A Zambian living in South Africa has been badly hurt after he was stabbed by unknown people on the fore-head.

Zambian Association in South Africa (ZASA) President Ferdinand Simaanya who has confirmed the development said Mr. Daniel Lupiya was stabbed badly injured and was rushed to Germiston hospital where doctors attended to him.

Mr. Simaanya has said in a statement that Mr. Lupiya however remains in pain but out of danger.

He has since asked all Zambians to follow instructions and updates that the association is sending to members.

Mr. Simaanya said currently, the xenophobic incidents are in central Johannesburg, Hilbrow, parts of Primrose, Turfontein, Tembisa and some parts of Pretoria and is advising Zambians to avoid these places.

And the Zambian High Commission in South Africa has also confirmed the deadly attack on Mr. Lupiya, 33, who was attacked this morning on his way home after dropping his niece at one of the schools in the area.

According to the information availed to the Zambian mission in Pretoria, Mr. Lupiya was brutally attacked after a group of unknown people greeted him in the local language but could not respond.

He was then brutally stabbed and left for dead but was rushed to Germiston hospital where he was attended to and his condition has been described as stable.

The assailants’ motive for his brutal attack has not yet been fully established but it is suspected that he was attacked because of the current wave of violent attacks against foreigners in South Africa.

This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs. Naomi Nyawali, First Secretary Press and Public Relations at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa.

“He was then brutally stabbed and left for dead but was rushed to Gemiston Hospital where he was attended to. His condition has been described as stable. The assailants motive for his brutal attack has not yet been fully established but it is suspected that he was attacked because of the current wave of violent attacks against foreigners in South Africa.”

Mr. Lupiya has been in South Africa for two months visiting his brother who lives in that country.

“The Mission would like to advise Zambians in South Africa to take extra precautionary measures to ensure that they are safe. It is advised that trouble spots or towns should be avoided as well as movement to other places except where it is absolutely necessary,” Mrs Nyawali said.

Meanwhile, Government through the Ministry of Transport and Communications is cautioning to all Zambian truck owners, bus owners and drivers to immediately avoid travelling to South Africa until the security situation improves.

Minister of Transport and Communications, Mutotwe Kafwaya is urging Zambian drivers currently in South Africa to park their trucks in safe and secure designated places that authorities in that country may recommend until security improves.

Mr. Kafwaya said in line with bilateral road transport agreement between Zambia and South Africa, the Zambian government will continue engaging the government of south Africa to ensure security measures are put in place to safeguard the lives of all Zambian truck drivers who may be in that country.

This follows a travel alert issued last week by the Zambian High Commission in South Africa to Zambian truck drivers wishing to travel to that country today following reports that they are being threatened with violence.

The Patriotic Front (PF) Leadership has vowed to protect President Edgar Lungu from all forms of unwarranted political attacks. PF Secretary General Davis Mwila said that the party will not allow any politician to abuse their freedom of speech, adding that the party will not take lightly attacks from people like de-registered National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili.

Mr Mwila said the party will take action and present a petition to Mr. Kambwili following his continuous attacks on President Lungu.

The PF Secretary-General was speaking at the PF Secretariat in Lusaka today saying that President Lungu is not just the Republican President, but also a Party President.

He said the party will not tolerate any more of the unwarranted attacks on the Head of State. Mr Mwila said the party has applied to the Zambia Police Service for a permit to take a petition to the de-registered leader of the NDC Chishimba Kambwili over his insults against President Lungu.

“We cannot rely on the government only to defend our President because he is the Party President. It is our duty to ensure that the name of the President is protected from any unwarranted attacks. We will not condone Chishimba Kambwili insulting the President as if we are not there, let him know that we are here to defend our leader,” he said.

“As a party and as a Secretariat, we have made a decision! Time has come to defend the President at all costs. We promised the people of Zambia that we will demonstrate for seven days. And of course, we have notified the police because we follow the law.”

The Secretary-General made it clear that the party is not violating any law in petitioning Mr. Kambwili.

“Tomorrow, we are expecting Munali residents at the Secretariat who will be coming with a petition. This will continue. And on Friday, the entire Lusaka district will march to Kambwili’s Office if he has one! Or to his House to deliver a petition. We will do so within the confinement of the law as we have given notice to the Police.”

Interview with Eva Joly: “They give 100, 120 million to corrupt leaders and by means of which they can continue to plunder the country” 08/22/2019

(Ecofin Hebdo) – Anti-corruption icon, Eva Joly, during her career as an investigating judge at the financial centre of the Palais de Justice in Paris, has uncovered numerous cases, the most prominent of which was the Elf company’s African corruption network. She was also responsible for the indictment of Roland Dumas, then President of the French Constitutional Council, and the Bernard Tapie case against Crédit Lyonnais. Eva Joly has also advised several governments in the fight against corruption and international financial crime. In 2012, she was nominated as a candidate in the French presidential election for the Europe Ecologie Les Verts party.

Last month, she was received in London by the NGO Tax Justice Network, which presented her with an award for her extraordinary contribution to tax justice. Idriss Linge met her on this occasion. Interview.

Ecofin Agency : Your biggest battle against corruption has been in Africa. How did you conduct this investigation?

Eva Joly: It was an investigation that started in a rather modest way from a file of the COB (French SEC, NDLR), at the time, concerning the textile company BIDERMANN. And I discovered quite quickly that there were not normal movements of funds and after a long investigation, I was able to determine that BIDERMANN had received completely abnormal support from ELF. And from there, we went to Africa and I was able to establish that there was a whole system of corruption and undue profits. So Elf’s money was distributed: a little bit went back to Africa but many stayed in France and was used for the leaders’ own needs, for their wives, their children, their mistresses, for their way of life. And it is indeed the largest anti-corruption investigation in the West since the Second World War. And the good thing is that we were able to carry it to the end and people were convicted. 30 people were convicted in this case. But it was the first time we were really updating the network.

AE: What did you learn from this investigation on Africa?

Eva Joly: We have shown how African leaders, corrupted by ELF money, personally, allowed certain french people to enrich themselves at the expense of African countries. That was very interesting. And this aspect of the file was not really addressed, I believe, when there was equipment that could be used scientifically.

AE: You did not only intervene in French-speaking Africa. In Zambia, for example, what did you discover?

Eva Joly: Yes, Zambia, like all mining countries that make a living from the extraction of raw materials, does not receive a fair share of this natural rent, which is really captured by multinationals that use all the “tricks in the book”, in particular they use the sorting of transfers at the expense of countries, whether Mali or Zambia. They use tax havens, such as Mauritius for Zambia, and the profits made do not go to countries where they could be taxed to participate in development.

In fact, the figures we had at the time were that Zambia was only getting $50 million from this industry when the value of exports was in the order of $3 billion, so it was really a small part. In addition, it subsidized the electricity needed by the mining industry, not to mention the use of roads and other facilities… And so, it is absolutely revolting. And Norway’s development assistance project helped the Zambian government to change its contracts with multinationals, and the result was spectacular. Unfortunately, this did not last because the president, who was anti-corruption and who wanted this program (Michael Sata, editor’s note), died and his successor (Edgar Lungu, editor’s note) returned to the old traditions…

AE: How can these heads of state give in to temptation?

Eva Joly: It’s very often because they are paid personally with funds in accounts for Zambia in London. It is very cheap for multinationals. They give 100, 120 million to corrupt leaders and in return they can continue to plunder the country. This is why today we need to create a global, global register of properties that would make it possible to track who owns what, everywhere, for both developing and developed countries. And that would be a huge step forward in the fight against corruption and also against all forms of crime.

AE: After all these years of fighting corruption in Africa, do you see any progress emerging?

Eva Joly: No. Africa’s greatest misfortune is also the lack of quality of its leaders. And it is up to civil society to intervene, it is also up to civil society to work on democracy and to ensure that leaders are more transparent and accountable to the population. And let this curse end. I think there is a great willingness, a great understanding today in the developed countries that we must leave more of our wealth to Africa. We are terribly responsible for the situation in Mali.

Interview by Idriss Linge

Source: Agence Ecofin

Elias Chipimo has stepped down as National Restoration Party President and quit active politics with immediate effect. Mr Chipimo made the announcement at press briefing in Lusaka today.

He said he has decided to leave active politics to leave room for fresh perspective in NAREP and allow fresh ideas that will the party to grow.

Mr Chipimo said Party Vice President Charles Maboshe will lead the party in the interim until new leadership is put in place.

He said the search for President has started and is being supported by all.

Mr Chipimo said he will not join any political party and those planning to offer him jobs in their political parties will be wasting their time.

He said he will now concentrate on developing opportunities in the private sector particularly agriculture, energy, technology and supporting development of entrepreneurship in the country the sectors which will help him create employment opportunities for all Zambians.

Mr Chipimo thanked those that walked the journey with him in politics including those that abandoned him to join other parties.

He says he does not not regret having joined politics and his hope in the nation is not lost.

Meanwhile, Mr Chipimo has acknowledged that he was too rigid with his principals which denied the party the boost that was required to grow the party.

He feels he would have allowed new ideas and managed the defections better which during his time weakened the party structures.

And on the constitution reform process, Mr Chipimo has advised speaker of the national assembly Dr Patrick Matibini not to allow the NDF to be debated in Parliament.

He warned that history will judge him harshly as he could have prevented the assault being done on the constitution through the proposed NDF.

Mr Chipimo said he is troubled that the speaker has failed to play his part as the gatekeeper against the injustice being done to the Zambian constitution by the PF government.

Mwanwhile the former NAREP leader said the decision on whether to continue in the opposition alliance will be made by the party leadership.

He said NAREP still remains a member of the opposition Alliance.

And Interim President Charles Maboshe applauded Mr Chipimo for steering the party in the right direction.

He said NAREP will rise to the occasion and provide credible checks and balances to the party in government.

Mr Maboshe said he will now concentrate on mentoring young people to take up leadership positions in the party.

He appealed to NAREP members that have left to join other political parties to come back and help grow the party.

Bobby East gives us visuals for M.L.A.M off his Vanilla Album. The song features KOBY. Shot by No ID Guru Pictel.

Jay Rox teams up with Kenya’s Kansoul to deliver the perfect afro fusion. Distance was conquered, art was merged and cultures shared. When God verifies your mission, the distance covered to get to the finish line doesn’t matter at all.

Song produced by: Kenz Ville Marley
Jay Rox dressed by: Bobz Boutique
Music Video directed by: Ricky Bekko

Lusaka Civil Rights activist Brebner Changala has said that Zambia Police has no right to be asking citizens to obtain Police Permits for whatever activity they hold as the action was not supported by any law.

Speaking in an interview, Mr. Changala said that Zambia Police was only supposed to be notified 7 days before an event and “that was settled in Christine Mulundika and others versus the Attorney General.”

Mr Changala who accused Zambia Police of abusing the people of Zambia challenged the Inspector General of Police, Kakoma Kanganja, to say very clearly whether or not Zambians needed a police permit in to congregate, associate and celebrate whatever achievements in their lives.

“The people of Zambia are being abused by the police under the command of Mr. Kanganja. It is now an acceptable norm that for people to assemble and associate to communicate, they need a police permit,” he noted.

“The opposition has failed to assemble, associate and communicate to their followers because of this issue of a police permit requirement. But there is nowhere in the Constitution where anybody needs a police permit to assemble and associate. This is clearly an abuse of political power by the PF and it has been tolerated because nobody interrogated this, including the media.”

“If there is no provision in the law, Kanganja must be held to account in his personal capacity,” he said.

“It is high time we started prosecuting public officers without any loss of money on the public treasury because of their conduct borders on criminality. When they take up office, they swear to uphold and protect the Constitution. But this is the very Constitution that they have risen against and they are abusing the people of Zambia in their docility. So, I ask the media to speak to the government, through the Attorney General and the chief government spokesperson to get their position on the matter of this police permit.”

Changala regretted that Zambia was sliding into a dictatorship with citizens’ eyes wide open.

“The country is becoming a police state,” he noted.

“We want to know the position of the government on the issue of the police permit and where the term of permits came from. Who gave the police powers to issue police permits?”

ZESCO has announced that effective September 3, load management hours will be increased to six hours.

In a statement released to the media, ZESCO said that due to the emergency situation regarding power supply in the country, systems conditions may from time to time dictate extended load shedding hours beyond the stated times, which will be communicated to customers via the Zesco SMS system.

According to Patrick Mwila, Zesco’s strategic and corporate services director, this was mainly due to the limitation of power generation caused by low water levels at the major hydro power plants.

Mwila stated on Friday that the load management hours were being revised upwards to prevent over generation beyond the recommended levels at Kafue Gorge and Kariba North Bank power stations and to ensure that the reduced generation resources available can be stretched to get the nation well into the next rain season around 2020.

He stated that in an effort to provide an improved supply of reliable electricity for everyone, customers and the general public were encouraged to use electricity prudently by ensuring that all non-essential appliances remain switched off when not in use.

Mwila stated that industrial customers were encouraged to apply energy-efficient methods in their production processes to help mitigate the power deficit during this period.

He stated that the new load management schedules for September 2019 would continue to be published, on the Zesco website and the daily newspapers.