

And the Minister has called on oil marketing companies to make use of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) pre-clearance facility to ensure the speedy delivery of fuel in the country.

Chief Justice counsels Rating Valuation Tribunal

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA CHIEF Justice Ireen Mambilima has urged the newly appointed Rating Valuation Tribunal to dispense justice in a timely and impartial manner.

Speaking during the swearing in ceremony of its members at the Lusaka High Court yesterday, Ms Justice Mambilima said the Tribunal would need to make timely decisions as it was now time bound to render its decision within 30 days from the date of hearing.

“The time frame within which to render decisions is in line with the revised composition of the Rating Valuation Tribunal. The Rating Act, 2018 has set guidelines/qualifications to ensure that appointees are properly qualified and will be able to render decisions within the prescribed time,” she said.

And Minister of Local Government Charles Banda asked the Tribunal to quickly address concerns by rate payers relating to the fairness in the setting of rates.

Mr Banda said the new rating act no.21 of 2018 was meant tom empower the local authorities by broadening the ratable base without affecting the operations and growth of the private sector and households.

The tribunal has Mr. Joseph Jalasi as chairperson while Mr. Morgan Mukwasa will deputise him.

Other members include Ms. Nachimata Nchito, Mr Trevor Mwaba, Mr. Evans Chande ,Ms Theresa Theu, Mr. Burton Chirwa, Mrs. Margaret Kapanda and Ms Jemimah Musonda.

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Consultant bashes ‘alarmist’ EIZ

…Society Business Park safe

By AARON CHIYANZO

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HE continued negative and alarming talk against Lusaka’s Society Business Park by the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) proves that the organisation has a hidden agenda, says independent engineer, Henry Musonda.

Mr Musonda of Killian Musonda and Associates was contracted to investigate the cracks that developed on the imposing building in the heart

of Lusaka.

This follows an announcement by EIZ that it would appoint independent consultants to conduct investigations into concerns about the strength of Society Business Park.

Last week, Mr Musonda assured that Society Business Park was safe to trade in as the strength of the columns which were affected was being doubled and works were at 74 percent completion.

EIZ officials during a courtesy call on President Edgar

Lungu at State House last week, stated that 1, 200 out the 1, 600 columns of Business Park had developed cracks.

The claims prompted the Head of State to declare the building “a death trap.”

Mr Musonda has welcomed the decision by EIZ to appoint independent consultants to conduct investigations to ascertain the strength of Society Business Park.

He said just as he had assured earlier, an expert audit was conducted on the strength of the building and it was found safe.

Mr Musonda wondered

why EIZ was giving false and alarming statements when an audit report was accepted by the original designers of the building, NAPSA and was also submitted to State House.

“EIZ should tone down and stop making alarming statements without providing an expert report. We are very confident that a thorough job was done so they can bring their own consultants and verify,” said Mr Musonda in an interview.

He said he had over 35 years’ experience in the industry and had worked on bigger projects than Society Business Park.

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“We have to demonstrate how we are going to generate resources locally, Government right now is asking for deferral payment. The debt burden will still be there, we may delay when it has to be paid but we will still have to pay,” he said.

Mr Kasanga emphasised that Zambia needed to demonstrate how it would generate revenue locally to meet the payments even if the country would be granted debt relief.

While most Zambians may be poor the country was rich, blessed with abundant natural resources which could be exploited in an aggressive economic recovery plan. The onus should be on stimulating and supporting the private sector to create wealth and employment, especially among small enterprises that have suffered most from business and job losses in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Economic recovery plan with a timeline, which ministries must have clear goals and work programmes.

Government has engaged bondholders to request for debt relief due to the limited fiscal space.

The bondholders who were supposed to vote on Zambia’s request on Tuesday this week postponed their meeting to November 13, 2020 after failing to reach quorums.

Zambia has US$3 billion of Eurobonds outstanding and owes US$2 billion to commercial banks, US$2 billion to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and another US$3 billion to China.

On September 20, 2022, Zambia’s first Eurobond will mature and Government will be required to settle its principal payment amounting to US$750 million in full.

Stakeholders have taken keen interest watching on how the country will be able to meet its debt obligations with John Kasanga, an economist, strongly advocating for a demonstrated cost saving programme which would present a strong case for creditors.

And Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) president, Lubinda Haabazoka, said the country needed to urgently find a way of convincing the creditors that it would still meet its loan obligation even after being granted deferment.

UPND MP withdraws motion

By SIMON MUNTEMBA UPND Mwinilunga Member of Parliament Newton Samakayi was yesterday forced to withdraw a private notice of motion after Parliament unanimously rejected it.

Mr Sakakayi presented a notice of motion to amend the Mines and Minerals Development Act so as to reduce the size of land over which an exploration licence for large scale mining is grantable.

Introducing the motion, Mr Samakayi said once passed, the motion would allow Zambians regardless of their economic status to buy and own shares in the mining industry.

The motion was seconded by UPND Kasempa MP, Brenda Tambatamba who explained that the motion was not controversial but progressive as it would help in making exploration of

Tonga chiefs back Lungu

By OLIVER SAMBOKO in Chikankata WE have no objection to President Edgar Lungu's intention to recontest the presidency because of the many developmental projects Government has implemented under his leadership, Chieftainess Mwenda has said.

Chieftainess Mwenda who has backed President Edgar Lungu's 2021 Presidential bid was speaking

minerals to be inclusive.

However, PF Kabwe Central MP Tutwa Ngulube argued that the motion appeared to be not well founded as it lacked substance.

Mr Ngulube said the motion was meant to support certain individuals to take over or grab mining land using tricks.

FDD Chienge MP, Given Katuta said she did not support the motion because it was not clear whose interest it would serve.

Nchanga MP, Chali Chilombo said he did not support the motion because it would scare investors which was aimed at killing the industry.

And Minister of Mines, Richard Musukwa said the mover of the motion failed to argue why an exploration licence for large scale mining should be reduced because, explorations are meant to search for minerals. when PF national mobilisation committee member Bizwell Mutale paid a courtesy call at her palace yesterday before meeting headmen and community members in Chikankata district.

And addressing scores of Chikankata headmen and community members, Mr Mutale said President Lungu has demonstrated love to the people of Southern province by initiating various developmental projects.

He urged southerners to put aside tribal voting and join the PF which has a proven track record of developing the country.

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From Front Page Mr Daka said Zambia had continued to lose millions of dollars due to the illegality which had continued to happen in the province.

The MP told Parliament that foreigners were using loopholes in his constituency to smuggle the mineral.

He said it was important that Mines and Mineral Development Minister, Richard Musukwa, in collaboration with his Home Affairs counterpart, Stephen Kampyongo, provided security in order to This came to light when Mr Musukwa presented the 2021 budget for his ministry which needed to be supported by all MPs. Mr Daka appealed tp Government to ensure safety was

‘GOLD SMUGGLING RIFE IN MSANZALA’

provided to the cooperatives mining gold in the area.

He disclosed that a number of lives were being lost in the area due to non-adherence to safety by small-scale miners.

Mr Daka said even when such incidences were happening at mining areas they were not being reported to the police.

“As we empower our people

we need to ensure that they are protected,” he said.

Earlier, Mr Musukwa said in 2021 Government would continue to issue gold mining licences to the people of Zambia. He told Parliament that Government would ensure that locals were empowered with the licences in order for them to get involved in gold mining.

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Stop bad fishing methods, orders Lungu

By MARTIN AKENDE in Nchelenge PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he will task the ministries of Fisheries and Defence to work on modalities to stop bad fishing methods on Lake Mweru in Luapula province.

And President Lungu said a team of experts from the Industrial Development Corporation-IDC-will be dispatched to assess the viability of the rubber plantation

in Nchelenge. The President said in Nchelenge that the two ministries should work together to ensure bad fishing methods, which were depleting fish stocks on Lake Mweru, were curbed.

He said Government would ensure correct fishing methods were used to protect fish from depleting in the water bodies.

Mr Lungu said he would find out why the fish guards had abandoned water bodies

before embarking on fish restocking exercise.

His sentiments came after Chief Nshimba expressed concern about the depleting fish on Lake Mweru due to bad fishing methods such as the use of mosquito nets.

President Lungu met three chiefs in Nchelenge who included Chief Nshimba of Kilwa Island, Chieftainess Kanyembo and Chief Kambwali’s representative Headman Shikapande.

Meanwhile, President Lungu said the assessment report will give government a position whether to partner with the IDC to resuscitate the plantation.

Before winding up his Visit to Nchelenge, President Lungu met the Nchelenge Pastors’ Fellowship.

Fellowship chairperson, Francis Mambwe, said the district administration does not consult the clergy in the governance of the district.

State explains phased mobile registration

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA THE State has told the Constitutional Court that government decided to implement the mobile registration exercise in two phases due to unfavorable economic factors prevailing in Zambia.

This is in a matter in which Chapter One Foundation has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking declaration that the geographical limitation to the issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs) will result in the disenfranchisement of many Zambians in contravention of the national values and is, therefore, unconstitutional.

It also wants the Court to make a declaration that the limitation of the period within which voter registration will be conducted to 30 days is unconstitutional, and a declaration that Electoral Commission of Zambia’s decision and intention to disallow currently registered voters from voting in the 2021 general election and future elections is unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void.

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The NGO further wants the Court to make an order of mandamus directing the Attorney General to implement the mobile issuance of NRCs throughout the country and an order of mandamus directing the ECZ to carry out continuous voter registration between elections. It has cited ECZ and the Attorney General as respondents in the matter.

But in response to the amended petition, deputy registrar in the department of national registration, passport and citizenship under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr Alick Mvula stated that the department provides its services in all the districts across the country except for some newly created districts.

Mr Mvula further stated that these offices are open throughout the year except for weekends and holidays.

He said government has not only abided by the provisions of the National Registration act, chapter 126 of the laws of the land but has also strictly followed the provisions of the constitution.

Mr Mvula further contend that the ministry of Home Affairs engaged the provincial and district administrators authorities in all provinces when determining how the mobile registration exercise would be conducted.

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HE artificial shortage of fuel in some parts of the country will create uncertainty in the local economy, the National Union of Building, Engineering and General Workers (NUBEGW) has said.

According to NUBEGW), the situation would make planning difficult, especially now

Govt intent on protecting children, says expert

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA THERE is need for efforts in the collective to protect children and also to work towards curbing child abandonment, a child care specialist has advised.

Ndola District Community Development Officer, Martha Hilweele, said Government had created an enabling environment for child care givers to operate without intimidations.

She was speaking during the kick-off of the implementation of the family strengthening programme yesterday.

“The future of Zambia relies on the children hence the need to protect them and safeguard their wellbeing,” she said.

Ms Hilweele observed that a number of policies such as the National Child Policy had been formulated in order to guide stakeholders on their responsibility towards children.

And Social Society (SOS) Copperbelt Coordinator, Paul Katati, said the family strengthening programme was targeted at children who were at risk of losing parental care.

It was also aimed at strengthening families in order to prevent child abandonment.

Mr Katati said it was important to build an enabling environment where children would feel protected and have positive experiences necessary for their development.

“SoS Family strengthening involvement in Ndola particularly in Chipulukusu, Nkwazi, Kaloko and Mackenzi communities is targeting 2,150 children who are at risk of losing parental care or have already lost such care,” he said.

Mr Katati said the organisation would implement the programme in line with the findings of the study which was undertaken in Ndola and Masaiti districts.

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FUEL SHORTAGE A BLOW ON GROWTH AGENDA - UNION that the country was heading towards the rainy season.

The shortage of fuel has hit the Copperbelt, Eastern, Livingstone and other parts of the country after truck driver staged a work stoppage on Tuesday.

NUBEGW General Secretary, Bryson Nyirenda, said some furnaces were

propelled by diesel and petrol, stating that the shortage would definitely slow the works down.

Mr Nyirenda was speaking in an interview in Kitwe yesterday.

He said the industry could not run without fuel and that all the sectors would not operate well because of the

shortage.

“Government needs to move in quickly and ensure that it visits petroleum companies and check the stock levels,” he said. Mr Nyirenda observed that the shortage of petrol after resuming operations in the new normal was unfortunate as most businesses had been caught unaware.

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AMBIA Airways which quickly be passed to categorise truck drivers going to give some assurance all the international airports Mr Kasalo said his organis expected to take to Chipata, explained that the purpose of in the professional level and not domestic. that there is a scheduled carri- back to full operations The with Ministry of isation Labour andwould Social Security, workhe withex the skies in the next two the joint venture was to develop a gold er in Zambia. exception of Mfuwe which said, and all the affected parties needed to go tothatin By BUUMBA CHIMBULU Government to ensure ths will be a catalyst for processing and trading operation in the table to agree on time lines as opposed to truck on “For the national airline was still setting up Covid-19 Zambia. measure was impleomic growth, saysofCivil going onthe work stoppage.

CAPITAL investment US$35 million has what it means is that now they prevention structures. drivers Mr Inn Chipata said the investment was mented. ion Authority Di- Holiday He stressed that the drivers were responsible for w been injected in (CAA) the four-Star are getting into arrangements He said airlines such asand exportsDAZ in line of with imports and therefore in Lusaka which precedes a one of ZCCM-IH’s strategic was stopping also work elatedpa r General, Gabriel Lesa.the opening with countries they want to fly Ethiopian, Emirates, Kenyan disrupted the supply chain. revamped InterContinental Hotel in 2021. about the proposal to in-ec Lesa said the national objectives of value creation which was “We feel that the category of them being like Holiday Inn, a member of the InterContinental to diversify its investments away fromsuch as South Africa, Tanzania and RwandAir had resumed crease import duty on ne Hotel’s wouldGroup come atwill a open bet-a 162 domestic workers is not correct.

Considering thatlive(IHG), roomed and Zimbabwe they have ap- flights. minerals such as gold stock products from 25 peran ime when the economy copper to otherThe there has been less movement this due to the hotel in Lusaka.

“As fact Karma Mining Servicesyou and Rural Development, our hotel will feature tranquil plied,” and relaxed open lobby areas for Mr Lesa said.

“In even for Lusaka th and other precious metals.

COVID-19 issues, this has already affected our With a capital investment of US$35 million, the cent to 40 per cent. ed rejuvenation after beall day dining, quick meetings or link up with friends and family. is in gold processing, but we are mostly working Mr Lesa indicated that CAA areexpertise going to see a resumption economy negatively.

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Thursday 22 October, 2020

Nigeria’s battered farmers to get $20m to aid crop output BAKIN KOGI/LAGOS - Mary Daniel, a slight woman in her 40s, weeds by hand a field dotted with trees and scraggly sesame plants.

A widow with seven children, she is among the 70 percent of all Nigerians employed in agriculture. She has grown sesame, maize and cassava her whole life, but coronavirus lockdowns forced her to abandon her three hectares.

“We stayed at home, and everything came to a standstill,” she said, speaking in her village of Bakin Kogi in Nasarawa state, east of the capital Abuja.

Daniel is now among 65, 000 Nigerian farmers who will access tractors, seeds, fertilizer and finance from a $20.4 million grant from the Mastercard Foundation aimed at helping agriculture recover from the Covid-19 pandemic in a way that will help it to withstand future crises such as climate change.

Under the arrangement, in which the Foundation teamed

up with Alluvial Agriculture, a farming collective, some 200 tractors, 330, 000 kilograms of seeds, climate advisories and digital payment systems will enable farmers like Daniel to help feed the nation of nearly 200 million people.

“We are bringing farmers together in what we call community blocks so they can support each other... and to attract a large pool of finance so they can continue to expand,” Alluvial founder Dimieari Von Kemedi said.

The average Nigerian farm has 1.8 hectares, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation, but the project will group them into 500-hectare collectives to create economies of scale.

Despite years of government attention and millions of dollars in targeted Central Bank loans, Nigeria’s farms have low yields and less than one percent of farmland is irrigated.

Many work the fields by hand and cannot access fertiliser or high-quality seeds.

Food inflation hit nearly 17 percent last month following coronavirus-related disruption and flooding in the northwest.

Bala Musa, another Nasarawa state farmer, said the grant would keep him afloat after the lockdowns cut his access to Lagos markets earlier this year: “If not for them we wouldn’t have been able to farm.” – REUTERS.

UK holds out for EU concessions to restart Brexit talks LONDON - The UK has rebuffed the European Union's effort to restart their deadlocked trade negotiations, holding out for more concessions from the bloc before it is prepared to restart talks.

On Monday, Michel Barnier, the bloc's chief negotiator, said he would be willing to intensify talks and begin work on the legal text of the accord after a meeting with his British counterpart, David Frost.

While that went some way to meeting two of the UK's key demands, it wasn't enough for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to restart the talks he suspended on Friday, saying that a trade deal was unlikely. Without one, consumers and businesses will face the cost and disruption of tariffs and quotas in just 10 weeks' time.

"The EU still needs to make a fundamental change in approach to the talks, and make clear it has done so," Frost said in a tweet.

Johnson's office still described the discussion as "constructive"a view echoed by officials in Brussels, who said they have a better understanding of what they have to do to make it look like the UK has won something.

EU officials are paying particular attention to Frost's comment that the bloc "needs to make clear" it has moved. That could mean an EU leader, or senior official, giving a public statement to make it look like the bloc is conceding, drafting new texts, or emphasising that the two sides are sovereign equals, they said.

Three Brussels officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to speak publicly, said they expect the negotiations to resume in London by the end of the week.

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…New ICT policy to drive Zim growth

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ARARE – The Government is crafting a new Information Communication Technology (ICT) policy to drive growth of this strategically key economic sector over the next 10 years.

ICT, Postal and Courier Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said the ICT master plan will guide the sector’s contribution to economic growth in line with Government’s Vision 2030.

“My ministry is working on the SMART Zimbabwe 2030 Master Plan, which seeks to exploit the potential of ICTs so that Zimbabwe attains its vision of becoming an upper middle-income economy by 2030.

“This vision is predicated on, among others, building

on the achievements of the Zimbabwe National Policy on ICTs of 2016 to 2020 which further strengthens Zimbabwe’s economic base and improves its economic environment for accelerated growth towards achieving a Digital Government, a Digital Economy and a Digital Society, by 2030,” he said.

“The master plan, once fully rolled out, will completely transform Government processes, services and management, and make information access and service delivery more efficient.

“Again, the master plan, with the flagship projects to pilot its implementation, will steer the march towards the digital future that will transform the country to a regional technical hub, raise the country’s competitiveness

Numsa loses court battle to halt Barloworld retrenchments

JOHANNESBURG Retrenchments at Barloworld Equipment are continuing following the Labour Court’s dismissal of the National Union of Metalworkers’ urgent application to halt the process and reinstate its members.

Numsa had approached the Labour Court earlier this month, saying that Barloworld’s retrenchments of its 950 members of staff at

its Caterpillar business resulted from a flawed retrenchment consultation process and the workers should be reinstated.

The company is the official Caterpillar dealer for 11 countries in Southern Africa and provides the brand’s construction, mining and industrial machine range to countries like Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Russia and the recently

and align the country in line with vision 2030’s ICT goals.”

Muswere said this while launching a Community Information Centre (CIC) at Bulu High School in Matabeleland South.

The Bulu CIC is unique in that unlike most which have been launched across the country, it is located at a school, a CIC that is modelled along the Connecta-School-Connect-aCommunity model.

Speaking at the same event, Postal and Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general Dr Gift Machengete said Covid-19 had highlighted the need for an effective national ICT system.

– HERALD, Zimbabwe. acquired Mongolia-based Caterpillar dealer, Wagner Asia Equipment.

It began the retrenchment process due to its equipment business declining following the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns in the territories it operates in.

Numsa said the retrenchments that started two months ago did not consider alternatives for its members, such as voluntary severance packages and various criteria relating to the workers who were affected, including their names, skills and ages.

The labour union also said

Barloworld had refused to provide its order books for the year, to show where it stood financially, and that it had not prepared the affected employees for interviews for other positions. The court dismissed Numsa’s application shortly after it was filed, saying that Barloworld had no legal obligation to agree to the alternatives proposed by the union.

It also said Numsa’s complaint about the interview process related to its fairness in terms of its application and implementation rather than fairness and objectivity. – FIN24.

Toyota invests $4m in Uganda start-up Tugende KAMPALA - The trading arm of the Toyota Group has invested $4 million in Ugandan start-up Tugende, saying it hopes the firm’s loans to small, independent businesses will also help customers buy the carmaker’s vehicles.

Launched in 2012 in Uganda, Tugende began by offering motorcycle loans to riders and has since expanded to offer loans for everything from fishing boats and minibus taxis to sewing machines and refrigerators for small shops. It opened a branch in Kenya last November.

The investment in Tugende came from Mobility 54, the

investment fund for Toyota Tshusho Corporation as part of $6.3 million Tugende raised in its Series A investment round this month.

“We see a huge potential for Tugende business in the

taxi market,” Mobility 54’s chief executive officer Takeshi Watanabe told Reuters, noting that many minibus taxis were Toyotas.

Watanabe said the group aimed to invest $45 million

in transportation and asset-financing start-ups like Tugende in Africa next year.

Tugende’s “mortgages” - the bikers wouldn’t get a title to the bike until the final payment was made - target people like Mark Yaweh.

The 25-year-old motorcycle taxi driver had scraped by riding someone else’s bike for three years, but put a downpayment on a new one and hoped to own his own after 18 months..

Banks are often reluctant to lend money to small or informal businesses in Africa because of the high rate of default.

– REUTERS.

Thursday October 22, 2020

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BY BICON ZAMBIA LIMITED ON THE STATUS OF THE COLUMN STRENGHENING WORKS TO THE OFFICE BLOCK ON SOCIETY BUSINESS PARK – 21ST OCTOBER 2020 This Press Release has been prepared by the Management of BICON Zambia Limited in order to provide the General Public and all the Stakeholders with the relevant background and information with respect to the ongoing Column Strengthening Works at the Office Block at the Society Business Park following the various statements and reports that have appeared in both the print and electronic Media with respect to this subject.

BACKGROUND The contract for the Re-Development of Society House and Central Arcades was executed in 2011 between the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and Yangts Jiang Enterprises Limited (YJL) who in turn engaged a Team of Consultants in order to deliver the project as a “Design and Build” Turnkey Project. YJL was responsible for the construction of the works whilst the Consultants were responsible for the Design and Supervision of the Works. BICON Zambia Limited was responsible for the Design and Supervision of the Structural Engineering Works.

The scope of the project involved the conversion of the then existing 18-storey office block which was formerly occupied by the Zambia National Building Society into a 148-room hotel as well as the demolition of Central Arcades and the construction of a Retail Mall, Parkade and an Office Block on top of the parkade.

QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES DURING CONSTRUCTION As part of the various quality control measures adopted during the implementation of the project, YJL engaged the University of Zambia (UNZA) and Wade Adams as an independent laboratory responsible for the testing of the concrete works on the project. All the results made available by YJL from Wade Adams to the Structural Engineers during the implementation of the project were found to be satisfactory.

FAILURE OF COLUMN T5 ON THE 1ST FLOOR OF THE OFFICE BLOCK AND SUBSEQUENT INTERVENTIONS The entire Society Business Park Project was completed on a sectional basis starting with the Retail Mall and Parkade in 2016, followed by the Office Block in 2017 and then the Hilton Garden Inn in 2018. It must be noted that the 18-storey hotel block structure is totally independent from the rest of the development which was constructed in the 1978.

On the 13th of October 2019, one column on the 1st floor failed by way of crushing at the intersection of the column and slab which also and as a result of the failure stressed the three neighbouring columns on the 1st floor level. As a precautionary measure, the Owners of the Building NAPSA ordered an evacuation of the Tenants of the office block in order to facilitate a detailed examination of the office block structure.

In-Situ tests on the failed columns found that the actual concrete strength of the columns were lower than the specified concrete strength on the Structural Engineering

Drawings. A detailed examination of the rest of the columns at Society Business Park Office Block found that the other columns were not showing any signs of stress following the failure of the column at the 1st floor. The columns affected at 1st floor were thereafter strengthened by casing them in steel columns in order to significantly enhance their load bearing capacity.

The repairs to the failed and stressed columns on the 1st floor were inspected by all the stakeholders including the Independent Engineer, the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ), the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACEZ), the National Council for Construction (NCC), NAPSA as well as all the relevant stakeholders including the print and electronic Media.

NAPSA subsequently engaged the services of an Independent Consultant to undertake a detailed investigation in order to determine the structural integrity of the entire office block and the supporting parkade structure below.

The summary of the Independent Engineers findings are as follows:1. The slabs for the parkade and the office block were found to have adequate capacity to carry the design load, 2. Although not showing any signs of stress, 153 columns in the parkade and office block out of a total of 258 columns which carry the parkade and office block had column capacities lower than the design capacity due to lower concrete strengths than the specified concrete strength.

This entailed that all these columns have been earmarked to be strengthened in order to increase the load bearing capacity and factor of safety of the columns.

In view of the foregoing, BICON Zambia as the Design Structural Engineers were required to submit a proposal for the strengthening of the columns identified by the Independent Engineer.

BICON Zambia thereafter engaged the services of a Specialist Concrete Company from South Africa called Mapei in order to design a concrete strengthening solution based on the required column loads. Mapei South Africa design a column strengthening solution using the Mapei Product which is manufactured in Italy to strengthen existing concrete structures and is used extensively in Africa and all over the World.

The Independent Engineer requested that Mapei submit calculations for the column strengthening works for their review. In addition to the foregoing, the Independent Engineer also requested that a sample column be strengthened on site using the Mapei Product and that the Mapei Materials be tested by an Independent Laboratory in Zambia in order to confirm that the strength of the materials which were assumed in the Mapei calculations can actually be achieved.

Subsequently a sample column was constructed on

site and inspected by all the Stakeholders including the Independent Engineer, EIZ, ACEZ, NCC, including the print and electronic Media. EIZ, ACEZ and NCC were encouraged to conduct their own regular inspections of the column strengthening works in order to kept up todate with progress.

The Independent and certified Laboratory at Rankin Engineering Consulting Engineers has todate been used to test all the Mapei Materials. The Independent Engineer granted approval for all the columns strengthening works to be used on the columns which were identified for strengthening using the Mapei Product.

Following the approval of the methodology for the column strengthening works, 80% of the columns to be strengthened have since been completed. Site Progress Meetings which are attended by the Independent Engineer, BICON Zambia, NAPSA and the Contractor to review the progress of the column strengthening works as well as the Test Results of the Mapei Materials are held monthly.

CONCLUSION In conclusion, EIZ has on three occasions with other stakeholders visited the site and have been kept informed of the column strengthening works. In addition to the foregoing, BICON Zambia has on several occasions shared with EIZ and NCC copies of the reports in connection with the column strengthening works. BICON Zambia has also attended a hearing called for by EIZ in connection with this project.

The Contractor who has taken over from YJL who is currently executing the column strengthening works under the full-time supervision of BICON Zambia is working diligently in order to complete the column strengthening works on site as soon as possible. The Independent Engineer contracted by NAPSA is also providing regular oversight and closely monitoring the ongoing works on site. Based on the current programme, the column strengthening works are expected to be completed in December 2020.

EIZ as the Regulator of the engineering industry has unfettered access to the site to inspect the ongoing works and to request from us any information, they may wish to obtain with respect to the ongoing works to enable them issue informed statements to the public with respect to this project.

BICON Zambia Limited

RENATUS MUSHINGE CEO/Managing Director

BROADRICK MASESA Associate Director/ Project Structural Engineer

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Thursday 22, October 2020

Home News AWYERS from Mbuyisa Moleele and Leigh Day yesterday announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Anglo American South Africa Limited (“AASA”), a subsidiary of Londonheadquartered multinational mining company Anglo American Plc (LSE: AAL, JSE: AGL), in the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa.

The action has been filed on behalf of a class estimated to comprise more than 100,000 individuals in Kabwe who are believed to have been poisoned by lead.

The application is brought by 13 representative plaintiffs on behalf of children under 18, and girls and women who have been or may become pregnant in the future.

The claimants, principally young children are suffering from alarming levels of lead poisoning which, depending on various factors including the blood lead level (“BLL”), causes a range of significant conditions, from psychological, intellectual and behavioural damage to serious and permanent physical

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Lungu decries early marriages MARTIN AKENDE in Chilubi.

PRESIDETN Edgar Lungu has called for concerted efforts to curb Gender Based Violence (GBV) and early marriages in rural areas.

Mr Lungu said early marriages were detrimental to the realisation of the full potential of the girl child.

He said it was for this reason that Government had prioritised building and upgrading of rural schools to ensure access to better education for the girl child.

The President said he was saddened that despite main efforts to discourage the vice, the trend was still on the increase.

“As Government, we are concerned that despite calls to end this scourge of early marriages and Gender Based Violence, cases are still on the rise especially in rural areas,” Mr Lungu said.

He said this when he paid a courtesy call on chief Matipa at his palace in Bukotelo area on Chilubi Island yesterday.

And Chief Matipa of the Bisa people said he was worried that GBV and early marriages were still on the increase in his area.

He said he was scaling up sensitisation in his chiefdom but needed more support from Government to deal with perpetrators.

The traditional leader also commended President Lungu for implementing various developmental programmes in his chiefdom.

Standard Chartered contributes $50, 000 for masks

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU STANDARD Chartered Bank has contributed US$50, 000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Zambia to support the provision of locally produced personal protective face masks in targeted communities.

Head of Global Banking, Emmy Kumwenda, said this was in response to the Ministry of Health which had been advocating the ‘Five Golden Rules’ in to the fight against Covid-19 in Zambia.

Ms Kumwenda said Standard Chartered Bank was delighted to partner with the UNDP Zambia to contribute US$50,000 for the local production of face masks for distribution in targeted communities.

“In addition, it is particularly important that

we are supporting the local production of these face masks, as we will also be supporting local entrepreneurs, who have not been spared from the pandemic.

“The emphasis on women entrepreneurs bodes well with the Bank’s women empowerment agenda,” Ms Kumwenda said in a statement.

She stressed that Standard Chartered remained firmly committed to Zambia and to supporting the communities in which we operate.

Ms Kumwenda said her organisation believed in forging strategic partnerships to ensure effective, and collaborative response to national challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic.

UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Roland Seri, said that the donation was a clear example of partner confidence in UNDP to collaborate with communities and provide the needed empowerment in crisis times.

“It is our mandate to empower vulnerable groups in crisis times. We have seen that many women have suffered the brunt of COVID-19. This donation will not only empower the women tailors but also those in markets supporting our economy,” he said.

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damage to their bodily organs, neurological systems and fertility.

In extreme cases, serious brain damage and deaths occur. In pregnant women, lead they ingested as children is absorbed into their bones and released during pregnancy. Women are also exposed to lead during pregnancy from the surrounding environment.

Lead is known to cross the placenta, resulting in the unborn child being subjected to the same concentration of lead as the mother. Not only can the baby’s health be damaged, lead causes pregnant women to have a higher risk of pre-eclampsia; gestational hypertension and miscarriage.

Generations of children have been poisoned by the operations of the Kabwe mine,

originally known as Broken Hill, which caused widespread contamination of the soil, dust, water, and vegetation.

The main sources of this poisonous lead were from the smelter, ore processing and tailings dumps. The BLLs of the vast majority of children in Kabwe exceed the BLL limit of 5 micrograms per decilitre set by the U.S. Center for Disease Control. A substantial proportion of the children have BLLs in excess of 45 ug/ dl, the limit at which medical treatment is required. There are numerous cases of young children (including among the representative plaintiffs) with BLLs in excess of 100 ug/dl, at which serious brain damage and death may occur.

The Kabwe mine was part of AASA group from 1925 until

1974 and was one of the world’s most productive lead mines during this time.

It is alleged in the class action that AASA is liable, including for the substantial emissions of lead into the local environment which were due to deficiencies in the design and systems of operation and control of lead, which AASA failed to ensure were rectified.

The class action seeks to pursue remedies in the form of compensation for these children, as well as girls and women with lead poisoning who have or may become pregnant in the future. Also sought is (a) blood lead screening for children and pregnant women in Kabwe, and (b) clean up and remediation of the area to ensure the health of future generations of children and pregnant women is not jeopardized.

ZRA seizes cooking oil worth K1m

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has seized 3,830 litres of cooking oil in Kafue worth close to K1 million suspected to have been imported using forged permits from the Ministry of Agriculture .

ZRA has thus sealed off the warehouse where the cooking oil worth K999,708.54 was stored after it was smuggled into the country by Hitvik Trading Limited.

The warehouse is situated at Sub 124, Farm 498A Shimabala in Kafue.

According to ZRA findings, the company had been using the warehouse to conduct various suspected smuggling activities.

Hitvik Trading Limited had been importing bulk cooking oil using suspected forged import permits from the Ministry of Agriculture and declaring the commodity as crude oil when in fact it was processed cooking oil.

This is according to ZRA Corporate Communications Manager, Topsy Sikalinda.

Mr Sikalinda said ZRA had been monitoring the operations of the firm from last month for suspected conspiracy to defraud the state tax revenue through smuggling.

The offences, he explained, ranged from document falsification, false representation and misclassification, therefore contravening the provisions of the Customs and Excise Act of the laws of Zambia.

“After gathering enough information, the

By AARON CHIYANZO ALL enemies within the Patriotic Front should be reconciled so that the party can face the 2021 elections with a united front, a PF official Lemmy Bwalya has advised.

Mr Bwalya said the party should quickly look into issues causing divisions in Mandevu constituency and correct the situation because that was the area which would give the party more votes.

He said in an interview that there was need to allow mature and genuine members of party positions to start working and mobilise for 2021.

Mr Bwalya urged PF Secretary

ZRA Corporate Communications Manager, Topsy Sikalinda, demonstrating how the cooking oil is being packed by Hitvik Trading ZRA....Limited at their warehouse in Shimabala Shimabala yesterday.

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authority has decided to move in a seal off these premises and issued seizure notices for the cooking oil,” Mr Sikalinda told Journalists yesterday in Kafue.

Mr Sikalinda said cooking oil was a controlled substance in Zambia that required import permits, as one way of protecting the local manufacturing sector and the farmers who grew inputs used in the production of cooking oil.

“To those that are evading tax or

contemplating doing dubious activities, our warning to them is to stop immediately and start complying.

“The authority will definitely catch up with them and take all measures to collect taxes, penalties and interest due, while smugglers will also be taken to court for possible custodial sentencing,” he said.

Mr Sikalinda encouraged members of the public to report any suspected smuggling case to protect Zambia’s revenue.

‘Enemies within PF must reconcile’

General, Davies Mwila, to begin monitoring how PF MPs and ministers were performing in their respective areas.

He said there was need for unity in PF now more than ever and that unnecessary divisions should not be allowed.

“It’s high time the party moved together, more especially the Secretary General with MPs. This includes members who at some points were seen to be at loggerhead, that will do away the perceived differences among our party officials and eventually, it will trickle down to the lower party organs,” he said.

And Mr Bwalya said it would be ‘insane’ for anyone to claim that PF had done nothing, while all citizens were able to witness unprecedented development since 2011.

“Let me be haste to state that, the massive developments we’re seeing are attributed to good governance system and best leadership,” he said.

Mr Bwalya said because of massive development witnessed, claims by that opposition political parties that they would form Government next year would remain a daydream.

Mr Bwlya

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ZAMTEL should up their game on the toll free line 111 Dear editor,

Zamtel should emulate Airtel and MTN whose toll free lines are very effective and reliable. You get the feedback when you call their toll free lines thereby getting assisted within the twinkling of an eye or within the shortest possible time.

In view of the above, I request Zamtel to improve their communication through the toll free line. If they can't

improve, it is better to do away with their toll free line because it is not serving the intended purpose. We are sick and tired of getting a raw deal from Zamtel in terms of service delivery insofar as their toll free line is concerned.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, disappointed Lusaka based Zamtel subscriber.

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It provides various services such as voice calls, selling of cell phones and internet among others.

As clients utilise the above mentioned services, clients may face some challenges and

opt to seek clarification from the company. The customers make use of the free toll line 111 to communicate with the appropriate members of staff.

However, it becomes very difficult for the clients to communicate with officers from the call centre department.

This is because their free toll line goes unanswered no matter how many times you call it.

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High teenage pregnancy levels in Eastern Province worrying Dear editor, EASTERN Province recently records more than 4,000 pregnancy cases among the teenage girls. The alarming figure comprises the school girls and those who are not in schools.

The Government, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), churches and some chiefs among others are fighting the scourge of early marriages and teen pregnancies.

These teenagers fell pregnant during the last quarter of last year and the large number of girls falling pregnant is worrying and surely something must be done about it.

However, the high incidences of teenage pregnancies can be attributed to mostly lack of parental guidance. Poverty and peer pressure among these girls can be cited as some of the contributing factors to high

levels of teenage pregnancies.

These girls who fell pregnant can still go back to school after giving birth. They can take advantage of the "Go back to school policy" which was introduced by the Ministry of General Education some years ago.

The Go back to school policy is aimed at affording an opportunity to school girls who fall pregnant to return to school and continue pursuing their education dream. There is a saying, "When you educate a man, you educate an individual and when you educate a woman, you educate the nation. Hence, the need to promote girl child education.

All said and done, there is need to intensify the fight against teenage pregnancies and early marriages. In this vein, all stakeholders must be fully involved in the fight against the above named vices.

ELEMIYA PHIRI Lusaka.

Plight of Zambian contractors

The RTSA now invites sealed bids from eligible citizen and local bidders as defined by the Public Procurement Act of 2008.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents from the office of the Procurement Specialist, situated on 8th Floor, Premium House, Independence Avenue, Lusaka, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ZMK 500.00 or its equivalent in cash or by bank certified cheque.

The contact telephone numbers are 260-211-230547 and the telefax number is 260-211-231601. HOWEVER, ELECTRONIC BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days after Bid opening and must be accompanied by the required bid security.

Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders contained in the Bidding Documents. All Bids, in sealed envelopes, bound and clearly marked as below: i.

TENDER No. RTSA/ORD/16/2020 FOR THE PROVISION OF GENERAL INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES ON A ONE YEAR RUNNING CONTRACT.

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TENDER No. RTSA/ORD/18/2020 FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURITY AND CASH IN TRANSIT SERVICES TO ALL RTSA OFFICES.

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TENDER No. RTSA/ORD/16/2020 FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF UPS POWER BACK UP BATTERIES.

Bids shall be deposited in the Tender box on the 8th Floor of Premium House and addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Road Transport and Safety Agency, not later than Friday, 20th November, 2020 at 10:30 hours local time. The bids will be opened immediately, thereafter in the presence of bidders who choose to attend. LATE BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Procurement Specialist For/Director & Chief Executive Officer ROAD TRANSPORT AND SAFETY AGENCY

Dear editor, The assurance that all road contractors whose works stalled due to non payment

by Government's plight of payment is being looked into could not have come at a better time than now.

Most Zambian Contractors' capital base is very limited and the delay by relevant Government departments to pay them has mostly been advanced as the reason for either shoddy works or late completion of such works.

Many of those who however have gone a milestone to contract loans from either

banks or lending institutions to execute their works according to time frame should be equally considered so that they don't incur a lot of interest for delayed repayment.

Government should also investigate as to why down payments for some contracts were not advanced to these contractors as per the requirement. It means someone somewhere is not executing his/her duty professionally. I feel Zambian contractors can do better but with the total commitment of the Government.

Wisdom Muyunda CHINGOLA

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HE UPND has complained that some people are still facing challenges in accessing information regarding the mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs).

Neto Halwabala, the UPND Southern Province Information and Publicity Secretary, told the Daily Nation that some District

Commissioners (DCs) were not cooperating with other stakeholders.

He complained that people were still facing difficulties despite counsel to the DCs

by Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo to make their offices accessible.

Mr Halwabala lamented that people who were expected to provide leadership, were not cooperating on national matters.

“We are still facing challenges in terms of accessing the information on the number of people that have been captured so far.

“The other issue we have is the DCs are still not accommodative to the stakeholders like they were advised by Mr Kampyongo. We are receiving the same challenges that we

have been having wiyh regards to the exercise,” Mr Halwabala said.

The UPND official further said that the pace at which the officers were issuing the NRCs was very slow.

Meanwhile, Mr Halwabala said that the UPND held a successful rally on Monday this week in Monze to sensitize

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Other MPs were Micheelo Kasauta for Bwengwa, Brian Kambita Zambezi East and Jack Mwiimbu who was the host of the event.

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people on the importance of obtaining NRCs and registering as voters.

He said the response from the people was overwhelming and they turned in big numbers.

In attendance were Members of Parliament (MPs), among them Situmbeko Musokotwane for

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By ANDREW MUKOMA THE fuel shortage that has hit Southern Province and various parts of the country yesterday worsened in Livingstone forcing some motorists to abandon their work spending long hours on a queue.

ORXY filling station on the Mosi-oa-tunya road leading to the Victoria Falls is the only station that had petrol and diesel out of eight stations in the tourist capital.

By 11:20 hours, the queue had stretched along the

Mosi-oa-tunya road exceeding 600 metres.

A check by the Daily Nation showed that the remaining seven filling stations in the city had run out of the commodity.

"I have been in this never-ending line for hours now and I don't know if I will refuel," a taxi driver Derick Mwanza said.

Some filling station managers were optimistic that the commodity would be available by the end of the day but without confirming whether the tankers delivering the commodities were on the way.

Solwezi gets books

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI THE National AIDS Council (NAC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have donated 500 textbooks to the Solwezi District Education Secretary's office and Kimasala Council Library.

The textbooks donated include biology, science and mathematics for Grades 10, 11 and 12 Solwezi Mayor Nicholas Mukumbi was at hand to receive the donation.

He said the donation was as a result of the good relationship the local authority, the NAC and the WHO. He said the local authority would continue working closely with other partners in providing services to the people.

“I would like to commend the National

AIDS Council and World Health Organization for this good gesture. Let me also take this opportunity to call upon other wellwishers to make donations aimed at supplementing Government’s efforts," he said.

Meanwhile, Solwezi District Standards Officer for open and distance learning, Felix Luputa, said the books would enable sustained provision of quality education to the pupils.

Mr Luputa said the donated items would go a long way in imparting knowledge to the learners as there could not be knowledge without the source.

"Many schools do not have text books, so the coming of this donation will at least cushion the impact," he said.

TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF VARIOUS GOODS AND SERVICES The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has made a provision in the 2021 Budget towards the cost of supply and delivery of various goods and services and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this budget to eligible payments under the Contract(s) for which this invitation for bids is issued.

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Supply and delivery of UPS backup batteries.

The RTSA now invites sealed bids from eligible citizen and local bidders as defined by the Public Procurement Act of 2008.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents from the office of the Procurement Specialist, situated on 8th Floor, Premium House, Independence Avenue, Lusaka, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ZMK 500.00 or its equivalent in cash or by bank certified cheque.

The contact telephone numbers are 260-211-230547 and the telefax number is 260-211-231601. HOWEVER, ELECTRONIC BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days after Bid opening and must be accompanied by the required bid security.

Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders contained in the Bidding Documents. All Bids, in sealed envelopes, bound and clearly marked as below: i.

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TENDER No. RTSA/ORD/16/2020 FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF UPS POWER BACK UP BATTERIES.

Bids shall be deposited in the Tender box on the 8th Floor of Premium House and addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Road Transport and Safety Agency, not later than Friday, 20th November, 2020 at 10:30 hours local time. The bids will be opened immediately, thereafter in the presence of bidders who choose to attend. LATE BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Procurement Specialist For/Director & Chief Executive Officer ROAD TRANSPORT AND SAFETY AGENCY

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NAIROBI - Kenya’s deputy president William Ruto is being sidelined by his political allies in what analysts say is a concerted strategy to block the ambitious leader’s promised elevation to ww.facebook.com/dailynationews https://twitter.com/dailynationzm the top job in 2022.

A marriage of convenience brokered between Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta to assure them victory in the 2013 and 2017 elections is fraying out in the open, with juicy details splashed each day on the front pages of Kenyan newspapers.

Kenyatta and Ruto “are at loggerheads and although they Friday June 26, 2020 DAILY NATION have not directly sparred in public, their words and deeds ww.facebook.com/dailynationews https://twitter.com/dailynationzm indicate a deep chasm between erstwhile bosom buddies who ascended to power in 2013 with boisterous glee, pomp and glamour,” the Daily Nation wrote in an October 10 editorial.

The alliance has been , crumbling since Kenyatta

By MICHAEL MIYOBA a stunned the nation by striking Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and Vice President William Ruto.

CITY of Lusaka FC has lmer an unexpected deal with his officially unveiled former aslongtime rival Raila Odinga, pledging to work together to violence but saw Ruto’s between supporters Angola his andKalenjin Botswana national promote unity after a drawn-out relevance dwindling as the new and Kikuyu voters backing team coach Veselin Jelusic as 2017 election battle between partnership took centre stage in Kenyatta. the new Yamoto head coach. the two left dozens dead.

State House.

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Muhammadu Buhari has Lungu for lifting the after former Aston Villa and Presidential address at State one leagues.” to the implementation of policeban on contact The number called for “understanding and division sports.of protesters House, Lungu said football can England nationalisteam striker reforms. killed onurged Tuesday unclear but calm” as protests continue “Guidelines for various sports Mulenga resume next month with strict John “Jackie” Sewell coached disciplines which have been clubs to prepare It said the president welcomed Amnesty International Nigeria to rock major cities in the adherence to health guidelines. categorised as non-contact, stadiYamoto 1964, and Italian the establishment of judicial their said it had in “received credible country Lungu said Government has tion. said it across was good experisemi-contact anda the full contact and developed panels country to ums but disturbing evidence A number guidelines of protesterswhich Roberto Landi. sport and, safeguards outtraining Kangwa said the three ence coming to ofas represent will guide the return contact investigate claims police of excessive use ofafter forcehe were reportedly shotof dead or And speaking incountry the healthdespite guidelines fornu-venues sports football,the boxing gamessuch have helped team lined the the brutality. occasioning deaths. wounded onasTuesday night football at premier and national before was unveiled Jelusic, and netball where they need to to assess merous challenges due toc o m - Meanwhile, Sanwo-Oluwho US presidential candidate has when armed uniformed officers division one leagues.

Hence “Guidelines for prepare all sports was appointed Chipolopolo improve as they for Covid-19 travel restrictions.

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Conde leads in Guinea poll CONAKRY - Guinea’s octogenarian president, Alpha Conde, is ahead in four electoral districts in the October 18 presidential election, preliminary results announced by the electoral commission showed on Tuesday.

But the opposition has denounced what it called a large-scale fraud aimed at preventing it from winning Sunday’s presidential election.

The campaign manager for the main opposition challenger, Cellou Dalein Diallo, said the administration of President Condé was doing everything possible to modify the results in his favour.

At least three people have died since Diallo claimed victory.

Final official results have not yet been released. African Union monitors say the vote was conducted properly.

In Ivory Coast, two people were hurt on Tuesday in clashes involving oppositionaligned students from the powerful Fesci union, an AFP journalist said, as violence persists with two weeks to go before a contentious presidential election.

Violence in the lead-up to the presidential vote has stirred raw memories of post-electoral clashes that killed 3, 000 in 2010-11, when then-President Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept his defeat to challenger Alassane Ouattara.

“It’s true that we’re seeing

Alpha Conde some violence from one direction or another. But it’s also a bad stereotype to try and show these few violent incidents as being widespread at the national level,” government spokesperson Sidi Tiemoko Toure said Tuesday, accusing the opposition of being behind the clashes.

The regional Economic Community of West African States on Monday urged opposition parties to “seriously reconsider their decision to boycott the election, and their call on their supporters to engage in civil disobedience.”

The opposition has allowed doubts to swirl over whether it will boycott the vote, urging supporters to boycott the electoral process and campaigning, while stopping short of withdrawing its three candidacies.

Calls for a boycott came after Ouattara, who has governed for two terms, said he would stand again in defiance of a constitutional limit, saying that a 2016 reform has reset the counter. – REUTERS/BBC/AFP.

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Ex-Burundi president gets life

NAIROBI - Burundi’s top court has sentenced a former president to life in prison for the 1993 murder of another president who had defeated him in elections, an attack that triggered a 10-year civil war in which about 300, 000 people were killed.

In an October 19 ruling that was seen by Reuters on Tuesday, the court sentenced Pierre Buyoya and 18 others for the death of Melchior Ndadaye, who had defeated Buyoya to become the country’s first freely elected president. Buyoya is at present the African Union’s High Representative for Mali and the Sahel. – REUTERS.

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NEW YORK - The United Nations says it has raised more than $1.7bn in pledges to fund urgent humanitarian aid efforts in the central Sahel region of Africa that it said was being pushed to “breaking point.”

At a virtual conference the UN Aid Chief, Mark Lowcock, described the Sahel as a preventable human tragedy where 13 million people were at risk and seven million were in a state of acute hunger. – BBC.

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KHARTOUM - Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and other suspects wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and genocide in Darfur must face justice without further delay, the court’s chief prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Options for prosecuting them, including a trial in Sudan and a hybrid tribunal, were being discussed with Sudanese authorities, prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told reporters during a visit to Khartoum. – REUTERS.

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WASHINGTON - There is hope that the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the US and Russia can be extended after Washington said it wanted to immediately finalise an agreement.

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CHISAMBA Katuba 2ha 300m off Great North road K300,000.6ha,piggery 6km off great north road K400,000.3ha cottage, borehole, wirefence, zesco power K1m.2ha to 40ha 12km east of fringilla K65,000 per ha.

CHIBOMBO near Ibis Gardens tarred Great North roadfront,2ha,4ha,8ha,10ha,12ha K250,000 per ha. Same area 300 to 600m off Great North road,2ha,4ha, K125,000 per ha.2.5ha,3 bedroom house, poultry, near Chibombo Basic School K300,000.Liteta area 8ha K900,000.23ha near Mungule Place K1.5m.

MUMBWA Tollgate 78ha K1.5m.40ha In Mumbwa town K50,000 per ha can Sub-divide.

CHIBOMBO Near Ibis Gardens 4 bedroom house on 4ha 300m off great north road with poultry K2m.55ha K750,000.

SERENJE Nansanga farm block 118ha K750,000.16ha price offers invited.32ha K150,000.80ha K500,000.230ha K850,000.265ha K2m.105ha.18ha offers.

MKUSHI 3km from town 160ha K1.2m.35ha K1.3m.390ha K1m.Shiwang’andu 200ha K1m.

KABWE 6ha 2km off Lusaka K225,000.45ha 3 bedroom cottage, borehole, Zesco 3-phase power,20km from Kabwe cbd 500m off Great North Lusaka road K5.5m.

KAPIRI town ten shops as a complex K250,000.Kapiri Hillside plot 20m x 40m with five room house K150,000.

COPPERBELT NDOLA Northrise 5 bedroom house K1.5m.Mitengo 3 bedroom house K300,000.

LUFWANYAMA Emerald mines seeking partners, investors, sponsors or financiers.

EASTERN CHIPATA City Kalongwezi 3 bedroom house K650,000.4 acres Great east Msekela road junction K1m.

LUSAKA KALUNDU Lusaka west 2km off mumbwa road several plots,20m x 30m K35,000.30m x 30m K45,000.40m x 50m K60,000.50m x80m K80,000.

MUNGWI Road, Lusaka west near Appolo several plots, one acre tar roadfront commercial K400,000.2Bedroom house on 4 acres K3m.several plots 50m x 80m K130,000.40m x 50m K80,000.

MAKENI off Mumbwa road one acre K180,000.Makeni West Kacheta area,2ha to 80ha K100,000 per ha. Before Oriental 4900sqm 3 room house K1.3m.makeni south tar road front commercial plot for shopping mall and filling station or warehouses 4 acres K6m.

MAKENI Great North roadfront. Makeni West Kacheta 11 acres K400,000.

KAFUE estates plots, 20m x 30m K35,000.Shikoswe 20m x 30m K40,000.

Mpande area one acre to 3 acres K60,000 per acre. Hillside 50m x 100m K100,000.

Chikupi 50m x 50m K60,000. 59m x 100m K80,000. Greenfields 30m x 87m K120,000.Town 40m x 40m K100,000.

Kafue Lusaka road near Avic 30m x 40m K40,000.

MIKANGO Mwanawasa Settlement, several pieces 2ha to 3ha K125,000 per ha.

Five hectares 300m off Leopards Hill road opposite Barracks entrance commercial K2m.Nkwashi 2ha K1m.Plot 2500sqm K80,000.

PALABANA Lusaka East, Chalimbana river damfront 40ha to 300ha K200,000 per ha. Away from dam 600ha K150,000 per ha. Also same area 2ha 80ha K90,000 per ha.

KANAKANTAPA ,Chongwe, 22 acres, 3 bedroom house 3 fish ponds, poultry facility 2500birds capacity K3m.6ha K250,000.

WATERFALLS, Silverest area 1km off great east road several plots,30m x 30m K150,000.30m x 44m, 30m x 47m, 33m x 60m,K250,000 each.

Same area, buildings can be residential or offices K1.5m.

CHINIKA GARDEN house area, warehouse near SGS Filling Station plot sizes 3 acres built space 20m x 60m.U$D740,000 warehouse 4,738sqm K6m.House 6 rooms plus Mumbwa roadfront K850,000.

NDEKE Meanwood, 3 bedroom house K580,000,3 bedroom house,2x 1 bedroom houses small shop wallfenced K1.5m.

MAKENI off Kafue road , motor vehicle workshops on 2.5 acres and 2 acres adjacent, big truck and bus parking space, service pits, storerooms U$D 1.8m.

MAKENI East commercial plot 6,603sqm K700,000.3 bedroom executive house, ceramics K3m.

SHIBUYUNJI MWEMBESHI Bridge 75 acres K1m.300 acre K3m.

CHILENJE South 2x2 bedroom house houses one plot K850,000 2 bedroom house K500,000.

KAFUE Roadfront opposite Embassy Mall 2 acres, office block, big space for further construction K38m.

CAIRO road Kafue roundabout Commercial plot 3100sqm K36m BARLASTONE PARK ,Lusaka west 8 acres with 5 bedroom house, 4 and 2 bedrooms, workshop, storeroom ,2 boreholes,2 water tanks,Orchard,K10m.

CHIPATA Compound 3 bedroom house K200,000.2 bedrooms K250,000.Chunga Extension 3 bedrooms K400,000.

CHILANGA Shimabala, Safari Ranch 26 acres,6km off Lusaka Kafue Great North road,40km from Lusaka cbd four chalets, solar power, dinning room, kitchen, braistand, two offices, fish pond, two boreholes, some zebras, puku, peacock K2m.

Good for weekend and holiday camping.

FAIRVIEW near Levy Park, complex comprising several shops, warehouses , storeroom ,offices, showrooms, U$D4m.

KATUBA 6.5ha K400,000.15 acres K15acres K350,000.3.8ha K260,000.73ha 11km off Great North road K2m. 2.5ha(7 acres 2 bedroom house, piggery, borehole hand pump power generator K1.3m.

KAFUE Greenfields plot 30m x 87m K50,000.Shikoswe Turn off 3 big shops,K500,000.Chirundu roadfront 0.394 acres fenced U$D 380,000.Kafue Gorge road 18ha K1m.Mungu 200 acres K35,000 per acre.

BARLASTONE PARK 2 acres K300,000 or one acre K150,000.

STATE LODGE area plot 50m x 50m K400,000. 4 bedroom house K2m.

K A N A K A N TA PA , C h o n g w e , 4 . 3 h a K250,000.

LEOPARDS HILL road Palabana turn off 770sqm K100,000.

CHILANGA Opposite Chilanga Cement,3 bedroom house 1km off kafue road double storey K3M. SHIMABALA 7ha K1.7m. Lusaka westwood 100 acres K3m. Quarry Road 20 acres K2m.Barmoral 7 acres K1.3m.

Mwembeshi 50 acres K15,000 per acre.

Barm0ral plot 30m x 40m K75,000.

RUFUNSA 12 acres on offer letter 2km off Great east road K100,000.

PALABANA University 12 acres(5ha) K200,000.

KAMWALA Trading area, double storey building with ground floor shops plus offices or hostel rooms with kitchen upstairs K18m.Shop K1m in Kamwala.

LUANGWA River 17ha for lodge near game park K350,000.

CHALALA 2x3 bedroom houses K875,000.

CHIPATA Compound complex one small shop, two bars, one tavern,storeroom,3 bedroom house, three flats, 6x2 bedroom houses.7 x 1 bedroom house houses, shelter and car park K1.3m NDEKE Meanwood plot 18m x 22m K170,00.Chamba Valley plot 20m x 30 K180,000. Kanyama flats 4x2 bedroom K160,000.

CHILANGA house double storey near Golf club, plot size 80m x 80m K2m.

Mt Makulu area 1.5 acres K400,000.1.4 acres K650,000.Musamba premises for school or shops nine rooms plus five toilets K2m.

KAFUE Kasaka area 4ha(ten acres)price to be discussed. Mungu 50 acres K35,000 per acre.

LUSAKA City Center,Cha Cha Cha road large shop/warehouse U$D800,000.Off kafue road Warehouse 4274sqm.200m off kafue road near Carousel. Price to be discussed.

MUNGWI road, Barlastone Park Lusaka west warehouse and shops K600,000.

Plots 25m x 40m K80,000.

LEOPARDS Hill road off tarmac two kilometers 2.8ha(7 acres) K450,000.

CHAWAMA Shopping Complex available for sale comprising: Sizes 326sqm K12,000.135sqm K7,000.45sqm.44sqm.1700sqm K160, 000.140,138sqm.207sqm.427sqm,44o sqm.346sqm LUSAKA Kafue Great North roadfront, Makeni near Makeni Mall, complex comprising:8x3 bedroom double storey flats(mansionnettes),Shop 75sqm,restaurant/bar with upstairs extension 170sqm,second floor office space on top of restaurant 170sqm,upstairs church hall 600sqm,showroom,events hall for weddings ,meetings, workshops, conferences 1,800sqm.Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

Price U$D14m or Kwacha equivalent.

CENTRAL CHIBOMBO 3 bedroom house in Shifwankulu- Spin along Great North road K350,000.20 acres 13km off Great North road on Old Mumbwa road K800,000(Liteta).

KAPIRI 2.7ha 30m of Great North road K120,000 44ha 7km off Ndola road K200,000.on offer Letter.199ha K750,000.30km from Kapiri Hospital.22ha 20km off Ndola road K100,000.22ha CHISAMBA opposite golden valley 250 acres K40,000 per acre. Kamaila area 4ha(10 acres)K200,000.

COPPERBELT MASAITI 150ha K2000 per ha.100ha K850,000.

LUFWANYAMA 10ha(25 acres) K90,000.

MPONGWE MACHIY area 800ha K2.5m.

CHINGOLA Maiteneke 2 bedroom house K90,000.

KITWE Bulangililo house 7 rooms K150,000.

KAOMA near tbz farms 178ha K2m.

SOUTHERN Bridge plot for lodge near border 1750sqm K100,000.

Monze town center on Livingstone road,

complex of eight shops K8M.Choma old Machapopota road plot 40mx 90m K85,000. Mazabuka Lodge 13room K2m.

KARIBA LAKE waterfront 4ha(10 acres) with 3 bedroom lodge U$D600,000.3 acres overlooking Lake Kariba Plot for Lodge K300,000.

CHIPEPO Lower Zambezi river waterfront fishing business or tourist lodge comprising 3 bedroom lodge on 7 acres, on Monze Chisekesi road,6 fishing riggs,two speed boadts,U$D800,000.

MUCHINGA MPIKA town plot 50m x 50m with 2 rooms K180,00.Farm 2700ha K3,00 per ha.

SERENJE Nansanga block 2000ha K75m.

CHINSALI 5000ha K35m.

NORTHERN: SENGA HILL 12ha (30 acres) on Mbala Kasama road with house 6 rooms, six boreholes,warehouse,shop,grocery,80km from Mbaka 85km from Kasama K1.2m.Chama Matumbo roadfront 1.5ha K175,000 KASAMA 10,000ha K70m.

ACCOMMODATION OFFERED LUSAKA KABULONGA off Brentwood Drive 6x4 bedroom houses double storey, masters self-contained K36,000 each per month.

MAKENI near Kankole house 3 bedrooms K35000.4 bedrooms K7,000. Makeni Konga houses and warehouses rent ranging K5000 to K8,000.

MAKENI opposite Andres Motel 500m off kafue road 3 bedroom house K18,000 per month.

BARLASTONE PARK off Mungwi road,flats,6x2 bedroom K4,500.4x1 bedroom K3,200, CHALALA off Lilayi road 4x2 bedrooms K2,500.

COPPERBELT KALULUSHI Napsa Complex 3 bedroom hose K4,000.

REAL ESTATE TO LET MAKENI Konga warehouses and storerooms ranging K6,000 to K8,000.

MAKENI Kafue road,150m off Great North road light and heavy vehicles workshops with offices, storeroom, service pits and big parking yard K75,00 per month.

CHAWAMA near Chawama market , several shops available for short or long lease sizes 326sqm K12,000.135sqm K7,000.45sqm.44sqm.1700sqm K160, 000.140,138sqm.207sqm.427sqm,44o sqm.346sqm Carousel shopping center, several shops on the ground, first, second and third floors including events halls ,furnished with kitchens for self catering can be hired for weddings, workshops, seminars, meetings, conference etc. various sizes and amounts.

LODGE, GUESTHOUSE , OFFICE Complex along Independence Avenue Rhodes Park near Civic Center details on request and rental open to discussion.

MAKENI Los Angeles Road, HOTEL 91 rooms, 4 offices, one bar, 3 bars, 3 conference halls, big swimming pool, baby pool, two car parks, twelve shops,3km from Cairo road post office.

Long lease rent to be discussed.

LUSAKA Kafue Great North roadfront, Makeni near Makeni Mall, complex comprising:8x3 bedroom double storey flats(mansionnettes),Shop 75sqm,restaurant/bar with upstairs extension 170sqm,second floor office space on top of restaurant 170sqm,upstairs church hall 600sqm,showroom,events hall for weddings ,meetings, workshops, conferences 1,800sqm.Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CONTAINERS-old steel containers in Makeni South K35,000.Scrap metals also available from a road constructors yard.

Mining, copper, cobalt, gold, emerald, beryl, aquamarine, to maline, amethyst, garnet-existing registered and liceneced mines are looking for partners, sponsors, investors, financiers or outright purchasers.

AGRICULTURE- Vast agricultural farming lands available for partnerships or joint ventures.

We invite persons, companies, organizations, local or international to enter into any agreements where locals can make land available and foreign or local investors provide capital then market produce locally and abroad-crops, livestock ,game ranching or fisheries.

REAL ESTATE AND ACCOMMODATION WANTED Landlords or property owners in all areas of Zambia and Africa Free Trade Countries are invited to list with us for marketing, selling ,leasing and renting: houses, flats ,shops, warehouses, factories, hotels, motels, lodges, tourist facilities, mines, plots farms, office building, highrise buildings, filling stations, companies, businesses, bars, restaurants, butcheries, shopping malls, blocks of flats, housing estates.

If you have idle land, we can sell for you either as a whole or by sub-dividing into sub-divisions or plots. Send us your e-mail address so that we send you our blank standard mandate forms which you can fill to give us required details.

COVID-19 Realities

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By DR MBUYI MASUWA Frontline doctor working at Levy Covid Centre

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OR or almost a year now humanity has been at war with a very powerful invisible enemy. Currently, humanity has had over a million casualties, we don’t know how many the enemy has lost.

For almost a year now, life has not been normal even under “The New Normal.” Our enemy fights us within and without. Economies have been destroyed, social life shuttered, jobs lost, marriages ended, education distorted etcetera We identified our real enemy, the cause behind all of this, the reason we have had so many changes, so many losses, so many tears, the reason is, the culprit… SARSCOV2.

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ble before corona itself reaches to them; for there is no telling what it can do.

I’m doing this not as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health as I am extremely far from that. I write these articles in my own capacity as a frontline medical doctor who has attended close to 200 Covid-19 patients in the hope that most, if not all of us can at least start seeing things from the same lens.

I do put in a lot of energy and time. Usually I write around 03 hours. This is my gift to Mother Zambia in whose soil my umbilical cord is buried.

I hope you’ll take what you read with the seriousness it deserves and then take necessary action as we are all soldiers in this war and literally so even in God’s eyes. Each one of us has a role play in defeating this invisible enemy. VIRUS is an umCORONA In the coming series, I will be brella for viruses that sharing term knowledge on Covid-19 appear to have a crown likeand apwith some stories of success pearance under an lost electronic some of the battles at the battlefront. microscope.

Also word a segment called “In their The SARSCOV2 stands own words,” in which I will be for Severe Acute Respiratory interviewing Covid-19 patients, Syndrome Corona Virus and 2, those who have recovered that a second type of corothoseis in isolation, with their identities of course as na viruseswithheld that causes Severe a matter of privacy,Syndrome, especially Acute Respiratory that there is still stigma associnamed so because it resembles ated with this disease in some the SARS virus of 2003 about sectors of the community.

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Amidst(airborne) so much droplets, aerosols information some so outraand by contact transmission geous I have taken upon myself through to try andfomites. share with the public.

Prevention are public health

start from the basics, just what is going on here, where did we SARSCOV2 like come from, how did we getother ourCorona viruses contains at selves where we are now and wherefour are structural we likely going. least proteins:

S=Spike protein, THE MYTHS AND E=CONSPIRACY EnvelopeTHEORIES protein, M=Membrane protein, and Some of the manyprotein. myths, conN= Nucleocapsid spiracy theories Protein. and just weird The Spike(S) things have is been saidgives and This that protein what are still being said about CoroSARCOV2 the crown like apnavirus are as follows: pearance which gives the virus *Its name 5G related. the CORONA.

There have been rumours that coronavirus came about as a side effect of trying to increase cellular network connectivity from 4G 4th Generation to 5th Genetration 5 G.Samsung was the first phone to have 5g.

Of course this is not true, the virus has nothing to do with 5g or any orher Gs. *Global conspiracy to vaccinate people and enrich some people like Bill Gates etc.

I would have been very rich by now, probably closing a deal on buying an airport in Dubai or some exotic island in the pacific. *Sexually transmitted Once I had a patient who was being stigmatised by her community saying she got corona from having sex with truck drivers. *It’s the Mark of the beast 666.

This protein is believed to be the key to the virus entering the host cell and also has had some changes following mutations that have caused the change in the virulence of the virus.

It is scientifically agreed upon that SARSCOV-2 uses this S protein to bind to receptor Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) for entry into the human cell.

ACE2 is present many cell *Affects only theinrich those types tissues including the with and passports. (bakumayadi ba mu heart, Lusaka). lungs, blood vessels, kidReally?

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Treatment and the rest will be tackled later. *This Corona Virus is called “The novel” because it’s a new form of Corona viruses.

As a group corona viruses have been around for a very long time. They mostly live in bats and avian birds which are believed to be their natural reservoir. Some other types of corona viruses ae those that cause the common cold (chinfine).

As long as they stay in their reservoir there is no problem, but the moment they mutate and then jump from bats to an intermediate then mutate again and jump to humans and then mutate again and pass from human to human, then there is trouble, very big trouble as we are experiencing at the moment.

The word CORONA VIRUS was coined in 1966 by June Almeida and David Tyrrell to The Membrane (M) Protein describe the appearance of these under(M) an Electron Theviruses Membrane protein Microscope, which appear is a component of the viralas en-a crown that plays a central role velope *SARS COV 2 which stands in morphogenesis and asforvirus Severe Acute Respiratory sembly viaCorona its interactions Syndrome Virus 2 iswith the other M isaslocatname viral givenproteins. to this virus it resembles the virus of 2003 ed among theSARS S protein. byThe aboutM70protein percent; has domi* SARS COV 2 causes the disnant cellular immunogenicity ease Covid-19 which is short and elicitsVirus a strong for Coron Diseasehumoral of 2019. response which it * First cases weresuggests reported in China serve somewhere in late 2019 could as a potential tarNovember, December. get in vaccine design. * Declared a Pandemic by WHO.

Nucleocapsid (N) Protein Transmission The primary function of the To forget everything else I Nucleocapsid is to have written so(N) farprotein is ok but to package the viral RNA genome within the viral envelope into

Respiratory droplets are the main routes of transmission. They are classified as small, intermediate and large according to their sizes. Small are less than 5 microns in diameter, the intermediate are between 5 and 100 microns and the if part of the cell, like a wolf in a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) large ones are over 100 sheep’s clothing. complex called the capsid. microns.

Once inside the RNA is reRibonucleocapsid packaging is a fundamental part of leased and immediately goes viral self-assembly and repli- to work. It takes over the cation. This is the reason the body’s protein function factovirus invades the cells to make ry and starts making copies of copies of itself using its genetic itself using the materials the these particles from ignore thisa part then both cells need to air make the needed code, like soft ware storedyou in leases their saliva, cough, sneezes, or and I have failed humanity and proteins for the body. this protein. we should urgently seek for forsings. These are believed to fly Not onlyinisthe theairbody giveness from both our progenibalistically up torobbed about the so much needed proTHE tors and ATTACHMENT descendants. aofmeter away.

This is the2 most important *Aerosol (airbut inTransmission the end this leads The ACE Receptors, here teins part my article, here to thetransmission) ultimate destruction of the Sofprotein bindsforto its ACE 2 borne you and I can make a difference. are air particles less theThese cell itself because the new receptors which areoflocated in than The Infectiobility Sars Cov three microns.

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That is where the imleads to more cell destruction infect up to 2 to 3 people. mune response comes in. and death.

Le’ts say its 3 this means 1 IMMNUNE THE INVASION AD THE person infects 3 new people who each infect 3 new people RESPONSE and the cycle goes on and on The body’s defence mechasuch that by the 3rd cycle about nism is activated once the pres40 people will be infected and ence of the virus is detected, that can be in just a couple of like a specialised army, the soldays, by the 10th cycle about 80, 000. This is why corona vidiers go to war. Unfortunately rus spreads so fast and has the there is ONLY one fate for the potential to infect everyone on infected cells: DEATH. this globe.

The infected cell will either be killed by the virus itself after using up its materials to make its own copies and then eventuallymeters by bursting out can of it,stay or eight away and thethe infected cell will itin atmosphere updestroy to about self when it realises it has been three hours.

This simply means it can infected or finally the immune spread like TB even system just destroys it hence to prevent one meter social distance is not the spread of the infection enough. This simply means to it neighbouring cells. can spread just like TB hence The soldiers include even one metre iswhich not enough. studiescells, in China Respiratory droplets are the theSome Dendritic the Tfound cells, such with coronavirus main routes of transmission. the Baerosols cells, Natural Killer Cells, in air conditioners of They as… small, the cytokines, interleukins to R E Pare L I classified C AT I O N . L I FinE particles rooms that housed Covid-19 patermediate and large according mention butsome a few.

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SARSCOV2 disguises him- places such as doors, etc where it can stay in these places even This parself likeinvolves part ofrespiratory the cell when up to days. This puts especially ticles of about 5 to 10 microns getting in the cell, its envelope marketeers at risk who have to in diameter. When an infected merges with the cell memconstantly handle cash that has person not wearing a mask rebrane and the whole virus is covered in the membrane as

months.

Please note the presence of Antibodies doesn’t mean the person cannot be re-infected, there have been reported cases on re-infection, so vigilance is required at all costs.

HERE SARSCOV2 ENDS passed many different hands.

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ZAMBIA, ETHIOPIA LOCK HORNS

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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AMBIA national soccer team’s quest to prepare adequately for next month’s AFCON qualifiers and the Cameroon CHAN tournament continues today when the Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic’s drilled local charges take on Ethiopia in an international friendly match at Addis Ababa Stadium.

Todays’ fixture presents another test for the local Chipolopolo squad consisting of young players from various Super Division clubs who played a critical role as Zambia beat South Africa 2-1 in their last international friendly match on October 13 in South Africa.

Zambia and Ethiopia have met 17 times with the Chipolopolo winning nine games with six draws while two games have ended in defeat.

The Chipolopolo have however struggled to beat Ethiopia since 2010 when they recorded a 2-1 defeat at the CECAFA tournament before recording 1-1 and 0-0 draws in 2013 and 2017 respectively.

“Micho” has named a 23man squad of local players to play Ethiopia and South Sudan in international friendly matches.

The Serbian said his aim is to give the players the needed exposure ahead of the AFCON qualifies slated for next month and the CHAN tournament to be held next January in Cameroon.

"In order to keep the momentum of our player's with international football standards, we have organised friendly matches in Ethiopia where we have been assured of a friendly with Ethiopia but we are having some challenges with South Sudan who are having financial constraints. " This second phase of preparations is very good for us. The third phase will

see us giving the players to their respective clubs so that they can play three or four league games so that they can each have 10-plus games to be in competitive form as we wait for the Botswana game," Micho said in an interview before the Chipolopolo's departure for Ethiopia yesterday.

The team which entered camp on Tuesday consists of most of the local players who were part of just-ended FIFA international window which saw the Chipolopolo play three matches against Malawi, Kenya and South Africa.

After playing Ethiopia this afternoon the Chipolopolo’s second match will be against South Sudan on Saturday before facing Ethiopia again on Sunday.

The local assemblage will wrap up the Addis Ababa engagement with another match against South Sudan on Monday, October, 26 before returning home.

FULL SQUAD: (GOALKEPEERS) Lameck Siame (Kabwe Warriors), Jackson Kakunta (Power Dynamos), Charles Muntanga (Nkwazi) (DEFENDERS) Kondwani Chiboni, Zachariah Chilongoshi (both Power Dynamos), Luka Banda, Luka Ng’uni (both Napsa Stars), Dominic Chanda (Kabwe Warriors), Benedict Chepeshi (Red Arrows), Kebson Kamanga (Zanaco (MIDFIELDERS) Benson Sakala (Power Dynamos), Albert Kangwanda, Kelvin Kapumbu (both Zanaco), Amity Shamende (Green Eagles), Leonard Mulenga (Green Buffaloes), Bruce Musakanya, Kelvin Mubanga Kampamba (both Zesco United), Collins Sikombe (Napsa Stars), Chaniza Zulu (Lumwana Radiants), Paul Katema (Red Arrows), Thomas Zulu (Nkwazi) (STRIKERS) Friday Samu (Green Buffaloes), Emmanuel Chabula (Nkwazi).