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TANZANIANS PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO PRESIDENT MAGUFULI DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterrday led mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly on Thursday after an illness shrouded in mystery.

Mourners lined the streets of Dar es Salaam to bid farewell to the late

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President, some of them weeping and throwing flower petals as the casket, towed on a gun carriage by a military vehicle, was transferred from a church to Uhuru Stadium to lie in state.

"Before I saw the coffin, I didn't believe our president was really dead," said flower-seller Pauline Attony after watching

the motorcade pass.

Hassan, who was sworn in Friday to become the country's first female President, led a government procession filing past the coffin, which was draped in the Tanzanian flag, offering her condolences to Magufuli's wife.

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NEVERS IGNORES COURT ORDER

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

DESPITE being served with an injunction from the High Court to cancel the convention, New Hope MMD president Nevers Mumba yesterday went ahead with the virtual convention where he was elected MMD president after being unopposed.

The High Court on Friday granted an injunction to the Operation Save MMD members to halt the New Hope MMD president Dr Mumba's convention on grounds of grave irregularities on constitutional procedures provided for in the MMD party constitution.

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Minister hails zero Covid death record, but warns of 3rd wave

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

ZAMBIA has recorded the first zero Covid-19 deaths since last December, a development attributed to Government’s resilient approach towards the fight against the pandemic that has so far claimed over 1, 170 lives in the country.

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Guards outwit bandits

By SIMON MUNTEMBA THREE suspected criminals who “bribed” security guards with K50, 000 upfront to steal copper wires at Msekera Zesco sub-station in Eastern Province have been arrested by police in Chipata.

The criminals approached a police officer and security guards and offered them K50, 000 to give them access to the premises, and after getting the K50, 000, the guards tipped the police about what was about to happen.

… Proceeds with convention and extends his mandate as MMD president

KAMBWILI IS WELCOME, HE IS ONE OF US -MWILA

THE Patriot Front (PF) has extended an olive branch to former Roan Member of Parliament, Chishimba Kambwili to rejoin the Party. (Story on page 4)

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RIGHT TRAJECTORY ONE of the key points contained in the Economic Recovery Programme launched by President Edgar Lungu last year was to boost the country’s exports drive.

It is an acceptable fact that a country cannot boost its foreign reserves without exporting so as to earn the dollars it needs to pay for its debts – in the case of Zambia.

With this in mind, we are happy that Government has at last allowed for the export of mealie meal to foreign markets, notably the Congo DR. This follows approval of proposals from the Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) to have the ban lifted following good yields in the 2020/2021 harvest season.

The government’s decision follows protracted discussions with the MAZ. This was because the government, while appreciating the Congo DR market had to ensure that mealie meal exports would not leave Zambians starving.

Recently, Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo revealed that the ministry in consultation with stakeholders was studying proposals on the possibility of lifting the ban on the export of mealie meal.

MAZ president, Andrew Chintala, who confirmed the development explained that Government has finally considered their proposal to lift the ban on exports of mealie meal.

Mr Chintala said the borders would open once modalities were put in place. He said only a few modalities were remaining before the full operationalisation of the programme.

We hope with this development, Zambian milling companies will take up the challenge as they have been craving to have the export ban lifted.

We also hope that the rampant smuggling of mealie meal, particularly through the Copperbelt Province will end for traders can sell their mealie meal in a transparent manner.

We recall that Government was compelled to deploy Zambia National Service personnel in the region to stem the rampant smuggling of mealie meal that was going on.

What irked the government was that traders preferred to take all the mealie meal to the Congo DR leaving Zambians with nothing – amidst successive bumper yields.

In fact, the government has never been against mealie meal exports and had always strived for regulated trade.

We are glad therefore that Mr Chintala alluded to this. He said MAZ had proposed that the export should be done under a regulated arrangement to ensure a systematic approach aimed at making sure that the local supply of the commodity was not compromised.

What is pleasing about the export drive is that it would encourage farmers to grow more maize due to the vast market – local and foreign.

We are sure that farmers will not fail to meet not only local demands but export markets as well.

The usual bottlenecks that farmers complained about – delayed payments for maize sold to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and late delivery of inputs under the Farmers Input Supply Programme (FISP) have all been ironed out.

Farmers received their payments promptly from the FRA last year and for the 2019/2020 farming season, the farming inputs were delivered in record time.

A strong agricultural sector is a must for the country’s economic recovery and having a guaranteed export market is key to the country’s economic development.

CYBER SECURITY ACT WILL LEAVE UPND WATERMELON-STUNT FLAT ON ITS FACE

aimed at taking away people’s rights, including the right to privacy. Furthermore, he claimed that the nation was not short of laws that could address issues of social media abuse.

Contrary to these assertions, Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga explained that the Bill that was currently awaiting Presidential assent was meant to promote the safety and security of all Zambians, that the law would ensure offenders who abuse cyberspace were held accountable.

By MUBANGA LUCHEMBE

UPND watermelons are on the rise in Zambia’s cyberspace.

Disguised as PF cadres and with overt political agendas, they have a habit of surfacing when general elections are around the corner.

And such cyberspace groups have been a particular online security headache of late. This was the case with their stunt of displaying huge stacks of money whilst disguised as PF cadres on social media platforms.

At first this was dismissed as a stunt full of hot air. But sometimes hot air is just what is needed when a crafty opposition party wants something covert hatched up.

However, the motive of painting the Zambian government as unworthy of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package on social media platforms was bound to fail. The question was when would it fail and who would be embarrassed? The enforcement of the Cyber Security Act would provide the answers.

Besides, Zambia’s next general election has been fixed for August 12. It will elect

BANK OF ZAMBIA BoZ Governor Christopher Mvunga clarified that the central bank could not printout money for this year’s general elections because elections do not warrant the criteria for printing additional currency. And he even dispelled social media reports that the central bank planned to ban people from holding dollar accounts. the seventh president of the country, and perhaps see a change of guard at State House in terms of individuality.

Mr Hakainde Hichilema, the man widely tipped on social media platforms to become the seventh president, is having a particularly rough time. The Cyber Security Bill, which is yet to be assented-to by the President, has added to his woes.

The race to elect Zambia’s seventh president since independence has so far attracted the well-known political names in the country, even though some greenhorns have emerged from the woodwork.

As President Edgar Lungu is re-contesting at the next election, the battle to challenge him is turning out to be a high

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UPND cadres

stakes battle.

Already, the key contenders have hit the campaign trail, but the man the cyberspace punters had put their money on is having a rough time.

And this is thanks to the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill which is meant to protect citizens from criminals intending to commit crimes using the cyberspace, like those masqueraders clad in PF regalia splashing cash on social media platforms.

Emphatically, Vice-President Inonge Wina confirmed that the PF had nothing to do with the people splashing cash on social media, alleging that those responsible were UPND members masquerading to be PF to tarnish the ruling party’s image.

The UPND watermelons’ euphemism for green outside and red inside stunt was clearly aimed at crippling PF’s campaign even before it started.

Albeit, there has been a growing awareness that injustices in Zambia’s governance system and the electoral process have the potential to dent her chances of clinching a deal with the IMF. All political players have since been advised to conduct violent-free and clean campaigns to ensure that the country gets the much-needed bailout package from the IMF, especially that the country is under microscopic observation during the pre-election period.

The brandishing of cash on a myriad of social media platforms by UPND zealots disguised as PF cadres was one of the symptoms of this year’s pre-election governance fragility in the country.

With this knowledge, and under public scrutiny, the UPND president has had to change tactics. He had gone through the motions of shifting the blame to the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor, hence ostensibly eschewing his party’s covert watermelon stunt. He has at the same time been challenging the BoZ Governor to explain to the nation where the money supposedly being displayed by PF cadres on social media was coming from.

The UPND leader ostensibly warned that failure to do so by the central bank would make citizens conclude that it was printing money which it was giving to PF cadres; money which wasn’t backed by any economic activity.

He had since called on the Zambia Police, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) to quickly move in and find the source of the money which PF cadres were flashing on social media when there was no money in circulation.

However, BoZ Governor Christopher Mvunga had earlier clarified that the central bank could not printout money for this year’s general elections because elections do not warrant the criteria for printing additional currency. And he even dispelled social media reports that the central bank planned to ban people from holding dollar accounts.

Meanwhile, what is causing much more interest is the fact that Mr Hichilema had also urged MPs from both the opposition and ruling party not to tolerate the Cyber Security Bill.

He claimed that the Bill was

Mr Hakainde Hichilema, the man widely tipped on social media platforms to become the seventh president, is having a particularly rough time. The Cyber Security Bill, which is yet to be assented-to by the President, has added to his woes.

Furthermore, he reiterated that the ministry would step up sensitisation messages to ensure the public fully understood the law. He added that the law would also ensure hate-speech was criminalised so that people who commit cybercrimes were identified and arrested.

Mr Malupenga also explained that the law would empower the police, Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) and other law enforcement agencies to monitor gadgets.

With IMF’s recent revelations that Zambia’s negotiations with the multilateral lender were progressing, it is now emerging that the brandishing of a lot of money by individuals clad in PF regalia were nothing but a neatly choreographed plot by the UPND top brass and their lieutenants to deny Zambians of the much-needed IMF bailout package before the August elections.

The events that followed the UPND watermelons seen brandishing money in several social media videos that had gone viral indicated a premeditated agenda.

It had nothing to do with the central bank printing money which it was allegedly giving to PF cadres for the pre-election campaigns but everything to do with Mr Hichilema’s presidential ambitions.

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Minister hails zero Covid death record, but warns of 3rd wave From page 1 He said frontline healthcare workers have borne the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past year as they have continued to provide both routine essential health services and fight the pandemic.

Dr Chanda however, disclosed that despite recording zero deaths, the country continue to have a lot of critically ill patients in its health facilities.

He called on the country to continue adhering to Covid-19 guidelines to avoid the third wave of the pandemic which has been declared in some countries.

Dr Chanda also said most countries in Europe and some in Africa including Kenya have declared a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and are preparing to head into further lockdowns.

Dr Chanda also said Government remains committed to being guided by science and empirical evidence to inform the planned voluntary vaccination programme for Zambians.

Meanwhile, the country has recorded 214 new covid 19 cases out of 5, 495 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases recorded to date to 86, 273.

Dr Chanda also said a combined 396 discharges were recorded from both the Covid-19 isolation facilities and home management, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 83, 110.

He said currently, the country has 1, 985 active cases, of whom 1, 851 are under community management and 134 are admitted to Covid-19 isolation facilities across the country.

HOME NEWS From page 1 Former Presidential Affairs Minister and Kamfinsa lawmaker during the Levy Mwanawasa administration Webby Chipili made the application to the High Court Judge which was granted in his favour.

Mr Chipili said in an interview yesterday that he made an application to the High Court on behalf of other members because Dr Mumba’s convention was illegal.

“We have not had any intraparty elections, there is no shortcut. We want everybody to participate because it is their party.

That being the case we want our friends in the other faction to stop their illegal convention,” Mr Chipili said.

He said the court order was served before Dr Mumba’s vice president, Reverend Reuben Sambo early in the morning.

However, Dr Mumba and New Hope MMD officials ignored it, instead opting to go ahead with the convention.

Dr Mumba said, “The court order came too late.

The good news is we finished our business of the

NEVERS IGNORES COURT ORDER

… Proceeds with convention and extends his mandate as MMD president convention by the time the injunction was brought to us by the police. We didn’t have enough time to verify the authenticity of the injuction. So I want to assure you that what happened today will have no impact because our agenda is already completed.”

Dr Mumba however said his lawyers will head to court to respond to the court order delivered before them.

He said as far as he was concerned,

Lubusha cautions clergy

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

THE Rwanda genocide remains a stark reminder of what happens when the clergy mislead a nation, so local clergy should tread with caution and not incite people against government on issues such as elections, says PF Member of the Central Committee Andrew Lubusha.

Mr Lubusha has warned that attempts to undermine the electoral process by questioning the registration of voters as well as the mobile registration, should be stopped because the Electoral Commission of Zambia has been transparent.

He said it was wrong for the church mother bodies to continue peddling the opposition agenda without understanding the consequence of such actions to the peace and harmony in the nation especially that the country will soon be going to the polls.

“From the way some members of the clergy have been conducting themselves, it’s clear that they are being used by the opposition against the PF and President Edgar Lungu’s government. But as a party, we are not going to allow that to derail us from delivering on our promise to the people of Zambia,” he said.

Mr Lubusha said President Lungu had assured the

nation and international community that there would be peace before, during and after the August elections and that the will of the people would be respected.

He said the recent statement by the three church mother bodies, namely the Council of Churches in Zambia, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia and the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops inciting the public against government decisions such as the introduction of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill, was a clear sign that some clergy in these religious groupings were against Government.

She stated that police officers laid an ambush and apprehended the suspects around 17:30 hours on Friday.

Ms Katongo said that the K50, 000 that was given as a bribe to the officers had been kept as exhibit and the truck used in the act has been impounded.

Meanwhile, a -23-yearold woman of Ndola has allegedly murdered her boyfriend after she struck him with a Black Label beer bottle in the head for unknown reasons.

Copperbelt Province

Police Commissioner Elias Chushi said in a statement that the incident occurred on March 17, this year.

Mr Chushi said the victim has been identified as Luo Chirwa 33, of Masala Township in Ndola.

He said the bar patrons apprehended and escorted the suspect to the police station with the victim, who later on was rushed to the hospital.

Mr Chushi said Mr Chirwa was admitted to Ndola Teaching Hospital until March 19 around 09:00 hours when he died.

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Police spokesperson Esther Katongo who confirmed the incident that occurred on Friday around 17:30 hours said the suspects were apprehended and will be charged with theft and corrupt practices.

She identified the suspects as, Aaron Safalanga aged 30 of Nkana East in Kitwe, Choma Kapembwa aged 41 and Febian Mwamba Mulenga of Chimwemwe Township, Kitwe.

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he was elected MMD president at the same convention as he went unopposed.

Dr Mumba also said Mr Chipili was not a member of MMD and wondered why he wanted to halt the convention of a party he did not belong to.

He said what happened yesterday at Lusaka’s Bonanza Resort sent a wrong message to the international community as the whole world was following the proceedings online.

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LET IDC TAKE OVER MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES - MUSOMA

By NOEL IYOMBWA

GOVERNMENT should revamp Mulungushi Textiles and place it under the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) so that it benefits the country, Zambia Republication Party president Wright Musoma has said.

Speaking in a telephone interview Mr. Musoma said the Kabwe-based company has the potential to be viable once it is placed in the hands of IDC. He said that once placed under IDC, it can be manufacturing uniforms for the defence forces and the police including nurses.

Mr. Musoma observed that the company has been known to be producing

By PRISCA LUMINGU-BANDA THE University of Zambia Centre for Primary Care Research has urged Members of Parliament to support the Tobacco Products and Nicotine Products Control Bill once tabled before parliament to save lives.

And the centre has called on the Ministry of Health to expedite the process of ensuring that the bill is tabled before cabinet for approval and later taken to parliament before the dissolution of parliament on May 12, 2021.

Centre for Primary Care Research leader Professor Fastone Goma said it was important that the bill was supported by the parliamentarians as it will save lives as over 7, 000 people die per year as a result of tobacco use.

Speaking during a media workshop for editors, Prof Goma said it was sad that

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chitenge materials hence it can do wonders once placed under IDC.

“We are suggesting the government should take over the once viable

Mulungushi Textiles and place it under IDC so that it starts making uniforms for the Police, the army and our nurses.

“Government can even make it mandatory that all school uniforms should be made from Mulungushi Textiles,” he said.

In 2017, the government indefinitely closed even the “shadow” of Mulungushi Textiles that was re-opened last year during President Edgar Lungu’s campaign, sending over 270 workers home without any pay.

Government however clarified that the shutdown of Mulungushi Textiles was as a result of a new investor that has come on board from Korea through the Industrial Development

MPs urged to support Tobacco Products and Nicotine Products Control Bill

Zambia has continued to lose so many lives due to tobacco.

“If you look at the statistics, every year over 7, 000 people die due to different complications which come as a result of tobacco use. This is why we are calling for this bill, we need to control the use of tobacco,” Prof Goma said.

He said nearly 16.0 percent of Zambians currently consume some form of tobacco products with men being at 24.0 percent while women at 7.8 percent.

Prof Goma said it was important for parliamentarians to support the bill as tobacco use in developing world like

Zambia poses a major challenge not only to health but also socioeconomic development and environment sustainability given that people with a low income are more likely to use tobacco which significantly worsen poverty.

“We only have now to May 12 before parliament is dissolved. We are hopeful that the bill will be tabled before parliament and we need parliamentarians to support this document so that it is enacted into law,” he said Prof Goma said once the bill is enacted it would provide for the protection of present and future generations from the devastating, health,

social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption, nicotine addiction and exposure to the harmful emissions of tobacco products, tobacco devices, nicotine products and nicotine devices.

He also said that the bill also seeks to prevent user initiation, continually and substantially reduce consumption of tobacco and nicotine products and encourage quitting.

Prof Goma said the bill also seeks to domesticate the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control and provide for matters incidental to and in connection with the foregoing.

Kambwili is welcome, he is one of us -Mwila THE Patriot Front (PF) has extended an olive branch to former Roan Member of Parliament, Chishimba Kambwili to rejoin the Party.

PF Secretary General, Davies Mwila said the ruling party was more than ready to welcome Mr Kambwili should he consider going back to the PF. Speaking when he addressed party officials and aspiring candidates at Moba Hotel in Kitwe yesterday, Mr Mwila said it was the desire of the ruling party that Mr Kambwili rejoined the PF as he is one of its founding members that worked hard and suffered for the party.

“His brothers and sisters are in PF, we told him that were you are going they are not going to accommodate

you Mr Kambwili because they are not part of you,” Mr Mwila said.

The PF Secretary General said the ruling party will have no problem

working with Mr Kambwili as they know his strengths and weaknesses.

Meanwhile, Mr Mwila has directed party officials and members to go out and ensure that they bring back those that left the party for various reasons to ensure that President Lungu and the PF win the August 12 general elections with a landslide victory.

He has further urged party members and those aspiring for various positions to concentrate on mobilizing the party to ensure that President Lungu retains his presidency.

He charged that the legacy of the party his with the President hence the need for members to ensure that they maximize on President Lungu’s votes.

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Pharmaceutical sector ripe for local, foreign investors - minister

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

ZAMBIA remains an attractive destination for local and foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry owing to its enabling political and economic environment, Health Minister Jonas Chanda has said.

Speaking yesterday when he toured the $22-million, Yash Life Sciences, Dr Chanda said the PF government was committed to ensure constant supply of medicines and other medical supplies to all public health facilities in the country.

The minister is touring pharmaceutical companies to ensure efficacious medicines towards universal health coverage and improved service delivery in the medicine supply chain.

He called for more investment in the manufacturing of essential medicines for quality delivery of healthcare service.

He said the government appreciates the role local manufacturers like Yash Life Sciences play in supplementing its efforts in its quest towards the

achieving of the universal health coverage agenda by 2030. Dr Chanda also thanked local pharmaceutical companies producing locally made essential medicines at a reduced scale of up to only 15 percent and has since advised for upscaling of production to benefit the country’s fledgling economy. He also called on local pharmaceutical companies to consider venturing into the production of Covid-19 vaccines and to also look across the frontiers, to allow for partnership with other foreign investors.

Dr Chanda said the government has been spending a lot of money importing medical supplies noting that locally manufactured essential drugs will uplift the economy.

And Yash Life Sciences president Himanshu Patel said the company intends to increase its production capacity before it explores the international markets.

He also expressed hope that the local pharmaceutical industry will soon flourish as the economy was slowly getting back on track under the new normal.

HEA trashes degree programmes

By NOEL IYOMBWA

THE Higher Education Authority has revoked six PhD degrees in the field of Transformational Leadership offered by Twin Palm Leadership University.

The degrees were conferred by the university at a graduation ceremony held on April 25, 2020.

HEA Corporate Communications Officer Boniface Musoba announced that it does not recognise six postgraduate degrees in the field of Transformational Leadership that were conferred by the university last year.

This followed an investigation conducted by HEA into the circumstances under which the degrees were awarded.

Mr. Musoba stated that due to the irregularities surrounding the awarding of the six PhDs, the HEA does not recognise them as the university contravened the provisions of the Higher Education Act. Recently, the HEA closed five higher institutions that have been operating contrary to the provisions of the Higher Education Act. Mr. Musoba mentioned that the institutions include Elpalate University in Lusaka, Landmark University, Shalome University in Kitwe, Shaphat University and Yesbud University both of Lusaka.

Mr. Musoba disclosed that Melburn Institute of Applied Sciences is offering illegal degrees and that some of the institutions are fraudulently issuing financial aid to unsuspecting people to recruit them.

Meanwhile, Zambia Republican Party president Wright Musoma has called on the HEA to conduct inspections of universities because people are losing money.

Mr Musoma said the HEA should embark on a massive inspection of all private universities in the country.

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Sangoma harvesting sperms…..

We took to kidnapping for it’s easy way to make money – Suspected bandits

exposed following nasty divorce

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MACHEKE traditional healer forcing men and women to harvest sperms for ritual purposes was exposed following a nasty divorce.

Fungai Bvunzawabaya, popularly known as Sekuru Makombe, was exposed after his weird orders for a married Kadoma woman to spend three days in the house naked harvesting sperms from several men for ritual purpos-

es wrecked a marriage of six years.

Sekuru Makombe told H-Metro that a number of people have been consulting him for ritual purposes since the commencement of national lockdown in March last year.

A Kadoma woman exposed Sekuru Makombe saying her marriage collapsed over cheating with several men for his rituals. She also said he failed to pay her for the services.

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and I plead with you not to disclose my contacts because Sekuru Makombe is a witch doctor,” she said. “My marriage collapsed when my husband discovered that I was bedding several men with the intention to get money quickly.

“Mhiko dzasekuru ava dzinorwadza asi hapana kusiri kufa saka ndati ndivafumure pamwe vanogona kudaro vakazviita kune vanhu vakawanda,” she said pleading for anonymity.

H-Metro called

Sekuru Makombe and he came to Harare to confirm receiving semen and demanding blood from relatives of his victims claiming that he has supernatural powers to kill and make people rich.

He claimed that

some men and women cheating their spouses are among his clients who are doing it for ritual purposes and clergymen teaching prosperity gospel are some of his clients. - NEHANDARADIO

Nurse faked Zim husband’s death to claim £400,000 in life insurance

BY ADELA WHITTINGHAM | THE MIRROR UK |

A WIFE who faked her Zimbabwean husband’s death in an “audacious fraud” to claim nearly £400,000 in life insurance walked free from court (in the UK).

Thulile Bhebhe, 51, claimed her husband Bekezela Bhebhe died of a pulmonary embolism while holidaying in Zimbabwe in August 2016.

But it was discovered Mr Bhebhe, a nurse, was actually working a long day shift at Charing Cross Hospital in London on the day he ‘died’.

Judge Nigel Seed QC heard the couple are in “dire financial straits” and suspended a two-year prison sentence for two years.

Mrs Bhebhe, who wore an all-black outfit and a face mask in the dock, looked straight ahead and appeared emotional as the sentence was passed.

Judge Seed said: “It was an audacious fraud but you kept up your husband was dead over a period of time.

“Given that you have two dependant children at home and there’s a real prospect of rehabilitation, it is entire-

ly in accordance with the sentencing guidelines that I should not make that sentence immediate but suspend it – to give you the opportunity to rehabilitate and find other ways of punishing you.”

Mrs Bhebhe, also a nurse who worked for the NHS Direct phone service at the time, admitted fraud by false representation in 2018.

Inner London Crown Court heard her husband, who is originally from Zimbabwe, was unaware she

had declared him dead.

Bekezela Bhebhe, 54, was accused of helping her submit the fake documents but denied any involvement and was cleared in January this year.

According to prosecutors, he had an image of the fraudulent death certificate on his phone and his fingerprints were found on the original death certificate.

However a judge ruled there was no evidence that he was in on the fraud when his wife, who is originally

from South Africa, made the claim and ordered the jury to find him not guilty at the end of the prosecution case.

The life insurance policy had been taken out through Barclays Bank in 2012 and was underwritten by Aviva, with premiums of £50 a month for £397,153 of cover.

In September 2016 Aviva received a medical consent form from Mrs Bhebhe and a copy of a medical certificate from a hospital in Zimbabwe confirming Mr Bhebhe had died of pulmonary embolism on August 9.

Investigators for Aviva contacted the health service and in January 2017, the NHS confirmed Bhebhe was alive and well, working a long day shift as a sister charge nurse in acute medicine at Charing Cross Hospital.

The policy money was never paid out to the couple.

During his trial, jurors heard Mr Bhebhe was questioned by police and admitted he had credit card debts of £10,000, owed around £5,000 to HMRC in tax and was paying off a joint loan of around £15,000 with his wife.

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TWO suspected bandits, Abdullahi Danshoho and Illiyasu Salleh, have owned up to their roles in the kidnapping of two patients and a nurse at a hospital in Nasarawa State.

The suspects and their gang members at large reportedly invaded Kunwarke Clinic and Maternity in Lafia, Nasarawa State, sometime in November 2020 and abducted two patients and a nurse.

They were alleged to have collected N6m ransom before freeing their victims.

Danshoho and Salleh were arrested recently by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team led by DCP Abba Kyari.

Married with four children, 25-year-old Danshoho stated that he was a truck driver but went into kidnapping because he was not making enough money from the job.

He said, “I finished my NCE (Nigeria Certificate of Education) in 2020 but I have yet to collect my results. I became a truck driver but things were difficult. I met my friend, Illiyasu (Salleh), sometime in September 2020 and he told me the easy way to make money. He told me that kidnapping was the only way out. He told me to look for people with money that we can kidnap.”

He said he had participated in five kidnap operations – the last being in December – including the abduction of his

neighbour who refused to give him money.

He explained that he gave the man’s details to Illiyasu who arranged his abduction, adding that he got N100,000 share from a ransom paid.

Danshoho stated, “The second successful operation was arranged

by Illiyasu. That clinic is where we normally go for treatment. My job was to confirm that the director of the hospital was around. On the day we struck, I was sure that he was in the hospital. Unfortunately, he managed to escape. That was why they decided to abduct patients.

“After some days, they gave me N100,000 as my share. I did not complain because they told me that the patients were farmers and the nurse was from a poor family. I later learnt that they collected N4m.

“A week later, I brought the third job. It was my friend and we used to hang out. I decided to kidnap him because I was sure that his parents could afford to pay for his release. They paid N1.5m and I got N100,000 as my share. It was when he returned home sick that I regretted my action. I used part of my proceeds to pay outstanding fees at the school so that I can get my certificate.”

Salleh, 24, said he was into cattle rearing and farming but quit because they did not fetch him enough income. He said he decided to go into kidnapping “because it is an easy way to make money.”

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By TERENCE MISELO

I love working with great people.

This will be a threeday nonstop music festival to be held for the first time in Zambia.

OMEDIAN Ken Dumbo has announced he will be working with Malawi's female comedian Felistus Nya-uyu-Ngwira.

Felistu's is one of Malawi's top comedians who uses comedy to condemn negativity in society.

She describes herself as a comedian who promotes culture, education and entertainment.

Felistus is in the country to forster work relations with Ken Dumbo and his management label Fanike Media.

Ken and Felistus started their friendship via social media but now it has grown into working together professionally and socially.

The two are not only

looking at working together but also building their relationship into something personal and close.

In the recent past, Felistas and Ken's friendship has attracted attention and speculation on social media that the two could be seeing each other or faking their friendship for likes and numbers.

But when asked about why Felistas has chosen to work with Ken Dumbo, she said he is one of the people she looks up to and that the two have a lot in common. " I love working with great people," she said.

On cyberbullying and negativity against women in entertainment, Felistas says she chooses to remain focussed and pay a deaf ear to negativity.

And Ken Dumbo says he is happy Felistus is in the

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country and that it is proof enough the two are very close and working together.

"People have seen what is happening on social media(between him and Felistus) and we have heard our politicians saying we must build bilateral relationships, it should not only be done at the top but also down here where people must interact and work together," he said. " She is finally here, and there is a lot that we are planning. She is not only working with me but with the whole team( Fanike Media)".

DJ C-Money in Wet and Wild beach party

By TERENCE MISELO

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ENOWNED Zambian DJ based in the United States of America, DJ C-Money will next month present a special music and tourism event dubbed ' The Wet and Wild Lake Kariba Beach Party'.

This will be a three-day non-stop music festival to be held for the first time in Zambia.

The event is scheduled to take place from April 2nd to the 5th, at the heart of Lake Kariba in Kafue, Lusaka Province.

The show will feature DJ C-Money backed by various local DJs. Participants and patrons to the event will have transport from Lusaka at a fee and facilities such as tourism exploration, fishing Sinazongwe night life, boat cruise and accommodation will also be available.

"Patrons are to provide their own food and lodging which will be found at the location. The event is anticipated to take place annually," read a statement from C-Money's team.

DJ C-Money was schooled in England UK. He is a Chicago based international DJ and renowned in various states of the US. Patrons are to provide their own food and lodging which will be found at the location. The event is anticipated to take place annually

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BURNA BOY: I deserved to win a Grammy Nigerian artist Burna Boy has won the Best Global Music Album category at the 63rd Grammy Awards after being nominated for a second consecutive year.The singer is one of the most successful African artists in the world. He hit the music scene in 2012, after releasing the album ‘L.I.F.E’.The singer talks to BBC News Africa about winning, his album "Twice As Tall'' and the importance of Africans telling their own stories.

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Katongo releases new song

By TERENCE MISELO

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Meet King Double

By TERENCE MISELO

Ephraim Mulenga musically called King Double is a new kid on the music block hoping to use his talent to earn a living.

Born 1997 in Luanshya, Mulenga says music is his life and he is happy that the music industry is slowly getting better in Zambia.

Based in Mufulira , Mulenga says he started singing in a church choir in 2004. " I became a recording artiste in 2016 when I mate a producer called Imk Afrika, " Mulenga says in explaining his music journey.

" I have over 10 singles out And it was last year January, when I Decided to work on my EP . This is a tape that has seven songs, all songs produced by Imk Afrika Uprise music production."

King Double identifies himself as a R&B artiste who is eager to use his talent to spread messages of love, peace and unity.

"My aim of doing music is speaking my mind , and motivating people to love one another," he said, adding that his new music will be available on various social media outlets.

WHY IS TREY SONGZ TRENDING ON TWITTER? RAPPER Trey Songz has left Twitter in shock after a video of him spitting in two women’s mouths surfaced online.

Here’s a look at why he was trending on Twitter Twitter users are usually quick to react to viral videos, and it was no surprise that Trey’s video caught everyone’s attention. The rapper has trended on Twitter for various reasons in the past. However, this one surely caught the attention of many as it managed to shock its audience. - HITC

AMBIAN female artiste Katongo Temba has released an Afrobeat dance track called ‘ Yoyo'.

Written and performed by Katongo herself, ‘Yoyo' features Zambian rap star Mic Burner from the ‘Thought of you' fame.

The song speaks of a tumultuous relationship in which the female

feels she is being treated like a toy yoyo, picked up and then discarded by her partner at a whim.

‘Yoyo’ is Katongo’s first single release in 2021. So far in her career, she has released popular songs such as ‘Joy Joy’ with Zambian legend JK, ‘Kiss of Life’ with Reggae artiste Cactus Agony, ‘All Over Me’ with Congolese star BM (Rosalina) and Tinofara with Zambian Hip

LUSAKA'S Magodi Lodges known for hosting high profile musicians was full of splendor and pomp last week Saturday as it was host to Lusaka Businessman Yona Tembo popularly known as Don King.

Don King who turned 47 years old threw a lavish birthday bash for himself and his aquintances that also attracted the presence of Intercity PF boss Eddie Gowa, musicians Dalitso,

B1, K-Millian, Bowchase among other top artistes.

The party whose theme was 'white attire' started at about 21 hours with MC of the night Elyon Tembo inviting B1 to the stage. B1 sang for the birthday "boy" grand entry to the venue dressed in white attire with a hat on his head much to the excitement of his guests both in the VVIP and main arena at the popular lodge and night spot .

Don King walked to the arena escorted by his sons and mus-

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So Online Radio in 'Weekend Poboness'

By TERENCE MISELO

Hop Star Slapdee.

In 2019 Katongo was named Best Female Newcomer at the Kwacha Music Awards and has since been working on her debut album.

‘Yoyo’ certainly wets our appetite for more of what the songstress has to offer.

'Yoyo' is available on all digital music stores and streaming sites.

Artistes light up ‘Don King’ birthday Bash

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

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cle men acting as body guards while dancing to some songs.

Shortly after B1's performance, legendary artiste K-Millian was called on stage as he performed some of his old hits Mukabene, Nizakukonda , uleibukisha and Kakabilika much to the jubilation of the guests.

Dalitso with the Jerabo dancers was the main act of the night as he and team also serenaded

Don King while the dancers lit up the show with their acrobatic dance moves .

"It's not easy to reach 47 years, I just want to thank God because many of my peers have died while others much younger than me have also died .So it's not easy to reach this far" Don King said .

"I also thank my family and you my friends for coming out to support because it's not easy to organize such a party" he said .

The party whose theme was ‘white attire’ started at about 21 hours with MC of the night Elyon Tembo inviting B1 to the stage.

So Online Radio, a Zambian run online radio station based in UK has vowed to continue promoting Zambian music and arts through a recently launched show ' Weekend Poboness'.

The show is broadcast in the United Kingdom by Zambian award winning Dj Blair Kami real name Blair Sikapite every Friday and Saturday nights from 8pm UK time or 22 hours Zambian time.

According to DJ Blair, the Weekend Poboness show is meant to promote mainly Zambian music to the world by introducing new Zambian songs and having a 'One on One Chat' with the artistes.

This is live on radio, Facebook and YouTube.

Recent interviews include Slap Dee, T-Sean, Tbwoy, Shyman, BaCrazy to name but a few.

"The artistes are given a Certificate which symbolises their participation on the show and to also highlight their contribution to the Zambian music industry," Blair says.

On the show, DJ Blair also plays African music.

Blair has a vast listenership on his show ranging from UK, USA, Malaysia, Sweden, Uganda, South Africa and many more including Zambia.

He has worked with many Zambian singers and Djs including Macky2, Slap Dee,

Mampi, Afunika, Deejay Bizzy Wizzy, the Late Dj Linx in the mix and many others. On his show, he encourages his listeners to request for music, send in voicenotes that he plays live on air as a way of encouraging interaction in these difficult Covid-19 times.

Dj Blair is also the General manager and co-owns So Online Radio with his business partner Oscar Miyanda who is CEO. "You can catch the weekend Poboness and many other shows by Downloading the So Online radio apps on Google and Apple stores, Alexa enabled devices and our website www.soonlineradio.com.

So Online Radio ‘your timeless s t a t i o n’, " advises Blair.

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‘Schools must help pupils pick careers’

By NOEL IYOMBWA

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T is important to help pupils to identify what they want to be in future, Grandmas School manager Nadine Kayabwe has said.

Speaking during careers day at the school, Ms Kayabwe said teachers should guide pupils in careers that they want to pursue.

She observed that some pupils complete school without knowing what they want to to in life.

Children change when it comes to what they want to become but if we guide them it gives them an inspiration and shape their future.

Ms Kayabwe added that as a result of that, they end up taking up careers which they have no passion for.

“Children change when it comes to what they want to become but if we guide

them it gives them an inspiration and shape their future.

“Since 2006 Grandmas School has produced successful pupils who are either in universities or colleges and parents do come

back to thank us,” she said.

And 10-year-old Cholwe Maane said it is important for pupils to choose their own careers because by doing that they do the work with passion.

“Parents should leave

the issue of choosing careers to their children because once they choose themselves, it makes them do the work wholeheartedly,” said Cholwe who wants to become a surgeon.

Another 10-year-old

Harrison Kalituta said children must be independent when it comes to choosing careers.

Harrison said he wants to become a police officer because he has passion for the job.

Homework Tips KIDS are more successful in school when parents take an active interest in their homework — it shows kids that what they do is important.Of course, helping with homework shouldn't mean spending hours hunched over a desk. Parents can be supportive by demonstrating study and organization skills, explaining a tricky problem, or just encouraging kids to take a break.

And who knows? Parents might even learn a thing or two!Here are some tips to guide the way:Know the teachers — and what they're looking for. Attend school events, such as parent-teacher conferences, to meet your child's teachers. Ask about their homework policies and how you should be involved.

Set up a homework-friendly area. Make sure kids have a well-lit place to complete homework. Keep supplies — paper, pencils, glue, scissors — within reach.

Schedule a regular study time. Some kids work best in the afternoon, following a snack and play period; others may prefer to wait until after dinner.

Help them make a plan.

On heavy homework nights or when there's an especially hefty assignment to tackle, encourage your child break up the work into manageable chunks. Create a work schedule for the night if necessary — and take time for a 15-minute break every hour, if possible. - KIDSHEALTH

One year into COVID-19 education disruption: Where do we stand?

EXACTLY a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic brought learning to a screeching halt worldwide, creating the most severe global education disruption in history. At the peak of the crisis, UNESCO data showed that over 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries were out of school.

Over 100 million teachers and school personnel were impacted by the sudden closures of learning institutions. Today, two-thirds of the world's student population is still affected by full or partial school closures.

In 29 countries, schools remain fully closed.

The pandemic has exposed and deepened pre-existing education inequalities that were never adequately addressed. As always, it has impacted vulnerable and marginal-

Lost learning is no longer being counted in days and weeks, but in months. Two-thirds of an academic year has been lost on average worldwide due to full or partial closures.

ized learners the hardest.

The economic downturn of the crisis is now adding pressure on national edu-

cation budgets and aid at a time when increased funding is needed for education recovery. Despite critical additional funding needs, two-thirds of low- and lower-middle-income countries have cut their public education budgets since the start of the pandemic, according to a recent joint report by the World Bank and UNESCO. In October last year, UNESCO convened a Global Education Meeting where world leaders and partners expressed their commitments to protect education financing and safeguard learning from the devastating impact of the pandemic.

From the onset of the crisis, UNESCO and its more than 160 partners through the Global Education Coalition have been mobilized around three central themes - connectivity, gender and teachers - to ensure that learning never stops during this unprecedented crisis.

From keeping schools open to bridging the digital divide -- from addressing dropouts and learning losses to calling for more education funding - UNESCO has been leading the way through intensive partnerships and innovations during the past year to prevent a "generation-

al catastrophe" and build more resilient and inclusive education systems.

Keeping schools open and supporting teachers

Protecting the physical and mental health of students, teachers and school personnel is essential. School closures have brought a major disrup-

tion in the lives of children and youth, affecting their socio-emotional development and well-being, as well as their social life and relationships. As two-thirds of the world's student population is still affected by full or partial school closures, the pandemic is taking a rising toll on their mental health.

- RELIEFWEB

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ongratulations on taking a forward step to get in shape and feel great.

Many people are guilty of wishing they could get a sculpted body from eating junk food and watching TV all day. But that is just not going to happen.

Even though getting in shape sounds like a long, time-wasting process, the effort put towards being in shape has many positive effects. If you want to start your journey to having a better body to feel great, here are some tips: 1. Exercise Daily Exercise daily for at least an hour. You do not have to kill yourself from running, jogging, etc., but you should have some sort of moderate physical activity in your everyday life.

If you're looking to shed a few pounds fast, do a higher-level intensity workout.

For example, go on a walk at a brisk pace for an hour.

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planning out your physical exercising. Ever wonder why body builders’ body masses are so big? That’s because they plan out their meals and take in more (healthy) calories than the average person.

certain intervals to sprint during that hour. Make sure you're not in severe pain during your workout.

Just a warning, your muscles will ache after a high intensity workout.

2. Eat the Right Foods and Portion Each Meal No matter how bad your stomach is telling you to go for candy over healthy food, try to stay away from sweets. Sugar from candy will not help you get in shape. Even if it’s just a single candy bar, one will

eventually lead to another.

Fruits and vegetables are the best thing to eat when getting into shape. Apples, for example, do a good job at making the stomach feel full for up to 3 to 4 hours.

Green vegetables such as green beans and broccoli keep the digestive system clean and running.

3. Keep Track of Calories and Food Intake Per Day Keeping track of how many calories you eat in a day will be helpful in

4. Be Sure to Get Sleep Even though most of us have eight-hour jobs during the day or night, it is crucial to get enough sleep to recharge the body’s batteries. Six to eight hours of sleep will keep the body going throughout the day, but if you happen to feel tired at any point after coming home from work, by all means take a small nap before exercising. You should only nap for about a half hour. This will prevent you from staying up later in the night.

5. Stay Motivated An important key to being in shape is to set goals and keep a positive mindset. If you stay positive, you will be able to push

yourself to get that fit body you’ve always wanted.

Erie Cross Training Examiner Kyle Melerski, a music technology student

at Capital University, is on the rise by using his creative writing skills to inform and entertain people.

- ACTIVE.COM

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The Villager N Zed Shop OT too long ago, spotting a Lozi man or woman proudly donning their iconic ivory bangles (Litowu in Lozi) was not uncommon. In fact, you could easily identify too by longlooking ago, atthis and other purposes a Loziotjust spotting Lozi tradi-threatens our population their wrist.

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a chain the of arwrist.However, In Lozi tradition, rests of Zambians outside bangles not just the are country forornawearing “We need to promental, arebangles symbolic these they iconic shone tect our wildlife anda are typically to spotlight on given this tradition. children at different points In 2014 a Zambian woman so that in future in life as at in birth or at for when we teach wassuch arrested Ethiopia being in possession of three puberty. our children about hand bracelets made However, a chain of ar-of ivoelephants ry, while another Zambian rests of Zambians outside _____________________ female was arrested in 2019 the country for wearing

by Kenyan authorities at the and their significance in these iconic bangles shone Jomo Kenyatta International our culture, we can actually a spotlight on this tradiAirport in Nairobi for wear- take them to national parks tion.

In 2014 a Zambian ing an ivory bangle. Many within our country to see woman arrested in locally these majestic animals for otherswas were arrested themselves.

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They opened a shop in Kamwala last year, The Villager Zed Shop, which sells traditional artifacts including some high-quality replica bangles made from alternative, legal materials like plastic, granite and powdered cow horn.

Mr. Munyinda Nambula and his wife started selling replica bangles as a way of preserving culture while preserving nature and wildlife.

“These bangles are our identity as lozis as they symbolize royalty and authority, so we figured we could preserve this important aspect of our culture by providing an alternative that is closer to the real one.” The bangles are made from high quality materials to make them virtually indistinguishable from those made from real elephant ivory and are legal and sustainable. As a result, the replica and original bangles are remarkably close in weight and strength. The replicas are certainly not a cheap knockoff.

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ca.” As more Zambians culture. It is his contribuagree that now is the time tion to protecting Zambia’s to act against poaching magnificent wildlife, as and to rethink cultural he is particularly big on practices that threaten conserving elephants. wildlife, they are open to “We need to protect our the idea of switching to wildlife so that in future when we teach our children quality alternative prodmain zoos outside Africa. ucts that areinenvironmenabout elephants and their As more Zambians agr tally friendly. significance in our culture, that is the “Since wenow opened ourtime to a we can actually take them poaching and to r shop, Iagainst have noticed to national parks within think culturalforpractices th increased demand the our country to see these threaten wildlife, they a bangles, and people now majestic animals for open to the idea of switchin prefer to thequality replicasalternative to the themselves. He adds, pro original. to “It would be sad uctsThey thatwant are environmenta be ablefriendly. to practice their for us to lose all “Since opened culture and getwe back their our sho our wildlife I have noticed increased d identity by acquiring banto poaching, mand for the them bangles, an gles that will not put so that they They opened a shop in Kam- strength. The replicas are cer- people now prefer the rep with the remain wala last year, The Villager Zed tainly not aonly cheap knockoff.at loggerheads cas to says the original. authorities, 34-year-They wa in zoos Shop, which sells traditional Mr. Nambula explained that to be able to practice the old Nambula. out- would artifacts including some high- cheap plastic bangles culture He andadds, get back the “They identity want something theybangl quality replica bangles made not settle well withside many peoby acquiring from alternative, legal mate- ple because they will not feel can wear andput cross Afthatdaily will not them at lo rials like plastic, granite and they are wearing something borders with, without worrigerheads with the authoritie powdered cow horn. that is their identity. says 34-year-old Nambula. H rying about possible arrests.

Mr. Munyinda Nambula For Mr. Nambula, sell-Indeed, adds,it “They want is better to somethin and his wife started selling ing replica bangles, which they can wear daily and cro adorn oneself with a qualreplica bangles as a way of he distributes to customers borders with, without ity replica that you can be worr preserving culture while pre- within and outside Lusaka, about possible arrests. prouding of and that guaranserving nature and wildlife. is about more than just preIndeed, it is better to ado of mind, than “These bangles are our serving Lozi culture. It is tees his peace oneself with a quality re to ownlica anthat original identity as lozis as they sym- contribution to protecting you ivory can be proud bolize royalty and authority, Zambia’s magnificent wildbangle, which from pea and thatcame guarantees so we figured we could pre- life, as he is particularly an big illegally killedthan elephant, of mind, to own a serve this important aspect on conserving elephants. “We original bangle, whic that you will beivory too scared of our culture by providing need to protect our wildlife to so wear came from an illegally kille publicly.

This an alternative that is closer to that in future when we teach elephant, that you will b ensures that culture the real one.” The bangles are our children about elephants too scared to wearis public preserved, and that made from high quality ma- and their significance in our This that culture onlyensures elephants terials to make them virtually culture, we can actually take preserved, and that only e wear real ivory, indistinguishable from those them to national parks within ephants wear real ivory, b because elmade from real elephant ivo- our country to see these ma- cause onlyonly elephants nee ry and are legal and sustain- jestic animals for themselves. ephants need ivory. ivory. able. As a result, the replica He adds, “It would be sad forWrite to: info@wildlifeand original bangles are re- us to lose all our wildlifecrimeprevention.org to Write to: info@wildlif

Mr. Nambula explained that cheap plastic bangles would not settle well with many people because they will not feel they are wearing something that is their identity.

For Mr. Nambula, selling replica bangles, which he distributes to customers within and outside Lusaka, is about more than just preserving Lozi

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TANZANIA HAS UNBEATABLE ECONOMIC RECORDS!

Dear Editor,

HISTORY has been made, as Tanzania ushered the first female president since the country’s independence, Ms. Samia Suhulu Hassan who took the oath of office on Friday.

Ms Hassan was then the Vice President of the republic until the death of former President Dr. John Pombe Magufuli on Wednesday.

This is a remarkable moment being made for the country in so many ways as the new female president becomes

the country’s first female top political figure right at the highest helm of the Swahili-speaking country whose GDP is sound and healthy, as informal and formal sector of the economy drives Tanzanian’s domestic market.

Ms Hassan, a Zanzibar born, is basically a predominantly Muslim archipelago that molded a united force together with the mainland of Tanganyika back then in 1964 to form this modern-day nation of the Republic of Tanzania which has experienced a total tribal unison voice across the nation, this is the nation that

has trained its people on tribal cards very well in relation to politics.

I may wish to join the people in applauding the new President of the Tanzanian Republic and I equally wish to therefore sympathise with the Tanzanian citizens and people across the globe on the loss of President Magafuli.

Tanzania holds special memories for me as I worked there at regional level and our outfit I-NetCom Business Solutions has an anchor branch up there in Mwanza Town.

Regards, KELVIN CHISANGA.

Dear Editor, ZAMBIA is recognised as a common law jurisdiction meaning its judicial system is based on English common law as well as customary law.

Our sources of law are the current statutory legislations and judicial declarations.

The courts are the legally mandated institutions with the authority to interpret our laws. They interpret laws so as to explain or translate the meaning of a word or phrase contained within a statute.

An individual's interpretation of the law is not authoritative but merely their own legal opinion. No lawyer has the equivalent authority as the courts of interpreting the law.

Being a State Counsel or Constitutional lawyer like Mr John Sangwa does not give one the constitutional authority of interpreting the law.

In pushing a political agenda of the opposition, Mr Sangwa has embarked on a brutal and ruthless campaign of misleading the public that President Edgar Lungu is not eligible for this year's elections.

Mr. Sangwa is pretending to be defending the Constitution when he is only defending his opinion and that of his pay masters. The arguments he is now bringing out in the public were unsuccessfully argued by him in court when this matter was taken before the Constitutional Court for interpretation by Dr. Danny Pule, Mr Wright Musoma, Pastor Peter Canda and Mr Robert Mwanza.

The applicants were seeking interpretation of articles 106 and 267, (1) President Edgar Lungu's tenure and (2) his eligibility for 2021 elections.

The court was uncomfortable with the way the tenure question was phrased because it was personalised by the use of the name "Edgar Chagwa Lungu," it rephrased it by removing the name Edgar Lungu but the substance of the question remained the same.

The court then ruled that the

Presidential term of office that ran from January 25, 2015 to September 13, 2016 could not be considered as a full term because it was less than three years.

Subsequently, the court ruled that the second question regarding the incumbent's (Edgar Lungu) eligibility for 2021 elections was otiose or unnecessary to answer because it had exhaustively defined what a full term was.

As Counsel for the 1st interested party, Mr Sangwa was present in court when the law was being interpreted, it's quite shocking that a lawyer of his calibre, a State Counsel for that matter can be the first person playing dumb and ignorant by disrespecting the court's interpretation using frivolous claims that it did not declare President Lungu as eligible for 2021 elections.

I know for a fact that counting 14 days was a challenge for Mr Sangwa but I didn't expect him not to know that President Lungu was the one in office when the court ruled that the term that ran from January 25, 2015 to September 13 did not amount to a full term hence the arguments that he is not eligible for 2021 elections because he will have served two terms are unsubstantiated and groundless.

To be judged to have held office, one ought to have served a full term which must be at least three years, anything less is not a full term and does not amount to holding of office at law.

Come August when we will be going to the polls, President Lungu will be deemed to have served only one term according to article 106 (a) and (b).

If Mr Sangwa is still not clear with the Constitutional Court's clear interpretation, he is very much free to go and ask the court for an interpretation because it is his right and he is no longer barred from appearing before the courts.

MARVELOUS SAKALA, Lusaka.

President Magufuli’s legacy vs our national values and principles Dear Editor,

President John Pombe Magufuli

MAY I begin by acknowledging and recognszing the independent sovereignty of the Republic of Tanzania and the ethics that puts restrictions on affairs affecting another nation. It is an unacceptable norm commenting on matters of another nation.

However, I will publish a series of articles discussing Tanzania and subsequently extract possible lessons for our nation. At the same time, I wish to convey my heartfelt condolences for the untimely death of

President John Pombe Magufuli.

We have a lot of commonalities between the Tanzania and Zambia.

Although we are separated by some boundaries, we live in unison as a family.

Among African countries, Zambia understands the anguish and the emotional pains Tanzanians are going through having lost two Presidents while serving in office and the third President who died a few years after leaving office.

It is easy being comforted by someone who has suffered from similar tribulations and pains.

Each and every country has its own national values and principles.

However, in this write up and other successive series, I will try digging deeper at the values cherished by President Magufuli and why many European nations disliked him.

Interestingly, while President Magufuli was despised by many foreign nations, he was the household darling of the Tanzanians.

Remarkably during the last general elections held in 2020 which guaranteed his Chama Chama Mpinduzi Party an outstanding landslide victory, President Magufuli

scooped all parliamentary seats. He was loved by the people and will be missed even in his death.

I am not in a hurry discussing all surrounding faculties and attributes about him because I have a desire to draw lessons from every piece of information. I am avoiding overwhelming the readers with information alas it could be tedious!

I invite you to look forward to another write up about President Magufuli’s legacy vs national values & principles.

JOSECK KUNDA.

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‘THEY CONTROL YOUR LIFE’ …CRL hears damning allegations about the Universal Church

JOHANNESBURG - The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) has heard startling testimonies from former Universal Church of Kingdom of God pastors.

From being humiliated and getting married at a young age to being forced to undergo a vasectomy - these were some of the experiences at the church that witnesses shared with the commission on Friday.

The hearings arise out of allegations and complaints of abuses at the church.

One of the former leaders who testified on Friday, Pastor Zenzi Sekwena, told the commission how he was forced to undergo a vasectomy after he got married.

Sekwena got married at age

Senegal crosses threshold of 1,000 virus dead

DAKAR - Senegal crossed the symbolic threshold of 1, 000 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, just as the West African state was scheduled to ease virus-related restrictions.

Like many African countries, Senegal’s infection rate is far below that of the West. However the country has faced a second wave of Covid-19 cases since December.

On Friday, health authorities said that they had recorded 37, 541 cases since the pandemic began, with 1, 003 deaths.

Senegal reinstated a nighttime curfew in the capital Dakar, and the western city of Thies, in January in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.

The rate of new infections appears to have slowed after reaching a peak in early February. Senegal also launched a Covid-19 vaccination campaign on February 23.

A government spokesperson said on Friday that the country would lift its curfew in Dakar and Thies at midnight.

Some observers have argued that the deadly protests which swept Senegal this month were partly fuelled by frustrations over virus-related restrictions. – AFP.

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20 while his wife was 18. He said what qualified him to get married at such a young age was due to his “dedication” and ability to “grow” the church.

Shortly after he was married, Sekwena said, he was told to undergo a vasectomy. He added his seniors also asked the wife if she wanted to have kids, to which she said no.

Sekwena said although he

had questions about why he had to undergo the procedure he could not ask out of fear.

Another witness, a former employee at the church, said for the past 18 years of his life, he was not allowed to study or to have jobs.

“We were not allowed to have a house of our own, we were not allowed to have children, we were forced to have a vasectomy,” the man

added.

The man said “We were abused by the church, we were humiliated on daily basis by the church, in pastors meetings, pastors were constantly rebuked and insulted, especially the African pastors. We suffered discrimination in the hands of Brazilian Bishops and Pastors.

Former pastor Goodwill Ndaole said he joined the church at age 17 and became a pastor when he was 21.

When he got married at age 27, he was told to undergo a vasectomy but the procedure failed, resulting in his wife falling pregnant, he added.

Ndaole said when he reported the matter to his seniors, he was told to “pack our bags.”

He added the church later told him to undergo another procedure - which he did. – NEWS24.

US deploys Green Berets to defeat ISIS-linked insurgents in Moz

MAPUT0 - The elite Green Berets have been deployed to help defeat Islamic State insurgents accused of beheading children as young as 11 in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

US Army Special Forces soldiers are to train Mozambican marines for the next two months to counter the rapidly escalating insurgency from ISIS-linked terrorist group al-Shabab.

It comes after the US officially listed the group as a foreign terrorist organisation last week because of its links to ISIS, who it pledged allegiance to in 2018 and who claimed its first attack in June 2019.

Mozambique represents the worrying spread of Islamic insurgency on the continent. Other nations facing ISIS-linked violence include Somalia, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, and Libya.

The deployment of the Green Berets is “to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism,” the US Embassy in Maputo, said, The Times reported.

The situation in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, which began in 2017, became even more urgent last year, with up to 3, 500 fighters regularly engaging with the military to capture key towns.

At least 2, 000 civilians have been killed, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project and 670, 000 have been displaced, Save the Children added.

Children as young as 11 years old have been executed, according to Save the

Global Fund says HIV group it funded in Ghana committed sexual abuse DAILY

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GENEVA - Executives of a Ghanaian organisation supporting people living with HIV and AIDS demanded sex acts and money in exchange for access to benefits, the Global Fund said late on Friday in an investigation into the group it funded.

The 18-page report entitled “Misconduct affecting Global Fund grants” details how representatives of the Ghana Network Association of People Living with HIV (NAP+) “abused their positions of power and fostered a culture of sexual and financial exploitation.”

Neither the allegations nor the findings have previously been made public.

“Multiple NAP+ executives demanded that programme members engage in sexual conduct or provide financial kickbacks to access events and benefits supported by grant funds, which constituted corrupt and coercive practices,” the report said.

“The Global Fund’s governance policy framework in relation to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) is inadequate,” it added.

Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands said in a letter released on

Friday that he was “deeply disturbed” by the findings and that the behaviour was “abhorrent.”

He added that the fund had “zero tolerance” for sexual exploitation and abuse, adding that further action to prevent, detect and respond to such incidents was planned. NAP+ Ghana, which received Global Fund grants indirectly via other partners, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The report said the group had not responded to its findings, but shared a comment on the investigation from the organisation’s advisory board.

The board said in a statement that all but one of the accused executives denied the allegations and that it believed that executives should have the right to cross-examine their accusers. The Global Fund is a group of governments, civil society and private sector partners which invests around $4 billion a year to fight infectious diseases.

Nine programme participants reported they had been sexually exploited and or abused by NAP+ executives, according to the Fund’s investigation alongside Ghana police, which interviewed 43 witnesses. – REUTERS.

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25 killed in road accident in eastern DRC KINSHASA - At least 25 people were killed when a large

truck smashed into three vehicles on the road to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma on Friday, the local mayor said.

Goma mayor Timothee Mwissa Kiense said “due to a braking system failure, a large goods transport vehicle hit three other vehicles at high speed, including two buses. – AFP.

Ivorian premier buried at family farm ABIDJAN - Hamed Bakayoko, the prime minister of Ivory

Coast who died of cancer in Germany last week, has been buried in a private ceremony in the western town of Séguéla next to his father’s grave.

Bakayoko was appointed prime minister in July last year after his predecessor, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died of a heart attack. Patrick Achi has been appointed as interim PM. – BBC.

The deployment of the Green Berets is “to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism.”

Children, that has spoken to displaced families that have described horrific executions by the Islamic insurgents.

Meanwhile in the Congo DR, three eastern cities were brought to a near-standstill on Friday, and one person died, in protests over a surge in killings by a notorious armed group, local sources said.

The protests were called after at least 15 people were killed in nearby Bulongo on March 15 - the latest in a string of killings blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan Islamist group that has been present in eastern DR Congo since 1995. – BUSINESS INSIDER SA/AFP.

Biden visits Atlanta, slams violence against Asian-Americans

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Friday denounced the upsurge of violence against AsianAmericans, telling a community plunged into grief after last week’s Atlanta murders that the nation must not be complicit in the face of racism and xenophobia.

After meeting with leaders of Georgia’s Asian-American community, Biden delivered a brief speech at Atlanta’s Emory University, where he branded hate and racism “the ugly poison that’s long haunted our nation.” – AFP.

Palestinians take another step in preparations for first election in 15 years GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians took another step in preparations for their first parliamentary election in 15 years yesterday, opening registration offices to admit the political parties and independent candidates that will take part.– REUTERS.

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WOMAN ADMITS SMOKING MARIJUANA

By RABECCA BANDA

A WOMAN in Lusaka has admitted trafficking in psychotropic substances in the magistrate’s court.

Lisa Mumba, aged 28 of Mtendere township appeared before magistrate Chinunda Chiwaula.

Particulars of the offence were that Mumba on March 13, 2021 did traffic in 20.5 grams of marijuana.

When asked if she admitted the charge or not, Mumba started laughing.

Magistrate Chiwaula told Mumba that the offence she is charged with is serious and not a laughing matter.

Magistrate Chiwaula told Mumba to behave as the court is not a place to play or joke around.

Magistrate: Did you traffic in 20.5 grams of marijuana?

Mumba: Yes, I was found with the marijuana but I am not sure of the quantity.

Magistrate: Where did you get the marijuana.

Mumba: I got the marijuana from someone in Mtendere.

Magistrate: What did you want to use it for?

Mumba: I usually buy to smoke. I was smoking.

The court adjourned the matter to March 26 for facts and sentencing and Mumba was remanded in custody.

FILE PHOTO : Particulars of the offence were that Mumba on March 13, 2021 did traffic in 20.5 grams of marijuana.

$49,000 counterfeit note land man in trouble

By RABECCA BANDA

A LUSAKA man has been dragged to court on allegations of having possession of US$49,900 counterfeit notes.

Appearing at the Lusaka magistrate’s court before magistrate Chinunda Chiwaula was Bobby Chumbakasa, aged 29, an agro businessman of Chelstone township.

Particulars of the offence were that Chumbakasa on February 25 this year had US$49, 900 counterfeit notes without lawful authority.

Magistrate: Were you found with $ 49, 900 counterfeit notes?

Chumbakasa: I admit the charge. I had in my possession $ 49, 900 counterfeit notes.

Magistrate: Did you know that the notes were counterfeit?

Chumbakasa: I did not know they were fake but I accept having possession of the notes. I came to know they were fake when I was apprehended.

Magistrate Chiwaula entered a plea of not guilty as Chumbakasa did not know the notes in his possession were fake. Magistrate Chiwaula told Chumbakasa that witnesses will be called and he should prepare himself for trial at the next sitting. The court adjourned the matter for trial and he was remanded in custody.

Drug pusher Man in court on theft charges gets suspended sentence

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A MAN who admitted he that it was an offence to deal in marijuana though he did not know the consequences has been jailed for nine months suspended for 12 months for trafficking in marijuana.

Appearing at the Lusaka magistrate’s court before magistrate Chinunda Chiwaula was Festus Mwabi charged with one count of trafficking in psychotropic substances.

Facts were that the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) officers received information that a man suspected to be trafficking in psychotropic substances was detained at Chinika police post.

Detective Emmanuel Nyirongo received information that the accused was disturbing people at an engineering company.

Mr. Nyirongo apprehended the accused and took him to Chinika police post.

The DEC officers conducted a body search on the accused and found marijuana in his pockets.

Mwabi was charged and arrested for the subject offence.

He pleaded for mercy saying he knew it was an offence but didn't know the consequences.

He said he left a wife who is eight months pregnant and there is no one to provide for her.

However, Magistrate Chiwaula said Mwabi's wife being pregnant was not a mitigatory factor because he should have thought about his family before trafficking in marijuana.

The court jailed Mwabi nine months suspended for 12 months.

A NIGHT out has landed a Lusaka man in court on allegations of stealing goods from various shops.

Dominic Kansenia, appearing before magistrate Betty Malupenga said in his defence that it was in May 2019 when he was coming from a night club around 03:09 hours.

Kansenia said he booked Richard Mwanza's taxi and found two men seated behind.

He said he asked Mwanza what those two men were doing there and then requested him to take him home first.

He said Mwanza asked him if it was okay for him to drop the two men first since they were going at a nearby place.

Kansenia said he agreed and they went to a place near Zoona Motel in Garden compound.

He said when the taxi stopped, he heard gunshots from police officers and they dragged them out of the car and made them lie down on the ground Kansenia said officers searched the car and didn’t find anything.

He said the officers took them all to Garden police station but only him and Mwanza were put in cells.

He said the officers interviewed

him concerning theft of goods from various shops and he denied being involved.

Kansenia said the officers asked him and Mwanza where they had taken the stolen goods.

He said Mwanza told the officers that he knew the places and shops where the goods were taken and that he would take them.

Kansenia said he and Mwanza were driven to the places where the things were taken.

He said he did not steal anything but was wrongly found with Mwanza and two men.

He said he was accused falsely because he had no hand in the

Lusaka man jailed for stealing vehicle batteries

By RABECCA BANDA A MAN has been jailed 10 months suspended for 24 months for stealing motor vehicle batteries worth K3, 500.

Appearing at the Lusaka magistrate’s court before magistrate Chinunda Chiwaula was Peter Ntele, 20 of Chilanga township and Jackson Simuma, a

gardener of Chawama township who were charged with one count of theft.

Particulars of the offence were that the two on January 22, 2021 with others, did steal two motor vehicle batteries from Mr Moses Mwanza.

Ntele pleaded for mercy saying he will not steal again.

He asked the court to excercise maximum leniency because he has learned a lesson the time he has been in jail.

The public prosecutor applied that the matter be withdrawn against Simuna.

Magistrate Chiwaula told Ntele that he will exercise leniency because he admitted the offence

without wasting the court’s time and that he is a first offender.

Magistrate Chiwaula said considering Ntele’s mitigation, he has shown that he regrets his actions and is willing to reform.

He warned Ntele that if he commits a similar offence within 24 months, he will be arrested and serve the 10 months.

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No international fans at Olympics and Paralympics

NO international fans will be allowed at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Japanese authorities told the Olympic and Paralympic committees it was "highly unlikely" that entry to the country could be

guaranteed.

Organisers said the move now gives "clarity" to ticket holders and helps ensure "a safe and secure Games for all participants and the Japanese public."

The Games are due to begin on July 23. The Paralympics follow the Olympics a month later,

from August 24.

Organisers said the "challenging" Covid-19 situation in Japan and many other countries, global travel restrictions and emergence of variant strains of the virus had led to the decision and that ticket holders would be refunded. – BBC.

OLYMPIC HISTORY …as athlete Njovu meets 100m qualification for Olympic Games

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PRINTER Rhoda Njovu has made history by becoming the first Zambian female 100 meters runner to qualify for the Olympic Games in the history of Zambian athletics.

Njovu clocked 11:12 in the 100m during the Zambia Athletics (ZA) second qualifying All Comers Meet at Heroes Stadium which attracted more than 50 athletes from various clubs.

Njovu beat her previous record of 11.20s recorded during the All Comers Meet held in December last year.

ZA president Elias Mpondela hailed Njovu for her hard work which has seen

her qualify for the games in Japan.

Mpondela said ZA was proud of Njovu’s progress and was hoping that the athlete will also impress when she runs today in the 200 meters category to qualify to compete in the 100m at the Olympic Games.

He said Njovu’s qualification to the Olympics comes following a lot of challenges and restrictions to compete outside the country.

“We are very proud of Rhoda. From last year Rhoda secured a trajectory of performing well by beating her personal time so we are excited as an association and it is exciting to have the first 100 meters woman

qualifier in the country,” Mpondela said.

Njovu will today seek to beat her 23.17 seconds 200 meters record recorded at the Continental Tour Competition Series in Nairobi, Kenya last year.

Meanwhle, Mpondela has urged athletes to be disciplined and use the All Comers Meet as a gate way to achieving greatness.

Mpondela said ZA has the coaches and the technical competence and it was up to the athletes to do their best and adhere to the rules of the game to secure Olympic qualification.

He said ZA will continue to provide favourable condi-

tions which will ensure that more athletes compete at major championships such as the Olympic Games.

Njovu joins male sprinter Sydney Siame who was the country’s first athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games after he came out second at the La Chaux de Fonds Resisprint in Switzerland with a national record in the 200m category after clocking 20.16 seconds.

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STRIKER Kennedy Musonda’s lone goal propelled Power Dynamos to fifth place on the 18-team FAZ Super Division table after beating struggling Prison Leopards 1-0 in a rescheduled fixture played yesterday at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe.

The win propelled Power Dynamos to within a point of fourth-placed Forest Rangers who are on 32

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Power Dynamos edge Leopards points, one point ahead of Power who are on 31 points.

Musonda’s 18th minute goal from outside the box after beneftiting from Mukuka Mulenga’s assist guaranteed Power Dynamos a second straight win in the Super Division having beaten Red Arrows 1-0 in their last match.

Power controlled the game and could have doubled their lead in the 46th minute

but Godfrey Ngwenya’s shot was parried for a corner by keeper Charles Kalumba.

Kalumba was the busiest keeper of the two and was called to duty again in the 36th minute when he denied Musonda from completing a brace from close range.

Prison had a chance to leave Kitwe with a point but where unfortunate as Simon Nkandu’s effort from a free

kick was saved by goal keeper Lawrence Mulenga who is looking to cement his position as first choice shot stopper following the sidelining of inconsistent Jackson Kakunta.

The 1-0 win over Leopards cheered coach Perry Mutapa who is not focusing on how his team is standing on the Super Division table after handing the Kabwe-based

outfit their third consecutive defeat.

Mutapa said he was happy Power have not conceded in the last two games.

“What is important is that we have won the match, we will not look at being one point behind the top four, I am happy with the game.

Meanwhile, Prison coach Ishamel Balanga said his team was unfortunate to lose in Kitwe because his charges played better than Power.

‘Team work key’ …2012 AFCON winner Sinkala game for Algeria

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

EXPERIENCED Chipolopolo midfielder Nathan Sinkala says the Chipolopolo will have to work as a team to beat Algeria in Thursday’s crucial 2021 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON qualifier at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.

Speaking in an interview after becoming the third foreign-based player to join camp, Sinkala said the remaining two AFCON qualifiers are crucial with Zambia needing to win all the two games to have a better chance of qualifying.

The 2012 AFCON winner who plays for Stellenbosch FC in the South African Premier Soccer League said he was ready for the Algerians and will use his experience to encourage young players to work hard towards achieving the set objective of making the fans happy.

“As you are aware Algeria is a big team so we just have to remain focused and work as a team because they first beat us so we just have to use our home ground advantage Meanwhile, Zambia’s friendly match with Sierra Leone has been canceled following the withdrawal by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) from taking part in Monday’ scheduled international friendly match.

FAZ Communications Manager Sydney Mungala confirmed that the SLFA notified FAZ that they have pulled out of the match following hitches around travel arrangements and Covid-19 travel restrictions for some of their key players.