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Construction works on the multi billion Kwacha worth Boarding school in Milenge district in Luapula Province is expected to be completed next year.
The construction of the boarding high school in Milenge district has been funded at a total cost of over 25 billion kwacha by Government.
Milenge District Commissioner Rosemary Malutu told ZANIS in an interview in Milenge that the contractor is expected to hand over the facility to Government after the rainy season.
Ms. Malutu said once completed the boarding high school will help add value to the education sector in the district as well provide quality education to pupils.
She said since the district got its district status 13 years ago, it has been working hard to ensure that it attracts the much needed development adding that the school will go a long way in the development of the district.
And Science Technology and Vocational Training Permanent Secretary Chriticles Mwansa said the construction of the boarding High school will complement the intended construction of a Trades institute in the district next year.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mwansa has appealed to Government departments and ministries to work together in fostering national development.
He said ministries should partner in spearheading development as they all work for one common vision of developing the nation.
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has received an undisclosed substantial amount of money from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to enable it continue conducting sensitisation programmes on voter registration in eight districts across the country.
FODEP Information Officer McDonald Chipenzi named the districts FODEP was scheduled to conduct its sensitisation programmes as Sinazongwe, Kazungula, Choma, Siavonga, Kabompo, Chavuma, Mwinilunga and Kasempa.
Mr. Chipenzi told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the Foundation would ensure many people were sensitised to register as voters in preparation for the 2011 general elections.
Mr. Chipenzi however, declined to mention how much money UNDP had given FODEP to carry out the sensitisation programmes in the named districts.
In a related development, the FODEP Information Officer has appealed to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to ensure that voter educators that have been removed in some parts of the country were redeployed.
Mr. Chipenzi noted that the development had resulted in a low voter registration turn out especially in some rural parts of the country.
He pointed out that this had also led to many people to be de-motivated as there was no one to educate them on the need to register as voters.
Mr. Chipenzi said a lot of people were willing to register as voters as long as they were properly educated and sensitised on the process.
He also urged school going children that have reached the age of sixteen to ensure that they obtained National Registration Cards (NRCs) by taking advantage of the school holidays.
Mr. Chipenzi further said this was very important as it was their right to do so and that the move enabled them to participate in national activities.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has disclosed that it will soon publicise the revised electoral code of conduct.
ECZ Public Relations Manager, Cris Akufuna, said the revised code of conduct would be made public after all logistics concerning the document are put in place.
Mr. Akufuna told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the document was being worked on before it is gazetted, adding that it would thereafter be published in the media for the people to read.
Mr. Akufuna said the ECZ was working round the clock to have the document finalised as soon as possible.
The ECZ Public Relations Manager said the revised code of conduct was agreed by all stakeholders at a workshop held at Livingstone New Fair recently.
He said the stakeholders included the Church, Civil Societies, Political parties and other concerned interest groups.
[pullquote] Other recommendations include the announcing of the winner of the elections within 48 hours.[/pullquote]
Among the recommendations in the revised code of conduct is the barring of traditional leaders from exerting undue pressure on their subjects to support a particular political party or candidate.
The stakeholders also agreed that political parties shall sensitise their members and ensure total observance of the provisions of the electoral code of Conduct.
It was further agreed that the ECZ shall submit a report of breach of the code of conduct to the Zambia Police, the Anti-Corruption Commission and Drug Enforcement Commission for possible prosecution for those found wanting.
Stakeholders also came up with the provision that campaigns shall commence on nomination day and end two days before elections take place.
Other recommendations include the announcing of the winner of the elections within 48 hours.
Further recommendations among others made were that political parties, the church and civil society organisations should be able to carry out voter education in the country and that the Electoral body would ensure smooth handover of power to the winner of the elections after voting.
10 years after they last played in Caf club cup competition, Nchanga Rangers return to savor some African football.
Rangers will be Zambia’s sole representatives in the Orange Caf Confederation Cup.
It is 10 years since the Chingola club last took part in Caf club competition and that was in 2000 when they reached the quarterfinals of the defunct Caf Cup.
However, they find a football landscape that is hungrier more ambitious despite the lack of incentives to play in the preliminary three rounds of the Confederation Cup.
There is a conventional wisdom that Zanaco and Zesco have set a template for any local team to qualify to the lucrative group stages of either the Confederation or the Orange Caf Champions League.
This follows the two team’s feats in the last two edition of the Caf club tournament.
Zesco are in the Champions League where they will face Caf club debutants Liga Muculmana of Mozambique who were promoted in 2007 and three years later were crowned champions.
The Maputo side will visit Ndola to play Zesco on January 29 in a preliminary round first leg match.
Meanwhile, Rangers will be tested later rather than sooner after their preliminary round opponents Bulawayo Highlanders withdrew from this year competition due to financial constraints.
Rangers qualify to the first round with a walkover win where they will face Dr Congo giants Lupopo in March with an away first round, first leg match.
Bruce Mwape work starts now with his fairly modest squad of players to shame the skeptics.
The Lusaka City Council has abolished reserved parking slots in the city with effect from January next year.
Council Assistant Public Relations Manager Mulunda Habeenzu said the action was in response to complaints from members of the public.
He told ZANIS in Lusaka today that the decision was arrived at to solve the problems of parking in town experienced by motorists adding that the parking spaces would instead be open to every motorist at a fee.
Mr. Habeenzu noted that the Council would only allow companies that have paid upfront to possess reserved parking slots until February when agreements expired.
He said it was sad to note that some companies allocated themselves reserved parking slots without authority from the Council.
However, Mr. Habeenzu appealed to companies that were in an agreement with the local authority and still owed the Council to finish paying their outstanding arrears.
He also urged the public to work with the Council by paying the parking fee that would be arrived at.
Police has staged a man hunt for bandits that killed a Kabwe businessman and his Security Guard at Lion of Judah shop in Makululu Compound of Central Province.
Speaking in a telephone interview with ZANIS this morning, Central Province Commanding Officer Stella Libongani said Police is looking for the killers of Webby Simpokolwe aged between 30 and 32 years and his security guard, Johnson Lubenge who were shot dead by armed robbers with two AK-47 rifles around 19:00 pm on Sunday at the same shop.
Ms. Libongani however said the manhunt was not only targeted at killers of Mr. Simpokolwe and Mr. Lubenge but assailants of many other innocent people who may have died as a result of the criminals that were terrorising the Compound.
She noted that in the recent past, crime had continued to escalate in Makululu Compound leaving many innocent people dead despite the security measures that security wings had put in place to mitigate crime.
The Commanding Officer assured the people of Makululu Compound that Police had heard their heartfelt cry and would do everything in its power to ensure that justice prevailed.
Ms. Libongani further appealed to the public to assist police apprehend the criminals and further urged anyone with evidence leading to the arrest of those culprits to report to the nearest police station so that the criminals could be prosecuted.
Meanwhile, a salesman at the same shop, Giliat Chizola who was hit by a stray bullet during the shooting is still nursing injuries at Kabwe General Hospital.
Hospital authorities said Mr. Chizola was in a stable condition and may soon be discharged.
President Rupiah Banda has said the Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD)was the only political party to steer the nation forward, beyond 2011.
And President Banda has challenged those in the opposition to join the ruling party saying they should not waist time being in the opposition.
Mr. Banda said the 2011 general elections were vital to the ruling party and critical to the party’s agenda.
The President called for hard work and unity among the MMD party members if the country’s peace and national development was to be strengthened.
“It is a party to which all of us should be proud to belong; those who are not members should come and join this party. It is the only party that will take care of us all Zambians and the party that will be able to frustrate reactionary activities in our country. We have to ensure that our country remains what we have always wanted it to remain, One Zambia, One Nation.
‘’This is the only party that will be able to fight for the development of this country as it goes forward. Civil servants and everyone in this country should be interested in strengthening of this party, which is the party that is binding the people of Zambia together.’’ President Banda said.
The President was speaking when he addressed scores of people who welcomed him at Mongu Airport. This was shortly after arrival from Lusaka aboard a ZAF plane.
Mr. Banda is in Mongu to open the MMD Provincial conference being held at Kambule Technical School.
The President has already opened similar conferences on the Copperbelt and Central Provinces and now Western Province.
He said the conference should result in deeper unity within the ruling party adding that it was a party for all the people of Zambia, in every corner of Zambia and uniting the country.
President Banda is accompanied by MMD Chief Whip Vernon Mwaanga, MMD Elections Chairman Mike Mulongioti among other MMD NEC members.
Cabinet ministers and several party cadres were on hand to receive the President at the airstrip.
President Banda returns to Lusaka soon after scheduled business in Mongu.
Forum For Leadership Search Executive Director Edwin Lifwekelo (L)
Forum for Leadership Search Zambia has called on Government to declare the Barotse Freedom Movement (BFM) a terrorist organisation and must with immediate effect de-register the organisation.
Forum For Leadership Search Executive Director Edwin Lifwekelo said it was very evident from activities perpetrated by the movement that it was a clear indication of what he described as a terrorist grouping prepared to sacrifice the lives of Zambians.
Mr. Lifwekelo explained that any activity of the Barotse Freedom Movement must be declared treasonable and that the culprits arrested must be dealt with under the treasonable act to stop future offenders.
This is contained in a press statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today.
Mr. Lifwekelo pointed out that violence that occurred in Western Province recently had the potential to ignite a civil war in the country.
“The Registrar of Society has a lot of explaining to do on how and why such an organisation was registered in Zambia in the first place when the freedom that Zambia enjoys was fought at great cost 46 years ago”, he said.
He stated that the Barotse Agreement does not fit into modern Zambia and peace loving Zambians and genuine Lozi speaking people must reject such a movement.
He explained that Western Province does not have the economic base to be independent from the rest of Zambia.
Mr. Lifwekelo accused some sections of the media and some frustrated politicians of wanting to use the Barotse agreement for political mileage.
He added that any support for the Barotse Freedom Movement would bore consequences too ghastly to contemplate if handled with kids gloves.
In a related development, Forum for Progressive Politics (FPP) has condemned the violence being perpetrated by advocates of the restoration of the Barotse Agreement in Mongu.
[pullquote]Mr. Kafumbo challenged the Barotse Patriotic Front (BPF) leader Mutangelwa Imasiku to tell the nation of the boundaries of the land being claimed saying that demands were being made that portions of land comprised Central, Copperbelt, Lusaka, Northern and Southern Province.[/pullquote]
FPP Secretary General Charles Kafumbo described the tearing and burning of the national flag by the advocates as treason.
And Mr Kafumbo has advised Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata to disassociate himself from the BPF because his recent utterences of restoring Barotse lands to the Barotse people was a clear indication that BPF was a wing of the opposition party.
Mr. Kafumbo challenged the Barotse Patriotic Front (BPF) leader Mutangelwa Imasiku to tell the nation of the boundaries of the land being claimed saying that demands were being made that portions of land comprised Central, Copperbelt, Lusaka, Northern and Southern Province.
He said these five provinces totaled 35 tribes adding that this was half of Zambia’s native 73 tribes and that the chiefs of the respective lands were not part of the Barotse land.
Mr. Kafumbo urged Mr. Imasiku to restrain from acts of treasonable behaviour if peace was to be upheld in the country.
On advice to the PF leader, the FPP Secretary General said his organisation wanted Mr Sata to condemn the riots currently taking place in Western Province especially the one that happened last Saturday where Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi was attacked and stoned by BPF cadres.
He said his organisation supported Government efforts to maintain law and order in Mongu and bring perpetrators to book.
[pullquote]He said these five provinces totaled 35 tribes adding that this was half of Zambia’s native 73 tribes and that the chiefs of the respective lands were not part of the Barotse land.[/pullquote]
In July this year, the Barotse Royal Establishment in its submissions to the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) expressed grief that the provisions of the Barotseland Agreement had not been considered in the Draft Constitution and among others proposed to NCC and Government to consider acknowledging the Barotse Agreement to be the instrument by which the unitary State is constituted and outlined a number of articles that BRE was unhappy about.
Meanwhile, Mr Kafumbo has sent a message of quick recovery to the PF leader’s wife Dr. Kaseba who is currently undergoing treatment in South Africa.
Dr. Kaseba was evacuated to South Africa on Sunday for specialist treatment after experiencing chest pains and high blood pressure.
Here is the Fifa press statement from its website on the meeting it held with Zambian football and governement officials.
A meeting on the situation of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has taken place today, 20 December 2010, at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.
The meeting was chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke, and Confederation of African Football (CAF) representative Magdi Shams el Din, and included Zambian Minister of Sport Kenneth Chipungu, chairman of National Sports Council of Zambia Chifumu Banda, FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya, FAZ general secretary George Kasengele, FAZ legal expert Antony Kasolo, and representatives of the opposition to the current FAZ Executive Committee, Andrew Kamanga and Simataa Simataa.
During the meeting, it was confirmed that Kalusha Bwalya is the legitimate FAZ president. In the event that some FAZ members want to table a motion of non-confidence against him and his Executive Committee, such a motion would have to be presented at the next general council scheduled on March 2011, following the proper procedures established in the FAZ statutes. As such, if FAZ members would like to lodge such a request for inclusion on the agenda of a council meeting, it shall notify the FAZ general secretary at least 21 days before the date of the meeting. This notification can be copied to FIFA and CAF, which in turn will make sure that it is properly addressed by the FAZ general secretariat.
FIFA and CAF will continue to monitor closely the Zambian situation and they will send representatives to the March 2011 general council meeting.
FIFA would like to thank all the participants in the meeting for their constructive attitude which has allowed them to find an agreement on the current situation of the FAZ.
Interim Faz president Andrew Kamanga has said from Zurich that his executive is legally mandated to remain in power until the March 2011 annual general meeting.
Kamanga said in a telephone interview from Zurich after the tripartite meeting at Fifa headquarters that the meeting was fruitful and denied any claims that his administration was not recognized by the games world governing body at the meeting.
The meeting in Zurich was chaired by Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke while Caf was represented by Sudan Football Association general secretary Magdi Shams-Eldin.
Kamanga said Fifa had said Faz must on its agenda for next March’s annual general meeting hold executive committee elections under the hospices of Fifa and Caf.
“The interim executive committee will continue in office,” Kamanga said. “It is a moral victory which was decided upon by the majority (At the November 26 ECM).”
Meanwhile, sources familiar with the development at Monday’s meeting have also said Fifa has directed embattled Faz president Kalusha Bwalya to hold early elections.
However, Fifa added that the Faz constitution was silent over some cardinal matters including the co-opting of committee members in instances of mass resignation from its executive members.
“Jerome Valcke the Fifa secretary general chaired the meeting where both sides parties presented their cases,” the source said.
“Fifa acknowledged that the Kamanga team was duly elected by two thirds majority. The challenge was that the Faz constitution is silent on a lot of issues regarding Kalu’s co-opting new Exco members and as such it was assumed that Kalu did this in good faith and should stand.
“Both parties agreed to resolve this by cutting Kalu’s tenure and holding early elections which Fifa and Caf will observe.
“Fifa promised to recognize whoever emerges winner in March. National Sports council of Zambia and Government have been instructed to mediate on the local issues i.e. the conclusion of the league.
“Kalu has been cautioned on entering into agreements on behalf of the association as the remainder of his tenure is for administrative convenience only.”
First Lady Thandiwe observes the conversation between President Banda and United States Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storrela in Lusaka
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President Banda, , Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane with World Bank president Robert Zoellick at State House
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Some members of the defence force wait for their turn to receive credentials during a a joint graduation ceremony in Lusaka
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A dance troupe in action at the Lusaka international airport to welcome Great Lakes Region Presidents who were in Zambia for a summit
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Zambia officials approach the Presidential jet of Angola when officials from that country arrived for the Great Lakes Region
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Journalists mob diplomats from Angola during an interview at Lusaka international airport
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Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete when he arrived in Zambia for the Great Lakes Region Summit
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Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete interacts with Tanzanians resident in Zambia when he arrived in Zambia for the Great Lakes Region Summit
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Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete interacts with MMD women when he arrived in Zambia for the Great Lakes Region Summit
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President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete shopping for a cap at the Intercontinental hotel gift shop in Lusaka
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Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza after giving an interview to reporters at Lusaka international airport
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One of the motorcades for the visiting dignitaries of the Great Lakes Region Summit leaves the Lusaka international airport
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Leaders of the Great Lakes Region pose for a photograph after the Lusaka summit
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Protocol officials handling the luggage of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza wait for transport to ferry the Presidential luggage from the Lusaka international airport
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A Congolese toddler resident in Zambia carries a placard bearing the photograph of Congolese leader Joseph Kabila.
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A Congolese toddler resident in Zambia carries a placard bearing the photograph of Congolese leader Joseph Kabila
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Congolese Nationals resident in Zambia chanting slogans before the arrival of their President Joseph Kabila at Lusaka international airport
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Zambian majorettes in action during the launch of the road safety week in Lusaka
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President Banda and his son Temwani (l) interacts with pupils of the American international school in Lusaka
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President Banda and First Lady Thandiwe during the end of year come together event at the American international school in Lusaka
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President Banda waves at pupils of the American international school in Lusaka
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President Banda and First Lady Thandiwe cut a cake during the MMD Meet the President dinner at Mulungushi international conference centre
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President Banda and First Lady Thandiwe take to the dance floor during the MMD Meet the President dinner at Mulungushi international conference centre
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President Banda and First Lady Thandiwe on the dance floor during the MMD Meet the President dinner at Mulungushi international conference centre.
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President Banda welcomes World Bank president Robert Zoellick at State House
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A police man walks past Congolese nationals resident in Zambia who had a placard as they waited for the arrival of their leader Joseph Kabila at Lusaka international airport
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Chief Mazimawe charing the House of Chiefs when the house resumed sitting in Lusaka
Zesco United were today officially crowned this year’s Faz Super Division champions after beating Nkwazi 3-1 at Edwin Emboela stadium in Lusaka in their Week 30 game.
Fighton Simukonda’s side attained an unassailable 60 points after defending champions Zanaco lost at home to Power Dynamos on the same day.
Innocent Mwaba scored a brace with goals in the 32nd and 57th minutes while Nkwazi scored their lone goal in-between through Isaac Mutangama in the 66th minute.
Zambia Under-20 striker Chakwa Lungu added Zesco’s third goal in the 88th minute to see the Ndola side capture their third league title.
Across town at Sunset Stadium, Power Dynamos beat Zanaco 1-0 via a4th minute headed in goal from Simon Bwalya who benefitted from a Joseph Sitali cross.
Zanaco could have equalized from the spot in the 42th minute through Mathews Macha but his penalty was parried and later saved by Power goalkeeper Rabson Muchelenganga.
Faz interim president Andrew Kamanga and his general secretary Simataa Simataa on Sunday set off for Zurich after a visa hitch on Friday and Saturday almost scuttled their journey for Monday’s Fifa meeting over the current Faz impasse.
And sports minister Kenneth Chipungu has replaced his director of sport Bernard Nakachinda on the two-member government panel for the Zurich meeting.
Kamanga left for Zurich together with Chipungu via Dar-es-Salaam to catch a direct flight to Switzerland from Tanzania on Sunday evening.
Simataa and National Sports Council of Zambia chairman Chifumu Banda, who is the second government representative on the trip, flew out via Johannesburg later in the day.
Kalusha Bwalya and Faz general secretary George Kasengele are already in Zurich after leaving on Friday and were joined over the weekend by Faz disciplinary committee head Anthony Kasolo who left on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Kamanga said before departure for Zurich on Sunday morning that he hoped the voice of reason will prevailed during Monday’s meeting at Fifa headquarters.
“We hope they will be reasonable enough to listen to our position,” Kamanga said.
Faz is currently being run by parallel local governing organs after a new interim executive led by Kamanga was elected at an emergency council meeting held in Lusaka on November 26.
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning”
(Lamentations 3:22–23, NLT)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Isn’t it good to know that no matter what happened yesterday, no matter what you said, no matter what you did, God’s mercy is new for you today? Mercy is empowering. It frees us to make the right choices and live in a way that is pleasing to God. We have to always remember that God is not condemning us. Romans tells us that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. God wants to love us and equip us to overcome in this life.
Do you need new mercy today? Receive it by faith. You don’t have to beg God to forgive you. He forgives you the first time you ask, but it’s up to you to receive that forgiveness. Open your heart today and receive His mercy. Let Him wash over you with His peace and joy. Then choose to extend that mercy to others. Remember, you are God’s representative in the earth. As you show His love and character to others, He’ll pour out His blessing upon you and use you in ways you never dreamed!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Heavenly Father, today I choose to receive Your mercy and forgiveness. Thank You for cleansing me of all unrighteousness. Thank You for making me new. I love You and bless Your Holy Name. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
File:Some ladies on a weekend ride in Northmead township.
By Daimone Siulapwa
The problem of drug trafficking among Zambian women is highly worrying. The numbers of those arrested and jailed, especially outside the country, are astonishing. Almost every month, we hear of this and that Zambian woman being arrested and jailed in some foreign country on charges of drug
trafficking.
Unfortunately, most of these cases are in countries which have strict laws in so far as drug trafficking is concerned. The sentence is sometimes life imprisonment and even mandatory death sentence.
Well, lets us just say the cases are embarrassing, first to the image of the country as a whole, and secondly, to the womenfolk.
What do the women have to say about this?
Women for Change executive director Emily Sikazwe said the continued arrests and increase in the number of women dealing in drug trafficking is very sad. She said the increasing number of women dealing and trafficking in drugs cannot go unaddressed as it keeps recurring.
All sectors of society including the church, political parties, civil society and the people at large therefore need to get involved to arrest the trend. She attributes the increase in the number of cases to poverty but adds that there can still be dignity even in poverty. She further accuses men with resources who do not want to tarnish their image in public of using women as couriers of the substances.
She advised such men to stop using women in their dealings as it is not only affects the women, but their families as well and the countries they are coming from.
Either way, the practice is bad. But what is the real motivation for this? Poverty is too general a reason to cite.
Admittedly, there is a class problem in our society currently. And this is more pronounced among our womenfolk. There is pressure to keep-up with the rest of the elite. So huge is the pressure that these women are willing to do anything in order to keep-up with the rest.
There is pressure to be driving the latest vehicle, like their next door neighbors, pressure to own the most expensive mobile phone, stay in plush neighborhoods and shop from the most expensive boutiques.
Certainly, our womenfolk suffer from complexes. They want to be seen to belong to a high-class society. For instance, for those who take alcohol, they do not want to go to their neighborhoods den, but instead want to go where ‘everyone is going, arcades, Cross roads and the new Manda Hill.
And while there, they do not want to be in a taxi, they want to go there driving, and when it comes to drinks, they will look down on those ladies taking castle or mosi. They would rather go for the ciders. For them, that is what makes them elite.
How sad!
Unfortunately for most of them, this kind of lifestyle is unsustainable. They simply cannot afford it, week-in week-out. With that scenario, they have to find a way of sustaining it. In the meantime, you find that they do not work, and if they do, their pay is not enough to sustain their exaggerated lifestyle. So, they will consider the options before them. Well, others may decide to sleep with their superiors, even when they know that he is married. But if it will bring them a promotion or extra income, then they are willing to do it. For others though, especially those in college and university, they would even sleep with their lecturers. Others though would go extreme, engaging in pornography by way of them sleeping with dogs in exchange for money. Still others will go for the big one, drug trafficking – they would agree to be used as couriers by some rich yet obscure businessman to carry these drugs in exchange for a commission.
Unfortunately, most of them fail to get their commission and are instead, commissioned to the prison authorities for a life under bars. These are the women who claim to go to Dubai, India, China and Brazil for business yet in reality are involved in some illegal activities, all in the name of keeping-up appearances.
So, how do you arrest this situation? Firstly, our women need to get rid of their complexes. There is no need for them to compete. They should accept their socio-economic status and only work hard to improve it. There is no need to sleep with their boss or with a dog.
This is more demeaning than drinking your mosi and castle at the local shebeen or shopping from the sprawling Soweto.
Hopefully, our women are learning something from their colleagues, some of whom may die in foreign prison cells.
