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August 23, 2020

BOZ GOVERNOR SACKED

By SIMON MUNTEMBA, SILUMESI MALUMO and BUUMBA CHIMBULU

APPOINTMENT of Chrsitopher Mvunga is appropriate to harmonize Government's aspiration in the policy framework and implementation by the Central Bank, former Deputy Minister of Finance Danny Pule has said.

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This harmony, according to Dr Pule was vital in this period of covid 19 to embrace innovation, creativity and enterprise to enhance the economy.

The global economy was in crisis, requiring strong policy measures to respond thereby all actors should be fully synchronized working in unison. To page 3)

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LONDON COURT CLEARS ZAMBIA OF CORRUPTION … as Zambia is awarded US$2.7m

BY KALUNGA MWAPE A LONDON court has dismissed corruption charges against the Zambian government.

The court has also awarded Zambia costs amounting to $2,700,000 and over $197,000 in reimbursable expenses.

This is in a matter Lodestar International, a company registered in North Carolina, USA sued the Zambian government on contractual grounds in the London Court of Arbitration in the United Kingdom claiming that it had lost a contract to build police houses because of corruption. In its ruling however, the London Court of Arbitration found in favour of the Zambian government and ruled out corruption, awarding costs to the defendants.

Home Affairs Minister, Stephen Kampyongo told a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday

that Lodestar International and Lodestar International Zambia sued the government in 2018 on contractual grounds.

“In 2018 Lodestar International LLC and Lodestar International Zambia Limited sued the Zambian Government in the London court of international arbitration through their lawyers based in the United States of America, Messrs Cooley LLP on a Contract entered into by the parties on September 4, 2012 for the Construction of Housing Units for the Ministry of Home Affairs, mainly the Zambia Police Service,” Mr Kampyongo said.

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COVID MISCONCEPTIONS

IT IS shocking that seven months after the country recorded its first coronavirus case, many Zambians are still in denial about the existence of the disease and the fact that it can affect anyone.

Sadly, ignorance among a large part of the population is now clearly the main hindrance to the effective combating of this deadly pandemic.

It is ironic that the very people who may be most in danger of contracting Covid-19 are the ones doubting the seriousness of the disease by insisting that it is a disease for the rich.

That so many people in rural and high density areas still remain ignorant about the pandemic and its devastating impact on all forms of life, calls for a shift in the packing of information.

Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya said yesterday it is worrying that many people in the country are still living with the myth that the Corona Virus only affected urban areas.

Dr Chilufya said such a mentality was worrying as it was not the case on the ground.

The minister said that rural areas have equally recorded a number of cases that may not have been captured in the recent months because of the same myth.

“The virus is beyond Lusaka and the Copperbelt. Rural areas are also affected and it is only important that each one of us takes responsibility of their own actions in order to protect the next person,” he said.

The level of scepticism towards the Covid is high particularly in high density and rural areas where dwellers believe that the disease affects those who live better than them. This kind of ignorance is dangerous to a country that is fighting to bring the Covid pandemic under control by urging all citizens to adhere to health regulations.

Sadly the ignorance is fuelled by denial more than anything else.

We think that the message is not getting to the people and drastic action is needed to change this mindset.

It is time to do away with the nice messages and veiled threats of what Covid can do.

There should be no more pussyfooting about the Covid pandemic.

The government has a duty to show the nation what health workers are grappling with every day and night to save lives.

It may not be surprising to find that even the people showing disbelieve towards the disease, have also lost relatives to the same ailment. Such is the impact of Covid, that Government has warned of the escalation of cases in rural areas.

Dr Chilufya has warned during his daily updates that the Covid fight is not to be taken light or ignored by any one or any class of people. This is a disease spread by air and contact, and these are variables which no human being can avoid.

With our traditional beliefs promoting community gatherings for weddings and funerals, the Covid-19 has found a fertile ground to breed. These are practices which Government through the ministry of Health has been discouraging.

However, with the ignorance being expressed about the disease, it is doubtful people in rural areas for instance, would heed any advice to avoid gatherings. For all intents and purposes, community gatherings are a show of love and respect and any suggestions to discontinue this would not be welcomed.

It is therefore imperative that the government not only changes its messaging, but also engage traditional leaders on the dangers that gatherings pose. While the people may be sceptical of a person from the urban setting warning about gatherings, the same message coming from a traditional leader may find receptive minds.This means involving local leadership to teach and explain the impact of Covid- 19 to the people.

More importantly, leaders must lead by example and show respect to the guidelines by following the rules. This means that whether one is from the ruling party or opposition, they should show responsible leadership and tell their members the truth about Covid.

Let our people not perish because of ignorance.

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ZAMBIA’S CORRUPT FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

By ANTONIO MWANZA FROM that February day, in 2003 when President Levy Mwanawasa went to Parliament and slapped President Chiluba with 168 charges of corruption, the fight against corruption in Zambia has become a political tool that politicians have often used to target political opponents to gain political mileage by shouting ‘corruption’ the loudest.

In this country, many people believe that corruption is only corruption if it involves a politician. Like if you pay a bribe to obtain a Drivers Licence, or if you pay a traffic police officer a K50 to avoid being charged with a traffic offense such as over speeding that is not corruption.

In Zambia corruption is most treated as corruption when a politician is named or involved; the whole fight against corruption has been corrupted and politicized.

Equally, the levels of lack of information and misinformation is not helping matters. Many people believe that Government resources are in the hands and control of politicians.

This is very far from the truth: Politicians don’t control state coffers, it is the technocrats, the Permanent Secretaries and their fellow bureaucrats who are CONTROLLING and SPENDING agents of state resources not politicians. That is

essentially why the Auditor General’s and the Public Accounts Reports cite technocrats and not politicians as culprits of corruption and abuse of public resources because they are the ones in charge of the state coffers not the politicians.

You fight corruption not by shouting the loudest or by accusing others of corruption, no, you fight corruption by taking the necessary fiscal, social and legislative steps to address the causes, seal the loopholes and punish the culprits.

While Levy Mwanawasa used the fight against corruption to market himself, the results clearly show that other than using the fight against corruption for political gain there were no real practical measures that he and his government took to stamp out corruption.

For instance Levy’s so called Task Force Against corruption only enriched his lawyer friends whom he appointed on the Task Force. US$18 million of taxpayers money was spent on Mwanawasa’s lawyer friends and foreign investigations while Chiluba was acquitted of all the charges.

In fact the independent Evaluation Report done by a consortium of international donors concluded that many stakeholders believed that The Task Force was used as a personal tool by Mwanawasa to settle political scores and market himself as an anti-graft President for political expediency.

Like I earlier said, you don’t fight corruption by shouting ‘corruption’ the loudest, you fight corruption by putting in place the appropriate fiscal, social and legislative measures to combat draft and that is exactly what the PF Government has done as can be demonstrated by the numerous PRACTICAL steps that this Government has put in place:

Intelligence Centre(FIC). Additionally, Cabinet has since agreed to further strengthen and re-align the mandate and operations of FIC and ACC to ensure a more cohesive and effective way of fighting corruption.

2. The Government Increased funding to improve the management and operational capacity of ACC as well as FIC and other investigative wings.

1. Strengthening legislation: The PF Government has strengthened the anti-graft laws by for instance introducing the Public Finance Management Laws as well as operationalizing the Financial

Ultimately it will take you and me, not just ECL and officials to fight corruption; corruption is a moral, social as well as a legal issue and it will take every one of us to demonize and fight it.

3. The PF Government is paying particular interest to increasing the staffing levels of the ACC and other investigative wings with the correct number of skilled experts in various anti-graft techniques.

4. The PF Government has embarked on the decentralization process of the ACC to ensure widespread presence especially in urban and peri-urban areas of the country.

5. Government has continued education and sensitization of the negative effects of corruption as well and the unwavering support that the PF Government has continued to give to the work and mandate of the Auditor General’s office as well as the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament are yielding major results as an be seen from the increased number of prosecutions and convictions of erring officers.

6. President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has demonstrated unparalleled leadership by not shielding any member of his administration from being investigated and prosecuted by the competent courts of law.

Under ECL, there are no sacred cows, anyone and every one whether Minister or an ordinary cadre is subject to the law of the land.

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Dr Pule welcomed the appointment of Mr Mvunga as Bank of Zambia Governor as the right person to revive the economy.

Dr Pule who is also Christian Democratic Party president, said Mr Mvunga was experienced and he deserved the appointment.

He said the former Governor Denny Kalyalya had failed to stabilise the currency but that with his qualifications, Mr Mvunga would be able to do this.

“I have just called him to congratulate him for the appointment. President Lungu has made the right decision and I am confident that things will now move in the right direction,” Dr Pule said. “ We have seen Mr Mvunga working in critical positions not only in Zambia but also abroad.

I think people need to appreciate what the President has done,” Dr Pule said.

President Edgar Lungu yesterday terminated the contract of Bank of Zambia (BOZ) Governor, Dr Kalyalya with immediate effect.

President Lungu has since appointed deputy secretary to the Cabinet for finance and economic development, Christopher Mvunga as new BOZ Governor replacing Dr Kalyalya.

This is contained in a statement released to the Daily Nation yesterday

by Mr Isaac Chipampe, special assistant for press and public relations.

Meanwhile, the Head of State has also appointed director of planning in the ministry of National Development Planning, Dr Mike Masiye as deputy secretary to the Cabinet for finance and economic development replacing Mr Mvunga.

President Lungu has wished Dr Kalyalya well in his future endeavours.

He also wished Mr Mvunga and Dr Masiye respectively success in their new roles.

Meanwhile, The Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) Chairperson,Yusuf Dodia has said the role of the Bank of Zambia is to ensure stability of the economy and macroeconomic indicators and as such, the newly appointed Governor, Christopher Mvunga, should focus on these two areas.

Mr Dodia said the new Governor should be professional and ensure that he provided credible information to the Ministry of Finance as it formulated the 2021 national budget.

He encouraged Mr Mvunga to recognise the need to lay cards on the table as a country and expose the real challenges currently being faced while being be able to put in place strategic measures that would deal with the stability of the economy by stimulating it.

“Mr Mvunga should bring the experience from the Ministry of Finance where he served in a senior position and ensure that he uses the team around him constructively to achieve his goals at the BoZ. He should be professional and allow his team to do the ground work,” he said in an interview.

Mr Dodia also said it was sad that the contract for the former BoZ Governor, Dr Denny Kalyalya, was terminated.

“Dr Kalyalya joined the BoZ at a lower level before becoming Governor. So he had a rich experience.

Zambia is going through challenges times and there is very little the BoZ can do to correct that.

No arrest in ‘Chopped’ manhood case

By KALOBWE BWALYA NO ARRESTS have been made concerning the wounding of a man whose manhood was cut off in the early hours of Tuesday by unknown people in Lusaka, Police Assistant spokesperson Geoffrey Chilabi has disclosed.

In an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Chilabi appealed to the general public to come forward and help the police with investigations.

Mr Chilabi said, police have launched a manhunt until the culprits are brought to book and investigations have continued.

But relatives of the Lusaka man who has lost his manhood after criminals attacked him on Tuesday have disclosed that the victim was a mental health patient.

Bristol Ntalasha, the cousin to the victim said Abednego Katuka has been roaming the streets since his illness.

Mr Ntalasha has however called on the police to bring the culprits to book.

The man is currently admitted in the University Teaching Hospitals (UTH), nursing the wounds that were inflicted on him.

According to UTH public relations officer, Natalie Mashikolo, the male adult was brought to UTH in a semi-conscious state by the police.

She said this was after officers were informed by members of the public that there was a man lying in a pool of blood under the flyover bridge.

“The victim was attended to in our Accident and Emergency Unit. He is stable and is currently receiving treatment,” she said.

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Mr. Kampyongo disclosed that Lodestar claimed that Zambia was in breach of contract because it failed or never tried at all to reasonably perform the obligations under the contract and that Zambia corruptly awarded a contract to AVIC international to do the same works Lodestar was contracted to perform.

“In defense the Zambian Government stated that there was no breach of contract because the conditions precedent to the fulfillment and enforcement of the contract were not met and therefore there was no compliance with the legal requirements for the enforcement of the contract as required by Zambian law particularly, the Constitution of The Republic of Zambia and the Zambian Public Procurement Act Number 12 of 2008 among other reasons,” he said.

And Mr. Kampyongo said that the Arbitral Tribunal found that there was insufficient evidence to prove any corruption allegations against Zambia or any official in the employment of the Zambian Government.

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LONDON COURT CLEARS ZAMBIA OF CORRUPTION

...as Zambia is awarded US$2.7m

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The tribunal went further to state that based on the evidence presented before it by lodestar, it could not find any iota of evidence in the subsequent award of the

contract to AVIC International for Construction of the Housing Units.

“Following this Tremendous decision, The Tribunal ordered Lodestar International LLC to

pay the Zambian Government US$2,700,000 in respect of Zambia legal and other costs and in excess of US$197,000) as reimbursable expenses incurred by the Republic of Zambia for the hearing of the matter at the London Court of International Arbitration,” Mr Kampyongo said.

Zambian Government was represented in the London court by a team of both internal and external lawyers comprised of lawyers from MESSRS DLA Piper of the United Kingdom, the Solicitor General Mr. Abraham Mwansa, SC, Mrs KaumbiNdulo Mundia, Principle State Advocate and Mrs Diana Majokwe Shamabobo, Principle State Advocate of the Ministry of Justice in Zambia.

Police explain street cameras installation facilitate arrests of criminals in all corners of the country.

“This means that officers can monitor towns and streets from the command centre and deploy the nearest police officers to crime scenes,” Mr Kapeso said.

Mr Kapeso stated that all provincial centres will have mini national command centres for ease communication among the police Command.

He said the tower will also be installed with radios that will be given GPS to control the location of the incidences and enable conference meetings between provinces.

“This is a very viable project and the government has spent a lot of money on it, once installed it will make the work of the police simple,” Mr Kapeso said.

He said every police station in Zambia will soon have closed-circuit television CCTV in a bid to enhance security.

By FLAVIOR KANUNGO

The Zambia Police has embarked on a project called Safe City aimed at enhancing the safety of the people and making police operations smooth.

Speaking during a Millennium Radio program dubbed Law And The People, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of operations Bonny Kapeso explained that some cameras have already been installed in various towns to make police work ease.

Mr Kapeso said the project is being undertaken in conjunction with the Correctional Service, Drug Enforcement Commission, Immigration Department and the Zambia Police.

Mr Kapeso said a tower known as the National command centre has been installed at Sikanze police camp in Lusaka which will

BY LUCY PHIRI CHIEFTAINESS Chiyaba of the Gova people of Kafue district and two others have been dragged to court for obtaining money by false pretenses.

Appearing in the Kafue magistrate court before magistrate Moffat Phiri was Gift Salale, Christina Maambo (Chiettainess Chiyaba) and Oliphas Madzanaya accused of obtaining money by false pretenses.

It is alleged that between May and October 2018, Chieftainess Chiyaba and two others did deceive and received K400,000 cash from Natwange Tours and Travel Limited.

The court heard that Natwange Tours and Travel Limited was looking to acquire land in Chiyaba area lower Zambezi National Park .

Director and owner of the company, Anita Kamanga narrated before court that she wanted land in Chiyaba area and a real state agent referred her to a local resident of the area named Gift Salale.

She said Salale who claimed

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..as Lower Zambezi National Park land scandal explodes to own a traditional piece of land in the area told her not to worry as there was free land and directed and introduced them to the as potential land buyers.

She said after some introductions, Chieftainess Chiyaba said the piece of land in question was going for K800,000 00. An agreement was made and the Chieftainess allegedly signed the consent letter and appended a signature on the site plans as well.

Mambo (Chieftainess) then consented to the conversion of the piece of land from customary to statutory land and assured them that the piece of land was free from any encumbrances.

Kamanga said then the chieftainess appointed Oliphas Madzanaya who she claimed

It is alleged that between May and October 2018, Chieftainess Chiyaba and two others did deceive and received K400,000 cash from Natwange Tours and Travel Limited. was her accountant and that he would be dealing with the paper work regarding the conversion of the land.

After dealing with the paper work, Kamanga and her husband David Bar discovered that the papers that they were given were fraudulent

documents.

She said they discovered that the chieftainess had already allocated the same piece of land to someone else who had certificate of completion title of land.

"The land is 43 hectors and we wanted to use it because we are into hospitality industry and we receive a lot of tourists hence wanting a piece of land along the Lower Zambezi national park,” Kamanga told the court.

The chieftainess had already allocated another person the same land in 2010 and told us that she would allocate us with a different piece of land," she said.

She said the chieftainess only agreed to refund them K187,000 out of k400,000 they paid.

Matter to come up on September 3 for continuation of trial.

Atlas Mara theft case trial to resume

By RABECCA BANDA TRIAL in a case where a Lusaka man is accused of having unauthorised access to data of Atlas Mara Bank is set to continue.

This was established when the matter came up before magistrate Felix Kaoma for setting of continued trial date following previous adjournments.

Rashid Kyagulanyi, 27, an electrical engineer of Matero is accused of having unauthorised access to data that is essential for the provision of an essential service, contrary to sections 99(1) and 99(8) of the electronic communication and transaction Act number 21 of 2009 of the laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence were that Kyagulanyi on dates unknown but between December 31, 2019, and January 5, 2020, with persons unknown did intentionally access Atlas Mara Bank Limited database, a database that is essential for the provision of an essential service without lawful authority.

In the second count, Kyagulanyi is charged with an offence of theft contrary to sections 272 of the penal code Act, chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.

Kyagulanyi on dates unknown but between December 31, 2019, and January 5 acting together with persons unknown did steal K70, 000.00 cash property of Atlas Mara Bank Limited.

In count three, Kyagulanyi is charged with money laundering contrary to section 7 of the Prohibition and Prevention of Money Laundry Act number 14 of 2001 of the laws of Zambia as amended by Act number 44 of 2010 of the laws of Zambia.

Kyagulanyi on dates unknown but between December 31, 2019, and January 5 with a person unknown or having reason to believe that the property was proceeds of crime did engage directly in a transaction that involved K70, 000.00 cash, a proceed of crime.

Mpika-Nabwalya road construction kicks off

By PETER SICHALI

CONSTRUCTION of 118 KM Mpika-Nabwalya road has started, Mfuwe Member of Parliament Mwimba Malama has said.

Mr Malama said the project was progressing well and it is currently at 33.6 per cent completion.

He said the project is expected to be completed by April, 2021.

He said China Henan international Cooperation Group Limited company had so far received K127,000,000 as part payment for the upgrading of MpikaNabwalya road.

He said a 30 Km road stretch has been done so far.

Mr Malama instructed the contractor to make the road accessible by working on bridges and Mountainous stretches.

Mr Malama said the contractor working on the upgrade of the Mpika-Nabwalya road covering a total distance of 118 km has covered approximately 30 km of clearing .

He said China Henan has also done cutting and filling of the embankment.

Mr Malama said the Nabwalya road once

completed will open up the area to development adding that currently people were taking over five days to reach Mpika boma.

He also said that delivery of farming inputs and other goods and services to Nabwalya remains a big challenge due to the current poor state of the road. ‘‘The situation has been that during rain season you cannot go to Nabwalya area, therefore government has decided to engage the contractor to open up the area so that Nabwalya Chiefdom and surrounding areas can have access to the rest of the country throughout the year,’’ Mr Malama said.

Mr Malama said Mpika –Nabwalya road is an important tourism road as it passes through North and South Luangwa parks and served as a link and a short cut between Northern, Luapula, Muchinga and Eastern Provinces.

The Mfuwe law Maker has assured people of Nabwalya and other affected areas that government under the leadership of President Lungu is committed to opening up the area and ensure that they receive a fair share of development.

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LCC SUMMON CHINESE INVESTOR, PHI RESIDENTS OVER PLOT SCANDAL

By KALOBWE BWALYA AFTER weeks of wrangling and counter threats over a PHI plot alleged to have been irregularly sold to a Chinese contractor for a shopping mall, the Lusaka City Council has summoned the contractor and PHI residents .

LCC has summoned both Zangshi Wood Investment Limited Company, a Chinese company together with PHI residents over the land wrangle that has erupted on the ZESCO way leave situated along Great East Road.

Lusaka Town Clerk Alex Mwansa in an interview with the Daily Nation disclosed that the company which is owned by a Chinese national bought a parcel of land from a Zambian which was a private transaction between the original owner of the land and the Zangshi Wood Investment Limited Company and the process was facilitated by the ministry of Lands.

Mr Mwansa said, this is why the council decided to call both parties so that the parties could reach a conclusion that would satisfy both parties, because the company had already obtained title deeds.

He said there were procedures in term of canceling titles but the two parties needed to sit down.

Mr Mwansa however assured PHI residents that the matter would be analyzed and be resolved in the best interest of both parties.

He said as a local authority which is a planning authority for the city of Lusaka, they had received numerous complaints from PHI residents concerning the planned construction of the three storey building by a Chinese company.

According to the letter of concern from PHI residents over the creation of stand No LUS 38020 to Lusaka Town Clerk, the residents want to know from LCC whether stand number LUS 38020 was created within the laid down procedure

as per law requirement.

Secondly why ZESCO gave consent to developments or construction within a way leave when it had denied the residents’ numerous requests to develop the land in the past.

The residents also wanted to know whether or not the tittle is eligible to own land in Zambia as stipulated in the Lands Act Cap 184 of the laws of Zambia and if the said land can be offered to PHI Residents Association for communal use.

“We have summoned both parties, the Chinese company and residents today (yesterday) because the process was facilitated by the ministry of Lands so that we can listen to both parties. We want to reach a conclusion that will satisfy both parties because as you might be aware the company has tittle and there are procedures in terms of cancelling tittles, so we are appealing to PHI residents that the matter will be analyzed and resolved in the best interest of both parties,” said Mr Mwansa.

Minister prods water company to expedite project

By OLIVER SAMBOKO GOVERNMENT has directed North-Western Water Supply and Sanitation Company (NWWSSCO) to expedite the completion and commissioning of the K18 Million Solwezi Upgrade Water Supply Project.

Water Development Minister, Jonas Chanda said Government was committed to ensuring that reliable supply of clean piped water was achieved not only in Solwezi put also the entire North Western Province.

Dr. Chanda has also directed the Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA), the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) and the North Western Water Supply and Sanitation Company to closely work with Solwezi Municipal Council in addressing encroachments along Solwezi water bodies.

The Minister emphasized that President Edgar Lungu

Dr Chanda wanted all Zambians to have access to clean and safe water and sanitation services without leaving anyone behind, in line with the country’s Vision 2030, the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

He said once the GRZ/

Germany Government funded project is completed, an additional extra 3,600 households will be provided with clean and safe drinking water in Kazomba, Kyawama and surrounding townships in Solwezi.

Dr Chanda said the increased mining and other economic activities in North Western Province has led to increased migration to the area, thereby increasing demand for water and sanitation services.

He said currently the project only requires an extra K1.5 million to be completed.

Meanwhile, Dr Chanda bemoaned the high levels of encroachments along the Solwezi streams which has resulted in water pollution in the area.

He said as a result of high content of iron coupled with turbidity of raw water at water source, which was as high as 5, 000, the water utility company in the area was spending a lot of money to treat water.

Public misconception on COVID worries govt

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA and KALOBWE BWALYA GOVERNMENT is worried that many people still believe the myth that Covid-19 only affects people in the urban areas.

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said such a mentality was worrying as it was not the case on the ground.

Dr Chilufya said that rural areas have equally recorded a number of cases that may not have been captured in the recent months because of the same myth.

The minister was speaking when he gave the latest covid 19 update in Lusaka yesterday.

“The virus is beyond Lusaka and the Copperbelt. Rural areas are also affected and it is only important that each one of us takes responsibility of their own actions in order to protect the next person,” he said.

He further assured the country that government was committed to ensuring that it continued to collaborate with other stakeholders in ensuring that Covid 19 logistics were always made available.

Zambia recorded 204 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number to 10, 831. The country also recorded two facility deaths bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 279.

The two deaths were from Levy Mwanawas a University Teaching Hospital and Kasama General hospital.

Meanwhile, VICE President Inonge Wina is recovering from Covid -19 and is stable, Health Minister Chitalu chilufya has disclosed.

And Dr Chilufya said the ministry has started assessing some laboratories both from the private and public institutions so that they can be included on the data base as a way of strengthening laboratory logistics.

Kitwe Council warns residents against illegal constructions

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA THE Kitwe City Council (KCC) has warned residents against carrying out construction works without written permission from the local authority.

And the council says it would not hesitate to demolish structures that would be built without authorization.

Council Public Relations Officer Nelly Nkolongo said that the council had noted with concern the rate at which structures were being built without permission in the district.

“We will not allow this trend to continue as a local authority.

We advise people to always get the required documents and permission before they start building on land that does not belong to them to avoid incurring losses,” she said.

Ms Nkolongo also advised owners of such structures to demolish them on their own before the council moved in.

She said that the council had received numerous queries from members of the general public on people building without authority.

She said that the situation had resulted in people missing out on appropriate guidance hence building even on road reserves, open spaces, wayleaves, water courses, utility service lines and other private/ public property. “ We are appealing to the general public to adhere to the provision of the law and avoid inconveniences for this is a very serious crime,” Ms Nkolongo said.

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whilst acting with Kalengo a Businessman of Lusaka, robbed Omari Francis out of K816,170 Cash.

The charge further alleges that before or after such robbery, the two used or threatened to use actual violence on Francis in order to

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Crime GrishFelix Kaonga, 31, a MessenHe presented his pay slip from thenovelist ministry John of the matter had not yet indecent sexual acts on a fellow man. possession by virtue of their tional Road Fund Agency am in Simbeye 31 is jointly his hands as he enger and all employees of TeEducation and it was taken for verification. beenthat issued by the OfParticulars of the Francis offence allege charged with employer Tefami Construc- when in fact not. tered the dock. fami Construction and SupAfter the verification was conducted, it was fice of the Director of onKalengo August 22, 2019 in Lusaka, Zulu 47 of Lusaka's Kaonga is also facing four When the Court read al plies are facing 13 counts tion. discovered thatfalse the pay slip was forged.

Public Prosecution's. committed an act of gross Matero Township withindecency. of uttering docIn four counts, Mulako counts the charges to they of Forgery, Uttering of False Bayport reported Ngalande to the police andthem, he was Ailed Phiri 44, of plot number 77, The Court adjourned one count of aggravatnamely Payment strongly denied any wrong Documents, Fraudulent and Kaponda are accused of uments arrested.

SOS who is the mother to the matter of the two edvillage, Robbery contrary to the False Accounting and Theft forging payment vouchers Vouchers and Road Toll re- doing compelling the Court victim told the in absentia to August section 294Lusaka of theChief Pe- Resident that they to record pleas of not guilty

by Servants contrary to the purporting that they were is- ceipts purporting Magistrate: Did you forge your payslip? magistrate Mwale after for her another mention nal CodeLameck of the Laws ofthat21 sued by Tefami Construction were issued by Tefami Con- in all the 13 counts.

Laws of Zambia. sonZambia. was released from custody, Zulu and possible committal struction and NRFA respecThe matter was adjourned It is alleged that the 3 joint- when in fact not.

Ngalande: Yes. called him (Adrian)are on phone to ask the High Court.

2019, around 15 hours, her son left acting together call from Adrian that he Allegations that to Theinforming two arethem further ac- tively when in fact not. to August 31 for commencely and whilst forSimbeye forgiveness a andresident offered to give him The two are still home andretold her that he was going and was in police custody.

In two counts Mulako and ment of trial. cused of forging Road Toll stole $430,243 K79,593 Magistrate: Why did you do that?

K10,000 down payment so thatmanded he can in custody. to Millennium Bus Station to check on Phiri said her son explained to herthat Kaponda of Chipata jointly and are accused of falReceipts purporting The three are on police equivalent to K7,700,000 deny that he had sex with the accused. his driving license butmoney never returned that the accused coerced him to his that came into their they were issued by the Na- sifying accounting details bond.

Ngalande: I wanted to get a loan of about K24,000 She narrated that Zulu also promised home. home where he gave him alcohol to service me and my mother’s medical bills. him that he was going to give him more She said that around 05:00 hrs in before sodomizing him. money once he had sold his vehicle. the morning the following day, in the The matter has been adjourned to he had pleaded considered that Magistrate: what subjects do you teach?

Phiri narrated that on August, 23, morning, the family received a phone September, 11, 2020guilty. for continued trial She said however, she did not Ngalande: Civic education and religious education? need to remind Simutunda of the seriousness of the offence Magistrate: Does your profession allow you to do committed as defilement took

By Mulenga Musonda what you did? a heavier weight because it ofTHE Ndola whose High Court wherebyhe the court that he was forced into tender- fended morals of society.

A WOMAN phonesitting was damaged herinformed husband on Ngalande: No, I was desperate and regret my in Kasama that hasshe sentenced a his other manhood wasn’t functional ing plea.

Ms. Justice Sunkutu added allegations was entertaining men has dragged actions.

57-old man of Kasama to when the matter came up for Ms Justice Sunkutu said the that sexual relations were there himyear to court for Malicious damage. and claimed that it was not

By MULENGA MUSONDA By court John Kombe 25-years-imprisonment with sentencing. also did not show that the practiced In this matter Doreen Kaonga has dragged her husband Austin himself, to butbehis wife who between people Ngalande pleaded for leniency saying that he is first hard for Choma defiling his ZANIS reports that the court convict brought up the issue of age.

Tembolabour ,46, to the Magistrates Court were he has been A 30-YEAR-OLD Tanzanian national owed him. The incident A 29 old man before of offender. neighbours’ seven- yearoldto property records contrary further to revealed of year the ailment the is trial “It is therefore puzzling why charged with Malicious Damage the LawsSimu- Chintili has appeared in thesince Nakonde Magissaid to have happened in Chongwe, He said his life has been unstable he was daughter. tunda claimed that because court,village therefore the fact that he agrown of Zambia. Allegations are that, Tembo willfully and unlawfully find trate Court charged with possession during drinkingmen spree in sexual gratihas appeared in Chongwe arrested and he has suffered in the cells.

Kelvin Simutunda hasatbeen of the non-functioning of his raised the issue of a non-funcdamaged a phone valued K100 belonging to Kaonga. fication are of a counterfeit notethat andheMarijuana. the same village. in children. There Magistrate magistrate court for Kaoma told Ngalande is not convicted ontoone of de- manhood, would not tional manhood at the high According the count Police statement, the incidenthe happened on have unlawfully certain things in life that are Tony Kiyando a Mechanic from The court heard that wounding his supposed to involve himself in criminals acts. filement underage child, defiled a child. court was inconsequential.

August 19ofinan Batoka Township of Choma after a marital dispute. just not acceptable,” stressed Tukuyu in Tanzania is charged the accused did injure friend in an altercation Magistrate Kaoma said if Ngalande commits anywith and theTembo court appeared describedfor the actbeforeAnd the court issuedEthel an order that resulted When plea Resident Magistrate She also from deemed the plea the Justice. possession of a Counterfeit note and thebycomplainant after a K3.00 offence he will be brought before him and Phiri, he vehemently denied the allegation levelled against him. to be credit as shameful and puzzling. for a medical examination the claim. convict in the trial court Sheto said thata even nature said in two years, thetotwo failed reach Trafficking in Psychotropic Substances jailed. ‘’The child is not only two done at Kasama General Hos- Peter be unequivocal and the resulno toAsuch as it was compromise. bottlepractices was contrary to the Laws of Zambia.

Sanga, who you understood charge against yearsCourt: out ofHave under-fivecard, the pital, a matter thatyou? was later re- appeared tant conviction was therefore uncalled said to have beenfor. used in Allegations in count one are that before Magistrate but was like a day old chick ferred to the University Teach- Majory proper.

Ms Sunkutu said she the act, but theJustice accused Kiyando had in his possession a K100 Saasa for plea, Tembo: which could Yes not be feasted on ing Hospital in Lusaka as there admitted She said that she the was basing her his judgement on that he just used counterfeit note without authority. the charge.

Heallowedinsisted until fully grown,” the court was no urologists at the former. stood examination of convict in interbare hands. the fact even when people had In count two, he is accused of trafcharged with one wondered.

A medical report revealed count est of justice. wounding Court: How do you plead?

In view of the accused sex, they had it at the right ficking in 78grammes of Marijuana, of unlawful The court has wondered that Simutunda after examina- contrary denyingage thatand he did uselike Simutun“Since we have sonot men a herbal product of Cannabis Sativa to section 272not of received bottle,da thewere courtaadjourned where some men hospital Tembo:I deny.got the con- tion was found to be suffering theword penalfrom code,the chapter 87 toathe without lawful authority or medical disgrace not only to the matter to September tinued inhuman behaviour and from hydrocele of the left testi- of the functionality of his manhood, laws of Zambia. recommendation. men, but to society as a whole. in order to children’s innosexually gratified of the cle and nothing was on record Particulars I find it is notmatter prejudicial10th to for trial The two incidents are said to have “Do not take Court: I record themselves a plea of not guilty. whether a bottle thatfor on me Julyto 1st, the with children who are meant to concerning his condition be- arehim proceed withascertain the cence happened on 28th July 2020 in Naaway before time. A girl was used not. years old is just two accused did unlawfully konde district. be cared for, Irather than for being sentence especially if indeed of orseven Tembo: am asking bail. fore the court. the an under five Katimbeya When he appeared for plea before defiled.

“I shall proceed going by ev- wound this Harrison was a problem that was The of court yearssaid outthat of using use bottle She would make village into the convict, Resident Magistrate George Banda, Sitting on record since court is of Chintili great concern heof acard,” lamented.

Court:inTheKasama, State, do Ndola you haveidence any objection to that more serious The offence the accused strongly distanced himself High application?

Court Judge in -Charge, not bound by medical opinion Chongwe. would have broughtisit up inthe theoffenceMs. Justice Sunkutu said that than justthe thefact use that of bare to have occurred when from both allegations.

Ms. Justice Emelia Sunkutu said unless it is absolutely necessary said court below,” She said. the child was sevhands. The therefore asked the Magistrate Banda entered pleas of shePPhas neverWewitnessed one for it Honour. to do so,” Ms. Justice Sun- the complainant And in mitigation, Simutunda en court was aggravating and thus Kwalela: have no objection your the matter should as accused about payment not guilty in respect to both counts and cooking a day old chick and kutu through his the lawyer said thatadjourned he Simutunda walk with Following a plea of not guilty and his bailsaid. application, the Court stated. The accused is on K3.00 he owed him.who readily adjourned the matter to August 24 for consume it.

Shesureties said that it showed was a first offender his head hung for the rest of his granted Tembo K1,000 cash bail with two bound in the that of a bail and will appear for trial The courtguilty heardto that trial.

Court reveal the theThe convict guilty be- pleaded thethe charge life and then sentenced him to like sum records but in their own that recognizance. matterpleaded was adjourned on the stated date. refused Sunkutu to pay Kiyando was remanded in custody. to August 25was for trial . conviction according to fore the trial court and there accused Ms Justice said she 25-years-imprisonment with

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Man, 57 gets 25 years imprisonment Woman sues hubby for malicious damage of phone Fight over K3 credit lands for defiling neighbours’ daughter Chongwe man in court

Tanzanian dragged to court for counterfeit note, drugs

Sunday 23 August, 2020

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Mother Marrietta in Matero

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Dear editor, A small billboard signals the direction to “Marrietta” as the community fondly calls the place. Named after Mother Marietta - that revered Catholic Nun who touched many lives - a tiny Centre is sandwiched in a densely populated area of Matero East.

“Hard work is a weapon against poverty,” reads the motto inscribed at the entrance of the Centre, which is situated few yards from St. Monica Convent where the nuns reside.

And this centre is producing wonders!

“We offer life training skills,” said Sister Cecilia Tembo, who founded the Centre in 2006 alongside her colleagues of the Little Servants of Mary Immaculate.

The Centre targets vulnerable youths and women who are trained in catering, carpentry, tailoring and design, as well as computer studies.

Suddenly I just realized that this coronavirus is all too real and closer to home that I had previously thought.

Yes indeed I saw that even Honourable Chishimba Kambwili, one of the original doubting Thomas also announced that he had tested positive.

More recently we had more leaders announcing their covid statuses, including the republican Vice President, Madam Inonge Wina.

My prayer is that all those afflicted and affected should receive healing mercies from God. For now that we know this covid is real, let us take it as a serious threat to our nation. Let us unite in fighting covid19.

There should be no politicking in fighting this pandemic. This is a disease capable of wiping out any nation careless enough to ignore the threat.

I must also hasten to thank the government, through the Health minister, Dr Chitalu Chilufya for all that they are doing to save lives. The frontline health workers are the true heroes risking their lives. Without their sacrifice, the situation could have been worse.

Lastly I want to wish everyone of our leaders both in opposition and government, a quick recovery. The nation needs you.

Tinah Mutale, Youth activist, Lusaka

The ugly face of child abuse Dickson Jere “We are honoring the works of mother Marrietta,” said Sister Tembo as she took me on a conducted tour of the place at her invitation.

“We have heard a lot about your works in Matero and we decided to invite you so that you can see what we are doing. We can work together,” she said, referring to my Matero Initiative Projects.

A small computer Laboratory operates on five “borrowed” computers. But the students are getting trained by the dedicated staff - literally volunteers - who work long hours changing the lives of the Matero youths without pay. And the owners of the computers want to be paid.

I was touched.

“I need to make few calls to friends and partners to see how we can get some few second-hand computers,” I promised, as a matter of fact, I set up similar computer labs in schools in Matero.

“Everything you see here were donations from priests and Good Samaritans,” she said, while pointing at some desks and chairs that form part of the furniture of the Centre.

Boarders have sleep on the floor.

“You need bunker beds,” I said as I viewed the small rooms where students reside.

“But where will I get the money?” Sister Tembo asked, with a little giggle, she shot back.

“That is why you are here! We invited you so that you link us up to others like you!”

I did not respond immediately to that plea.

But those of us reading and are able to make a small contribution to this centre, kindly inbox me and we talk about how to help.

I made some donations of handsanitizer and masks - making a difference, slowly!

Dickson Jere

Dear editor, Child abuse can be defined as unfair, cruel or harmful treatment of a child at any given time. In a nutshell, child abuse is criminalised in Zambia meaning that it is an illegal act of law.

Child abuse falls into the following categories: emotional, neglect, physical and sexual among others. Emotional abuse is one that is attributed to the perpetrator making nasty comments or abusive language to the child.

Neglect is a form of child abuse which arises as a result of not providing the basic needs of life such as clothes, food and shelter. This can also be termed as lack of parental care.

Physical abuse implies physically beating the child for no apparent reasons or on flimsy grounds. Inflicting any physical harm on the child also amounts to physical abuse.

Even though there is a valid reason, physical abuse should not be used as a way of disciplining the child.

Sexual abuse entails having carnal knowledge with the child under the age of sixteen years. This form of abuse takes various forms as defilement, sodomy to mention but a few. Cases of child abuse have taken a toll and are common to both boys and girls. An old woman may entice a little boy to have sex with her for instance.

Other than that, fondling the breasts or private parts of the child is tantamount to sexual abuse too.

In the majority of cases involving child sexual abuse go unreported or escape the dragnet. This happens for the sole reason of fearing embarrassment in the family from the community members. This is absolutely

The perpetrators of child abuse does not exclude non relatives. Non family members have been involved in rampant cases of child abuse. However, the safety of children is uncertain because the perpetrators of the crime of child abuse have no empathy. so in that the perpetrators of these offences could be the relatives of the victims. The family members may include among others; the following: aunties, brothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, mothers, sisters and uncles, The perpetrators of child abuse does not exclude non relatives. Non family members have been involved in rampant cases of

child abuse. However, the safety of children is uncertain because the perpetrators of the crime of child abuse have no empathy.

From the psychological aspect, the mind of the abused child is damaged either intellectually or otherwise. Worse still, the child is affected psycho-spiritually.

There is a growing mirth among some men that having carnal knowledge (sex) with a virgin or small girl, one would be cured of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV and AIDS. The war against child abuse cannot be won single handedly. It requires concerted efforts in that individuals and the civil society organisations should come on board to fight the vice.

The civil society organisations should scale up their programmes in fighting the vice of child abuse which has become rampant. On the other hand, there is also need for political will. Politicians should formulate policies aimed at stiffen punishment against perpetrators of child abuse.

Zambia is a signatory to the United Nations Charter of the rights of the children.

As such, there is need to ensuring that children are protected from any form of abuse so that they can grow up well and become responsible citizens in future.

It is high time people broke the walls of silence of child abuse by reporting all forms of abuse inflicted on children to the appropriate agencies such as the Victim Support Unit (VSU) to the police stations for punitive measures to be meted out.

This will ultimately help in deterring the would be offenders. Abash child abuse.

Elemiya Phiri

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K100 investment. once established countrywide in at 1.6 tonnes, is a good example of what and gomillion up in price when you this tions in million these processes countries.toAnd manufacture a generation of renewable, ity oil yielding castor seeds Global castor seedexpect out- when we see companies and economies they Thissay leads us will to local value every district. ‌. continued, we should there berange no limits Mexico, and Columbia at wide of everyday use our politicians were eco-friendly polymeric ma- varieties from naturally put 2018/19 season was 1,2 addition options to alleviate Perhaps a thought, attempt to Budget in a on continent of planet to what they will do to support 1.0every million tonnes each consumer products.Just terials. growing local wild varieties million metric similar tonnes and on the K100 million presented with alternative Sincerely, but dynamic earth are being propped up losses their economies.

But consid- not plus most neighbouring Of course, classical poly- to suit Zambian conditions.

India currently accounts forsystem. again, we are politically correct investment *Next Sunday: We have a economic with easy paper money cre- investment. er this, in But 2019 the nominal countries grow sizable Just a thought, mer technology as we know it Castor oil is a vibrant 70 percent and it expects to restricted to the production oftril- ideas for this K100 million golden opportunity towith seize In this year’s ated from fresh air. world GDP was US$88.08 Sincerely, today will need to be altered eco-friendly starting renew- increase production by 88 quantities of pineapples popular pineapple by-products the potential to create scores of from Covid-19.

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Sevilla Europa League kings

…as Bayern face PSG in Champions league final

NO FAVORITISM …players to fight for Chipolopolo places, says Micho

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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AMBIA National Soccer team coach Milutin

‘Micho’ Sredojevic says he will not favour any players when making selection for national team assignments.

Micho said his aim is to establish authority of justice where players will be selected based on how they perform as preparations for the 2022 Afcon qualifiers resume.

He said no players has the right to claim a position in the national team because each one needs to earn their call ups by working hard for their respective clubs.

He urged players try to understand that they were under the spotlight and need to make sure that they are better than they were yesterday.

He said that his technical bench would sweep through the country to scout for under-23 players that will be pitted against the CHAN team.

“We shall have visitation to the provinces where we shall build capacities of technical staff and secondly; we shall make an Under-23 squad o f young players from the provinces that will make t h e provincial teams which will later play against our CHAN team so that we

can recognize and see whether there are players we have missed on the local level,” Micho said.

“We have two targets with Zambian footballers to establish authority of knowledge and the second is authority of justice where no player will be favored, no player has the right to say I’m there, you are not there. You need to earn and deserve and that is my obligation of justice towards all the supporters and can assure you that this will happen exactly,” he said.

Micho said Zambia has everything to qualify for the Afcon after missing two times but there is need to encourage the players to work hard to be able to deliver when the qualifiers resume in November.

“It will be difficulty. We have a fighting competitive advantage ahead of our opponents Botswana but if we want to achieve something needs to change. Time ahead of us looks like ample but it is not enough,” he said.

Micho hailed foreign stars Enock Mwepu, Patson Daka (both Red Bull Salzburg), Emmanuel Banda and Edward Chilufya (IF Djurgardens) who have continued to impress in Europe.

Zambia returns to AFCON duty in November with back-to-back fixtures against Botswana before winding up in March with matches against Algeria and Zimbabwe.

SEVILLA won the Europa League tournament for a record sixth time thanks to victory over Inter Milan in a thrilling final in Cologne.

The drama started when Sevilla defender Diego Carlos fouled Romelu Lukaku for an Inter penalty - and ended when Lukaku deflected Carlos' bicycle kick into his own net.

It means Inter Milan's wait for a trophy will tick over into a 10th year at least.

Lukaku gave the Italian side an early lead from the penalty spot for his 34th goal of the season, extending his record of scoring in consecutive Europa League games to 11.

Luuk de Jong scored two headers - from Jesus Navas and Ever Banega crosses - to put Sevilla into the lead.

Inter were level when Diego Godin nodded in to make it 2-2 in the 35th minute.

The game could not continue at that high tempo, but with extra-time on the cards, there was a twist to come.

Carlos flew into the air to meet a high ball with an overhead kick which was going wide until Lukaku stuck out a leg and diverted it past his own goalkeeper.

It was a first trophy in the managerial career of Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui, whose side are unbeaten since February, a run of 21 games.

Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain face Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final in Lisbon.

PSG's first appearance in the final of Europe's elite club competition comes in the month its 50th birthday celebrations.

If Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final in Lisbon, the pictures will probably be of Neymar's tears of joy or wild scenes of celebration in the French capital. -BBC

Makembo guides athletes

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

ZAMBIA Sports Fans Association Patron, Peter Makembo has called on the Zambia national soccer team and the Olympic bound athletes to prepare adequately for their assignments for the country to achieve its set objectives.

Speaking in an interview, Makembo urged the Zambia National team to begin preparations for the 2022 Afcon qualifiers set to resume in November.

Zambia resumes the Afcon qualifiers with back-to-back fixtures against Botswana in November before meeting Zimbabwe and Algeria in the final two qualifying fixtures.

Makembo said there is need for the Chipolopolo to begin preparations now to achieve their target of qualifying for the Afcon after missing out at the last two editions of the continental showpiece.

He said early preparations will also work to National team coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic’s advantage because he will be able to come up with a team which will compete at the Championship of African Nations CHAN tournament set for January

2021 in Cameroon.

“CAF has announced the new dates for the Afcon qualifiers, therefore we have started preparations early for the coach to identify which players are fit to represent the country when the qualifiers begin.

“As a country we have very good players but if we are not careful we may struggle against Botswana when the qualifiers begin so we need start now,” Makembo said.

Makembo has also urged Olympic bound teams to remain focused and train from home for the crucial Olympic Games which were pushed to next year.

He said it is unfortunate that athletes have been compelled to train from home because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Makembo said athletes should not be discouraged because the pandemic has not only affected them alone, but all athletes across the globe.

Meanwhile, Makembo has reaffirmed his association’s commitment to support all teams representing the country at deferent national assignments.

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MYSTERIOUS FIRE STALKS OLD WOMAN – INVISIBLE BEINGS SPRINKLE MEALIE-MEAL ON THE FLOOR – PLATE OF SADZA AND BEANS FOUND IN BEDROOM HUT

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N a bizarre incident a 63-year-old granny’s home in Maloba line, Sipepa area in Matabeleland North’s Tsholotsho district was mysteriously gutted by fire after she saw mealie-meal being poured from a container by invisible beings suspected to be goblins.

Fielder Gwazaza woke up to find her bedroom hut sprinkled with water leading her to report the matter to village head Solomon Gumpo.

Gumpo attended the scene.

A villager who declined to be named narrated the strange happenings to B- Metro.

“The water which was mixed with some concoction was sprinkled on the floor. Shockingly all this happened when Gwazaza was sleeping with her two grandchildren aged five and nine years and they never heard anything,” said a villager.

The unseen beings went a gear up in terrorising Gwazaza.

The villager said on 30 July Gwazaza woke up to find sadza and cooked beans on the floor.

“She had not cooked sadza the previous night and she had no beans in her homestead but she got the shock of her life when she woke up to find a plate full of sadza and beans placed on the floor. Again she informed the vil-

lage head,” said the source.

When she thought she had seen it all a mysterious fire erupted from the air while she was sitting under the shade and razed her kitchen hut.

“On 1 August at around 9am while she was sitting under a tree shade a mysterious fire erupted from the air and burnt down the kitchen hut.

“She reported the matter to Gumpo who came and attended the scene,” said the source.

On the same day in the evening, the source said, the strange fire appeared at her homestead and burnt down her bedroom hut.

“The mysterious fire left a trail of destruction at her homestead as it burnt her wardrobe, bed and other property in her bedroom and all the clothes went up in smoke. On the following day she made a report at Sipepa Police Station,” said the source.

The source went on to say on 10 August while Gwazaza was sitting under a shade she saw mealie-meal being poured on the ground.

“It was a strange incident as she saw mealie-meal being poured from a container by invisible beings. In fear she again reported the matter to the village head,” said the source.

Security boss ‘petrified’ after eerie ‘ghost bride seen stalking building site’ A SECURITY firm boss has said he was left ‘petrified’ after claiming to have spotted a ‘ghost’ woman in a white dress stalking a building site.

A photograph of the supposed ghostly apparition at the Birmingham building site has left many scratching their heads over whether it is genuine or a hoax.

The eerie image baffled security bosses at the site on Sherborne Street after the ‘movement’ triggered motion cameras in the early hours of Tuesday, August 18.

The vision is claimed to have been picked up by CCTV in the dead of night - but when security performed a full patrol of the area just minutes later they found it all clear.

The security boss at the site said he struggled to go back to sleep as he was so creeped out by the apparition of the woman, who appears to be wearing a dress and carrying an object as she walks through the site in the city’s centre.

Security staff were alerted after a motion sensor camera picked up movement and snapped the sinister image, reports Birmingham Live. - MIRROR

‘Lover used charms on me’

Trance exposes source of wealth THERE was drama in Chitungwiza on Wednesday when a woman fell into a trance before revealing the source of her wealth.

The woman, only identified as Locadia, claimed that prostitution was the source of her money which enabled her to buy a house in Zengeza 1.

When H-Metro arrived at the scene, Locadia was saying that she has been involved in prostitution for a while.

“I went to South Africa and did all sorts things. I was a prostitute and I stole money from a Nigerian and used to buy this house that you see.

“This stupid man (her husband) only loves money. He doesn’t even know how I got this wealth. He is evil.” “This house is not clean. Better to desert it. I am going, ichava dongo imba ino, and I hope it will be cleansed when I also get cleansed,” she said.

“My feet are not clean. I am dirty. I need to be cleansed.”

The woman went on to name other local men she has slept with. Some from the same street. “I spent three days trying to writed down the names of the men that i have slept with and I got tired.

I couldn’t finish all of them,” she claimed. - H Metro

A 31-YEAR-OLD Mabvuku woman on Thursday exchanged unprintable words with her lover’s wife accusing, each other of using charms on the man.

Rudo Rhoda Kamupondi received calls, messages and audios from Sharon Ndhlovu who demanded to to know why she had used charms on her husband Rangarirai Dzonya to affect his sexual appetite.

Kamupondi, a tailor, claimed that she experienced back aches soon after their cellphone conversation with Ndhlovu suggesting that she had sought revenge.

“I am still in a serious pain from the moment I ended my conversation with the wife of SOME were made redundant, others furloughed - it’s been a really tough time.

One woman who struggled with finding freelance work in recent months thought things might finally be turning around after a potential employer reached out via text message.

However she was left feeling “furious” and “freaked out” after the unnamed man revealed that he was hoping to pay her to spend some alone time with him.

Creative producer Emma Thomas shared her thoughts on the matter in a post on LinkedIn alongside a screen-

the man I was dating for the past three months,” said Kamupondi.

“My back and uterus (chibereko) are aching and I want to believe that I was bewitched because Dzonya’s wife phoned me accusing me of causing her husband to fail during sex. “To be honest I had several sex sessions with him at his workplace in Kamfinsa where he stays while his wife will be in Msasa where they live. “Dzonya was forced to disclose my contact numbers to his wife after he failed to have sex with her two times when she visited him at his workplace.

“Dzonya must have been bedding several women since he is staying alone at his

work place and is no longer sure who exactly affected his manhood. “I am desperately looking for help to deliver me from pain I am experiencing if there are any either prophets or traditional healers,” said Kamupondi.

Dzonya, a gardener in Kamfinsa, confirmed exposing Kamupondi to Ndhlovu after his manhood failed to erect during sex. “I fell in love with Kamupondi and we had sex that is why I suspected her of using charms on me to affect my sex drives with my wife,” said Dzonya.

“My wife visited me two times at my work place where I stay and I failed to have power or even the manhood to erect that is why my wife

cornered me and I disclosed everything to her.

“My wife is an ardent follower of apostolic faith churches that I do not suspect her to have used charms to revenge.

“Haashandise mishonga ini ndini ndisingatoita zvekuchechi kwete kuti mudzimai wangu anoshandisa mishonga,” said Dzonya.

Ndhlovu refused to entertain H-Metro when contacted for comment.

However her audios and messages she sent to Kamupondi showed that she was convinced that the latter was the behind Dzonya’s in effectiveness on bed after engaging in sex with her.

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Woman ‘furious’ as employer uses phone number on her CV to send ‘vile’ messages shot of the very inappropriate conversation. In the first message, the employer asks if she’s still looking for work.

She confirms she is and that she has “tonnes of transferable skills” and always gives 100% with her work. But instead of a professional reply, the person responds asking: “How would you feel if I paid you for some company and time of yours”.

Definitely not what she

had in mind and definitely not ok!

Speaking about the texts, Emma proclaimed: “I AM NOT AVAILABLE FOR SEX. “Anyone reading my CV will see I am a kick a**e creative producer/ project manager/creative not a sex worker! I am also f***ing furious.

“I am so angry that anyone should try to advantage of the dire job situation right now in such a way. - Mirror

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USING USING COMEDY, COMEDY, MUSIC MUSICTO TO END ENDAIDS AIDS

Bornvicious, Nomis team up

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spreading key messages on health matters during this days.

The first event was held ITH the world period c u r r e n t l y son, is key. For this rea- on Saturday August 8th feaUnicorp working with turi faced with the USA ng musician Chef 187, ID C o ro n a v i r u s Ending under the Zambia top comedian Bob Nkosha AIDS Campaign or- and pandemic, initiatives and Copperbelt-ba efforts to continue using ganised two sets of online and comic Jerahyosed MC among com edy sho ws featuring others. It was entertainment to create the awareness in health mat- top Zambian comics and Comedy Mu ka On med ‘ e Room’ ters must be enhanced. musicians. and received a huge folZambia Ending AIDS is This includes strategies lowing on social me to continually tackle al- a new national HIV pre- it was also screene dia as d live on ven tion cam paign that Diamond TV. ready existing challenges In the like HIV/AIDS that could promotes the use of Pre- pre-recorded sho second w, sucProphylactics cessfully be overshadowed by the Exposure held yesterday, (PrE P) in Zam bia as a new Yo Maps was Covid-19 spread. the main act It is this reason that prevention method for with comedy from Chingliz peo ple who are at risk of of prompted Unicorp Limitthe Night of Laughter contracting HIV. ed , an events and promo fame. This event was aptly This shows brough tions company to partne r Zambia Ending AID t the called ‘ Comedy Mu SeaS cam- son Yanga’ was with various stakeholders hos in revisiting the awareness paign to Millennials and Jerahyo Inc while ted by the first Gen eration Z audiences on HIV/AIDS using enterone was hosted by Radio onl ine .

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According to Unicorp’s Comedy, Music and Visual Chu Art s we wanted to dissemi- also zhe Int and DJ Virus Lottie Lungu, the entermade an appearance. tainment industry has nate information, enterThese two shows were tain , and sho wca se been highly impacted by prod- awesomely ded icated to the Coronavirus spread ucts and services for the promoting awa reness on pre ven tion of HIV-AIDS, “ HIV but employing initiatives /AIDS and organisers like online events that will Lungu said in reference to are happy with the feedthe two sho ws tha t were engage entertainers in held online on separate back and wishing to do more.

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YOUNG artiste Bornface Mutable A.K.A Bornvicious has teamed up with Nomis Mastermind to release a 2021 peace anthem song.

The ‘Akama junkie’ song and ‘Chichetekelo’ maker that featured Yo Maps with his colleague Nomis Mastermind who happens to be a producer in Kabwe town, teamed up to release ‘TULI BAMO BENE’ song.

He said the song is targeted at promoting peace in the forthcoming 2021 elections.

The song which is encouraging every Zambian, despite political differences, to believe in unity and believe in the one Zambia, one nation call.

“The song strongly stands to say no to tribalism As Bornvicious, I feel we are (Bemba ,Tonga,lenje chewa etc) only by language and not by humanity,” he said.

Mutale a third year student at the University of zambia studying Information, communication and technology with his collegue Nomis Mastermind real name’s Simon Tembo strongly believe they can use their talent to voice out positive change that will see Zambians to embrace love and unity, and condem violence.

The duo aslo challenges their fellow youths who are to be used as tool instruments of violence to say no to that but show love to one another.

“TULI BAMO BENE is a self centered song that is calling up all political parties to endorse it and be good examples of peace ambassadors especially that 2021 is around the corner,” he said.

Mutale officially stated that he will be now working as a duo with his friend Nomis because they have been working together in the background. He wants also his friend to be on the limelight because he counts most of his 100 per cent has-been a 50-50 effort with his friend.

He said that the new duo is yet to release more songs.

Feast of the Sacrifice

By NOEL IYOMBWA

EID al-Adha ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’, is the last of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year (the other being Eid al-Fitr), and considered the holier of the two.

It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God’s command.

According to Genesis 22:2, Abraham took his son Isaac for sacrifice. Before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, however, God provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this intervention, an animal (usually a sheep) is sacrificed ritually.

One third of its meat is consumed by the family offering the sacrifice, while the rest is distributed to the poor and needy.

Sweets and gifts are given, and extended family are typically visited and welcomed.

To commemorate this im-

portant occasion, the Muslim Social and Welfare Trust Zambia(MSWT) slaughtered cows and donated the meat and other foodstuffs to orphanages in the country.

The Trust donated 100 kilo-

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grams of meat at Chipata level one hospital, 50 kilogram at SOS Children’s Village, Kumbaya Orphanage and other institutions.

MSWT coordinator Mubasshir Mehta said the Trust works with government of the day by being

part of the many activities in helping the needy in society.

He said that the Trust has been doing this for the last four years with support from Hasene international a faith based organisation consisting of Turkish Muslims based in Europe and that it reached out to four thousand families in Lusaka.

Mr Mehta explained that the Trust slaughtered the animals in early August but that due to the Corona virus pandemic there doing the distribution in phases and the Trust has targeted to reach out to five thousand families.

Mandevu Member of Parliament Jean Kapata who witnessed the donation at Chipata level one hospital, SOS children village and Kumbaya orphanage thanked the organisation for gesture.

She said that the donated foodstuffs would go a long way in alleviating poverty at the beneficiary institutions.

Superstar brings ‘Favour’

By TROY MUKUPA

MBALA born Kalindula music artiste Kabwe Mushinku aka Super Star and best known for his hit single Winaka featuring B1 Mr Perfecto and Cap10 Jay has released a new single titled favor, featuring two renowned Zambian artistes Chester of More power and Capt10 Jay. “I thought of doing the song favor because looking at the hardship I went through and where I am today, it’s clear that it can only be God and his favor. The song was produced by my good brother Amourskole Flavor and it features Chester and Cap10 Jay,” he said.

He said fans should look out for more music from him.

“The Kalindula type I do Nishilya Ishamafunde.

Since 2014 I have kept the same type of music.

I have done Ameno mafupa where I again featured my brother Cap10 Jay and the big man Red Linso and was produced by Amorscore Flavors.

The other track I did is Ensansa Shabo featuring General Kanene and Cap10 Jay. All my songs are based on real life issues,” he explained.

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LUSAKA MAYOR GOES POLO

Eno wishes big for Zed music

By NOEL IYOMBWA UPCOMING musical artiste Innocent Mwanza says music can be a source of living once taken seriously.

And Mwanza has vowed to aim high in his music career.

Mwanza stage name One Eno who started his secular music career in 2016 was born and bred in Lusaka and he has so far worked on nine tracks.

He is working on his first gospel song titled Pempelo which he said is a nice song which he will drop soon, before the end of this month.

Eno One however bemoaned lack of sponsorship in the music industry for young upcoming musicians. “The challenges that I face in my music include lucking of big sponsorship , and I don’t have much connections like on T.V even on radio stations , so it’s hard for people recognize me,” he bemoaned saying it is now becoming more hard to promote songs due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“But I am aiming also to have connections with s h o w o r g a n i s e r s,” h e said.

RENOWNED Zambian musician Brinken Mwema best known in the music world as Uncle Jah is back with a new signal titled ‘Sunshine' featuring another famous Zambian artiste B1 Mr Perfecto.

Sunshine is a love song which the artist said is a dedication to his wife and was produced by renowned Zambian producer Jimmy Judge at Jimmy Judge Studios in Lusaka.

"It's a love song and indeed a dedication to my lovely wife who supports Arsenal while l support Chelsea. The song comes after the release of ‘ Ichilambu Chandi’ which happened to be my first single of the year 2020 and featured Chester," he said.

He explained that it hasn't been all milk

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Uncle Jah, B1 in new single

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and honey for him in as far as the music industry is concerned.

"It's never easy to make it big once again after a long period of absenteeism from the music scene. But so far so good, with my come back people are appreciating my music like never before especially that I am back with the same kind of educative music like it has always been," he said.

He said his fans should expect more educative music from him as he is already working on a come back album dubbed ‘The Best of Me’.

“In ‘The Best of Me’, l will put all my hit songs as well as new music and come October this year, the album will be out and plans to launch it are already on the cards. It will contain some remixes of some renowned hits such as Gonga, Baby Osabisa, Niyopa among others. I am working hand in hand with my music manager Mr Zaona Zulu," he said.

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50 Cent slams n i s d r a w A y m Em t n a r d e h t u o m foul DJ Cosmo, Andie Stone rock Elation Clubhouse Party after ’Power’ snub

By TERENCE MISELO

MUSICIAN Cosmas Chileshe famously known as DJ Cosmo aka The Dancehall Magician alongside party DJ Andie Stone were Friday night’s guest artistes for the Elation Entertainments Club House Party hosted live on Diamond TV and social media platforms.

The show is an initiative by Diamond TV and Elation Entertainments to offer the general public an alternative source of entertainment in the midst of Coronavirus pandemic which has brought up restricted social gatherings.

This show takes place on Fridays and Saturdays starting 22:40 hours. It is a party music mix with lots of fun and messages on the prevention of the Coronavirus featuring different artistes.

DJ Cosmo and DJ Andie Stone were Friday night’s guests and took the party to the highest dancehall limit. Andie Stone was the first to warm the decks by playing great music mixes to make him prove he is one of Zambia’s greatest mix DJs. He played all sorts of music including Zed mixes. The lad later introduced DJ Cosmo to some serious singing and vibing session.

Cosmo was at his very best jumping on beat after beat with his great raga dancehall vocal abilities. He performed some freestyle before Andie Stone took him to a long ride of his own composition. It was amazing to see the two rock to songs like ‘ Get in Touch,’ ‘ Pressure’, ‘ Keys & Juice’ and the all-time favourite ‘She aah Bomb’.

The show was simply fire and lasted for over an hour. Look out for Elation’s next artiste this Friday.

RAPPER 50 Cent has hit out at the Emmy Awards after his crime drama “Power” was once again snubbed on the shortlist for the annual ceremony.

50 Cent has slammed the Emmy Awards after his crime drama missed out on a nomination.

The 45-year-old rapper - whose real name is Curtis Jackson - has hit out at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in a foul mouthed rant after his Starz series ‘Power’ was once again snubbed for the annual shortlist.

Sharing a photo of a bare bottom on Instagram, he wrote: “OK here it is Emmy’s. My Black a** for your consideration to kiss.

“F*** your organization I only care about NAACP awards. #bransoncognac #lecheminduroi (sic)” Despite proving a hit for the network since its premiere six years ago - and being popular with viewers and critics alike - ‘Power’ hasn’t translated that into Emmy success.

The show - which starred the likes of Omari Hardwick, Naturi Naughton, Lela Loren, Lala

Anthony, Michael Rainey Jr. and Joseph Sikora - came to an end in February after six seasons, and it was never nominated for any prize during its long run.

50 Cent - who played Kanan Stark and also served as executive producer - previously issued a similar statement on the matter following the reveal of last year’s Emmy shortlist.

Alongside a rundown of the programme’s ratings, he said: “The EMMY’s can kiss my black a** in slow motion.

“F*** em I’m #1 They a bunch of Bengay my back hurt smelling a** old people anyway.

LOL. (sic)” While “Power” has ended, Fiddy will again serve as executive producer on spin-off series “Power Book II: Ghost”.

The show - which premieres in September on Starz - will pick up the story days after its predecessor’s finale.

The sequel will follow Michael’s character Tariq as he looks to step out of his father’s shadow and navigate his new life despite pressure to save his family.

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s we continue to live through the COVID-19 global pandemic, one of the questions on everyone’s minds is “How do we stop this from ever happening again?”. As with all problem-solving exercises, one must identify the cause before one arrives at the solution.

It is now common knowledge that the first reports of COVID-19 originated from a wet market in Wuhan, China. This is the equivalent of a bushmeat market where various species of wildlife are traded.

The Wuhan wildlife market has since been closed and China has banned the trade in wildlife, but the damage has been done. To date there have been nearly 20 million cases of the disease worldwide and an estimated 700,000 deaths. Whilst the full extent of the health impacts of COVID-19 remains uncertain, the impact on livelihoods and economies is certain to be damaging.

The standard ‘lock down’ response countries have taken to halt the spread of the virus has brought about an unprecedented freeze in economic activity. Never before have the world’s workers and consumers, been required to stay home and refrain from most of their everyday activities. The economic impact of COVID-19 in Zambia, a landlocked and resourcedependent nation was felt long before the first case was reported. A recent report by the Zambian Chamber of Mines goes as far as to forecast the most severe recession since the end of World War II. These are indeed worrying times.

Looking back at the wet market in Wuhan, it is clear that human activity is to blame, particularly human involvement in the illegal wildlife trade. Many species of wildlife are known vectors of disease carrying agents.

Viruses like COVID-19 naturally mutate and recombine, sharing different components to create new viruses.

So, wildlife trading and meat markets, where multiple live species are kept together and butchered on the same surfaces, provide a perfect breeding ground for novel pathogens. In October 2019, Chinese researchers published a study documenting a variety of coronaviruses in pangolins. Another

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study showed the genome sequence of the novel coronavirus strain separated from pangolins was 99% identical to that from infected people, indicating pangolins may be an intermediate host of the virus. Until recently these endangered, scaly, ant-eating mammals were regularly illegally imported to Chinese markets. Pangolins are trafficked primarily for their scales which are falsely believed to have medicinal qualities. Their scales are made from keratin which is the same protein that forms human hair and fingernails.

Thankfully the demand for

quarter of 2020 the number of pangolins being trafficked in Zambia reduced by 40%.

Under the Zambia Wildlife Act No. 14 of 2015, the penalty for the illegal possession of a pangolin is 5 to 10 years imprisonment. As China and other Asian countries close their wildlife markets people hoping to profit from the illegal wildlife trade are not likely to gain anything other than prison sentences.

A recent scientific study states that the cost of preventing further pandemics over the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would equate to just a fraction of the estimated financial damage caused by COVID-19.

In other words, prevention is better and cheaper than cure. Spending about $260 billion over 10 years would substantially reduce the risks of another pandemic on the scale of the coronavirus outbreak. A study by “COVID has killed hundreds of Dobson et al, published thousands of people and caused massive disruption to the econoearlier this year in the my,” says co-author Stuart Pimm, Science Journal estia conservation biologist at Duke mates that with just 2% University. “We’ve shown that of the estimated $11.5 there are lots of smart, relatively trillion that COVID-19 cheap things we can do now to reduce the risk of another catasis costing the global trophe like this one.” economy could prevent another pandemic.

“COVID has killed hundreds of thousands of people and caused pangolins is likely to reduce massive disruption to the significantly as the govern- economy,” says co-author ment of China has raised Stuart Pimm, a conservation the animal’s protected sta- biologist at Duke University. tus to the highest possible, “We’ve shown that there are comparable to that of the lots of smart, relatively cheap Giant Panda. In the second

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things we can do now to reduce the risk of another catastrophe like this one.” The researchers suggest it would cost around $19 billion a year to counter the potential profits from the lucrative wild meat market. Monitoring programs that might screen wild animals for viruses in potential hot spots would cost an additional $120 million to $340 million per year.

Locally, investing more resources in wildlife conservation will not only prevent the illegal trafficking of Zambian pangolins but ultimately assisting in local and global development.

A report by Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)- Zambia illustrated that between 2010 to 2017,

international donor funding financed 73% of Zambia’s national budget towards environmental protection. Even more concerning is the fact budgetary allocation towards environmental protection remained at an average of 0.6% of the total national budget.

Financing biodiversity conservation needs to become a priority for every Zambian, and this must be reflected by the financial resources put towards conservation.

Historically wildlife conservation has not been well funded in Zambia. In the future, it should be recognised that investing in conserving our wild spaces and wildlife is investing in and protecting ourselves.

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ship & Performance, Personal accomplishments, Commitment to sharing knowledge, Breaking the Status Quo and being an accomplished African Woman.

Profiles of the 2020 100 Most Influential African Women are published on 100women. avancemedia.org From Zambia, the three are Ms Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Ms. Dorothy Tembo and Ms. Amanda Mukwashi.

Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, is a Zambian accountant and corporate executive, who serves as the Secretary General of the Common Market for

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HREE prominent Zambian women have been named on the list of 100 Most Influential Women in Africa for 2020 according to Avance Media, a leading African PR & Rating firm.

This list is Avance Media second annual publication on Africa’s most prominent women dubbed the 2020 100 Most Influential African Women.

The list which has a representation of the most powerful African women from 34 countries were chosen from various career backgrounds including diplomacy, politics, activism, entrepreneurship, business leadership and entertainment. Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana recorded the highest number of women with 20, 11 and 9 representatives respectively.

The 2020 list features a record of 75 new entrants with some of the leading names such as Halima Dangote, Ugandan Activist Stella Nyanzi, Olympic Committee Mem-

ber, Lydia Nsekera and the only 2 female finance ministers in Africa, Vera Daves De Sousa (Angola) & Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed (Nigeria).

The youngest African to make the 2020 list is 24-yearold Namibia’s Deputy Minister of Information, Communi-

cation and Technology, Emma Theofelus.

According to Prince Akpah, Managing Director of Avance Media, the list is focused on women who are leading various initiatives across the continent and seeks to present them as role models for the

younger generation. He further noted that they were selected because of their incredible achievements as women and they deserve high recommendations among other female trailblazers in Africa.

Criteria for selection included: Excellence in Leader-

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Eastern and Southern Africa, effective 18 July 2018.

She was elected at the 20th Heads of State COMESA summit in Lusaka, Zambia's capital city.

Ms.Dorothy Tembo is a Zambian economist and trade and development expert. She is currently the acting Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. She served as Deputy Executive Director of ITC from June 2014 to January 2020.

Lastly, Amanda Mukwashi is head and CEO of Christian Aid. She was born in the UK and of Zambian heritage, Amanda is a committed Christian and member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

The list which has a representation of the most powerful African women from 34 countries were chosen from various career backgrounds including diplomacy, politics, activism, entrepreneurship, business leadership and entertainment. Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana recorded the highest number of women with 20, 11 and 9 representatives respectively.

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THE HIGH COST OF COVID-19 STIGMA ON WOMEN • The disease has left the world’s top scientists, political leaders, and the general population stunned.

• Confrontations became daily fare in their home as she slowly slipped into depression.

What you need to know:

W

hen Naomi Njoki came out of a gove r n m e n t forced quarantine at the Kenya Medical Training College, she thought her troubles were over.

The 21-year old's optimism was buoyed by the fact that all the tests conducted at the facility had returned negative and that her quarantine was merely a matter of procedure as she had landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) from Italy.

As she would soon find out, her optimism was misplaced.

She was now faced with a problem almost as big as having the disease itself- stigmatisation. People were avoiding

her like the proverbial plague, making her sink into hopelessness.

Even her best friends stayed away and that rankled Naomi to no end. "I felt like an animal when I came out of the quarantine and the whole world seemed to reject me. I was left wondering how the situation would have been had I been positive," she says.

That Covid-19 is a deadly pandemic is in no doubt. The disease has left the world’s top scientists, political leaders, and the general population stunned.

Consequently, the government has been literally in our faces with the gospel of maintaining basic hygiene standards to beat the disease as they announce the daily corona roaster.

Fear, ignorance and underlying relationship issues are fuelling the shunning of those affected by Covid-19.

Pressure on relationships But what is yet to get enough exposure is the stigma of those who either test positive; or the ones whose family members are affected; or those coming out of quarantine facilities or self-isolation.

While stigma does not discriminate, many women have had to bear the brunt of the exclusion as their relationships are threatened or even destroyed. Neighbours turning against neighbours, family members against family members, and husbands

against wives is the new normal as people try to navigate the uncharted waters of Covid-19.

For Nereah Wanjiku, 37, the coronavirus story begins after she suffered a major personal loss and traveled out of the country to try and recover.

She came back just when the government had announced the forced quarantine for returnees. After spending almost 20 days at a quarantine facility, she headed home optimistic that the worst had passed.

She was wrong. Her mar-

riage that had not been the postcard of a perfect union, deteriorated further as her husband accused her of trying to kill him by bringing the virus home. This even though she had tested negative.

Confrontations became daily fare in their home as she slowly slipped into depression. Matters came to a boil one evening when the husband attempted to physically assault her after a quarrel.

One of her sons, having had enough of the father’s quarrels stood between the two parents and dared the father to

lift a finger against the mother.

In anger the man told the son, “I have always suspected you are not my son and today you have proved it.” Nereah says the look of pain in her son’s face is one she will never forget. After that, the young man insisted on a DNA test and both father and son were tested. The results showed the husband as 99.7 percent of the biological father.

“I can see that their relationship is irredeemably broken and my son spends most of the time sitting alone and quiet. I don’t know what is going through his mind and my attempts to have him see a counselor have been rejected,” Nereah says.

The shadow pandemic In what is now referred to as the shadow pandemic, Gender-based violence has risen, as Covid-19 restricts people to their homes and cut out means of livelihoods.

Psychologist Gladys Mwiti says fissures in a marriage are fertile ground for perpetuating stigma. “When people who have issues in their marriage find an opportunity to stigmatise the other partner they go ahead and do it,” she says.

She points out that ignorance was a big factor in the stigma around the disease.

- DAILY NATION, Kenya

Love & Relationships with Uncle Chirwa

VIII

NATION

SUNDAY NATION August 23, 2020

Looking for a life partner?

This is your chance to find one!

IF you are single, divorced or widowed, and seriously looking for a partner to marry, following this column is a MUST. However, to be eligible for connection, you will be required to pay a membership fee of K100 per year, whether you are applying or responding to a listed codename(applicants are listed under codenames to maintain confidentiality.

The actual names will only

be released to the connected partners). Moreover, fulllength photos will be required of all applicants and respondents using any available means.

All connections are free (in other words, once a member has paid the K100 membership fee, he or she will not be required to pay any further amount for a connection or connections during the one-year period.)

So take the challenge! No need to be miserable when you have this golden opportunity to get a life partner!

SMS your details to 0977425827/0967146485 or email pchirwa2009@yahoo.com.

Pay your K100 membership fee through ZOONA or through Airtel or MTN Money using the already mentioned mobile numbers.

MALE APPLICANTS DNMA141 He is a 34-year-old Kitwe-based social worker, single and without children. He is looking for a lady aged between 20 and 28 who has done teaching or nursing, working or not working. More importantly, the lady should be a Kitwe resident.

DNMA 142 He is a 35-year-old Lusaka resident, single and without children. In steady employment, he is looking for a woman aged between 25 and 28 who is single and without children, of medium build and height, with firm breasts and hips, and God-fearing.

DNMA 143 He is a 20-year-old Lusaka young man, single and without a child. He is looking for a partner aged between 17 and 20, who should be Lusaka-based, single and without a child.

DNMA 144 He is a 48-year-old Lusaka businessman, divorced with four children. He is looking for a lady aged between 30 and above, a government worker or somebody working for a private company.

He is a 42-year-old Chipatabased secondary school science teacher, divorced with three children. He is looking for a lady aged betwen 35 and 40 who is financially stable, beautiful and loving, with or without children.

DNMA147 He is a 34-year-old Lusaka man, single and without a child. He is looking for a lady, preferably also living in Lusaka, aged between 25 and 28, single and without a child.

DNMA148 He is a 43-year-old Kitwe-based contractor, divorced with two children aged 13 and 9. A born-again Christian who is an elder in his church, he is looking for a Godfearing lady aged between 33 and 39 who may be a teacher, soldier, police officer or in any formal employment and a born-again Christian with not more than two children. She must be fat and dark in complexion.

DNMA 149 He is a 37-year-old Copperbeltbased technician working for one of the mining companies. He is single and without children, God-fearing, and has never been married before. He is looking for a lady aged between 25 and 30 who is a teacher or any other profession, also single and without children, God-fearing and serious about marriage.

FEMALE APPLICANTS DNFA208 She is a 41-year-old Kabwe-based electrician, single and without children. She has never been married before.

She is looking for a man aged between 40 and 45,should be an entrepreneur or have formal employment, honest and God-fearing. No baby mama drama please!

DNFA209 She is a 37-year-old Lusaka lady working as a nutritionist, single with one child. She is looking for a man aged between 38 and above who working, serious about marriage, with or without children, loving and God-fearing.

DNFA 211

She is a 44-year-old Monze lady, divorced with three children. In formal employment, she is looking for a man older than her, someone God-fearing, loving, humble, HIV negative, employed or in gainful business.

DNFA212 She is 57-year-old Lusaka lady, divorced with four grown up children. A born-again Christian with a passion to help disabled and disadvantaged children, she is looking for a man aged between 65 and 70 loves God and is a born-again Christian with a passion for community work. The ideal partner should never be a pastor.

DNFA213

She is a 46-year-old Mongu lady, single with one child. In formal employment and an SDA member by denomination, she is HIV positive and is looking for a man aged between 50 and 55 who is of same status, in formal employment or gainful business and serious about marriage.

DNFA215 She is a 42-year-old Nakonde-based lady holding a managerial position, single with one child.She is looking for somebody aged between 45 and 55 who is mature, in steady employmnt or business, caring and loving . She is interested in somebody just looking for companionship.

DNFA216 She is a 27-year-old Lusaka-based graduate in human resource currently working for a private company, single and without a child.

She is humble, Godfearing, non-drinker and non-smoker. Of medium build and height, she is looking for a man who is on the fat side, aged between 32 and 35, single and without a child, and a church-goer.

DNFA 217 She is a 32-yearold Mazabuka primary school teacher, single with one son. She is HIV positive and is looking for a partner aged between 32 and 38 who must be God-fearing, in very stable job or income.