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CONSULT WIDELY ON RISING PRICES, GOVT URGED

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

GOVERNMENT should consult widely before coming up with measures aimed at addressing high prices of essential commodities to avoid disruption in the production chain, Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) general secretary Zuba Sakala has said.

Mr Sakala said any unilateral decision on the matter would have a negative effect on the availability of goods in the market and would also have potential to cripple the manufacturing sector in the country.

He said Zambia was a liberalised economy and therefore price control was not a good option.

He was however quick to mention that Government has a duty to intervene in any

situation to protect citizens from being exploited by cartels in the retail and manufacturing sectors.

"In this case we are talking about suspicious price hikes and curtails formed to manipulate or exploit consumers.

However, our view is that It's not price control per se but putting rules that will make prices be justifiable unlike the

current situation," Mr Sakala said.

He said ZACA was aware that the cost of production and other factors were behind the current uncertainty in the pricing of essential commodities.

He urged the players in the supply chain to be transparent and avoid forming cartels meant to exploit or manipulate

prices.

"There is also need for Government to come up with measures to stop the monopolistic type of business which has been exhibited by some companies for a long time," Mr Sakala said.

He called on Government to enhance the capacity of the Competition Consumer Protective Commission.

ZRL workers cry for benefits

By KETRA KALUNGA EIGHT years after the government cancelled the concession agreement between Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) and Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ), most workers have not been paid their separation packages, says the Railway Workers Union of Zambia (RWUZ).

In 2012, Government cancelled the concession agreement between ZRL and the RSZ RWUZ president, Nathan Zulu, said the government was

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA FOUR TWIN Palm Secondary school leavers accused of killing a Kabulonga Boys Secondary school pupil Ryan Phiri, last December have taken a plea of not guilty.

And two witnesses have testified that the pupils from the two schools were involved in a fight which resulted in the death of their friend, Ryan.

Elvis Nsokolo of Kabulonga and three juveniles of Malata compound in Kabulonga and ZAF Twin Palm are alleged to have killed 17-year-old Ryan of Barlastone using golf sticks on December 4.

When the matter came up yesterday before judge Sharon Newa, the quartet denied the charge of murder.

Trial commenced in the case and the first witness was Benjamin Chola , a classmate of Ryan.

supposed to pay the affected workers their separation packages after the cancellation of agreement, but nothing had come forth eight years down the line. Mr. Zulu was speaking during a RWUZ women conference held on Thursday in Kabwe.

He said the RWUZ was also saddened that Government only paid some of the members who took the matter to court while the workers who remained loyal had not been paid. "This is a pure case of discrimination where one set of people who take Government

to court are paid and those who decided to remain loyal are not paid, “Is Government sending us a message that you can only get the money by taking them to court," said Mr Zulu.

He said it was unfortunate that most workers had been waiting for eight years to be

paid their separation packages when Government assured they would be paid soon after the agreement was cancelled.

Mr Zulu appealed to the ZRL management to intervene in the matter so that the workers could be paid their separation packages.

Kabulonga Boys pupils narrate chilling attack Chola narrated to the court that on that fateful day, him and seven other classmates who included Ryan went to Malata compound.

He said that they went to Malata with intent to celebrate as one of their classmate had become a father.

He stated that there they met with other classmates at a restaurant. He said they bought beers and as they were ordering food, two grade 10 pupils from their school came running and announced that pupils from Twin Palm had surrounded Malata Compound and were beating Kabulonga Boys pupils.

Chola said he learnt that a day before, there had been a fight between the two schools. “ So we got scared and started running, that’s when

we saw Twin Palm Boys in front of us. I went to find out why they were beating every Kabulonga Boys pupil and one of the Twin Palm boys pushed our friend, and he retaliated, that’s how the fight started. Me and two other friends managed to escape,” he said. He said the pupils from the opposite school who were about 60 in number carried stones and sticks.

He also said among the Twin Palam pupils was a tall guy in plain cloths who wore a black coat, who pretended to play the role of a mediator but was actually initiating the fight.

Chola said he later met with Ryan who was bleeding from one side of the ear.

He said they went to the tap where Ryan tried to wash

off the blood, but the Twin Palm boys appeared again and that’s how they separated with Ryan.

Asked on whether he saw the people that hit Ryan, Chola said he never saw the culprits nor did Ryan state exacting who hit him.

In cross examination, Chola admitted that they too fought back with stones but emphasized that it was in self-defense especially that they were outnumbered .

He later learnt that evening that Ryan had died.

The second witness, a juvenile also stated that he never witnessed the beating of Ryan.

Judge Newa adjourned the matter to March 10, 2021 for continued trial.

PF chides Fr Luonde

By SIMON MUNTEMBA ZAMBIANS should ignore frustrated politicians and failed clergy like former Anglican priest Richard Luonde who is an opportunist merely being used by the UPND to make unfounded allegations against Government, the Patriotic Front (PF) has said.

PF Lusaka Province Secretary, Kennedy Kamba, said unlike the UPND, PF detested tribalism and would always embrace the “One Zambia One Nation” motto.

Mr Kamba said it was unacceptable for the former Anglican priest to make weird claims that the PF was abusing Bembas as a tool for tribalism.

He was reacting to remarks attributed to Fr Luonde in one of the newspapers that “the PF is abusing Bembas as a tool for tribalism.”

Fr Luonde claimed that the PF was using the northern part of Zambia as a tool for promoting tibalising against other citizens.

But Mr Kamba said it was annoying that people like Fr Luonde could make such claims against PF when tribalism was in the UPND. “Let me state from the

Veep explains low teacher recruitment

By SILUMESI MALUMO GOVERNMENT resources are inadequate to deploy more teachers this year, Vice President Inonge Wina has said.

Ms Wina said that the country did not have enough resources and that was why Government had decided not to recruit more than 1, 200 teachers this year.

Government, she said, always wanted to recruit more teachers to better the education system but resources were not enough.

She told Parliament yesterday during the Vice President’s question time that Government would increase the number of teachers to be recruited next year when resources were available.

“The Ministry of Education is a priority to this Government, this country cannot develop without improving the education of the young generation.

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onset that in the ruling PF, we detest tribalism with the contempt it deserves because we believe in One Zambia One Nation, and that all people are equal before man and in the eyes of God regardless of colour, creed, race or tribe,” Mr Kamba said.

He said in the PF, anyone could ascend to any position regardless of where they come from, as long as such a person qualifies to hold the prescribed position.

“This is absurd, untrue, unfounded and unacceptable!

The PF is a party for all Zambians without any element of segregation.

It is the more reason why President Lungu has revived the One Zambia One Nation Motto to try by whatever means possible to stop and eliminate any forms of tribalism,” he said.

Mr Kamba said the UPND had been trying to import politicians from other parts of the country apart from Southern Province but had failed due to a corrupt system of tribalism within the party.

He said UPND had changed more than six vice presidents with Mr Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, being the latest to leave the vicepresidency.

Mr Kamba said it was a matter of time, even Ms Mutale Nalumango, who had been appointed as vicepresident would also leave because of tribalism which was embedded in the UPND.

from 1, 200 or so to more teachers in the coming year,” she said.

Ms Wina said the revenue base for the country had reduced because very few businesses were operational.

And ZANIS reports that Ms Wina says that the PF is distancing itself from the reported cadres displaying large sums of cash on social media.

She said this was being done with the intentions of painting a bad image on the hard working PF. Ms Wina said that it may not be a shock if the investigations revealed that the people who are in the videos are not real PF cadres but people masquerading as PF cadres with the intentions of tarnishing the image of the ruling party.

She disclosed that the Police Service and the Drug Enforcement Commission are investigating the suspected cadres who are displaying huge volumes of money in videos on social media.

She was speaking yesterday in Parliament, when she responded to a question from Member of Parliament for Mapatizwa Constituency Clive Miyanda who asked to find out where the PF cadres are getting the huge sums of money which they are displaying in public when the country is experiencing an economic crisis.

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NO PARTY WILL WIN ELECTIONS From Page 1 Ms. Imboela says the opposition alliance was initially formed to avoid a possible rerun considering the strengths of both the ruling party and the opposition.

She said this when she featured on the Talking Point programme on Millennium Television. Ms. Imboela however believes the country still needed a formidable alliance to defeat the ruling Patriotic Front.

However, this has been scuttled with the Opposition Alliance falling in disarray as the NDC fell apart.

“Right now, I don’t see any political party attaining the 50+1 percent just in the first round okay? And this is the basis on which the alliance was formed to say let’s avoid a rerun. If we can mobilise ourselves and come together as the opposition, just in the first round we can kick out PF.” And Ms. Imboela says the NDC never contested the presidency during negotiations on the future of the Opposition Alliance ahead of the August 2021 elections despite the post being one of the most contentious issues in most alliances.

She also disclosed that it was resolved that the NDC was to take up the vice presidency while the sharing of the constituencies was equally agreed upon.

Ms. Imboela maintains that the NDC only disagrees with its alliance partners on the name of the Alliance.

“As NDC we clearly indicated that we are not in a hurry to form government.

We were ready to give the presidency to the UPND because it is currently the biggest opposition political party in the country and so deserved the presidency. We also agreed on the vice presidency and constituencies.

The only challenge came on the name of the alliance.”

Meanwhile, Mr Malite has insisted that Mr Akafunba remains the party’s interim president while, Dr. Kambwili’s removal from the presidency stands.

Speaking at the same programme, Mr. Malite says there is no illegality in removing Dr. Kambwili from the position of president as he allegedly told party members to count him out if they wanted to continue with the UPND alliance.

“The current leadership of the NDC is intact and as usual, the interim president is Mr. Joseph Akafumba, we have a vice president who is Edward Mumbi and the rest remains as it is. The decision to remove Mr. Kambwili from the position of President was just to help him because he told us to count him out of the alliance,” he said.

He also insisted that no member in the interim leadership of the party has been suspended. The duo was however hosted separately as they refused to sit on the same panel for the TV programme.

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GOVT DECIDES TO APPEAL AGAINST CEC RULING

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E have decided to appeal against the judgment by the Hight Court quashing my decision to declare Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) transmission as common carrier, Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa has said.

Mr Nkhuwa said he had powers as a minister through the constitution to make decisions.

He said in an interview yesterday, the High Court judgment infringed his powers as a minister

ity.

“Should the ECF be granted then balance of payment support will help with the currency woes in extended backlogs the red metal producer faces.

“It has become unbearable to do business in Zambia because private sector players just cannot get dollars from banks because of the foreign currency liquidity crunch,” Mr Zulu said in an interview.

Mr Zulu pointed out that

to come up with a policy decision.

Mr Nkhuwa said the execution for the stay of the judgment had already been prepared by the Ministry of Justice and it would soon be applied in the Court of Appeal.

Mr Nkhuwa said there was need to ensure that his decision to declare the CEC transmission as common carrier was respected.

He said, "we shall ensure that we appeal against the judgement so that things can be done in the right way.

"I am minister and the constitution gives me power to make decisions. When I make a decision it becomes a policy and no one can go against it. So we are going in court so that my decision as minister is respected," Mr Nkhuwa said.

Once a policy is put in place, Mr Nkhuwa said, it needed to be respected because everyone needed to follow as it is.

"So we are on top of things, very soon we are going to appeal against that judgement," Mr Nkhuwa said.

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Cybercrimes Bill debates continues Tuesday

By SIMON MUNTEMBA PARLIAMENT yesterday deliberated on the proposed amendments of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill 2021, which includes a bevy of new laws around the sending of messages and electronic communications in Zambia.

Among the contentious provisions in the bill that stirred up heated debate among Parliamentarians include monitoring and interception of electronic communication as well as any other information using the internet.

Deliberating on the proposed amendments, UPND Chirundu MP, Douglas Syakalima asked Parliament to defer the bill saying the Cybersecurity bill was intended at taking

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the acknowledgement that Zambia’s fiscals had become frailer and that Covid-19 had not made fiscal policy management any easier was a good signal for the country.

“One can tell from the tone that there is empathy from the IMF team shaped by pandemic strains which has constrained the authorities from taking action such as price adjustments in the energy sector to align to global fundamentals as a buffer for

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‘Discipline erring officers’

CHIEF Justice Irene Mambilima has urged the newly appointed members of the Police Public Complaints Commission (PPCC) to end complaints of police brutality by taking the right action against such officers.

Ms Justice Mambilima said its mandate was to ensure that actions by the police are not excessive and are exercised within the precinct of the law.

She said this when she

sworn in five newly appointed members of PPCC yesterday in Lusaka. She said the authority is mandated to ensure that actions by the police are not excessive and are exercised within the precinct of the law.

Ms Justice Mambilima said her office had received complaints of officers breaching human rights such as torture during their work.

"Incidences of extra judi-

cial deaths or injury at the hands of the police without anyone being held responsible should be a thing of the past as you carry out your constitutional mandate,” she said. She called on the members to investigate complaints against police actions in a fair manner to ensure justice is served on both sides of the divide.

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away people’s rights.

Mr Syakalima said the bill has huge implications on freedom of expression, freedom of the media, and the right to privacy.

He said there was no need for the government to rush into enacting the bill into law especially as the country heads towards the general elections.

Mr Syakalima said while the bill contains progressive provisions particularly with regard to the cybersecurity of children, he noted several provisions that have the potential to facilitate and even enhance the wanton surveillance and censorship of members of the public through interception of communications.

But Minister of Transport and Communications, Mutotwe Kafwaya maintained that

citizenry to minimise shock impacts.

“It is clear that further engagement through discussions are still ongoing but we remain optimistic that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

Mr Zulu also said an IMF package would boost investor confidence which Zambia bears the brunt of many investors on the fence or have chosen to explore other less risky regions.

In a statement, the IMF staff expressed gratitude to the Zambian authorities for the constructive, determined and frank discussions.

ate institutions or authorities ensure that you have exhaustively investigated the matter and given everyone involved an opportunity to be heard,” Ms Justice Mambilima said.

She urged the team to conduct themselves with utmost integrity, professionalism, impartiality and without favour or ill will.

Those appointed to serve on the commission are Ms Gertrude Musyani, the vice chairperson, Mr Maeke Njunju, Ms Chibesasakunda Mumba, Mr Evans Hamaila and Mr Isaac Chilanga.

the introduction of the Bill was aimed at protecting citizens especially those who were incapable of defending themselves online in the cyber space.

He said that the Cyber Security bill will ensure that people who infringe upon other people’s freedom are dealt with by the provisions of this Bill.

Mr Kafwaya said it was unfortunate that some people like Mr Syakalima are misleading Zambians that the Cybersecurity bill is intended at taking away people’s rights when in fact it is aimed at enhancing their rights and protecting them from being abused on social media.

The Minister said no search of any cyber information will be done without legal excuse if the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill is enacted into law.

He stressed that there is no provision within the Cyber Security Bill that aims to shut down the Internet in response to social media abusers who were fond of slandering others.

Minister of Justice, Given Lubinda defended the bill, saying it is meant to protect people’s rights and not to take away any rights. Mr Lubinda said people should instead be happy that the bill will provide protection for people against any infringement of their rights.

He described the bill as progressive and that the government’s interest stems from its responsibility to ensure the safety of all citizens as they communicate using online platforms.

The deliberations were interrupted and will continue next week on Tuesday.

JCTR backs Govt on debt relief

By KETRA KALUNGA GOVERNMENT has made a commitment towards settling the external debt through the launch of the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) which is a game changer, the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has said.

JCTR programme manager, Innocent Ndashe, said the ERP was a game-changer in helping the country settle its debt.

He said this is because the ERP was aimed at enhancing accountability and transparency in the management of public resources that include debt.

Mr. Ndashe said in an interview that the ERP was a clear practical plan on how the government would make a payment towards the debt.

He said JCTR had embarked on a campaign against debt relief through calling on the creditors to understand that the debt has had a negative impact on the lives of Zambians that depended on government to access services in health, education, water, and sanitation.

Mr Ndashe said JCTR had

been mobilising stakeholders to appreciate the challenges Government was facing in paying off the debt in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“As stakeholders, we need to amplify the government’s voice as it continues to lobby for debt relief. Creditors should understand that debt is impacting on the lives of the people,” he said.

He said at this point, it was vital that the government was supported in its request to lobby for debt relief to reserve some resources to respond to challenges in health, education, water, and sanitation.

“We have had successful meetings with the Ministry of National Development and Planning just to appreciate the challenges being faced and how they are committed to enhancing accountability and transparency in the use of public resources.

“Creditors need to have this feeling that the debt has had a negative impact on the lives of ordinary citizens that depend on the government to access services such as health education, water, and sanitation among others,” Mr Ndashe said.

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DON’T DROP GUARD EVEN as the Covid-19 cases continue on the downward trend, Zambians must not drop the guard but continue adhering to the health guidelines to the core.

Citizens must get used to wearing face masks and observing other health rules until the pandemic is completely eradicated.

As Health Minister, Jonas Chanda, indicated a few days ago, all citizens should not be complacent because if they did so, Zambia can experience a third wave of Covid-19.

It is sad, however, that many Zambians have completely dropped the guard even after caution from Dr Chanda.

Many institutions, apart from commercial banks and large supermarkets, have done away with the water basins which they used to mount at entrances and other strategic points.

Even on the roads, law enforcement officers are more concerned with checking unlicensed and overloaded public buses while ignoring unmasked passengers.

Nowadays, no one pays attention to passengers who travel without masks and squeezed when, in actual fact, they are fully aware about the social distancing rule.

Worse still, bars, night clubs and other liquor outlets are operating outside stipulated time on a daily basis.

This is happening even with so many sad stories that are told by survivors of the killer disease, some of whom spent several days on oxygen therapy.

To some people, sensitisation messages on several platforms, including the mainstream media, have become monotonous.

All the carelessness is happening when a friend, relative, acquaintance or workmate has had a severe attack of Covid-19. Some died from the pandemic!

It is common for some people to carry face masks in their pockets or handbags and only shove them out at the entrance of a bank or strict supermarket.

In other crowded locations, people do not mind and are spotted with face masks dangling from their chins while shaking hands with one another as though the pandemic had been wiped out.

Just as some people have observed, the biggest problem in all this is the negative mind-set, which is very difficult to change.

Some people are so careless that they breached health regulations at the height of Covid-19 infections and deaths.

Truth be told, the pandemic has negatively affected the critical sectors of the economy, especially the tourism industry, which has suffered reduced arrivals of foreign visitors.

Although hotels, lodges and tourism spots have started operating under the new normal, business has not been at full-scale while staffing levels have been reduced.

All sectors have had a bitter dose of the Covid-19, thereby affecting the entire economy; this is a global problem.

Therefore, the Church, education institutions and the media must bolster their sensitisation programmes so that citizens are regularly reminded about the need to adhere to the health guidelines or the five golden rules as it were.

Zambia’s economy has had knocks and the outbreak of Covid-19 just exacerbated the whole scenario.

It is for this reason that all citizens must play a role in preventing and reducing the Covid-19 infection rate so that business can steer back to normal.

Don’t drop the guard!

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HH IS TOO SELFISH - WINA ..wants to swallow all opposition parties .. HH has hijacked alliance – Sikota Wina

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T is deep-rooted selfishness for Hakainde Hichilema to hijack the Opposition Alliance and transform it into a UPND baby where all Parliamentary and civic candidates will contest under the UPND umbrella, veteran politician Sikota Wina has said.

Mr Wina said it was shocking that Mr Hichilema rejected a proposal by other alliance members to field their own candidates.

He said in an interview that there was no fairness in the manner the Opposition Alliance was transformed.

Mr Sikota said Mr Hichi-

lema exhibited deep-rooted selfishness by converting the alliance into a UPND tool.

He said the UPND should have at least advocated for a neutral name that was representative of all alliance members.

“It was selfish of Mr Hichilema to turn the Opposition Alliance to UPND. He would have at least found a neutral name,” Mr Wina said.

And some stakeholders have warned against trusting Mr Hichilema with the state, saying that he was a danger to national growth.

Zambian DNA spokesperson Spuki Mulemwa said the “selfishness” exhibited by Mr

Hichilema attests to the fact that he cannot be trusted with public resources.

Mr Mulemwa said a person who was ready to snub his friends without regard cannot be trusted.

He said it would be suicidal for Zambians to usher Mr Hichilema into State House after proving to the nation that only his interests mattered to him.

And Citizens Democratic Party president, Robert Mwanza said the UPND was going nowhere as it was doomed to fail.

Mr Mwanza said the alliance was surrounded by individuals with an insatiable appetite for power and all

Zambia Airways will be launched soon, says Veep

By SILUMESI MALUMO THE national airline, Zambia Airways will be operational soon as Government is considering modalities on its iperations, Vice President Inonge Wina has said.

She said Government was confident that the national airline would start operations during the new normal.

Ms Wina told Parliament yesterday that the launch of the airline was affected by the outbreak of Covid-19 but modalities would be put in place so that the plan was actualised.

She said it might take some time for the national airline to be operational because Government had gone back to the drawing

board.

"For now Mr Speaker, we still have hope that Zambia Airways will be flying once again. Just when we were addressing the issue of starting the airline, the world was affected by Covid-19 and most of the things are grounded.

"But the government has gone back to the

drawing board to see how we can operationalise Zambia Airways in the new normal," she said.

Ms Wina said Government was eager to see to it that the plan for the national airline was actualised.

She said very soon Zambia would join other countries who were running national airlines.

…following confusion that has rocked their party

THERE has been a mass exodus of National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials countrywide to the ruling party after confusion heightened in the opposition party, Patriotic Front (PF) national vice chairperson for mobilisation Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has said.

Mr Mwamba said hundreds of NDC officials have been engaging him and other PF officials for them to join the party.

He said in an interview yesterday that a number of NDC officials were frustrated with the happenings in the party and have realised that it will not go

wanted to be at the top.

The transformed UPND Alliance rejected a proposal

by NDC president Chishimba Kambwili that each opposition party should field its own candidates and that the alliance should be called UPNDC to signify its independence and status as an equal partner.

50 political rogue parties face chop

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NDC members flocking to PF, says GBM

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Mr Wina

anywhere.

Mr Mwamba said the NDC officials do not want to hold on to the party which has clueless leaders.

The infighting, he said, was an advantage to the PF because members of the NDC were now willing to work with the ruling party.

"They have been calling me trying to reason so that they can join the party that has a vision for the country. They have seen that there is nothing to labour for because the leadership is not taking the party anywhere.

"For us as PF we shall welcome these gallant men and women from the NDC because this will help us to have numbers as we

are going towards elections," Mr Mwamba said.

Mr Mwamba said the team mandated to mobilise the party would ensure that all the NDC members countrywide who want to join the PF were brought on board.

"This is what I have been saying all along that PF is the only party that has leadership with direction. We have not had infights were you even start reporting yourselves to law enforcement agencies.

“So what is happening now in the NDC shows that it is not going anywhere, this is the end and for us we shall welcome members with open arms," Mr Mwamba said.

OUT of 65 registered political parties in the country, only 15 have complied with the law, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said.

The ministry’s public relations officer, Mr Nephas Chifuta, said that 50 political parties risked being deregistered because of their failure to submit annual returns to the Registrar of Societies.

Mr Chifuta said in an interview that only 50 political parties were up to date with meeting the yearly requirements, including submission of annual returns.

“Some political parties and other registered societies risk deregistration if they do not submit their annual returns by March 31, 2021.

Currently, we have in our data base 65 registered political parties and only 15 are up to date with meeting the yearly requirements,” Mr Chifuta said.

He disclosed that the Registrar of Societies was compiling a list of all defaulting political parties and other societies which would soon be published in the media.

Meanwhile, Mr Chifuta said that all the services under the Office of the Registrar of Societies can now be accessed on-line, through the Government Service Bus (GSB) platform.

“This implies that registration of all societies which include; religious organisations, political parties, community-based organisations and many more can now be accessed online from all the provinces,” he said.

Mr Chifuta said consultations could be done at all provincial and district National Registration Offices with the on-line processes.

He added that individuals who may still continue experiencing challenges in accessing on-line services should get in touch with the national office in Lusaka for assistance.

Mr Chifuta announced that the planned sensitisation meeting for all registered political parties in view of the pending 2021 elections will not take place due to a spike in Covid-19 cases.

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BY NATION REPORTER BRANDING the opposition alliance as United Party for National Development (UPND) is a self-testimony of the selfishness of the party and its leader Hakainde Hichilema, says former member, Gabriel Namulambe.

Mr Namulambe said because of the selfishness of the highest level of Mr. HIchilema, the UPND wanted the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate to be adopted on their ticket.

The former UPND chairman for labour said in an interview that the UPND Alliance was a failed project after the exiting of the NDC party which they had relied on to pull votes in the August 12 general elections.

Mr Namulambe stated that the UPND had been in so many alliances in which the party displayed selfishness by wanting to hold on to the leadership.

“UPND has been in so many alliance like the United Democratic Congress (UDA), they still held on to the leadership of that alliance, they flopped.

“In 2016, they were so many prominent people that rallied behind the candidature of Mr. Hichilema, the likes of Miles Sampa, Mulenga Sata, Geoffrey Mwamba, Maureen Mwanawasa, they left him because of his selfishness,” he said.

‘TEACHER RECRUITMENT MUST BE TRANSPARENT’

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P Mr Namulambe He added the exit of the NDC from the alliance effectively made the UPND alliance a failed project because only one-man political parties among them the Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) and United Progressive People (UPP) had remained Zambians, he said, should ensure that such selfish political leaders were not entrusted with the responsibility of running the country.

Mr Namulambe said Zambia would be a failed nation if such political leaders were given the mantle to lead the country.

“As Zambians we should be careful and think through and then think about entrusting such a person with the responsibility of running the country, always leading failed projects, it is a projected failure of the failed project if such a leader ruled the country,” he said.

ROFESSIONAL Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has called for transparency in the upcoming teacher recruitment exercise.

PROTUZ Secretary General, Kangwa Musenge, said officials being investigated for corruption in relation to recruitment, promotion and transfer of teachers should not be allowed anyway near the exercise.

“This issue if not well handled will continue denting the name of government and

the president therefore precaution should be taken,” Mr Musenge said.

Mr Musenge said it is important for Government to prioritize volunteer teachers who were already operating in schools and those that graduated a long time ago but had not been deployed.

He said the current leadership at the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) was questionable to handle this year’s recruitment exercise.

“We are very happy that Government has finally announced this year’s teacher recruitment. However, we

feel the current leadership at TSC is questionable to handle clean teacher recruitment because of corruption allegations against them,” Mr Musenge said.

Mr Musenge said the recruitment exercise should have a clean passage, starting with advertisement at District Education Board Secretaries, Provincial Education Officers and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of General Education before going to TSC. Ministry of Education has been granted treasury authority to employ 1,000 teachers this year.

BY JOHN KOMBE GOVERNMENT is implementing a multi-thronged approach to prevent and treat malaria in line with the goal of eradicating malaria, says Ministry of Health spokesperson, Abel Kabalo.

Dr Kabalo said that the Ministry was resolved to ensure effective prevention and treatment of malaria at household and national levels.

He pointed out that various methods were being used in the multi-thronged approach

including the distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets and indoor residual spray.

Other methods were effective treatment of malaria, prophylaxis and presumptive treatment in malaria endemic areas.

According to him, the strategies were being implemented according to a preferred method in a given area.

He said that the approaches were all targeted at reducing the incidences of malaria and enhancing better outcomes where treatment

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was needed. Dr Kabalo also cautioned volunteer workers who were tasked to distribute mosquito nets not to engage in illegalities.

He noted that some volunteers had been reported to be charging community members for the mosquito nets.

The spokesperson stressed that the nets were free of charge and as such no one must be charged.

Dr Kabalo warned that those found charging would be dealt with as this was not a standard practice and the ministry was not receiving

Mr Musenge said it is important for Government to prioritize volunteer teachers who were already operating in schools and those that graduated a long time ago but had not been deployed.

Mr Ngwira

donated similar items to the PF structures in the constituency as a way of encouraging them to continue mobilising the members.

“I made similar donations last week as a way of appreciating pf structures. As you may be aware, structures are key when it comes to party mobilisation, hence the need to come in for them as

and where possible.

“AS we were welcomed as aspiring candidates on PF ticket by the District officials, some Constituency officials and ward Chairmen, I took an opportunity to donate to each of them 2 bags of mealie meal just to encourage them to continue with their good works,” he said.

any money for the nets from community members.

And Chongwe district health director, Joseph Kabungo, said that his office had embarked on residual indoor spray in selected areas.

He disclosed that the areas that were not captured in the exercise were receiving mosquito nets as a way of preventing incidences of malaria.

Dr Kabungo also warned volunteer workers and Environmental Health Technicians not to charge any fee for the mosquito nets.

Chongwe aspiring councillor upbeat

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the differently abled across the 10 wards.

“I am flagging off the distribution to the 10 wards next week because Government through DMMU is already on the ground helping the needy with the same throughout this week and part of next week,” Mr Ngwira said.

Mr Ngwira said he has over the few weeks

Mr Musenge

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PF aspiring candidate donates food in Chasefu ASPIRING candidate for Chasefu constituency, Chanoda Ngwira, has donated 3,000 bags of mealie meal worth over K300, 000 to a group of vulnerable persons.

Mr Ngwira, who is seeking adoption on the PF ticket, donated the mealie meal to persons living with disability, aged, widows and widowers in the constituency.

He said in an interview with the Daily Nation that he wanted to supplement Government’s efforts, hence the donation to the needy in the constituency.

Mr Ngwira said he would be flagging off the distribution of the commodity which has already been delivered in the constituency to the 10 wards next week.

“I have decided to make this donation to supplement Government's efforts in helping vulnerable women and men, widows, widowers, the old aged and

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THERE is power in working together in order to effectively contribute to the development of communities, PF Chinkuli ward aspiring councillor in Chongwe, Saul Simukulwa has said.

Mr Simukulwa has meanwhile expressed confidence that the PF would emerge victorious in Chongwe Constituency when the country goes to the polls on August 12, this year.

He said in an interview that he was already working with the church and other community based groups in the ward in addressing some chal-

lenges.

"I feel there is so much we can do in the community to foster development. I am therefore calling on all members of the community, starting from the youth, aged, children and women to come on board and see how we can contribute to our ward," Mr Simukulwa said.

Mr Simukulwa said that the PF in Chongwe constituency had done a lot hence the need for the people to give the party another chance to continue with the developmental agenda.

Meanwhile, the aspiring candidate recently helped struggling Moriah Community School in the ward with exer-

cise books, chalk and Covid-19 protective equipment among other basic needs.

He said he would continue from where the current representative will stop when elected as ward councillor.

"It is about serving the vulnerable people so that we can uplift their standard of living. We have a working Government and once adopted, I will start working from where the current councillor will end.

Mr Simukulwa who is PF mobilization committee member for Chongwe Constituency has predicted a victory for his party the PF in Chongwe constituency

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RISING COPPER PRICES A PLUS FOR ZAMBIA - IMF

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HE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is confident that the recent sharp increase in copper prices will provide additional resources to help smooth the adjustment of the fiscal consolidation for Zambia.

A tonne of copper on the London Metal Exchange is currently trading around US$9,101 Last month, the most-traded March copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gained as much as 4.7 percent to US$9,747.29 a tonne, a level not seen since September 2011.

David Robinson, who led an IMF staff team for virtual meeting with Zambia, banked on the attractive copper prices to assist the

BY BUUMBA CHIMBULU BANKERS Association of Zambia (BAZ) has warned against fraud in the advent of Covid-19 which has increased the uptake of electronic channels for banking, bill payments and money transfers.

The skewed levels of knowledge among citizens has resulted in fraud being more attractive, says BAZ Fraud Prevention Committee Member, Paul Luo. Mr Luo said this was because fraud could now be perpetrated remotely and presented an unprecedented opportunity for intend-

The recent sharp increase in copper prices should also provide additional resources to help smooth the adjustment.

country as it struggled with fiscal consolidation.

“The recent sharp increase in copper prices should also provide additional resources to help smooth the adjustment.

“Significant progress has been made and discussions are expected to continue in the next few weeks, following additional technical work on the appropriate policy package,” Mr Robin-

son said in a statement.

This was after the virtual meetings which took place between February 11 and March 3, this year.

He said resolving the macroeconomic challenges would require support to the population and the economy through the pandemic in a constrained fiscal environment.

Mr Robinson said this could be done while setting the stage for a sustained recovery as the impact of Covid-19 eased and macroeconomic imbalances are resolved.

“The Economic Recovery Program lays out the government’s broad policy directions and discussions sought to map that strategy into more detailed policy steps.

“Key challenges that need to be addressed include:

Bankers send fraud alert ing fraudsters.

In his write-up on fraud, Mr Luo said the vice was more common now due to the increased uptake of digital channels.

“What traditionally were low risk activities such as completing attendance registers when entering premises or completing manual applications when sending money on mobile money platforms are now a critical source of information for fraudsters to ply their wares.

“Full names, phone numbers and NRC numbers can now be used for SIM replacements and activate Mobile Banking accounts impersonating unsuspecting owners by unscrupulous individuals,” Mr Luo said.

He said the capability of buying goods and services online from foreign countries only using card details as another example, introduced scary possibilities for account holders.

Mr Luo explained that

during such transactions, customers left their banking and identity documents unsecured even only for short periods of time.

He indicated that the design and ease at which national identity could be falsified spoke also to unprecedented opportunity.

Mr Luo said leading surveys remained unanimous on findings that the highest risk to corporates was its staff.

“If you provide the opportunity for staff to com-

Kwacha dips further

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Mr Ng’andu

detailing the fiscal reform agenda to achieve the large and sustained fiscal consolidation needed to correct current fiscal imbalances; securing increased fiscal revenues to provide the fiscal space for government to meet its development objectives,” he said.

IMF staff held meetings with Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu, Bank of Zambia Governor, Christopher Mvunga, senior government and Bank of Zambia officials, members of the Budget and Public Accounts Committees of Parliament and other stakeholders.

mit fraud then you will surely find that fraud will be rife in your entity.

“Estimates speak to a portion of up to 20 percent of all staff in corporate entities being criminally inclined and having joined institutions with the sole purpose of perpetrating fraud,” he said.

He added; “This is compounded further by many professionals being unemployed and willing to use their skills to earn a living in any way.”

“When therefore such professionals collude with staff in corporate or business entities, losses are inevitably perilously high.”

THE Zambian Kwacha lost further ground in yesterday’s session which was characterised by moderate market activity due to low dollar supply and unmatched dollar appetite from corporates.

With dollar inflows still very low and demand swelling, the local unit is anticipated to add on to its losses in the short term, says Absa Bank Zambia in its market report.

According to Absa Bank, the local currency opened the trade day at K21.88/21.93 per dollar from a previous day’s close of K21.86/21.91 to on the bid and offer respectively.

“On a close to close basis the Kwacha was down 2 ngwee but was firm during the trading session,” Absa said.

Cavmont Bank Zambia which was recently acquired by Access Bank indicated that interim trends suggested that the local unit was likely trade between K21.90 and K22.20 in the short to medium term with a minimal bias to the upside.

The report explained that with supply still inadequate, the Kwacha made a further movement to the downside against the United States dollar.

“It ended the day trading at K21.89/ K21.94, up from the previous day's closing level of K21.87 / K21.92.

“Trading activity was largely flat during the session, with little or no inflows being seen from sellers - a situation that seems to characterize the market,” the Cavmont Bank said.

On Thursday, The Zambian Kwacha traded in a tight band against the dollar in during the trading session, with the local unit evidently exhibiting signs of weakening further.

At 08:00 hours, commercial banks quoted the Kwacha at 21.86/21.91 per dollar compared to Tuesday’s close of K21.84/21.89 on the bid and offer respectively.

The build-up in demand mainly flowing from the agriculture, energy, telecommunication and manufacturing sectors continued to weigh down the local unit on the day and this is likely to be the trend in the absence of strong dollar inflows in the near term.

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FAMILY GOES IN 20 YEARS FOR ASSAULT COVID-19: SADC drivers cautioned …get proper covid-19 papers

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SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) have been urged to ensure that they follow the right procedure in getting their Covid-19 certification.

SADC Truck drivers Association Secretary General, Kaiko Wamunyima, said the drivers must follow right channels when getting their certification to avoid inconvenience while on the route.

He said in an interview with the Daily Nation that Covid-19 was the biggest challenge that the drivers were facing, hence the need for drivers to be compliant.

“We want to call upon our members or even other truck drivers to consult the association if they are not sure on how to go about the Covid-19 certification or procedures,” Mr Wamunyima said.

He said if the drivers follow the right channel, they would avoid being inconvenienced at the borders and other areas.

Mr Wamunyima said it was sad that some medical personnel had been caught in illegal issuance of the Covid-19 certification.

He said the association was concerned with the recent media reports where some medical personnel at University Teaching steroids treatment of paNTERNATIONAL clinicalin relation Hospital were found wanting to for Covid-19 certification. trials confirm said the ifhope with itsevere critical Mr Wamunyima this wastients not curbed wouldor have comthat the cheap, Covid-19 in worldwide. promised or eroded thewidely Covid-19 certification the country. But

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HE Livingstone High Court has sentenced four members of the same family to 20 years imprisonment with hard for grievously injuring a farmer in Namwala.

Richmond Muchaka, Mune Muchaka, and Mbule PATIENTS Muchaka and Jennipher Muchaka are charged with Steroids like dexamethaone count of the offence of sone, hydrocortisone grievous harm with intent to and methylprednisolone disfigure or disable. aremaim, often used by docThey tors to tampgrievously down the assaulted Trustimmune Malambo on November body’s system, alleviating 24, 2017inflammation, in Namwala district swelling andMwamba pain. ManyChanda Judge Covid-19 die not that said inpatients the judgment

Steroids can help the sickest patients, studies show I available drugs can help seriously ill patients survive.

The World Health Organization is expected to release new guidelines encouraging their use.

International clinical trials on Wednesday By published JACKSON MAPAPAYI confirmed the hope that cheap, widely available steroid drugs can help TWO members of seriously the same ill patients survive family are battlingCovid-19, for their the caused Mission by the livesillness in Kalene coronavirus.

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the agency recommended against giving the drugs to patients with mild disease.

The new studies include an analysis that pooled data from seven randomized clinical trials evaluating three Ikelege on around steroids in Thursday over 1,700 patients.

The study concluded 15:00 hours. that of the three drugs Mreach Njase identified the reduced of death. victims the as, risk Evelyn Shindola That and three relat24, andpaper her younger brother, ed studies Shindola, were published in Raphael suffered the journal JAMA, along with paralysed legs and hands after an editorial describing the rebeing struck lightning. step search as anby “important "The victims are admitted forward in the treatment of at Kalene Hospital patients withMission Covid-19.”

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province Commissioner of police, Joe Njase, the incident happened at Samakayi village in Kapendi area of chieftainess

where they are receiving treatment from," said Mr Njase.

He however indicated that the two are in stable condition.

Dexamethasone was the first steroid shown to be effective in severely ill Covid-19 patients.

of the virus, but of the body’s overreaction to the infection.

Mbule, being a juvenile at the time he committed the offence, would serve nine years imprisonment with hard labour.

Justice Chanda said the family was a danger to the

community and the courts have a duty to protect society.

"You have not shown any remorse for your actions, you need to be sent away from the community for a long time. I hereby sentence to 20 years

Complete Itezhi Tezhi youth centre, Govt urged

Corticosteroids should now be the first-line treatment for critically ill patients, the authors added. The only ANDREW MUKOMA otherBy drug shown to be effective in seriously ill patients, YOUTHS in at Itezhi and only modestly that, tezhi is remdesivir.

District have appealed to Steroids like dexamethGovernment to release asone, hydrocortisone and funds towards the complemethylprednisolone are oftion of the youth training ten used by doctors to tamp centre whose construction down the body’s immune stalled some yearsinflamago. system, alleviating Twambo Mutinta, a youth mation, swelling and pain. activist, said that some die youths Many Covid-19 patients not of thedistrict virus, were but of the of in the in need body’s overreaction survival skills. to the infection.Mr Mutinta told the Daily The analysis of pooled Nation there was need for data found that steroids centre completed wereskills linked withto a be one-third so thatin youths could start utireduction deaths among lizing it.patients. DexaCovid-19 As it stands, Mr mutinta methasone produced the strongest results: a 36 were per- ensaid, school leavers cent gaged drop in in 1,282they in deaths vices because patients in three to sepdid treated have anything keep arate trials. them busy.

In June, researchers at

the new district in Central Province that is lacking in terms of infrastructure, unlike other old districts where Government has initiated youth skills centres to bring education closer to the people.

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Honourable Beene, we used agricultural activities doing fish business and bricklaying.

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000 jobs that were created to be a pretty rare a pretty rare occasion,” he hesitancy on the part of spending about a K100, Mr- NYTIMES. Mutinta that once the because of lack of skills and occasion. said. some physicians, said 000 Dr. "Itezhi Tezhi is one of from CDF structure was completed, it certification," he said.

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imprisonment with hard labour," she said. Evidence is that Mr Malambo was on his way to his farm in Kabanga area in Chief Nalubamba's area when the four family members beat him up.

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ENDING OF LOAD SHEDDING WILL TRIGGER HIGH PRODUCTIVITY Z Dear editor,

AMBIA experienced massive load shedding last year.

The prolonged load shedding hours was exacerbated by the low water levels at Lake Kariba during the 2019/2020 rainy season.

The poor rainfall pattern during the above named rainy season led to less generation of hydro power

by Zesco, the power utility firm.

The good rains being received in most regions within the country during the current rainy season have ultimately led to the ending of the load shedding across the country. This is according to a recent statement issued by Zesco Senior Corporate Affairs Manager Dr. John Kunda.

Dr. Kunda stated that load shedding across the country ended a couple of weeks ago because of the good rains being received. He further stated that power cuts can be experienced in some areas lasting for at least 30 minutes due to overload on the Zesco system.

However, the ending of load shedding has come at the right time in that the

manufacturing sector will benefit as the move will trigger high productivity. The manufacturing industries will now be able to produce goods and services in high quantities unlike in the past when load shedding was at peak. In economic terms, high productivity will lead to the creation of employment opportunities for the people.

People in the informal sector running businesses such as hair salons, barbershop

and welding, among others, will equally benefit. This sector is very important in that it caters for many people who are not in the formal sector.

The residents in residential areas will now have access to electricity on a daily basis. Securioty in this way will be guaranteed. In an event of the prolonged load shedding hours at night, security will be highly compromised and people can be attacked by criminals.

All said and done, the ending of load shedding is a welcome move and it will significantly contribute to the economic wellbeing of the country in that it will trigger high productivity.

Hiigh productivity will in turn leads to more revenue being generated and channelled to to the national treasury through payment of various taxes.

ELEMIYA PHIRI Lusaka.

WHILE United Party for National Development (UPND) recently reselected president Hakahinde Hichilema the powers of the Presidency, the reality is a mismatch to this rhetoric.

The recent appointments that were made have revealed that while the general membership of the party elect nominees for the National Management Committee, the powers on who should be assigned to the specific portfolio or entrusted with responsibilities exclusively lies in the party president.

We recall how Mr Hichilema and the UPND leadership at large has criticized the modus operand of the Patriotic Front (PF) were members vie for the position in the party’s Central Committee and thereafter the Central Committee reconvenes an elective session were the members will be given responsibilities. On Thursday, the UPND leader as the so appointing authority to party positions made a number of appointments, a move that we thought to interrogate. The UPND should emulate the PF and should have amended necessary provisions to reduce the powers of their President.

In the era were Article 60 entrenches the need to

Enhancing National Development Through Sustainable Youth Partnership Dear editor, AS guided by this years theme for Youth Day, no nation has developed minus the involvement of our youths and women. Am delighted and humbled at the same time to know that our government has prioritised the development of our vibrant youths through a variety of interventions.

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democratize intraparty democracy, there was need to ensure that the internal organizational management was in harmony in with the Republican Constitution.

The recent amendments to the UPND constitution to the effect that the party president is the appellate body to make alterations and be exempted from the obedience of the general membership at the convention should not be encouraged. Mr Hichilema has supervisory and revisionary authority over the decisions and resolutions that were made at the convention.

The convention and its resolution whereof should be binding and there should be no individual, the Presidency inclusive who should be above them.

The need to democratize internal democracy meant that the processes to all elective offices was open. We are reading in some sections of the Media that there are sole aspirants for elective offices such as Members of Parliament, Mayors and Council Chairpersons. In areas where there are incumbent Mayors, Council Chairpersons, MPs or councilors, we are not aware of ambitious members accessing their party functionaries with a view to increasing their chances of being the party’s flag bearer.

While we may not take pleasure in meddling in their affairs, our hope and prayer is that the basic tenets of democracy must be respected. We say so because any political party holding or seeking to hold state power is the business of every patriot to ensure that its dictatorial structure does not spill over to the state.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI LUSAKA

empowerment initiatives introduced since 2011 up to date is unprecedented, and many stakeholders have come on board to supplement the government in partnering with the youths to foster sustainable development at community levels.

In our local politics in Kabwata Constituency, we have embraced our youths and women as the coal that drives the agenda because we alive to that fact we are the present future. Our political and community activities are centred and somehow biased towards them.

I celebrate the Youths and Women.

CLEMENT TEMBO KABWATA CONSTITUENCY

Kitwe businessmen defends Malanji

By ROGERS KALERO

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Saturday 25 April, 2020

Saturday 6 March 2021

CROSS BORDER TRADERS BACK LOCAL PRODUCTS

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

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HE country needs to relook into strategies especially on how to support the industrialization processes, Southern African Cross Border Traders Association (SACBTA) has said.

SACBTA-Zambia Secretary General, Jacob Makambwe, said in an interview in Kitwe

that Zambia should support value addition as a way of promoting local products.

Mr Makambwe said this would encourage the chain stores to stock more of locally produced products.

He added that it was difficult for most traders to continue with trade even when they had to source products locally in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic which had brought

the economy to its knees.

“Most products and services produced locally face high competition as a result of high market prices and the high cost of production in the country. “We can start to attract our local product and encourage chain stores. As a country we need to support chain stores that have continued to get goods and services outside the country,” he said.

Mr Makambwe said that this would ensure that the

Kankoyo MP upbeat

By ROGERS KALERO KANKOYO Member of Parliament (MP), Brian Mushimba, says he will be back in the country next week and reconnect with his constituents to continue

product base that could support and supply the shelves the country has in the chain stores was built.

He stated that the advent of Covid-19 had presented opportunities for the private sector, the manufacturing industry and the agro processing products.

He said most of those that were involved in cross border trade could now take advantage and start buying local products. developmental programmes.

Dr Mushimba said he would be in the constituency next week to continue with programmes after being away in hospital in the United States of America (USA) where was being treated for injuries he suffered in a road accident.

In an interview yesterday, the MP said he was grateful that he received outpouring support, encouragement and support across the

ANOTHER businessman has backed Foreign Affairs minister Joe Malanji’s decision to invest in a helicopter for a business venture.

Kitwe businessman Munalula Moola has said Mr Malanji was a businessman and his decision to invest in a helicopter for a hire venture was based on sound judgement and commendable and that more Zambians should be thinking of such investments.

He said most of those complaining were jealous of his performance in the constituency and wanted to take advantage of the purchase of the helicopter to mislead people. In an interview in Kitwe yesterday, Mr Moola said people attacking Mr Malanji over the purchase of the helicopter

constituency and the nation while he was in hospital.

“Whilst some opportunists or chancers showed up and started making noise in Kankoyo constituency, I received encouragement and an outpouring of sympathy, understanding and support from those who believed in my leadership and humility “So, as I return next week, I am coming to show chancers that PF and President Lungu

were stingy individuals from the opposition.

He said Zambians must strive to work hard and acquire wealth as opposed to being malicious and pointing accusing fingers at successful businessmen.

“I can assure you, that because those attacking him over the helicopter have evil intentions or motives, they will not break him because he is innocent. His interest to join politics is to serve the people. Even after losing in 2011 as Kwacha MP, he continued helping people,’’ Mr Moola said. Mr Moola said, Mr Malanji acquired wealth from business and has been using his own resources to help the vulnerable and churches.

“Yes, Mr Malanji has bought a chopper and today everyone is talking. People are calling for his blood but I ask why? “What wrong has he done? Those who know Mr Malanji are not bothered with this because the man started business a long time ago,” he said.

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have support. I will also show them that them I also enjoy support as the area MP. This is time for Kankoyo and Zambia to continue developing under the incumbent leadership and not to experiment with leadership,’’ he said. Dr Mushimba, who is Higher Education Minister, thanked President Lungu for allowing him medical leave, saying he has been there from day one and supported him deeply.

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BRIEFS Ghana opposition leader disagrees with poll ruling ACCRA - Ghana’s opposition leader and former President John Mahama has said he disagrees with the process and ruling of the Supreme Court on his petition challenging the results of last years’ presidential election.

But he said he is legally bound by the decision of the court. On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld Nana Akufo-Addo’s victory, dismissing allegations of irregularities. – BBC.

Eritrean troops in new massacre charge

ADDIS ABABA - Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a November massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

It was the second major report on Eritrean abuses in the town of Axum, a Unesco World Heritage site, in the past week. – AFP.

Trump appointee arrested in connection with Capitol riot - reports

WASHINGTON - The FBI has arrested a former State Department aide from the administration of former US President Donald Trump, Federico Klein, in connection with the January 6 storming of the United States Capitol, according to US media.

He is the first member of the Trump administration to be implicated in the storming of the Capitol by supporters of the former president in an attempt to overturn the results of the November presidential election which Trump disputed. – ALJAZEERA.

Czech capital Prague, Labour Ministry face cyber attacks

PRAGUE - The Czech capital Prague and the Labour Ministry said there had been cyber attacks on their email systems but although the mayor of Prague said it was a large attack, he added the damage caused was limited.

“There has been a massive cyber attack on public service systems. The city’s servers survived the attack. An outage was made to install a safety patch to the emailing system,” Mayor Zdenek Hrib said late on Thursday on Twitter. – REUTERS.

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour BAGHDAD - Pope Francis landed in Baghdad yesterday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012, saying he felt duty-bound to make the “emblematic” visit because Iraq had suffered so much for so long.

An Alitalia plane carrying him, his entourage, a security detail, and about 75 journalists, touched down at Baghdad International Airport slightly ahead of schedule just before 14 hours local time.

Iraq is deploying thousands of additional security personnel to protect the 84-year-old pope during the visit, which comes after a spate of rocket and suicide bomb attacks raised fears for his safety.

“I am happy to be making trips again,” he said in brief comments to reporters aboard his plane, alluding to the coronavirus pandemic which has prevented him from travelling. The Iraq trip is his first outside Italy since November 2019.

“This is an emblematic

trip and it is a duty towards a land that has been martyred for so many years,” Francis said, before donning a mask and greeting each reporter individually, without shaking hands.

Francis’s whirlwind tour will take him by plane, helicopter and possibly armoured car to four cities, including areas that most foreign dignitaries are unable to reach, let alone in such a short space of time.

He will say Mass at a Baghdad church, meet Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric in the southern city of Najaf and travel north to Mosul, where the army had to empty the streets for security reasons last year for a visit by Iraq’s prime minister.

Francis will meet clergy at a Baghdad church where Islamist gunmen killed more than 50 worshippers in 2010.

Violence against Iraq’s minority religious groups, especially when a third of the country was being run by Islamic State, has reduced its ancient Christian community to a fifth of its once 1.5 million people.

The pontiff will also visit Ur, birthplace of the prophet Abraham, who is revered

by Christians, Muslims and Jews, and meet Iraq’s revered top Shi’ite Muslim cleric, 90-year-old Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

The meeting with Sistani, who wields great influence over Iraq’s Shi’ite majority and in the country’s politics, will be the first by a pope. – REUTERS.

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VACCINE STANDOFF? …as Catholic doctors say Covid-19 vaccine is ‘unnecessary’

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AIROBI The Catholic Church is once again locked in a standoff with the Ministry of Health over the planned rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine set to begin this week.

Doctors who profess the Catholic faith have objected to the vaccination which is set to be administered to health workers first.

In a statement issued on the day President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off a consignment of vaccines, the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association argues that there is no need for Kenyans to take the vaccine saying it is unnecessary.

The medics, who called on faith-based organisations to

stop the vaccinations, say the only proven means of controlling the spread of the virus is wearing a mask, streaming of all symptomatic patients, treatment of patients and ensuring all patients who have Covid-19 to be observed for 10 to 14 days.

In a statement, Dr Stephen Karanja appealed to Kenyans not to take the vaccine, adding that it should not be distributed in the first place.

“It seems there is something Bill Gates has invested in that

requires the whole world to be vaccinated. What that investment is remains the million-dollar question,” he said.

Dr Peter Okoth of Unicef Kenya, however, reiterated that the vaccines are safe, adding that the AstraZeneca jabs are safe and effective and there should be no cause for concern. “Those who are hesitant will be provided with the right information and the vaccine is also not mandatory. The vaccine is just an additional tool in prevention

measures out there,” he said.

Dr Okoth said that this is a good prevention tool not just for Kenya but Africa at large, and is bound to help in opening up the region once again.

Over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses arrived in Nairobi, via the Covax facility, marking the start of Kenya’s vaccination campaign. The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine landed in Nairobi Wednesday from the Serum Institute of India. – DAILY NATION, Kenya.

SA’s Chief Justice censured

JOHANNESBURG - Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has been ordered to apologise and retract comments he made about Israel during a webinar last year.

Mogoeng became involved in the political controversy surrounding South Africa's policy towards Israel, and the conduct of its diplomatic relations, by criticising the state's official stance and putting forward his own views.

The Judicial Conduct Committee was tasked with probing several complaints against Mogoeng and whether he contravened the Code of Judicial Conduct.

The complaints were brought by Africa 4 Palestine,

SA BDS Coalition and the Women's Cultural Group.

The committee found, among others, that Mogoeng involved himself in political controversy or activity.

It also considered remarks he made at a prayer meeting, where he stood by his refusal to retract or apologise for any part of what he said during the webinar, "even if 50 million people were to march every day for 10 years for me to do so, I would not apologise.

If I perish, I perish."

Judge Phineas Mojapelo said: "The offending utterances made by the respondent CJ at the virtual prayer meeting and repeated in his Response 2 are particularly aggravating.

They are brazenly defiant.

It is important that those utterances must be unreservedly retracted and withdrawn to return and maintain the public image of the judiciary to its rightful place."

Mojapelo said Mogoeng may wish to criticise the policies of the executive and legislative arms of the state, but "he cannot do so publicly without raising controversy, that is, involving himself and his office in political controversy."

He said this was done "on the eve before the appropriate SA executive authority was to make a statement on the same issue in the UN Security Council." . – NEWS24.

Ivory Coast opposition eyes comeback in legislative election ADZOPE, Ivory Coast Opposition parties led by two former presidents will try to shake the grip of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in a parliamentary election today, five months after a presidential vote that led to deadly unrest.

Former President Henri Konan Bedie’s Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI) and former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) both boycotted the presidential election last year, which Ouattara won in a landslide.

Eighty-five people died in

violence around that election, although the situation has since cooled.

A faction of FPI loyal to Gbagbo and PDCI are now fielding a joint list of candidates against Ouattara’s Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP). With no reliable public opinions polls available, their prospects are difficult to forecast.

Clear control of parliament would strengthen Ouattara’s hand to pursue an agenda based on attracting foreign investment and cutting red tape during his third term,

while the vote could be decisive for the opposition to show it remains relevant.

“Their credibility is at stake because in the event of defeat, the opposition will be reduced to nothing, and risk dividing further, and this can only benefit the party in power,” said Ousmane Zina, a political analyst.

Other opposition figures, such as former Prime Minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan who leads another FPI faction, are also standing, outside the main joint list.

The PDCI, which dominated politics in Ivory Coast

from the 1940s until Bedie was overthrown as president in 1999, backed Ouattara for years but split with him in 2018.

Gbagbo’s FPI faction will be fielding candidates for the first time since 2011, when Gbagbo was sent to The Hague to face war crimes charges after a brief civil war sparked by his refusal to concede an election defeat to Ouattara.

Gbagbo, acquitted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court in 2019, is expected to return to the country soon. – REUTERS.

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TOPIC: COORDINATE GEOMETRY

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

The distance between two points is given by 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥! − 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥" )! + (𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦! − 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦" )!

Example 1.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

Example 4

TASK

The diagram below shows the line AB.

(a) Given that 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴(5,3) 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵(1,7) Find (i) The length of the line AB (ii) The coordinates of C the mid-point of AB. (b) T (3,4) is the mid-point of RS. Given that R(3, −5). Find (i) the coordinates of S (ii) The length of RS

𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦

Find the distance between the points 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴(3,5) and 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵(0,1) 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥! − 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥" )! + (𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦! − 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦" )!

𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(3 − 0)! + (5 − 1)!

( c) . The diagram below shows the line MN. 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 = 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(3)! + (4)!

𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = √9 + 16

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = √25

𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 (15,0)

𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫 = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖

Calculate the length of each of the following pairs of points. (a) 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃(7,5) 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 (−1, −10) (b) 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇(5,7) 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅(18,2)

#! $#" %! $%"

The length between 𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊(4,2) 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄(5, 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎) is √26 units. Find the value of a.

The mid-point is given by 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 − 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = N

√26𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢 = #(4 −

Find the mid-point of the points 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃(3,2) 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄(1,8)

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥! − 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥" )! + (𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦! − 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦" )!

+ (2 −

5)!

𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)!

√26𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢 = #1 + (2 − !

L√26M = N#1 + (2 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)! O

26 = 1 + (2 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)

The mid-point is given by 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 − 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = N

!

!

The mid-point is given by 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 − 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = N

,

2=

The diagram below shows the line AB.

,

!

2

3

4

&$* !

( ")

O ,

!

10

11

12

!

($+ !

6 = 4 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 2

Example 3

𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦

Find the length of AB

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥! − 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥" )! + (𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦! − 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦" )!

0)!

𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 (3,0)

𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥

13

15 16 18

19

17

20 22

O

The diagram below shows the line WZ. V is on WZ.

W (0,8)

6

8 9

21

&$* ($+

3=

𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 = 1

P (0,4)

!

5

7

3 + 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 4 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 (2,3) = T , U 2 2

4 = 3 + 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎

𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(16)! + (9)!

O

O = N! , ! O = (2,5)

!

The mid-point is given by 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 − 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = (2,3) = N

Example 3

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 5 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢.

!

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+ (3 −

PUZZLE 37 1

14

𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 = −3

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = √25

!

The length of MN The coordinates of T

The ,mid-point of 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇(3,4) 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅(𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎, 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏) is (2,3). Find the values of 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏.

5 = (2 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = √16 + 9

,

(i) (ii)

O

Example 2

√25 = #(2 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)!

𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = #(0 −

!

&$" !$'

The mid-point is given by 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 − 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = N

25 = (2 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)!

4)!

!

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√26 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢 = #(−1)! + (2 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)! 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)!

,

!

Example 1

𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥

Find

This is the average of the two coordinate points.

Example 2

M (0,2)

The length of AB is 17 units. Find the coordinates of A MID-POINTS COORDINATES:

N (6,8)

T

ACROSS 1 Beg 5 Loud explosion 7 Baby sheep 8 Edge 9 Cooled in ice 11 Extremely serious 12 Strangely 14 Confirm in formal statement 16 Consumed 18 Undo 21 Able to endure hardship 22 Fixed period

DOWN 1 Type of fabric 2 Los Angles (Abv) 3 Hot coal 4 Place of residence 5 Leak blood 6 Expression of surprise 10 Qoute 12 Provide opportunity 13 Piece of correspondence 14 Price 15 Hoodlum 16 Hail in Latin 17 Type of tree 19 New Hampshire (abv) 20 Preposition

PUZZLE 36 SOLUTION

V

D

E

E 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃(0,4) 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄(3,0)

F 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥

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Maintenance Officer

We are looking for a reliable Maintenance Officer to oversee all installation, repair and upkeep operations of the University’s facilities. He/She will be the one to ensure that colleagues have the best physical resources available to complete their duties according to budget.

JOB PURPOSE: • To oversee all installation, repair and upkeep operations of the University’s facilities.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. • Developing maintenance procedures and ensuring implementation.

• Carrying out inspections of the facilities to identify and resolve issues.

• Checking electrical, plumbing and hydraulic systems of buildings to ensure functionality.

• Develop maintenance procedures and ensure implementation.

• Carry out inspections of the facilities to identify and resolve issues.

• Check electrical and hydraulic systems of buildings to ensure functionality.

• Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities.

• Allocate workload and supervise upkeep staff (custodians, janitors etc.).

• Monitor equipment inventory and place orders when necessary.

• Monitor expenses and control the budget for maintenance.

• Manage relationships with contractors and service providers.

• Keep maintenance logs and report on daily activities.

• Ensure health and safety policies are complied with.

• Performs other work related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS. • Grade 12 School Certificate or its equivalent • Craft certificate in Electrical, Carpentry & Joinery, Plumbing, Pipe fitting and Sheet Metalwork.

• Three years proven working experience in facility maintenance; • Solid understanding of technical aspects of plumbing, carpentry, electrical systems etc.

• Working knowledge of facilities machines and equipment.

• Ability to keep track of and report on activity.

METHOD OF APPLICATION Candidates meeting the stated requirements should forward their applications comprising the following: 1. Letter of application; 2. Detailed Curriculum Vitae; 3. Certified photocopies of Certificates 4. Names and e-mail addresses of three referees.

WRITE TO: Registrar Justo Mwale University Plot 19, Chamba Valley P.O. Box 310199 LUSAKA. OR E-MAIL TO: registrar@justomwale.net

Social Welfare Officer Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) is a nationally registered NGO working with development projects within the field of education, health, agriculture and other poverty alleviation programmes. Projects are carried out in all the provinces of Zambia reaching over 1 million people. Key funding partners include the Government of Zambia, national and international development organisations (USAID, EU, Global Fund, WFP and more) as well as private sector organisations.

DAPP in Zambia is looking to engage an experienced Social Welfare Officer for Children’s Town, which also cares for, and rehabilitates children taken from the streets into becoming responsible citizens.

The position is tenable at Malambanyama, in Chibombo district.

Job Summary The Welfare Officer is very important in the smooth running of the Children’s Town. In cooperation with the leadership, he/she will ensure that the welfare of children is at its best in conformity with the children’s human rights. The Officer will also provide counsel to the students, and ensure that the welfare of the students in terms of the wellbeing and education are taken care of. The Officer must have knowledge of core registration and government guidance for the safeguarding and protection of children.

1. Main roles and responsibilities • Promoting the mental and physical wellbeing of all pupils and ensuring that they are safe from harm.

• Responsible for improving and developing the social lives of pupils by providing psychosocial counselling to all pupils, especially those with special needs.

• Keeping clear and accurate records (written and electronic); keeping leadership informed about children’s needs and conditions. This includes being responsible for keeping records of children’s health and improvement in the rehabilitation program.

• Making and maintaining contact with families and children who have suffered illness and injury which lead to time away from school and following up any referrals to hospital.

• Ensuring that safeguarding procedures, in line with the Child Protection Policy, are followed and reporting concerns to the Project Leader promptly.

• In charge of organizing and facilitating workshops on child protection and psychosocial counselling to the school teachers/educators, parents and children.

• Liaising with professionals and outside agencies and spearheading activities supported by partners and working with the institution’s cooperating partner’s e.g.

Ministry of Community Development.

• Be the link between Children’s Town and other institutions and partners on child protection issues • Spearheading the School Social Department office and providing leadership to the school Matron and Patron in their day-

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to-day duties • Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the boarding life development through the established school standards • In charge of all School clubs and entertainment programs and activities.

• Accompanying individuals or groups of pupils on trips/visits or projects if needed under the direction of the Project Leader.

• Participating in Children’s Town management team meetings aimed at improving work and welfare of everyone in Children’s Town. This includes participating in Teachers Council Meetings.

• Be a member of Children’s Town Disciplinary Committee • Provide and submit daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly progress reports in accordance with set guidelines.

2. Qualifications • Diploma or related experience in the field of Social Work and Community Development • Basic administration skills • Good communication and facilitation skills • Trained or knowledgeable on Child Protection issues • At least two (02) years’ experience in a similar role and environment • 3. Preferred qualities • Good analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent communication and conflict resolution skills • Ability and willingness to work extra hours • Have integrity • Passion for child welfare and development 4. Application Method Applications with detailed Curriculum Vitae (CVs) and minimum 3 referees must be received by 12th March, 2021 The cover letter and CV must be one document, and the applicant’s name must be the document title.

Indicate the job title as the subject of your email.

Please indicate your current, or last salary and benefits in the cover letter.

Do not attach certificates and other documentation at this stage.

Please submit applications to these emails: hr@dappzambia.org, with copy to job@dappzambia.org DAPP is an equal opportunity employer. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted ___________________________________

Apprentices Toyota Zambia Limited is a leading Motor Company in the country with operations in Lusaka, Copperbelt, Solwezi and Livingstone.

We are looking for personnel to be appointed as follows: – APPRENTICES – Grade 12 school Leavers We are ONLY interested in a highly talented person who will meet criteria below and who will be on a Four Year Apprentice Training Program:

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Must be have 2019 full Grade 12 GCE certificate holder with at least three Credits in Mathematics, English and Science Not More than 21 years of age The Candidates should show passion to work for Automotive Industry as a preferred Career The Candidates should show that they have leadership qualities Should be able to pass Technical Training Courses as Toyota Zambia will pay for their 12 months Technical College training (Certificate in Motor Vehicle Systems City of Guilds) What is a Toyota Zambia Apprenticeship?

Your four-year apprenticeship program will combine training with paid employment.

You will work at one of the Toyota Zambia Branch Workshops but also undergo training at a government technical college. You will work under Toyota trained Technicians gaining valuable workplace skills by undertaking practical tasks and experiencing real-life challenges. You will undergo a learning plan, with progress monitored by our in- house Toyota Training Instructors during your training.

Once qualified as a Technician you can enter the Toyota Motor Corporation Technician TEAM-GP training program. Starting at Toyota Technician, and then enrolling into the other levels of training which are Pro-Technician, Diagnostic Technician and the highest certification being Diagnostic Master Technician.

These are worldwide Toyota recognized certifications.

Here are just some of the characteristics that will help you to succeed as a Toyota Technician: • • • • • •

A passion for the automotive industry A methodical approach to work An interest in problem solving Wanting to find out how things work Customer service and ‘people’ skills Good practical skills

Those who possess the above stated competencies/qualifications should submit their applications and certificates to the address below.

Closing date for receiving applications is 19th March, 2021.

The Group Human Resources Manager Toyota Zambia Limited Box 33438 Lusaka Or email: hrteam@toyotazambia.co.zm Please note that only applicants who meet the above requirements will be contacted for interviews.

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Chongo, Chama return FROM PAGE 16

Despite having been impressive in the FAZ Super Division, top scorer Rodger Kola has missed out on the provisional squad.

Also missing in the team is 2012 AFCON Golden boot winner Emmanuel Mayuka who has helped Napsa Stars to storm the CAF Confederations Cup group stages.

Experienced goal keeper, Kennedy Mweene who vowed to never play for the national team until the Andrew Kamanga-led FAZ executive puts things in order has also been snubbed while young stars in Golden Mafwenta and Zachareah Chilongoshi have made the cut.

Fashion Sakala and the Red Bull Salzburg duo of Enock Mwepu and Patson Daka are joined by the Kangwa brothers, Evans and Kings who play for Arsenal Tula in the Russian league.

Saturday 6 March, 2021 Zambia will play Algeria on March 25 before taking on Algeria in their final Group H AFCON Qualifier slated for March 29 in Lusaka.

The Chipolopolo are fourth in Group H with three points and must win the last two games against Zimbabwe and Algeria to break the jinx of failing to qualify for the AFCON after missing the last two editions.

Full squad GOAL KEEPERS Allan Chibwe, Cyril Chibwe, Lameck Siame DEFENDERS Kabaso Chongo, Tandi Mwape, Luka Banda, Adrian Chama, Golden Mafwente, Clement Mulashi, Dominic Chanda, Benedict Chepeshi, Zachariah Chilongoshi.

MIDFIELDERS Enock Mwepu, Nathan Sinkala, Kings Kangwa, Salulani Phiri, Clatous Chama, Larry Bwalya, Paul Katema, Benson Sakala, Spencer Sautu.

STRIKERS Patson Daka, Fashion Sakala, Gampani Lungu, Lubambo Musonda, Rodrick Kabwe, Augustine Mulenga, Justin Shonga, Evans Kangwa, Brian Mwila, Moses Phiri, Collins Sikombe, Amity Shamende.

Suns rout Warriors, reach break 2nd in West THE host Phoenix Suns finished the NBA’s first half in second place in the Western Conference after shellacking the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors 120-98 on Thursday.

One year after tying for ninth in the West, the Suns used their 16th victory in their past 19 games to take a 24-11 record into the break.

They sit one game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers (2413) and 1 1/2 up on the Los Angeles Clippers (24-14).

The Suns trail only the Utah Jazz (27-9).

Facing a team that was resting Curry and Draymond Green after a rough loss at Portland the night before, the Suns were never seriously challenged by the Warriors.

Phoenix used a 12-3 burst to close the first quarter with an 11-point advantage, then went up by as many as 20 en route to a 62-51 halftime advantage.

In losing a third straight game for the first time this season, the Warriors got no closer than seven in the second half.

Reserve Cameron Payne led seven Suns in double figures with 17 points to go with a game-high 10 assists.

Fellow backups Abdel Nader and Dario Saric had 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Devin Booker scored 16 points, Jae Crowder 14, Dean-

dre Ayton 11 and Chris Paul 10 for the Suns, who outshot the Warriors 51 percent to 43.2 percent.

Ayton added a team-high 10 rebounds.

Jordan Poole, recalled from the G League earlier in the week, poured in a career-high 26 points in 26 minutes off the bench for the Warriors, who wrapped up the first half 19-18. – REUTERS.

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HIS month’s World Cup qualifiers in South America are in serious doubt, with European clubs unlikely to release their players to travel amid concern over the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions.

World soccer’s governing body FIFA has relaxed its normal rules about player-release for internationals because of the pandemic and worries about the impact of long-distance travel to areas with high case-rates. Clubs are expected to keep their players at home.

All 10 South American countries feature on the UK government’s “red list” travel ban, which does not include exemptions for athletes and

sports people. Any UK-based players who played in the games would face 10 days in hotel quarantine on return.

That in itself makes it difficult for clubs to consider agreeing to CONMEBOL’s requests.

“I think everybody agrees - we can’t let the players go and play for their country and then quarantine for 10 days in a hotel. That’s not how we can do it,” said Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, whose team includes Brazilian trio Alisson Becker, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino.

South American confederation CONMEBOL, which organises the qualifiers in the region for the 2022 World Cup, wants clubs to release their players for the March 25

and 30 games, but it is running out of options.

CONMEBOL’s council will meet to discuss the situation and is in contact with FIFA as it searches for a solution.

But CONMEBOL is reluctant to play the games without European-based players and has not considered moving the fixtures to “bubbles” in Europe. It faces a scheduling problem, however as their continental championship, Copa America, is set for June in Argentina and Colombia.

With 14 rounds of matches still to be completed in the World Cup qualifying process, which is due to end in March 2022, there is limited space for the games.

“It is difficult to postpone

the FIFA dates, there is no space, you cannot tighten the qualifiers,” Ecuador FA president Francisco Egas told his local station Radio La Red. “There is strong pressure from European clubs not to give up their players for the qualifiers. FIFA must be in the middle to help get an understanding,” he added.

However, FIFA has limited influence. Quarantine rules are set by national governments.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has struck a similar tone to Klopp.

Solskjaer’s squad includes Brazilians Fred and Alex Telles along with Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani.

– REUTERS.

Liverpool scramble for answers as season collapses MOHAMED Salah's angry shake of the head after being substituted in Liverpool's defeat to Chelsea was symbolic of the champions' intense frustration as their season unravels.

Jurgen Klopp removed his top scorer just after the hour mark on Thursday but it did not prevent a 1-0

defeat and a fifth straight home loss for the first time in their history.

The wheels have come off quickly for Liverpool, who were crowned English champions last season for the first time since 1990.

As recently as mid-January, Klopp's men were top of the league and in the title

South Africa appoint Temba Bavuma as first black African captain to lead limited-overs sides as Dean Elgar named Test skipper TEMBA Bavuma has become the first black African to permanently captain a South Africa side after being appointed their limited-overs skipper.

Batsman Bavuma, 30, will lead the Proteas in the next two Twenty20 World Cups, later this year and in 2022, and the next 50-over World Cup in 2023.

Opener Dean Elgar, 33, has been named Test captain for the next cycle of the World Test Championship.

"This is one of the greatest honours of my life," said Bavuma.

"Captaining the Proteas has been a dream of mine for many years as those closest to me know."

Bavuma and Elgar replace wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, who had held the T20 and one-day international captaincy roles since last January and was named temporary Test skipper in December. De Kock had taken over all three roles from Faf du Plessis, who retired from Test cricket last month and said he will now focus on T20s.

Mixed-race players Ashwell Prince, JP Duminy and Justin Ontong have previously captained a South Africa cricket side on a temporary basis. Hashim Amla, the first Asian to play for South Africa, has also captained his country in matches in all three formats. – BBC.

picture despite being hampered by a spate of injuries, most notably to central defender Virgil van Dijk.

Up until their shock 1-0 defeat to Burnley in January they had not tasted defeat in the league at Anfield since April 2017.

But now they have a fight on their hands just to qual-

Betway unveils new kit for Buffaloes

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

SPORTS betting company Betway has unveiled the latest kit for their sponsored side Green Buffaloes Football Club.

Speaking at the launch of the kit at the Army Barracks, Betway Zambia Country Manager Panji Kakube said the deal is inclusive of kit, club development and facilitation of player and technical staff training through the company’s ties with international sports marketing and management experts.

Kakube notes that since the signing of the first sponsorship with Buffaloes two years ago, his company remains delighted to see the relationship continue to grow

ify for the top four – an unthinkable situation after winning the title last year by 18 points. Liverpool have earned just 10 points from 11 Premier League games in 2021, with only West Brom, Newcastle and Southampton picking up fewer points since the turn of the year.– SUPERSPORT/BBC.

“Two years ago after first signing our sponsorship deal with Green Buffaloes, we are delighted to see the relationship continue to grow and we have seen great strides being made by way of support to the team as well as a healthy growth of interest in the local game. Kakube said.

We have no doubt Green Buffaloes remains a force to be reckoned with in the MTN/FAZ super division and continues to enjoy popularity as one of the most loved football clubs in local football.

And Buffaloes chairman Kelvin Kanguma notes that the kit will serve as a morale booster to the team and that the side will wear the kit with confidence and pride.

Kanguma noted that such partnerships between Betway and Buffaloes are key to the development of football.

Since establishing presence in Zambia three years ago, Betway has signed a sponsorship deal with Green Buffaloes, as well as Kitwe outfits Kitwe United and Nkana, the defending super division champions.

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Monze George itching for revenge

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

AFTER being humiliated 8-1 in a Week-6 Premier Futsal League (PFL) match played in October last year, Monze George seek revenge when they face league leaders Automotive in a Week-15 game at Automotive Futsal Arena.

Automotive remain unbeaten in the PFL and everyone will be hoping that Monze George can do what no club has managed to do which is to beat the league leaders this season.

The Witson Nyirenda-coached Monze George will surely fight for a win knowing it will propel them to third on the 10-team PFL table.

The Andrea Christoforeti-coached Auto dominate the PFL with 42 points, six points ahead of second-placed Kabwe K-Line who are on 36 points.

Auto are also 21 points ahead of Monze George and a win in today’s game will maintain Automotive’s six points lead at the summit of the PFL table.

Meanwhile, after being

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ejected from the PFL Cup Kabwe K-Line continue their PFL title chase with a clash against relegation bound Kafue Saints who boast of having only one win in the league.

Chipata Boys will try to make amends when they take on Kitwe Bullets to bounce back from a 8-3 beating by K-Line in the last league game.

However Chipata face a Bullets side that is also determined to win today’s match to bounce back from last week’s 7-2 defeat to Automotive FC. Livingstone Pirates host CSS Petauke with one aim which is to recover from a 9-5 defeat inflicted by Monze George on match day 13.

Siavonga Beetles are guaranteed of three points as they were scheduled to play suspended DS Isoka FC. In the national division one league, Zanaco host Veterans as Bil FC are scheduled to play Mthunzi FC. Pioneer Avengers and BS Stars Lilanda Bullets and Christian Academy respectively while Efford Chabala take on Blue Bombers.

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Chongo, Chama return

…as Micho names 33 ‘bullets’ for AFCON qualifiers

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

AFTER he was unceremoniously dropped from the Zambia national soccer team for being identified as a weak link in the team, TP Mazembe defender Kabaso Chongo has been named in the provisional squad to face Zimbabwe and Algeria in the AFCON qualifiers slated for this month.

Chipolopolo coach Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic has

LEAGUE FIXTURES Monze George vs LSK Automotive Kitwe Bullets vs Chipata Boys Kabwe K-Line vs Kafue Saints Livingstone Pirates vs CSS Petauke DS Isoka vs Siavonga Beetles.

named a 33-member squad which has also seen the return of Cletus Chama who was dropped from the team which faced Botswana for allegedly being unruly after he missed a flight which prevented him from joining the squad on time.

“Micho” has also called goal keeper Cyril Mwenya Chibwe and midfielder Salulani Phiri who both features for Polokwane City in South Africa.

South Africa’s Stellenbosch FC midfielder Nathan Sinkala

joins the team as an AFCON winner and the most experienced player in the squad.

“Micho” has also called former Kabwe Warriors and Zanaco winger Rodrick Kabwe who has been impressive for Black Leopards, in the South Africa Premier Soccer League.

After finding his scoring boots at Buildcon FC Brian Mwila has made it into the provisional squad which has seen the return of Larry Bwalya who features for Tanzanian outfit Simba FC. TO PAGE 15

NKANA IN SURVIVAL FIGHT

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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TUTTERING Nkana’s quest to escape the relegation zone on the FAZ Super Division table come under scrutiny today when the Kitwe giants visit Sunset Stadium for a date with inform Zanaco FC. Having recorded three consecutive defeats, today’s fixture presents the defending champions Nkana the opportunity to redeem themselves from a three-game losing

streak.

A loss will see the defending champions slide into the relegation zone, something their hardcore fans are dreading.

However, Nkana face a Zanaco side determined to reclaim top spot on the Super Division table dominated by Zesco United who lead the chart with 37 points, one point ahead of the Bankers who are second.

With one of the worst defences, Nkana face Zanaco who boast of having the most

lethal attacking duo of Rodger Kola and Moses Phiri who have scored 20 Super Division goals between them.

Nkana coach Kelvin Kaindu who complained of his players being fatigued having played more than seven games in the CAF Confederations Cup and the Super Division will hope the likes of Duke Abuya, Fred Tshimenga, and young Simon Mulenga will not let him down.

Meanwhile, Sunset Stadium will also play host venue for a lunchtime kick off in-

volving Green Buffaloes and Nkwazi. Nkwazi will target a win having been beaten by Zanaco in their last league fixture while Buffaloes, who are still celebrating their 3-1 win over Green Eagles on Wednesday in Choma will fight for all the three points “It’s a very exciting game we are playing a team which is below us and they are fighting to come out of the position they are in and we also want to move up so it will be exciting. “They are coming from a win and we are com-

ing from a loss but we will see what happens. We have been working to change the statistic and we are ready for Buffaloes,” Nkwazi’s second assistant coach Keegan Phiri said.

Meanwhile, Eagles visit Garden Park with one ambition which is to bounce back from Wednesday’s defeat to Buffaloes when they face struggling Kitwe United.

And tomorrow, after being humiliated 4-1 by the league leaders Zesco United, Lumwana Radiants will host Lusaka Dynamos as Forest Rang-

ers face Young Green Eagles at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.

Mwenya Chipepo returns to Kabwe to face his former club Prison Leopards who are hosting Indeni in the first game of the double header at Godfrey Chitalu Stadium where rejuvenated Kabwe Warriors will host Zesco United in the second match.

Napsa Stars fixture against Buildcon FC has been postponed as the Lusaka side are preparing for their CAF Confederations Cup fixtures.