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LENCORE will not earn 80 percent of copper sales from Mopani Copper Mine and any information suggesting otherwise is pure misinformation, Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Richard Musukwa has said.

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FTER a 19-year-long court battle, in which110 pensioners have died, the surviving 126 BP Zambia Pensioners stand a chance of receiving their correct benefits following the appointment of an Actuary to compute their claim in accordance with the rules thatC3765-30-31 applied to each one of them at the time of departure from the company.

The BP Zambia PLC pension problems started when the company moved the management of the staff pension scheme from the Zambia State Insurance Corporation to Saturnia Regna Pension Trust Fund in January 1995.

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CONTRARY to misconceptions created in some section of the media, Government’s acquisition of 49 percent shares in Marcopolo Tiles Company Limited is recommendable as it is viable business, the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ).

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THE failure by the police to arrest and prosecute the Nchitos for presenting forged documents before a court is proof that they are shielding them from prosecution, Zambia Republic Party (ZRP) president, Wright Musoma who has given inspector general 24 hours to effect an arrest or face public demonstrations.

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MOPANI DEAL FAIR THERE have been misleading statements from some quarters about the Mopani Copper Mine deal, in which ZCCM-IH increased its stake to 100 percent.

Some people have erroneously been referring to the sale agreement between ZCCM-IH and Glencore International as nationalisation.

Citizens and politicians in particular ought to debate this matter truthfully and give credit where it is due.

There is absolutely no need for any one quarter to start punching holes in the deal, thereby sending negative sentiments in the economy.

In fact, Mines and Minerals Development Permanent Secretary, Barnaby Mulenga, has explained the whole scenario in detail, giving the background and bringing out important points and the reason why Government, through ZCCM-IH, opted to increase the stake in the mining firm.

Firstly, Glencore International and ZCCMIH sealed a $1.5 billion deal to increase the Zambian shareholding to 100 percent from 10 percent.

This means that the commodity trader and FQM jointly let off the 90 percent and agreed that ZCCM-IH pays $1 while $1.5 billion will be settled in the period spanning 10 to 17 years.

ZCCM-IH will be servicing the payment through mineral sales in an off-take arrangement with Glencore. Of the total sales, 10 percent will be going towards debt servicing.

This, therefore, means that the $1.5bn debt (sale agreement) has no bearing on the $11.3bn external public debt as erroneously believed in some quarters. It is purely a business deal between ZCCM-IH and Glencore.

The other point worth digesting is the fact that Mopani still has $18bn worth of mineral reserves.

Last year, copper output hit 34, 000 tonnes and Mopani (under Glencore at the time) had envisaged to ramp up production to 150, 000 tonnes per annum after the completion of the $1.2bn mine upgrade.

About $300m is needed to complete the upgrade.

Glencore was running Mopani at a loss and resolved to place the Mufulira and Kitwe assets on care and maintenance on April 7, last year.

The reasons given were that copper prices were low and that restrictions occasioned by the outbreak of Covid-19 stifled business.

The real reason could have been that Glencore procurement process was stained as in most cases production costs were inflated.

Those opposing the action to increase the stake in the mining firm should give an alternative business model. This is the challenge!

Government acted in good faith as there are still about 200 million tonnes of ore which could be processed into copper, cobalt and gold.

As indicated by Mr Mulenga, Government has an option of getting a strategic partner and pay off the $1.5bn debt, thereby ending the off-take arrangement at once.

There ought to be patriotism in the manner this matter is debated.

There is no nationalisation, but Government moved quickly to safeguard the interest of the country.

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CONTRARY to misconceptions created in some section of the media, Government’s acquisition of 49 percent shares in Marcopolo Tiles Company Limited is recommendable as it is a viable business, the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ).

EAZ president, Lubinda Haabazoka said the association fully support Government for having rightly put the resources of the people of Zambia into the tile-making company.

Dr Haabazoka said this yesterday after touring Marcopolo Tiles Company Limited manufacturing plant in Lusaka West.

“There has been a lot of misconceptions in the press as of the true value of the factory and its capabilities, but I think as an association today we stand extremely proud that in Zambia we have a factory co-owned between the private sector and Government through the Industrial

Development Corporation (IDC), National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB).

“As an association we give this investment 1000 percent approval and we fully back Government on this decision to acquire shares,” Dr Haabazoka said.

He urged the Zambians to refrain from criticizing Government just for the sake of it as that has the potential to dent the country’s image to the outside world.

“We would like to call on all Zambian citizens to support this investment because Zambia should be built by Zambians. This is a state of art fact and we commend Government for rightly putting the resources of the people of Zambia into a viable business like this one.

“So Zambian citizens let us refrain from making sentiments that could dent our image as a country, this is a good investment,” he said.

And Buy Zambia campaigner, Michael

Zulu also expressed happiness with the investment which created direct jobs to local Zambians.

“What is more exiting is that I have seen a lot of our Zambian colleagues handling the machines as opposed to our foreign friends who come as investors and take all the jobs.

So we are very excited that there is a lot of job creation here. It’s not just simple jobs but quality job creation, “Mr Zulu said.

Meanwhile, Marcopolo Tiles Company Ltd director, Roy Mwamba said the company has also transferred skills to the local Zambians.

Mr Mwamba also said the company was using locally sourced raw materials to manufacture the products, thereby creating more jobs for Zambians.

Last week, Government announced that through its three entities, led by the Industrial Development Corporation it had paid US$44.8 million to acquire 49 percent shares in a private Chinese company that makes tiles.

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Illegal play parks sale raises storm

MINISTER of National Planning, Alexander Chiteme has called for the arrest of a Kitwe individual who forged council documents to sell three play parks at a cost of US$1.5 million.

Mr Chiteme who is Nkana Memebr of Parliament said Government would cancel the illegal transaction to protect social amenities for children.

Nationalist Play Park was dubiously sold to a private developer without the council’s consent, including two other parks.

The developer has started erecting buildings on the land with approval from ZEMA despite objections from the council.

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Mr Chiteme Mr Chiteme said he consulted with the council and was told that the play park was sold fraudulently.

He said a lot of words were attributed to a meeting that was never there.

“This is not going to be allowed under my watch,” he said.

Mr Chiteme called for the arrest of individuals involved in the scam.- ZNBC

Industrialisation key to stabilising Kwacha - Mvunga

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU VENTURING more into trade as opposed to manufacturing has added more pressure on the exchange rate, says Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor, Christopher Mvunga.

Mr Mvunga has therefore challenged the private sector to aggressively participate in the industrialisation of the country to assist in stabilising the exchange rate.

The Kwacha is currently in the range 21.32 and 21.39.

Mr Mvunga regretted that venturing more in the trading than manufacturing had put pressure on the exchange rate as businesses were more into importing than exporting.

“The more you go into trading, the more you have an impact on the exchange trade because you are just importing things from outside. You are just a

middle man,” Mr Mvunga said yesterday when he appeared before the virtual Parliamentary Budget Committee.

Mr Mvunga emphasised that there was no trick of dealing with the exchange rate other than industrialising the economy.

He observed the need to take advantage of the trade agreements Zambia had signed with other countries to export more local products.

“The exchange rate is the function of the country’s productivity. It is a function of the demand and supply. We need to export more, so there is a structural issue here, there is no magic to change the exchange rate.

“If you are importing more than you are exporting. There is no trick that you can use to correct that. It is how much money is coming in and how much money is going out. The structural issue

is the way our economy is structured,” Mr Mvunga said.

Mr Mvunga regretted that the private sector was not taking advantage of the incentives provided by Government to industrialise the economy and export more. He observed the need for the private sector to change their mindset for the private sector of moving away from trading and to start taking a long-term view.

“We need a mindset change in the private sector, we cannot be a country where everything Government has to take care, and we need private sector to be more aggressive in terms of participating in industry trade.

“The challenge we have business people who want instant satisfaction, I want to make massive profits in one year, in six months after I start. That needs to change,” Mr Mvunga said.

ABOUT 70 percent of Covid-19 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide are on oxygen therapy.

Health Minister, Jonas Chanda, announced that out of 495 patients being managed in health facilities, 339 are on oxygen therapy while 35 are in a critical condition.

He was speaking during the Covid-19 update in Lusaka yesterday.

Dr Chanda said Government was engaging partners, including the United States government and the European Union to invest more in the provision of oxygen.

He reported that the demand for oxygen had increased as the second wave of the virus required high flow of oxygen to manage.

Dr Chanda encouraged Zambians who presented symptoms of Covid-19 to visit health facilities early.

“No country, including developing ones was fully prepared for the coronavirus, but I am happy to announce that our government is on top of the situation to ensuring that the issue of oxygen is well handled,” he said.

Dr Chanda expressed worry that super spreader events such as funerals, weddings and workshops had continued to take place across the country with people disregarding the health guidelines.

Zambia recorded 1, 476 new cases in the last 24 hours out of 11, 683 tests done, bringing the cumulative number to 47, 622 with a positivity rate of 12 percent.

The country also recorded 1, 723 recoveries bringing the cumulative number of recoveries recorded to 40, 362 while 12 died bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 672.

The number of cases being managed countrywide now stands at 6, 588.

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LENCORE will not earn 80 percent of copper sales from Mopani Copper Mine and any information suggesting otherwise is pure misinformation, Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Richard Musukwa has said.

Mr Musukwa said the US$1.5billion loan would be repaid through an off-take agreement granted to Glencore International

using 10 pecent of the production.

“That means the loan will be repaid between 10 and 17 years depending on the price of copper,” Mr Musukwa said.

He said in an interview yesterday, “I don’t know the source of information for News Diggers saying that Glencore will be earning 80 percent copper sales from Mopani, but this is not true.”

Mr Musukwa indicated that there was no changes which had been made by the government regarding the repayment of the loan.

EL mourns with Catholics PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has commiserated with the Catholic Church over the deaths of several priests to Covid-19.

President Lungu says it is disheartening that several clergy men in the Catholic Church have lost their lives since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The Head of State said this when he met the Apostolic Nuncio,

Monsignor Gianfranco Gallone at State House yesterday to express his sympathy to the Catholic Church.

He has told the Apostolic Nuncio that he mourns with the Catholic Church during these challenging times.

And Monsignor Gallone said the Catholic Church in Zambia and the rest of Africa is going through trying times.- ZNBC

DRC ready to work with Zambia on toll gate project DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi says his government is committed to working with Zambia to actualise the Kasomeno-Mwenda toll road and Luapula bridge project.

Mr. Tshisekedi said the project which was being promoted by GED Africa and Duna Aszfalt of Hungary would offer economic benefits to both countries.

He has since directed his officials to work with their Zambian counterparts to ensure that the groundbreaking ceremony for the project takes place within the next three months.

Mr. Tshisekedi was speaking when Luapula Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa, Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale and Zambia’s Ambassador to that country Friday Nyambe paid a courtesy call on him.

Mr. Tshisekedi, who was flanked by his Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works, has also implored officials from both countries to

make every decision that would culminate into the groundbreaking ceremony.

He said the project cannot have more delays owing to its economic importance to the two countries.

And speaking shortly after the meeting, Mr. Chilangwa said his delegation was sent by President Edgar Lungu to pursue the expeditious implementation of the project.

Mr. Chilangwa, who was also accompanied

by Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota, described the meeting with President Tshisekedi as successful.

Mr. Chilangwa noted that the construction of Kasomeno-Mwenda toll road and Luapula Bridge will end the congestion woes at Kasumbalesa border post which will translate into economic and social benefits.

Meanwhile, Mr. Chilangwa has disclosed that during the meeting the Zambian delegation made a proposal for the establishment of the Luapula River Authority.

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“I was also shocked to see that a publication can report like that.

I don’t even know the source of information because nothing has really changed from what I earlier announced at a media briefing when Glencore was officially transferring the shares to ZCCM-IH. This is misinformation, they are trying to mislead the nation regarding the Mopani transaction which should not be the case,” Mr Musukwa said.

Mr Musukwa said if there was any changes to that effect,

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Mr Musukwa government cannot do so secretly because it was doing everything in the best interest of the Zambian people.

The News Diggers on Tuesday this week, reported that ZCCMIH chief executive officer Mabvuto Chipata said that Glencore would be collecting 80 percent of copper sales over the next 10 to 17 years to pay off US$1.5 billion.

Lungu receives report on Lusaka shooting, hands over to DPP

By AARON CHIYANZO PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has received the full report on the shooting to death of two citizens in Lusaka last month and has handed it over to the Director of Public Prosecution for her attention.

Special assistant to the President for press and public relations, Isaac Chipampe said

President Lungu demanded that the due process of the law takes place.

“The President has studied the report and has since handed it over to the DPP,” Mr Chipampe said in a statement.

A Public prosecutor, Nsama Nsama and UPND sympathiser Joseph Kaunda were shot dead near Cabinet Office

on December 23, 2020.

Police announced that investigations had been instituted to ascertain the firearm used in the shooting.

The shooting happened after police summoned the president of the United Party for National Development (UPND), Mr Hakainde Hichilema to police service headquarters for questioning.

Mwenya Musenge rejoins PF

By ROGERS KALERO N A T I O N A L Democratic Congress (NDC) founder and former secretary-general Mwenya Musenge together with more than 40 officials from his newly formed Agenda for Human Development have rejoined the Patriotic Front.

Mr Musenge rejoined the ruling party yesterday at a function attended by PF vice national vice mobilisation chairman, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba at Vocal Afreak Lodge in Riverside in Kitwe.

And Mr Mwamba in welcoming Mr Musenge said, the PF remains the only political party with a national character and desire to achieve economic recovery and

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national development.

Mr Mwamba said the party under President Edgar Lungu has continued to promote unity and focus on issues that would address the various challenges the country was facing.

Mr Mwamba said he was happy that Mr Musenge and other party officials had made the right decision to re-join the Patriotic Front.

"I must commend you for making this right decision to re-join the Patriotic Front.

This is the only party with a mature and courageous leader who makes decisions in the interests of the people.

"Look at the issue of Mopani Copper Mines, he had to take a bold decision to re-buy the giant mine to avoid job losses. If the government had allowed Glencore to

put the mine on care and maintenance, people would have lost jobs and other business opportunities," Mr Mwamba said.

Mr Mwamba said people will always criticise moves made by government because they want to gain political mileage and their presence felt on the political scene.

He assured those that joined the PF with Mr Musenge that the ruling party would embrace them as members.

And speaking earlier, Mr Musenge apologised to President Lungu and the PF leadership for using unpalatable language against the party and its leadership.

Mr Musenge said he was ready to serve in the ruling party as an ordinary member because he was fired from the party.

The Lusaka High Court yesterday appointed Independent Actuarial Consultants of South Africa to compute the benefits of the 236 former BP Zambia employees who sued their former employer in July 2002.

When a large batch of employees were retrenched in 1999, they were forced to withdraw their contributions from the scheme and Saturnia promised in July 1999 that the affected employees would be paid the employer’s contribution at age 55 or earlier but a month later in August 1999, the same Saturnia wrote another letter informing the retrenched workers that they had no further claim left in the scheme.

The retrenched employees challenged the company’s and Saturnia’s decisions and several judgments have been passed in their favour but the defendants tenaciously refused to pay the correct benefits in accordance with the scheme rules and the Pension Scheme Regulation Act of 1996.

In a case which sets a precedence in Zambian pension claims litigation, Registrar Arida M Chulu has now invoked Order 23 of the High Court Rules to appoint the actuaries to superintend over the computations as directed by the Supreme Court of Zambia sitting in Ndola on 10 December 2018.

Registrar Chulu stated in her ruling that the matter was before her court for the purpose of Assessment of pension benefits of the Plaintiffs pursuant to the Judgment in their favour and that due to the complexity of the computations required to be done, the Supreme Court of Zambia directed that the said computations be done by a qualified Actuary.

She said that both the Plaintiff and the Defendant had availed the Court with copies of the Actuaries’ profiles and that all the profiles revealed that all the Actuaries possessed extensive experience in different types of investment products.

Registrar Chulu further stated that whereas the Actuary proposed by the Plaintiffs had indicated an estimate of the total cost and the timeline in which the work would be completed, that component was missing from the Defendant’s proposed Actuary.

“It is on this basis that I invoke Order 23 of the High Court Rules and appoint IAC to superintend over the computations as directed by the Supreme Court of Zambia. For avoidance of doubt, I have appointed the

Plaintiff’s proposed Actuary to carry out the works,” Registrar Chulu said.

The case commenced in the Lusaka High Court in July 2002 and judgment was passed in favour of the Plaintiffs in October 2010.

The high Court found that the transfer of the BP Zambia Staff Pension Scheme from Zambia State Insurance Corporation to Saturnia Regna Pension Trust Fund was not done transparently.

It therefore ordered that all the Plaintiffs should be paid the correct pension benefits in accordance with the rules that applied to each one of them at the time of their departure from the company and that in addition to the interest found in the pension scheme, a penal interest be added on the sum found in each case.

The company appealed against the judgment and the Supreme Court of Zambia upheld the judgment in a ruling delivered in February 2014 save for penal interest which was replaced by 40 per cent from date of departure to date of writ and 25 per cent from date of judgment to final payment.

The matter then went for assessment in 2015 during which hearing the managers of the Saturnia Regna Pension Trust Fund, Benefits Consulting Services Limited testified that the 236 Plaintiffs were only entitled to K1.26 million rebased on the ground that they owed the scheme for fictitious loans.

However, the Assessment Court ruled that the Plaintiffs were entitled to K26.3 million.

The company appealed against the Assessment judgment back to the Supreme Court of Zambia while the Plaintiffs also cross appealed and requested the court to appoint an Actuary as referee to re-compute the benefits in accordance with the Pension Scheme Regulation Act of 1996.

In December 2018, the Supreme Court ordered that the Registrar of the High Court should invoke Order 23 of the High Court of Zambia to appoint an Actuary to compute the benefits.

The Plaintiffs initially recommended two Actuaries in August 2019 while the Defendants counter proposed their preferred Actuaries in December 2020.

Out of the initial number of 236 Plaintiffs, 110 have died. The latest victim is Mr Derrick Nsaka who passed on over the weekend and will be put to rest on Thursday.

Mr Nsaka contributed immensely to BP Zambia’s profits in his capacity as transport manager at the distribution terminal at Bwana Mkubwa in Ndola.

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S Mr Chipampe

ENIOR Chief Mukuni of the Toka Leya should always get facts before commenting on serious matters, Special Assistant to the President for press and public relations, Isaac Chipampe has said.

And Mr Chipampe dispelled claims that President Edgar Lungu

…consult before commenting announced intentions to stay in power beyond 2026.

He said President Lungu was a democrat who respected the law and would not go against the provisions of the constitution.

Mr Chipampe said this during an interview on Hot FM yesterday.

He said it was regrettable that

Senior Chief Mukuni went ahead to attack the Head of State before consulting on the allegations.

“I refute the story carried by the News Diggers alleging that President Edgar Lungu intends to be in office up to 2031,” he said.

Mr Chipampe also said President Lungu was confident of

scooping this year’s Presidential elections.

He however said the President’s focus for now was to finish his term and if elected for another term to continue with his agenda of

developing the country.

Mr Chipampe noted with concern that the Diggers newspaper was trying to brand the President as a person who does not believe in democracy.

He said President Lungu was not going to be detracted by false-

hoods but continue to focus on developing the nation.

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By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA LUSAKA High Court Judge Catherine Lombe Phiri said Ms Pheluna Hatwimbo as administrator of the estate sat on her rights and had come too late to attempt to rely on fraud to stop the time running.

“Having found that Section 4 and 10 of the Limitation Act 1939 apply to this case as the right to sue arose in 2005 and Section 26 does not apply in this case this matter is dismissed for being statute barred,” she ruled.

According to a ruling passed on January 20, 2021, Ms Justice Phiri said it had been clearly shown by the printouts from Ministry of Lands, whose veracity has not been challenged, that the parties were aware in 2005.

In this matter, Ms Pheluna Hatwimbo suing as administrator of the estate of late Samson Siatembo and Mr Milton Hatembo of Kalomo wanted an

order that the assignment of subdivision A of farm no 1924 be reversed on count of fraud and misrepresentation.

They wanted the court to order Mr Hichilema to pay them damages for trespassing on their land without consent or licence.

They also wanted the court to order Mr Hichilema to give mense profit for the alleged occupation and use of land without the plaintiffs’ consent at reasonable rent and lease fees.

Ms Hatwimbo and Mr Hatembo wanted the court to cancel certificate of title no 42578 on account of fraud, misrepresentation or mistake as well as interest on all amounts due and costs.

Judge Catherine Lombe Phiri in her ruling said the version of events by the duo left much to be desired to an extent of untruthfulness while the events

by Mr Hichilema backed by the documentary evidence tended to represent the truth.

Mucheleka case takes off, witness fails to identify accused persons

By STEPHEN MWEWA THE Kasama Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard from a PF witness how UPND Deputy Secretary-General Patrick Mucheleka allegedly ordered his four co-accused persons to destroy NRC Issuance machines and got away with a generator set but the same witness dramatically failed to identify the accused.

The other accused persons are Elias Mubanga, Sammuel Ngwira, Bwalya Chinyimba and Kelvin Bwalya In this matter the accused persons have been charged with malicious damage to government property, for allegedly having raided officers who were conducting NRC mobile registration exercise in Chitamba village on September 13, 2020.

However, during trial the State witness failed to identify the first accused person in the matter Mucheleka and only said he knows him as Mule for ten years and did not go on to identify the rest,

despite having the state itself applied before the court to have the accused persons remove their face masks so that he can identify them before the court.

The witness narrated that on the material day some PF members including himself were deployed at the NRC mobile registration centre, so as to provide security to the officers who were conducting the exercise and that it was at that point the accused persons raided them and committed the offence they stood charged with.

In cross examination, by the defence, when asked if the witness knew that the government has its security wings for any national function and not PF members to do so, he said he was aware and admitted that what he did was unlawful.

Trial continues on February 18 and 19, after the state applied before Principal Resident Magistrate Osward Chibalo that the other two witnesses who were supposed to testify in the matter were sick.

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Lusaka Central MP aids police on Covid-19 fight

By CHARLES MUSONDA LUSAKA Central Member of Parliament Margaret Mwanakatwe yesterday sponsored fumigation of all police stations and posts in her constituency against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ms. Mwanakatwe said the fumigation exercise was in response to escalating number of Covid-19 cases worldwide and Zambia in particular.

She told journalists at Kulima Tower bus station police post that it was important to disinfect police stations and posts where officers were meeting a lot of people from different parts of Lusaka and the country at large.

She said she had engaged the Cleaning Association of Zambia (CAZ) to carry out

the exercise and ensure that every police station and post in Lusaka Central, except force headquarters, was fumigated.

Ms. Mwanakatwe estimated the fumigation exercise to cost between K30, 000 and K40, 000, adding that the practice started with all governmentowned schools in Lusaka Central during the first wave of Covid-19 last year.

She said all the schools will be spread again if Government allows them to reopen on February 1, 2021.

“Covid-19 is real and we can’t deny that or ignore it,” Ms. Mwanakatwe said.

And CAZ president Lawrence Makumbi said the chemical being sprayed lasts between 15 and 20 days effective on walls as long as it is not mopped off.

Mr Mukupa

ATRIOTIC FRONT party leaders who are underperforming and preoccupied with personal issues at the expensive of party operations will be axed from their positions, National Chairperson Samuel Mukupa has said.

Mr Mukupa said people who had been given positions in the party can do their personal businesses but should ensure that operations in the party were not negatively affected.

He also said underperforming leaders could not continue to hold on to the positions when there were others who couldbdo better for the party.

Mr Mukupa in an interview yesterday that when people were given positions in the party they needed to contribute massively to its growth.

“Of course when you join a political party you are just a volunteer aiming at taking it to the higher level.

Someone can be a businessman, a farmer or any other person can join a political party but even when you

join as a volunteer you need to help to grow it.

"You are even supposed to support financially in order to improve its financial machinery. Especially when you are given a position you even need to be more active.

“But when you are given the position then you become preoccupied with your personal things then you need to depart because you are not helping the party in anyway. Leaders need to be very active so that even other party members can be motivated in growing the party,” Mr Mukupa said.

He was reacting to claims by a PF member Innocent Kalimashi who said that the party was full of businessmen and bosses who were not helping President Edgar Lungu to actualise development.

Mr Kalimashi said President Lungu was alone delivering development without the help of other leaders in the party.

He said some Members of Parliament cannot pin-point any development they had initiated because all projects were initiated by Mr Lungu.

ZAF plane crash-lands …crew members injured

Ms Zulu

Bishop Kaela is still Bishops Council of Zambia SG, says registrar

Vandals jailed 13 years

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

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By SILUMESI MALUMO WRANGLES in the Bishops Council of Zambia have now taken a new twist with the Registrar of Societies indicating that Bishop Abel Kaela is still the secretary-general.

According to the documents at the Registrar of Societies, Bishop Kaela, Fred Chingole, who is the council spokesperson and others who have reportedly been removed from their offices, are bonafide members.

And the council constitution which was submitted to the Registrar of Societies for the grouping to be legally recognised states that elective members cannot be removed from their positions by the president.

Council president, Bishop Abinala Manda told the Daily Nation last week that Bishop Kaela was no longer secretarygeneral.

Bishop Manda said Bishop Kaela was excommunicated from the BCZ last October but

noted that he had allegedly continued passing himself of as secretary- general.

He said Bishop Kaela was no longer a member of the BCZ, and therefore all the statements he was issuing were his own opinion and not that of the council.

But in an interview yesterday, council spokesperson Bishop Chingole said the founder members of the council including Bishop Kaela and others who have been removed from their offices have engaged the Chief Registrar of Societies to clear the matter.

He said this time around the founder members of the council would not fight with the president Bishop Manda in the media but seek the intervention of the Registrar of Societies.

“All the documents are there to show that we are the members who formed the council.

Those people Bishop Manda want to be occupying the offices are not even known,” he said.

A ZAMBIA Air Force (ZAF) aircraft has crash-landed at Mukinge Mission Hospital airstrip in Kasempa leaving two officers injured.

The incident happened yesterday around 08:00 hours, according to North-Western Province Commissioner of Police, Joe Njase.

Mr Njase explained that

the accident happened when the aircraft slipped off the run way due to wet grass and poor weather condition.

He said the five-seater aircraft was taking five 210 litre drums of fuel to Mukinge Mission Hospital from Lusaka. "And on board was Colonel Nyika (pilot), Major Akakandelwa (Co-pilot), Major Mubita and Major Lwendo Mubita (Air

Aircraft Accident Investigation Board inaugurated GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Transport and Communication has successfully established an Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) that will reinforce aviation safety in the country.

Minister of Transport and Communication, Mutotwe Kafwaya disclosed that this was in line with the Chicago Convention on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that requires contracting states to set up an independent board.

Mr Kafwaya said the AAIB management would be in charge of investing into aircraft accidents and serious incidents that may occur within the country.

Speaking during the official inauguration ceremony of the Board of Directors for AAIB, Mr. Kafwaya expressed confidence

Crew) who is complaining of general body pains.

“Sgt Mundanda Hansen aged 29years (plane technician) sustained a cut on the right leg and he is complaining of general body pains and admitted in Mukinge Mission Hospital," Mr Njase said.

He said that the aircraft has a shattered front windscreen and a damaged front nose.

in the team saying it is a necessary part of government’s efforts to consolidate and fulfil the convention on civil aviation.

“It is gratifying for me and my team that government under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu has demonstrated its commitment to ICAO which is finally coming to fruition as we inaugurate the AAIB today,” Mr Kafwaya stated.

The minister stated that the Board was drawn from an experienced industry of experts hence is hopeful that Zambia will strive to achieve minimal to zero serious incidents in aviation to improve aviation safety.

Meanwhile, AAIB chairperson, Alick Sakala requested for a statutory instrument to be established that would guide the board to successfully implement its objectives as well as the prescribed ICAO standards.

Previously, the functions of the AAIB were temporarily delegated to the Civil Aviation Authority as an interim added responsibility.- ZANIS

THREE people in Lusaka have been sentenced to 13 and 10 years for vandalising Zesco cables worth K57, 230.13 Kennedy Mubili, Gilbert Zulu and Abel Edson Njobvu have been jailed for vandalism of public property valued at K 57, 230.13.

This is according to the Zesco Public Relations Manager, Hazel Zulu.

Ms Zulu said Mubili and Zulu were found vandalising Zesco copper cables at Substation 371 in the Chinika industrial area, in Lusaka.

Mubili and Zulu were on January 13 convicted for vandalism and sentenced to 13 years imprisonment with hard labour each while Abel Edson Njobvu was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.

According to Ms Zulu, Njobvu on May 8, 2020 was apprehended by some members of the public as he was vandalising cables at Old Independence substation which resulted into disruption of power in Matero East area.

She said Zesco was happy with the conviction and sentencing of the three because it was confident that it would act as a deterrent to would-be offenders.

“We encourage members of the community to guard public property jealously and report any suspicious acts around Zesco installations.

“In 2020, Zesco lost in excess of K5 million due to vandalism of its installations,” Ms Zulu said.

Local firms must increase exports- ZACCI

Emirates footprint dwindles

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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ZAMBIA can increase exports to other African countries by increasing the presence of local firms in the region through private sector participation. to Chamber instil travel

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU This is according instituted to the Zambia of confidence customers.

Commerce, Trade and Industrywith (ZACCI) vice He said these included the EMIRATES’president footprintsSilvia haveMwansa. distribution of done complimentary significantly reduced due said to this Ms Mwansa could be by hygiene kits Covid-19 and it will take a encouraging the opening of wholesalecontaining and masks, sector gloves, hand while for theretail airline to recover outlets by the private in regional and antibacterial to pre-Covid-19 levels. markets, with supplysanitiser chains from Zambian wipes to all customers.

This isagricultural accordingandtoagro-processing sectors.

Emirates, Mr Hafiz said, Emirates Zambia Country To increase its exports to the region, she had also included personal Manager, said, Mohammad Bin should increase the presence the country protective equipment for Hafiz. of Zambian firms in the region. She said this Mr Hafiz regretted that all our boarding staff and during her presentation to the Parliamentary cleaning on Emirates had faced the enhanced Budget Committee on the “impact of trade and difficult task of reducing board to reduce the risks of other agreements on the national budget.” costs like many businesses infection. and motivate “In addition, the advanced worldwide. “To support the initiative exporters, the Government can provide a the HEPA air filters cleanse He said while Emirates subsidy restarted on the rentalaircost of the retailthe outlets or throughout flight, had slowly for three99.97 years.percent and remove operations warehouses wherever it for wasexample, Government of canviruses also giveand subsidised eliminate safe and “The commercially credit to currently successful dust, regional exporters allergens andin germs viable, its footprint order to mitigate high costs of obtaining the cabin air for a was significantly smaller thefrom markets,” Mssafer Mwansa and on-board than before.information in exporthealthier Mr Hafizsaid. in a response environment.

Ms Mwansa observed the need to implement “After each journey to a press query indicated a strategic tariff account andthat ontook landing in of Dubai, that it would take a while forpolicy sector strategies an effort to each aircraftingoes through Emirates toindustry recoverpolicy to preenhanced cleaning and support the industrial policy.

Covid-19 pandemic levels. to do this,disinfection Ms Mwansa processes said, a tariff to “Like anyIn order responsible ensure safety Zambian and proper responsible for setting business, commission we must righthe said. size our workforce line sanitation,” tariffs and in managing and resolving any trade Hafiz be also with our reduced issuesoperational that might arise,Mrshould setsaid up. Africa was a for keyZambia’s markettrade for requirements.She said it was imperative Emirates, and that over the “Our people have always international policy to improve competitiveness years of Emirates it been a big contributing factor and allow the exploitation regionalhad andseen global to our success, this is grow significantly. export so markets.

“An important factor in that not an action“To thathelp we relish, develop policy and actions growth has been the nor one that take lightly. to we improve competitiveness, Ministry of opening of markets economies, We continue to take every Commerce, Trade and Industry and should also use with people now beingtoable possible action to reduce international competitiveness frameworks to and connect smoothly and costs, restore revenue benchmark its policies actions. easily across the world, streams, and “Besides preserve jobs,” the national policy documents for business or he said. and papers, Ministrywhether of Commerce, Trade tourism.

Emirates has On COVID-19 safety and Industry should be able to use the global played a role in facilitating measures competitiveness put in place by frameworks that have been that economic growth,” he Emirates, Mr Hafiz said developed overathe past decade,” Ms Mwansa number of them had been said. said.

ZRA INNOVATES E-PLATFORM TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEAL WITH CLEARING AGENTS INITIATIVE ON CARDS

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

He said the module, the latest innovation from ZRA, was aimed at making improveTHE Zambia Revenue recovery and resilience for a sustainable By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ments in service delivery to its Authority (ZRA) has develsupply chain.” stakeholders. oped a system which will alMr Chibbabbuka said this year’s theme Alow NEW programme address new Mr Zawe said it also aimed importers andtoexporters resonated with the negative economic impact developments in commerce and at protecting members of to appoint and disengage caused by the Covid-19 virus pandemic on international trade will this year be the public from having their Customs Clearing Agents to most countries, including Zambia. introduced by the Zambia Revenue TPINs abused by unauthoLast year, he said, the Customs Services act as their representatives Authority (ZRA).

Division recorded a significant reduction rised service providers. toThis Customs on an electronic year, Customs is expected to continue in revenue because of the slowed down He stressed that ZRA was platform. playing its part in the economic recovery of economic activities caused by lockdowns currently on an innovation the country bysystem fulfillingwill its mandate The new be pi- under the in neighbouring countries and other major new normal drive to improve service delivloted fromenvironment.

December 7, this trading partners such as South Africa and This is according to the ZRA Commissioner ery as well as customer experiyear to the end of March, 2021 China.

- before Customs Services,mandatory Sydney Chibbabbuka. ence. becoming in Mr Chibbabbuka said while the outbreak Mrsecond Chibbabbuka the contribution “The change comes as a lethe quartersaid of 2021. of Covid-19 had presented challenges to the would be achieved by working in collaboration gal requirement under Section ZRA acting Corporate Division, it had also presented an opportunity with other Government Agencies and Communication Manager, some Clearing He regretted thattothere had 184 of the Customs and Excise forAgents the Customs to re-assess its processes stakeholders. address thosewith challenges.

Robert said the organ-Division“The module been a lot of cases of TPIN Act, Chapter 322 of the Laws comes He saidZawe, the Customs Services “For the introduction the export isation was implementing thecurriculum abuse by ofsome people who of Zambia. various benefits toinstance, importers would therefore introduce a new release on ASYCUDAWorld “To deal with the change Management were avoidingenabled paying Advance and exporters, ZRAfunction and the toClearing address Agents and include new developments in at inland management component of commerce trade. Government.exports to be processed Module, and on international the Customs Income Taxstations (AIT). thereby minimising the dwell time at borders.

“We will continue to explore possibilities Electronic Licensing System Some people, he said, were the innovation, a team of ZRA “These benefits include “This measure also mitigated the risk of for automation of more Customs processes on the ASYCUDAWorld sys- mitigating TPIN perpetuating fraud such as officers is currently visiting all abuse, reducthe virus by minimising contact that will all be anchored on the new ing Customsspreading tem. smuggling and under-dec- the Customs borders to enfraud by unscruat borders.

This measure is similar to the Customs Management System that we Mr Zawe explained that pulous persons, larations to Agents enjoy tax relief gage with Clearing Agents and reducing of debt development the Exit Note which are now developing,” he said during the this was aimed at International plugging Customs available tothan Public Benefit taxpayers in order to educate stock on theare part of to ZRA able printand on their own rather commemoration of the Mr Chibbabbuka them about the change,” Mr off which Tax Payers Identification ultimately reducing Organisations (PBOs) revenue having to have one printed

by Customs at ourand dipDay fell yesterday.

Release Desks,” he said.

Zawe said.

Number (TPIN) abuse by lomatic missions. leakage,” he said.

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OR of society, he most buildquarters up to the 2020 Statutory Instrument Manufacturers week (S.I) was exhilaNumber 125 of 2020 as rating, exciting and known the Zambia The Value Added Tax (Zero-Rating) Association of Manufacturers worked tire(Amendment)Order, 2020a was a and lessly to make the Week success good move“Economic by the Government.

As it the theme Recovery Through meant thatand the Resilience” cost of the pump Innovation a fuel reality. price was going to be maintained.

The week was flagged off with a broadIndeed, rightly so because zero cast launchand by the Minister of Commerce, rating means that the Value Added B. Trade and Industry Hon. Christopher Tax (VAT)onis Sunday charged22nd at 0%, therefore,on Yaluma November consumers would all notZambian be paying any to ZNBC. He urged citizens VAT on fuel.

Additionally, mostactiviactively participate in the and Week’s importantly, price hit stability of the ties. The Minister the head on fuel the nail could exchange when be he achieved appealed despite to Zambian consumrate fuel ers, depreciation to “think localand first”increased and buy Zambian prices on “Only the world market. products. through your participation Government used theproducts removalwill inThe actively purchasing local of VAT from the fuel cost structure Zambia achieve its goals of industrializaas anand olive branchthe to society instead tion generate intended spillovers of increasing the fuel pump price in crethat support sustainable employment an inevitably high-cost environment. ation and economic growth” the Minister As demonstrated by the Energy said.

Regulation Board (ERB) the letter to On Monday 23rd in November, the the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry of 4thwith January 2021, the cost buildup was the Manufacturers again, at the showed hadZAM the Secretariat VAT component Launch that of the and the not beenofremoved, prices of fuel signing the MOUthe with ZABS. His unwere going to increase by the wavering support to theroughly sector was procurrent plus an added 16%. nouncedprice in his speech where he made Good as thisthe mayGovernment be, the catch mention that attaches twenty-two here is that, before the a lot of importance to the manufacturing removal the VATMore cost, importantly, 90% of the the sector inofZambia.

VAT paidrecognized on diesel could be claimed of Minister that achievement as sincerequires VAT will nodeveltheinput VisonVAT. 2030But targets the longer canmanno opmentbeofcharged, a resilientbusinesses and innovative longer claimsector. the input ufacturing And VAT. pledged his supOf course, this is a community reasonablethrough port to the business expectation, it hasenvironment, a conducivehowever, business unintended Thedevelopfact Governmentconsequences. policy and business that the removalManufacturers of VAT has had nourged ment services. were knock effect to onensure the pump by theoff Minister that prices their manmeans thatproducts manufacturers will be ufactured were well-packaged paying morequality than they were previously and of high to increase the percent share of manufacturers in total merchan-

MANUFACTURERS CORNER With FLORENCE MULEYA

Reflecting the Manufacturers UnintendedonEffects of SI 125 ofWeek!

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paying before S.I No 125 and fuel has effectively become more expensive for them.

To exemplify what this means and for arguments sake we take the diesel price to be K15. Previously, 90% of the VAT paid on fuel could be claimed

the diesel in the range of K13.5 to K14.

Where then has the VAT that could have been relieved on the price of diesel gone to? Clearly, the price of fuel was inevitably going to increase given the high depreciation of the Zambian Kwacha against over convertible currencies.

The fact that the removal of VAT has had no knock off effect on the pump prices means that manufacof Commerce, Trade and turers will be paying moreMinister than they were previousIndustry Hon. Christopher Yaluma ly paying before S.I No 125 and fuel has effectively consignment sponsorship, donations, forSekele for their dedication to ensuring becomeofmore expensive them.

and goods from the Trade Kings Group.

As the Top Sponsor in the Platinum category, the Trade Kings Group Director back.

Meaning that instead of buying Mr. Lux Subramaniam said that ZAM had diesel at K15, continued to bemanufacturers a great help inusing policy addiesel as an input, could claim back vocacy and was an all-weather partner the input and costsononthis diesel of roughly just to them account they were over K1toand were in sponsor effect paying happy be the top giving for spon-

that the manufacturing sector in Zambia was growing. Their resilience and innovation was praised and they were urged an effort maintain toThus, work in with macro,tosmall and price medium stability the to Government enterprises help them gave grow up and learn its right to receive VAT income in from them. ZAM wishes to thank its Trade coffers and thiscontinued has been support passed to onthe to Kings for their other players in the value chain.

Association.

the East Park Mall. In a speech read on when was removed, hisInitially, behalf by the VAT Commerce Minister, the the wholesale pricethat perthe 1000 litres President reiterated Expo wasofimfuel wasbecause higher across theaboard.

Butfor portant it created platform with the rescinded policy decision exchange of innovative ideas between the effected on 14th January the and local manufacturers, service2021, providers price reduction The on the OMC wholesale the consumers.

Head of State urged price saw major adjustments on the to all Zambian companies, to subscribe margins to the OMC’s which increased the Proudly Zambian Campaign which is by K694, run as well as tobut dealers with anof currently

by ZAM a brainchild increment and theMany Strategic the MinistryofofK421 Commerce.

Zambian Reserve Fund receiving K660 manufacturers exhibited between and showcased and all per 1000 litres theirK976 products to the public atdepending the Expo. on the type.

On fuelThursday, the Innovative To top this, the Government wenthapManufacturers Business Conference further through S.I No 5 of 2021 pened. ahead The intellectual discussions were to suspend excise duty diesel for a though provoking and on mind boggling period of 6revealed months.that out of a scale of as it was letter to Zambia the OMC’s 4th 131The countries, wasofranked 122 January 2021 denotes that country. excise duty as the 9th least innovative Was per litresZambia of dieselwas amounted to this 1000 because not innovaK660 for both Diesel Sulphur tive? No. It was moreand so Low because innoGas Oil. washave further by vators in This Zambia notusurped been registerthe cost products, margins toprocesses OMC’s, etc ing revised their ideas, dealers Reserve etc. Andand so, the the Strategic Conference saw lessons Fund. around ideation, how to standardise and commercialise it and more importantly

removal oflaws theand costs of had a theWith web,the competition they excise and VAT that are ordinarily heart toduty heart with ZESCO. paid by consumers, the expectation Friday was packed.

The Give Back was at the theHonourable K660 Eventthat was be minimum, graced by per 1000 litresator the at least K0.66 per in Mwanakatwe Lusaka Prisons litre as excise duty would be the the paid afternoon.

Manufacturers showed benefit passed theabout consumer. that they were on nottoall profit but Thisalso costsocially reduction would have were responsible corporate helped to athe larger extent, K1 citizens.offset, Through Mother of the Millions or so that was claimed back especially Foundation, infants and children currentby manufacturers and circumstances all those that bely imprisoned through would claimcontrol, the 90%were of the diesel goods input yond their handed cost. worth more than K150,000 to ease their In in theprison. absence of this price stay reduction, No it125 has And, to S.I crown all, of the2020 Manufacturers effectively increased the cost of fuelceleGala took place on Friday evening such thatmanufacturer’s without the VAT claim, brating that hadthe made price that manufactures used to stridesofinK14 innovation and had resiliently pay is now K15. in 2020. In his speech, survived COVID-19 effect means increase theThis ZAMinPresident statedan that “recognition of aboutof15% in the diesel cost. in form the Gala and Awards Ceremony Surely, we all know that when the manwas particularly important, when price of diesel goes up, the cost of ufacturers experienced unprecedented manufacturing will also inevitably change and growth challenges butgo were up. still led to think outside the box and surSome manufacturing vive the tough terrain. If establishments anything, this is have indicatedasthat their what already was recognized innovation and pricing structures will change, or they resilience. mayZAM havevehemently to cut otherthanks costs the in the Minister short to mediumTrade term as they figure out of Commerce, and Industry for how to navigatesupport this fuelduring increase.

The his unwavering the Week easiest cost at from this moment labour,the and colleagues MCTI forismaking which easy scapegoat Week becomes a success.an Additionally, the Week with couldCOVID-19. not have been possible without the Nonetheless, if the Government support of sponsors including Trade Kings wants avert such a situation the best Group to – the Main Sponsor, ZAMEFA PLC would to passand on the benefit of thein- Gold be Sponsor, other sponsors removal of tax that consumers cluding Zambian breweries PLC, used Zambeef pay, the very consumers of fuel by PLC, to Strongpak Limited, Kachema Meat reducing fuel pump price. Limited, Supplies, the Varun Beverages The author the Chief Executive Stanbic Bank,isRoland Imperial Tobacco Officer Zambia Association of Limited,of the Unified Chemicals Limited, Manufacturers.

Zambia Sugar PLC, 260 Brands, Java Foods Limited, Mongini’s Biscuits, Lafarge PLC and Yalelo Limited. ZAM thanks you

Wednesday 27 January, 2021

U.N. chief urges business to take the lead on Covid-19, climate and global recovery NEW YORK - U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday urged businesses to lead the way to a fair and sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic while tackling the climate crisis, adding the world had reached “a moment of truth.”

Addressing a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum - a gathering usually held in the Swiss ski resort Davos - Guterres spoke of global “fragilities” in climate, geopolitical divides, cyberspace and disarmament with growing risks of nuclear and chemical proliferation.

“We have reached a moment of truth. In 2021 we must address these fragilities and put the world on track,” Guterres said.

ASEAN ministers adopt digital masterplan to boost trade KUALA LUMPUR - The first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Digital Ministers’ meeting last Friday adopted the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025 to guide the group’s digital cooperation from 2021 to 2025.

In a joint declaration after the meeting, the ministers said the plan would prioritise ASEAN’s recovery from Covid-19, connect businesses and facilitate cross-border trade and build a digitally inclusive society, among other goals, making the group a leading digital community and economic bloc powered by secure and transformative digital services, technologies and ecosystem.

The ministers noted the

“We count on businesses to play an important role by themselves and to put pressure on governments to do the right thing,” he said.

“We need you more than ever to help us change course, end fragility, avert climate catastrophe and build the equitable and sustainable future we want and we need.”

Guterres reiterated his concerns about a “great fracture” with the United States and China split by different dominant currencies, trade and financial rules, internet, and geopolitical and military strategies.

“We must do everything possible to avert such a division,” he said.

Guterres said the fastest way to reopen the global economy was equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines, warning that “if developed countries think they will be safe if they vaccinate their own people while neglecting the developing world, they are wrong.” He again called for debt relief for all countries that need it, “so that no one is forced to choose between providing basic services for their people or servicing their debts.”

Guterres said a central objective for 2021 is building a global coalition for carbon neutrality.

– REUTERS.

importance of accelerating the inclusive digital transformation in ASEAN as one of the key strategy for the region to exit from the Covid-19 crisis.

The two-day virtual meeting was chaired by Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia Saifuddin Abdullah, and attended by his counterparts from other ASEAN members, with the ministers also holding consultations with their counterparts from China, Japan, South Korea, India, the United States, and the International Telecommunication Union.

The ASEAN ministers expressed appreciation for China’s active promotion and success of the 2020 ASEANChina Year of Digital Economy Cooperation, the establishment of ASEAN-China digital economy partnership, and activities on various topics, including digital technology in pandemic prevention and control, 5G use cases, artificial intelligence and industrial digital transformation by overcoming the negative impact of Covid-19.

- XINHUA.

KENYA MULLS OPTIONS AT TAMING RISING COST OF FOOD N AIROBI - The government is monitoring the current food price increases and will intervene if they go beyond the reach of ordinary Kenyans, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has said.

While they expect the price of items such as maize to go up in coming days, the CS said last week, there is need to strike a balance between the interests of farmers and those of consumers.

The price of basic commodities like sugar, milk, wheat flour and bread have been on an upward trend in the last few weeks, sparking fears of shooting the cost of living through the ceiling.

“We’re predicting prices to go up depending on availability and we shall continue

JOHANNESBURG South Africa’s tavern and shebeen owners have called for the government to lift the ban on the sale of alcohol in seven days or risk collapsing the sector.

The alcohol industry has been pleading for the government to allow producers and traders to sell alcohol, following the latest trade restriction the government imposed last month.

The ban, which followed two other restrictions last year, came after South Africa was hit by a second wave of Covid-19 infections. The government said it had put the ban in place to keep hospital beds ready

monitoring the situation and if need be come up with the best intervention,” he said.

The biggest challenge, Munya said, is to maintain favourable prices for each party.

Whereas farmers need good prices for their produce, he said, consumers, too, ask for prices that are pocket-friendly. He said the country has not experienced high prices of

However, there are currently no stocks of the staple at SFR after it failed to buy the grain last year.

Millers have also warned of a looming price increase of maize flour following a recent jump in that of the cereal that has now hit Sh2, 700 for a 90-kilogramme bag, up from Sh1, 800 in October. – DAILY NATION, Kenya.

Liquor traders cry …Lift the alcohol ban within seven days or risk the sector's collapse

for pandemic cases and free of alcohol related trauma cases.

But the industry has been critical of the government’s decision, saying that it was putting jobs and livelihoods at risk and there are better solutions to deal with the infections, such as a stricter curfew and allowing off-site sales to take place. It has also slammed the government for not consulting

Some ZSE stocks primed for good performance HARARE - Some stocks on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange are primed for good performance in 2021 despite the adverse impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

With the country implementing a national lockdown to curtail the spread of the Covid -19 pandemic, the script is almost likely to be the same as 2020 where Covid-19 dominated the narrative across the globe with depressed economic

maize flour so far as the cost has remained low at Sh100 for a two-kilogramme packet compared with last year’s Sh120 for the same quantity.

The government has been using stocks stored at the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR) as an intervention to stem high prices of flour by selling it to millers at subsidised price.

performance.

Already, the non-essential service providers, for instance clothing retailers like Truworths, Edgars and Axia’s TV Sales and Home have lost out on January sales that will have a knock on effect on their figures for the current quarter and eventually full year performance.

However, essential service providers allowed to operate have better chances of offsetting the economic volatility

it about the ban.

“The decision by the president and his cabinet to institute a third ban on alcohol sales on December 28, 2020, further condemning the alcohol industry to 18 weeks of non-trading since lockdown was implemented … has reduced liquor traders to being mere spectators in the economy they have contributed

significantly to over so many decades,” said Lucky Ntimane, convenor of the Liquor Traders Council.

Liquor traders employ more than 282, 000 people spread across taverns, bottle stores and independent liquor traders, Ntimane said those jobs may be lost if the ban is not lifted within seven days. -FIN24

in 2021.The country’s biggest retail group, OK Zimbabwe’s outlets are operating albeit at reduced trading hours.

Grocery stores are operating until 3pm in line with lockdown requirements.

As economies all over continue implementing lockdowns and limiting physical interaction, information and communication technology (ICT) becomes crucial which will be an advantage for service providers like Econet. The telecoms giant has already shown that despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, this is also an opportunity to innovate. “While managing the risks, we are also alive to

the opportunities presented

by Covid-19, particularly the accelerated need for digitalisation across all business sectors.

“Our past investment in resilient network infrastructure has positioned us to be the digital connectivity partner of choice. We continue to enable our customers to work and learn from home whilst observing social distancing etiquette. “The next few years will be pivotal to our transformation from a communications service provider to a digital service provider,” said company secretary Charles Banda in a trading update for the quarter to November 30, 2020. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

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Father Luonde a lost sheep Dear Editor, IT IS strange to see people who are former Christians like Father Luonde now attacking the government without putting facts well.

The former father claims that the government has failed to manage Covid-19, forgetting that the government was applauded the way it managed the first wave of the pandemic.

Government under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu announced measures of which some opposition leaders discouraged the public.

Father Luonde, who has abandoned the flock and become a mouthpiece of the political party instead of what he was called for, speaks with hatred which he harboured against President Lungu for a long time.

Father Luonde should not mislead the people. The K30 million package was not given to PF members but to

the National Arts Council of Zambia.

For the former Christian to say it was given to PF that is a lack of integrity. Let Father Luonde go to the National Arts Council and get the facts. The money was given to musicians.

Actually, it is an insult to Zambian musicians for Father Luonde to claim that they will not pay back and he should apologise.

On the question of how the money will be recovered, it’s a pity Father Luonde failed to see the guidelines from the National Arts Council.

Father Luonde has joined the priesthood of lies, the priesthood of failing to thank where the government is doing okay.

Father Luonde should show exemplary character because he was trained to speak the truth not what he is doing now.

President Lungu is committed to save the lives of many Zambians and day in and day out the President urges Zambians to adhere to the health guidelines.

Indeed, Father Luonde is a lost sheep.

STANLEY MWAMBA KAFULA MWAUME, PF National Youth Executive Committee member.

COVID AND ITS KILLING INSTINCTS disruption of enzymatic expression in a system that regulates blood pressure and fluid balance.

This is resulting in over-expression of kinins (bradykinins) and leaky blood vessels and excess fluid build up.

I wish Zambia we can put the steaming concept into testing.... Mr Scientist wake up and don’t sleep let’s do this together and fight the virus.

Dear Editor,

I

WOULD like to share more on this most asked questions from different people across the country.

Why are people infected with Covid-19 reporting that they began to feel better before becoming critically ill?

It’s been years since my immunology and epidemiology studies but I’ll give a detailed discussion on this shot.

Did you know that fighting off infection is very resource-intensive, so your body starts off with the lightweight, less expensive methods, first?

And then, if the infection continues, your body starts rolling out the stronger immune response? It’s often called the immune cascade response.

So, to continue in perhaps overly simplistic layman’s terms for the reader to get a clear understanding: Covid-19 is peculiar in that it originated as a non-human virus (Bats, I believe, were the original host) that recombined/mutated in ways that allowed it to start using human cells as hosts for replication.

Part of the problem with Covid-19 could be that our bodies‘immune systems respond to the proteins recognised as human, but not the non-human ones. The body ramps up a fever, etc so the heat activates certain proteins

JASPIN VEE, Lusaka.

that then activate other proteins.

You get a headache. You feel like crap. The virus burrows into your cells, hiding, and starts hijacking them to reproduce. Your immune system thinks it’s beaten the bad guys, your fever goes down. You’re tired, but feel “better.”

But your immune system doesn’t recognise the non-human viral components as dangerous until they’ve infected a vast number of cells and those have started rupturing, dumping billions of copies of the

virus into the fluid bathing the cells (interstitial fluid).

When this happens, a massive inflammation response occurs, and in some cases, something called a “cytokine storm.”

Cytokines are one of the many compounds the immune system has in its arsenal to fight infection, and when activated in large enough numbers, they can push the immune system into over-kill.

Literally, people who thought they were doing better take a sudden, drastic turn for

the worse. Because Covid-19 has an affinity for the respiratory tract, it damages the lungs.

The flood of fluid into the lungs caused by the virus replication and the cytokine response causes the damaged lungs to fill up. Even with respirators, they become hypoxic and die.

Those who experience the most critical stages of the illness and “recover” are most likely going to have lung damage for the rest of their lives, and those who survived cytokine storms

may be at risk for ongoing auto-immune disease.

This is not a virus to be trifled with.

(1) While inflammation and cytokine storms play a role in the more catastrophic Covid-19 illnesses, it appears that the virus’ co-opting of the ACE2 receptors is causing a

Wednesday January 27, 2021

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GOVT TO STABILISE DRUG SUPPLY

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

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OVERNMENT has called for the stabilization of the medicines supply chain to enhance availability of medicines in health facilities across the country.

Health Minister, Jonas Chanda, said the Government wanted health facilities starting from clinics, level one hospitals and tertiary hospitals not to run out

Dr Chanda

of drugs due to an ineffective supply chain.

Dr Chanda said there was a need to work around all modalities to ensure that only quality medicines were supplied in hospitals in order to improve healthcare provision.

Dr Chanda was speaking when he toured the Copperbelt Medical Stores limited (MSL) regional hub in Ndola.

The Minister was on a familiarization tour of the province

and was accompanied by Copperbelt PF chairman, Nathan Chanda, Luanshya Central Member of Parliament Steve Chungu and Provincial health officials.

The minister called for a close working relationship between MLS and the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in order to strike a balance between provision of quality medicines and maintaining a steady supply of medical products.

“We want to have stock up levels of at least six months in all health facilities through a stable supply chain. Having medical supplies to only last for a few weeks or months is a huge risk. “ I therefore directed Medical Stores Limited to ensure that they supply on time medicines and all the reagents in order to carry out the necessary laboratory tests,” he said.

Dr Chanda directed the Provincial Health Administration to

quickly conclude the list of requirements needed to immediately operationalize all the health facilities on the Copperbelt that had neared completion in order for people to start accessing medical services.

Among the health centers the ministers visited were Luanshya’s Chibolya Clinic pediatric wing, Kamirenda clinic and Mpatamatu Clinic which are all undergoing maintainace and upgrade for improved service delivery.

Chamboli clinic upgrade plans advance

By ROGERS KALERO

INVITATION FOR TRAINING PROPOSALS FINANCING SKILL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYER BASED IN-SERVICE TRAINING Background The Skills Development Levy was established in 2016 under the Skills Development Levy Act No. 46 of 2016. The main objective of the levy is to provide financial resource for the TEVET sector for skills development in collaboration with the Technical Education, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA), which was established under the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Act of No. 13 of 1998 and the amendment Act No. 11 of 2005. Among the responsibilities of TEVETA, is the management of the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) Fund. The Skills Development Fund (SDF) plays an important role in assisting the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) to develop a high quality, sustainable, demand-driven, and equitable TEVET system, and one of the mechanisms used in achieving this objective is the TEVET Fund.

The TEVET Fund establishes a financing platform that purchases training services from public providers, on a competitive basis, for skills development in both the formal and informal sectors of the economy, at an arm’s length transaction. It plays a critical role in the reform of the TEVET system by separating the provision of training from its financing. It also shifts the focus from quantity to quality. As a financier of training being procured from TEVET providers, the TEVET Fund is able to introduce standards and accountability to the system for the desired outcomes. The Fund also introduces performance incentives for training providers and, through its stakeholders, establishes rules for spending on training services that promote national development objectives, including equitable access.

Invitation to Employers and Training Providers The Government of the Republic of Zambia, using proceeds from the SDF, has set aside funds towards the implementation of the Employer Based Training (EBT) activities through the TEVET Fund.

The TEVET Fund is hereby inviting Employers in collaboration with Training Institutions registered with TEVETA, under the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Act No. 13 of 1998 and the amendment Act No. 11 of 2005, to present proposals for support through the TEVET Fund towards skills development for EBT. This financing is available to Employers and TEVET providers whose request for financing will be considered responsive to the disbursement criteria. Focus is on provision of training that meets the current market demands.

Submission of Proposals Training Providers will be required to submit five (5) copies of each of the proposals in a sealed envelope. The envelope should be clearly marked with the Name of the Applicant Institution.

The closing date for submission of proposals is Friday 19th February 2021 at 15:00hrs. Proposals sent by Tele-fax or email will not be accepted. Opening of proposals will immediately follow closure of the Tender Box. Applicants are welcome to witness the Opening of the Tender Box. DETAILED TERMS OF REFERENCE HAVE BEEN EMAILED TO ALL TEVETA REGISTERED INSTITUTIONS. HOWEVER, THESE MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM TEVETA OFFICES AT THE ADDRESS BELOW. Please note that the costs of preparing the proposal and of negotiating the contract, including a visit to TEVETA, are not reimbursable as a direct cost of the proposed funding. TEVETA is not bound to accept any of the proposals submitted. All proposals submitted will remain the property of TEVETA. The Director General Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) Bird Cage Walk, Longacres Private Bag RW 16X LUSAKA. Tel: 253331-4; WhatsApp: +260954590783 Email: tevetfund@teveta.org.zm; cnyirenda@teveta.org.zm; hntankula@teveta.org.zm;

DESIGNS to upgrade Kitwe’s Chamboli clinic into a first level referral hospital have been done and are awaiting approval from the Ministry of Health, Copperbelt Provincial health principal infrastructure director Joackim Longwe has said.

Mr Longwe said the works for the upgrading of the Chamboli clinic into a first level referral hospital were expected to start in May, this year after approval from the Ministry of Health. He said Government had clinched a US$24 million deal with Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which would see Chamboli and Mushili clinics in Ndola upgraded into first level referral hospitals "The upgrading of the Chamboli clinic into a first level referral hospital will be done together with Mushili clinic under the US$24milion JICA deal which the government had clinched with Japanese government,'' Mr Longwe said.

And Copperbelt Provincial Health Director, Robert Zulu, said the upgrading of the clinic in the district would help enhance service delivery to the people and improve human resource and surgical services.

Dr Zulu said the absence of the first level hospital had led to Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) being congested as it catered for a larger population from various parts of the city.

“If we can have a first level referral hospital in Kitwe, then it would reduce pressure on Kitwe Teaching Hospital which is overwhelmed and congested because it is the only referral hospital in the district,’’ "If we can have a first level referral hospital in Kitwe, then it would reduce pressure on Kitwe Teaching Hospital which is overwhelmed and congested because it is the only referral hospital in the district,'' Dr Zulu said Meanwhile Wusakile Member of Parliament Pavyuma Kalobo said people in the constituency have patiently been waiting for the project to start.

"Once the project was completed, it would improve health care service delivery to the whole district and help decongest KTH,'' Mr Kalobo said.

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Mwandi Township residents cry for clinic

By ANDREW MUKOMA RESIDENTS of Mwandi Township in Livingstone have called on the Livingstone City Council to consider using part of 2019 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to build a health post in the area.

The residents said that for a very long time, they have lived without a clinic.

One of the residents, Mr Manyando Lifasi, said that people in the township were relying on the Zambia Air Force clinic at the Airport and Mahatma Ghandi Urban clinic in Dambwa Central.

Mr Lifasi said that people were facing challenges accessing health services due to none availability of the clinic.

He said that people had been engaging the local authority to consider allocating funds towards the construction of the clinic.

The residents were speaking during a party mobilization meeting organized by Patriotic Front (PF) aspiring candidates, Ikuka Muleta and Namakau Siyanga.

“We are asking the council to think about building a clinic here because people are only accessing health facilities from ZAF clinic or Dambwa Central.

We want our own clinic.

“Our community is ready to help in anyway. We have the land that was left for a clinic and a police post but nothing is happening,” he said.

In responding to the concerns, Mr Ikuka Muleta advised the people of Mwandi to mobilize and make a proposal to the CDF committee to make a consideration towards the clinic.

Mr Muleta said that the CDF was available and its intended purpose was to improve the lives of the people.

He said that the money had nothing to do with political alignment of any kind.

And Ms Siyanga encouraged the people of Mwandi to support and work with the ruling party for them to see meaningful development.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

GOVERNMENT, with support from UNICEF, has dispersed K10, 000 Covid-19 funds for vulnerable households in Chirundu district to reduce the impact of the pandemic for a period of six months.

Chirundu District Commissioner (DC),Stafford Kayame, who witnessed the distribution of the first instalment, explained that the beneficiaries were entitled to K400 every month for a period of six months.

Mr. Kayame said in an interview that beneficiaries in seven wards of Chirundu district that have network connectivity have started receiving K1,200 for the first three months while the beneficiaries in the remaining four wards that do not have mobile phone network will be paid a full amount of K2,400.

He said that the

CHIRUNDU IN COVID-19 FUNDS GALORE

beneficiaries in the seven wards with network connectivity will receive the funds through the phones and will be paid in two instalments.

The DC has since advised the beneficiaries to use the funds wisely as it is meant to reduce the negative impact brought about by Covid-19.

“Use the money wisely to pay for school fees, buy fertilizer to enhance crop yield and other important activities,” he advised.

Mr Kayame commended

UNICEF for funding the Covid-19 social cash transfer.

Meanwhile, Chirundu Ward Area Coordination Committee Chairperson, Paul Kawayawaya, applauded Government and its partners for aiding the vulnerable households in the district.

Mr Kawayawaya noted that the vulnerable households in Chirundu and other places need more assistance to reduce the burden worsened by the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.. Meanwhile, Emma Zakeyo, a beneficiary of the

Covid-19 social cash transfer funds, said the financial assistance will greatly help in reducing the negative impact of Covid-19.

“Some of us are widows and have families to take care of but are failing to meet the basic needs because of the adverse effects brought about by Covid-19,” she said.

Ms Zakeyo’s used to sell tomatoes and other items in a makeshift shelter before the outbreak of Covid-19 but her business collapsed due to the pandemic. - ZANIS/

UNIP challenges aspiring candidates …state the truth

By ANDREW MUKOMA

UNIP in Southern Province has challenged Patriotic Front (PF) parliamentary aspiring candidates to be truthful and only promise people they are capable of doing.

Provincial Chairman Captain Robert Mukengami said that some aspiring candidates had been making promises, which they were not capable of meeting.

Captain Mukengami told the Daily Nation in Livingstone that some of the promises were not practical.

He said that some candidates

were making some donations without stating the source and true value of the donations. Captain Mukengami advised

aspiring candidates from the ruling party and opposition to state the truth instead of cheating the people.

“We have noted that some of these people who want to stand in Livingstone are not being honest with the people they are visiting. Some of them are making donations to the hospital and charity organizations but opt to lie instead of saying the truth.

“Some of them saying things that cannot be done. Telling people the truth is important because it helps in building each other,” he said.

The ruling party has five candidates namely Ikuka Muleta, Mutinta Matimba, Namakau Siyanga, Evans Fenete and Mr Munali.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC MBONGE MALAMA intends to apply for planning permission for Change of Land use from Residential to Commercial (Shops, Gym and Saloon), on Stand No. 26229, Libala South, Lusaka. The plot measures approximately 1597m2 extent.

The application may be viewed at the Office of the Town Clerk of Lusaka City Council; P. O Box 30077, Lusaka and submissions or observations on the application may be made to the planning authority without charge.

Submissions or Observations must be in writing and made within the period of 30 days beginning on the first date of the period for the publication of this notice being 25th January, 2021 and ending on 23rd February, 2021.

Alex Mwansa TOWN CLERK For/ THE CITY OF LUSAKA PLANNING AUTHORITY Date of erection of site notice 25th January, 2021.

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That is 5.1 billion results. thinking and understand good roads. a guaranteed living wage, Western sponsored political do term with future survival in a will be too late start wonderto have no fear that a blank tions, terrorist attacks and the the increasing numbers of able to due match theour growing contributors. deeds have evaded us?the freefor government handout canworld becopper the econom indicator projects.

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When “things” dwindle, a Castor Bean farming value production face limited farmland drop in overall living standards added extraordinarily little have employers.

Minister Finance is that as from one to the next expect negative growth. proves another US$3 trillion ficult unwinding comin At its height, it produced But if you Googled, I bet the on abandoned the gold standard despite being widely considnecessary cheered war on remany other countries that are back from the precipice of reOf course, the answer to the individuals ortechniques, groups of people three meals per day, polymerisation havesquare enjoyed since indepenunder COP 22. Itanytime will volved in value chain proSincerely, forthe climate change The UN COP 22 no protocol Does Hichilema expect his strong base, the people of Southern, North-Western and some parts of total Western Provinc castor oil-based derivatives amount of Covid-19 Bank of turning addition has, with more thanfunding areveals. few hundred by enabling higher consumer negligible economic ered tosupport be business the country gionalism and tribalism Forquestion secure employers to combined of 2021 sixgrowt me first news item you is not no on August 15, 1971, and how that he prepares the Budget, in alphabetical order asasin Based onrichest the model first and secdifferent from us 2021 are also far toMr. authoritarian rule, that has already been apway in too last alsogot no…not dence, and toisimagine that it a flawless economic growth funding under be an eco-friendly (greener) duction to feed our induspledged US$100 billion to and physical modifications which are valued chemicals continue to work hard once they usher him in office?

Or will most of these people now assume it is their time eat free food?

It worse off. happened in Egypt, and of civil tonnes of gold and silver.

Who about the Gold price, you most replacement is failing us now. apart from direct crude castor oil trees which they harvest and sell spending.

Zambia. flourish, they must have a secure he must not promise anything previous 55 annual Budgets ond laws in thermodynamproved by Congress.

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We A lot of Zambians I have indebt stands at US$15 not industry.

It is ahave not taken advantage manufacturing several millennia. histor- national Political bribes an The electrooxidation process witha sophisticated social indicators that his have not poured voting forinthe PF in 2016, and of bio-based for their This much applies tohave NAPSA pharmaceuticals, and for driven byeffort. increased organic employment below p changes have often that the largest numbers per capiinvesting risk-free products people who do not need toalso lift why are some likepredecessors him Budget in living a world eco the coronavirus, they cause they can as found well attend sector of the economy and models allow people forcosmetics, aifhypothetimoney and in eco- lion.

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The managers could The malinvestment atoun such as Real Estate.

So, by been propping up their econoa finger to earn them. his officials better today dollar’s is not8.4crowd buying an virtual parliamentary cal GDP to exist on off negative nomicrise sectors they hope will ingthat HENRY/STATE HOUSEmeet- allocate those funds to minis- and matter of whether the glass is record maize harvest and our and selling million to international is the danger for Zambia. cal and Industrial political Company erhalf all-inclusive economic worse. and making up majority bribes inunsustain return fo _____________________ oil which has been shaped bricants, biodiesel, coatings, on planet after 2021 I hear youpeople ask why and renewable have created many jobs inoffrom NAPSA is typical securing theearth golden hens mies with money created Economic measure fromoranyone and not pr empty or half full.

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US$300m…. and I know this industry growth.

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They quickly al US$3 trillion that will be suffering.

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Batista regime in Cuba, were wholly different from theworse, stock invespotential terials in their production castor are weunemployment getting from our fewe cop The endless credit creation hascommercialised ers today.

Both pick and shovel there was worry that all the is calmed the University of Zambeen increasing pressure ing behaviour were so naturalpitanddown, poverty. but we do not commercially when grown alongside maize. people doing law and “things,” you have no “things.” ounces of gold or ed pay many others. too many unknowns? thrown K10 billion outside the House? thrown into the US economy. engineer fortheir 45 plant years andthat I 5,“Bally” 000MT, rather Souththan Africa NOTICE THE PUBLIC despotic. "change" mantra.

ThisTO would justify able Hakainde Hichilema our tors butato may not be enough what5,for weits have processes exist. refinery and Castor for slimes today? How mu the of the paper mining Makes them The treated with companies see industries thatthe itoperations. absence bia smaller already possess thewould tech-not on shift existRegardless NAPSA has a toof Philipines harvest the bean oil. oil isdestroyed It will give them additional people doing Literally, ifis NAPSA does notits toOr 36 million unemp You Already, the Minister 2020 Budget into the economic economy Yes. Just likevalue that? does Mr.finance…and Hichilema But they look likesee, sweet-we hold To bethe foreconomy or against "change" 000MT, 5, 000MT, read and I have travelled fara 260 metric tonnes.

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Everything depends on planning permission for Change of Land use from Residential to Commercial (Offices) on Stand soft loans can magically reverse virus, plus aid to hospita unknowns due ened that at the rate Covid-19 dium businesses afloat and lative external and domestic base, the people of South Small producers export number could grow. and the today, or back across orworld heard or been tothere a scale mines?

How much gold toolder exchange allfor the paper dollars newspaper, you will notice Zambia to lending for capital senior citizens.

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And how much is leav the US in 1971. page, there is a lot of talk about the documents required to apply continue to work hard onc one day. is likely to be for the better even crop cultivation for its oil, We are a signatory to Costlier technologies The application may be viewed at the Office of the Town Clerk of Lusaka City Council; P. O Box by keeping the fraud of free Development and Planning secured contributions from the to low demand but production castor bean is profitable than upon like today.

With a dyn less inevitably. institutions to create employers impoverished by redistributing US Congress had pass economy for us dying every day up to the end mitigate the Covid-19 spread. ernment has created out of workers, businesses, and memour borders undetected?

While central Bank driven inall the capital raising and wastefor funding. flexibility of EU fiscal rules to help “He ruined us!” was a headif anchored on big propaganda they usher him in office?

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There world, the tiniest, riskiest sector to maintain employment during In the last six months 2021 Budget our fifth day since Wednesday, cash intervention and may affected by the coronavirus…

January, 2021and ending on 26 February, 2021. dence Day 57 years agothe on food?

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I want to emphasise.

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October 2, 2020 11 2020 27 November, January, 2021 § It is used to make high-voltage (b) Neon Example 2 The table below shows the variation of M and N connected by the equation M=h § indicators It is used to make high-voltage (a) 2Fe + 3I2 2FeI3 § It is used to make coloured SENIOR MATHEMATICS indicators § Displacement reaction. A halogen that is M 10 25 signs 50 a Organic Chemistry § advertising It is used to make coloured more reactive displaces the less reactive GRADE: 11 DATE: 22/01/2021 § It is used as a refrigerant advertising signs halogen from the aqueous solution that has Learning Outcomes: 3 Propane C3H8 -42 N 8Gas 27 (c) Argon § It is usedb as a refrigerant 1000 its ions.

TOPIC: VARIATION § It is used in electric filament bulbs Group and VIII Elements  Describe an VII organic compound (c) Argon Example 3 tube filament bulbs § and It is flourescent used in electric (a) Cl (g) + 2NaBr(aq) 2 1 : DIRECT VARIATION Thursday  Describe hydrocarbon Isomers for Alkanes Group VII elements are LESSON commonly known as § It is flourescent used as a shield 4 Butane C4H10 + Br2(aq) -0.5 and tube inert gas for arc 3Gas September, 2020 2NaCl(aq) halogens.

These elements are placed in this group Two quantities changing by the same ratio at each and every are said to be varying.

The variation welding and cutting  Describe the physical and chemical properties ofpoint alkanes Isomers are organic compounds with sameinert molecular formula (i) 2KF(aq) Find the value of h § It is used as a shield gas for arc but dif(b) F2(g) + 2KI(aq) because have electrons in thea constant of variation. + I (aq) ferent structural formula.

In the case of alkanes, Isomers are formed Task. of two or morethey quantities has a seven constant factor .

This is called welding and cutting (K ) 2 (ii) The values of where a∧b there are four or more carbon atoms. Isomers are named by Organic chemistry is the branch chemistry that deals with the outermost shell.

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Halogens react with ofVariation carbon compounds except carbonates, oxides of carbon. An or1.Below is the portion Table following the International Union of for the Pure Periodic and Applied Chemistry of quantities fall into the following categories: members of this group.

36 Liquid 5 Pentane C5H12acidic solution. water to form ganic compound is a compound that contain carbon atoms except (IUPAC)rules. are as follows: showing some elements.

1.Below The is rules the portion of the Periodic Table for some. These includes: carbonates, oxides of carbon, and metal Example 4 (i) Direct variation Name Chemical formula showing elements. cyanides.

These compounds are called inorganic compounds. There  Findsome the longest (a) Cl2(g) + 2H2O(l) HCl(aq) + Solutions:chain containing the side chain. (ii) Inverse variation are Flourine a lot of organic compounds and they are used F in various ways.

From the above table it can be seen that as the number of carbon HOCl(aq)  Number the carbon atoms starting from the end that gives (iii) Joint variation atoms increase, the melting point and boiling point also increase.

Chlorine Cl 3 Naming of organic compounds the lowest position of the side chain. (i) (iv) Partial variation M=h N √ Bromine Br Example 1 The name of an organic compound gives some information about the  Write the number of the carbon atom at which the side Iodine I The focus at this level will be on first three way (direct, inverse joint variations).

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ANSWERS TO PUZZLE 37 20 Edible root action where one atom or group atoms in a molecule are (a) Helium on n starts(ii)with one (1) PUZZLE 37 SOLUTION The longest chain has three carbon atoms and is called propane.

The replaced by is another a substitution § It used atom. to fillAlkanes hot airundergo balloons and Reaction2 with metals 2 side chain is methyl and is on carbon number 2.

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And Nkana have also signed a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with sports betting company, Betway Zambia.

ZRA CommissionerGeneral Kingsley Chanda said it will work with Nkana Football Club to achieve its brand objectives while helping the club to remain “afloat.”

Speaking during the unveiling of Nkana’s 2020/2021 kit at Garden Court Hotel in Kitwe yesterday, Chanda said the ZRA settled for Nkana because it was the most successful and oldest club in Zambia thereby commanding one of the largest support bases and having won the league title 13 times.

And Betway Zambia Country Manager Panji Kakube noted that the launch of the jersey will help the team to be focused and determined both in the domestic and continental league.

ZAMBIA FACES NAMIBIA HURDLE (From page 16) Zambia will however be wary of joint leaders Guinea who are better on goal difference while third-placed Tanzania could also be party spoilers depending on the outcomes of the two games with a win for them against Guinea and loss for Zambia to Namibia almost securing them a spot to the next round.

And “Micho” says he will aim to avert the pressure but that they will play creative football in the mid field and aim to be sharp in front due to the solidness of Namibia. ''Our target will be to improve in the game so as to avert the pressure and satisfy the many soccer fans at home and abroad.

We shall try to correct what we did wrong in the match against Tanzania and Guinea but also having respect for our opponents,'' said “Micho.”

“We shall try to avoid complacency because we respect Namibia but we shall fully focus as we are not trying to eliminate our opponents but playing to win.

This is Zambia's fourth participation at the CHAN tournament and will be their fourth time to make it out of the group stage should they qualify to the next round of the competition.

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Meanwhile, club president Joseph Silwamba welcomed the unveiling of the 2020/2021 official kit and said he looked forward to a better performance from players, technical bench and executive committee.

In league action, following their last two frustrating home draws at home last week, NAPSA Stars today focus their attention to collecting maximum points against Kabwe warriors as they seek redemption on the domestic front.

NAPSA hosts Warriors in their rescheduled week eight super division fixture to be played today at the Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka.

While the pensioners have been in fine form in the CAF Confederations

Cup in which the team is unbeaten and have qualified to the pre group stage of the competition, their domestic form has been unconvincing compared to that of last season.

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