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Hastings Bwalya made it four wins out of four on Saturday night after beating American Matt Ellis in their non-title welterweight fight at Niagara Falls, New York.
The 24-year-old Zambian boxer knocked out Ellis in the second round of their scheduled four-round bout.
Bwalya’s knock out win was his third from four professional fights since leaving the amateur ranks in October last year.
The fight at the Niagara Falls Conference Centre in New York State was on the undercard of the main bill between former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman-Shannon Miller.
Rahman stopped Miller in the fourth round via another knockout in their scheduled 10-round non-title fight.
Nchanga Rangers dispatched Zanaco to their first home defeat of the season when they met this afternoon in a delayed Super Division Week 7 match played at Sunset stadium in Lusaka.
Rangers beat hosts Zanaco 1-0 who were hoping for a home win that would have seen them move within six points of leaders Zesco United who are on 27 points.
The visitors winning goal came in the 55tnh minute and was scored by ex-Under-20 defender Moses Mulambi.
Rangers win meanwhile sees the Chingola side rise from 4th to 3rd on 22 points, exchanging places with Power Dynamos.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia is horrified at the statement attributed to Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Lusaka Province Chairperson William Banda, in which he is reported to have vowed to “fight” and “defeat” the Post newspaper
Mr Banda said he would fight the Post Newspaper for allegedly insulting President Rupiah Banda, Vice-President George Kunda, and a number of cabinet ministers.
MISA Zambia Chairperson Henry Kabwe said Banda’s statement is shocking because of its harsh tone, which he described as a Tantamount to a declaration of “All Out War” against The Post newspaper.
Mr Kabwe said the statement is an incitement to violence against The Post newspaper and its staff.
He appealed to MMD leadership to immediately check the excesses of Mr. William Banda who he described as ‘a senior cadre with a reputation of thuggish behaviour dating back to his days as Lusaka District Governor under the former ruling party, UNIP’.
Mr Kabwe also reminded Mr. William Banda that the days of UNIP’s style of vigilantism ended with the abolition of one party rule in 1990.
He urged Mr Banda to check his calendar again and realise that this is the year 2010 and not 1990, when UNIP was desperately fighting the tide of political change, and that Mr. Banda was in the forefront of defending UNIP,s desperate hold on power.
He said Zambia is now in the 21st Century and not the 20th Century, where Mr Banda cut his teeth in politics and was well schooled in using violence to crush political opponents, including the media.
[pullquote]He urged Mr Banda to check his calendar again and realise that this is the year 2010 and not 1990, when UNIP was desperately fighting the tide of political change, and that Mr. Banda was in the forefront of defending UNIP,s desperate hold on power.[/pullquote]
Mr Kabwe said such tactics are not acceptable in a multiparty democracy like Zambia is today, and has been for the last 20 years since former president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda abolished one-party rule.
Mr. Kabwe reiterated that President Rupiah Banda should counsel Banda and urge him to change his old fashioned ways, because they are tarnishing the image of the country as an oasis of peace, political tolerance, and freedom of the press.
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Fire
Another victim of an inferno that burnt a family of six members killing one on the spot in Sinazongwe district has died.
The sister to the victim Beauty Mabole confirmed the death of his brother Ferdinand Hamuguyu that he died on Thursday in the afternoon after he was referred to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) for specialist medication on Tuesday.
[pullquote]“I just saw fire in the night when I went to the sitting room I found my children being burnt, including my husband, I came back in the bedroom and I had no where to run to because the house has no windows.
I shouted for help from neighbours who came and started putting off the fire. It was too late my girl Ivenia Hamuguyu was already burnt to death,” Mrs Hamuguyu said.[/pullquote]
Ms Mabole said his son Martin Mabole who is 15 years old is still admitted to UTH were he was referred together with his late uncle Hamuguyu.
She said the wife to the late Hamuguyu together his four year old son was still admitted to Maamba Hospital while a two year old boy has been discharged.
Maamba Hospital Superintendent Dr Chimika Phiri disclosed that the condition of Purity Hamuguyu and her four year old son Ivan Hamuguyu is stable.
Dr. Phiri said the four year old boy sustained 25 percent burns and he was responding well to medication.
He said the condition of the Late Hamuguyu who sustained 75 percent burns was severe and it resulted to his referring to UTH for specialist treatment.
On Tuesday around 01 hours the entire family for the late Hamuguyu was burnt and a seven year old girl Ivenia Hamuguyu died on the spot as a result of suffocation.
Ms Hamuguye who is also still admitted to Maamba Hospital said she does not know the cause of the fire.
“I just saw fire in the night when I went to the sitting room I found my children being burnt, including my husband, I came back in the bedroom and I had no where to run to because the house has no windows.
I shouted for help from neighbours who came and started putting off the fire. It was too late my girl Ivenia Hamuguyu was already burnt to death,” Mrs Hamuguyu said.
However, Maamba Police retrieved a container of petrol from the house which was suspected to be the cause of the fire.
United Liberal Party leader Sakwiba Sikota (right) President Rupiah banda.
United Liberal Party (ULP) president Sakwiba Sikota has expressed concern over the decision by the Global Fund to transfer disbursements of funds for life saving interventions directly to procurement agents following the Fund’s suspension of grants to the Ministry of Health.
Mr Sikota said he doubts if the new Principal Recipient, the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) can handle the Ministry’s 2019s responsibilities.
Mr Sikota said he also doubts if there is any Non Governmental Organization that has the capacity to handle issues in the realm of treatment.
He noted that there is no NGO that is better placed than government to handle the issue of people’s health in the country.
Mr Sikota bemoaned that the suspension of funding to the Ministry of Health is saddening because the ordinary Zambians would suffer the repercussions.
Mr Sikota , however,said he is hopeful that government will next month when parliament resumes its sittings make a comprehensive statement on the matter.
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President Rupiah Banda
President Banda has advised newly appointed Deputy Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Gabriel Namulambe and his Science and Technology counterpart Lameck Mangani to ignore people who are advising them to reject the appointments.
The President said Mr Namulambe and Mr Mangani should not listen to detractors but should focus on the bigger responsibility of serving Zambians.
Mr Banda said this at State House yesterday when he swore-in Mr Namulambe and Mr Mangani.
“Honourable Mangani and Honourable Namulambe, I say welcome back. I am sincerely happy that you have accepted the appointments I have made despite the fact that you are taking up appointments lower than that of Cabinet minister,” he said.
President Banda said Mr Mangani and Mr Namulambe are his colleagues and they have to continue working together as Government to address bigger challenges which affect all Zambians.
Mr Banda said he is convinced that even when Mr Mangani and Mr Namulambe accepted to be appointed Deputy Ministers, they considered the fact that they were going back into Government to serve and help to address various problems facing the country.
“I am also sure that there are many people who came to you and said do not accept. I think you should let those people stay where they are,” he said.
Mr Banda said since he dropped the two from Cabinet, he has never received any adverse reports about their reactions.
[pullquote]“I am also sure that there are many people who came to you and said do not accept. I think you should let those people stay where they are,” he said.[/pullquote]
“And for this, I congratulate you. All the best and may God guide your work as you serve the people of Zambia,” he said.
And when swearing-in Pumulo Mundale as chief analyst for legal affairs at State House, President Banda said he is happy to welcome Ms Mundale to the family of State House staff and Government.
Mr Banda said he is sure that Ms Mundale will add value to the work being done at State House, particularly in the legal department.
President Banda said he is confident that Ms Mundale has the capacity to execute her duties diligently.
Mr Banda said it is particularly pleasing to him to have found a professional woman to work at State House.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that there is a balance between men and women serving both here and in Government,” he said.
Suspended deputy Health Minister Dr Solomon Musonda
The Patriotic Front (PF) has expressed disappointment at the Director of Public Prosecutions DPP’s decision to slap former Deputy Health Minister Dr Solomon Musonda with a lesser charge of causing harm with intent to maim, disfigure or disable instead of charging him with attempted murder.
PF National Youth Chairman Eric Chanda said the charge slapped on Dr Musonda is tantamount to assault.
Mr Chanda told QFM in an interview that the party is disappointed with the way the DPP is handling the case.
He said the offence committed by Dr Musonda is serious and that he deserves a serious charge.
Mr Chanda has since called on the DPP to consider slapping Dr Musonda with a stiffer charge and not the charge of causing grievous harm with intent to maim, disfigure or disable.
Dr Musonda shot and wounded Jackson Musaka a resident of Chitambo in Serenje district.
On July 10 Natasha Clutton (right) and Natasha Telford (Left) are heading to Zambia, Africa where they are volunteering for three weeks with Teen Mania Ministries Global Expeditions. Lance Anderson15-year-old Peterborough girls heading African nation of Zambia for three weeks volunteering with Teen Mania Ministries’ Global Expeditions
Jars of peanut butter and jelly and lots of wet naps are not the usual items that get thrown into a suitcase when packing for a vacation.
But then again, travelling to Zambia, Africa is not your usual trip and for Natasha Clutton and Natasha Telford, this is definitely not a vacation.
The two Natashas, both 15 years old, have much more in common than just their first name and their age.
They both share the Christian faith, have an adventurous spirit, very big hearts and are preparing for the trip of a lifetime.
On July 10 the girls are leaving Peterborough and everything familiar behind and flying to Texas for three days of intensive training before arriving in the Republic of Zambia, Africa, where they will spend three weeks volunteering with Teen Mania Ministries’ Global Expeditions. Since 1987, Global Expeditions has sent 62,321 missionaries to share their faith in 80 countries around the world. The girls will be part of a team of just five Canadians and 65 Americans, mostly teenagers, who will act almost as camp counsellors to children who have been orphaned by AIDS and will help build homes and dig trenches for water.
“They said if you really like working with children it is a good place to be,” says Natasha T., who has volunteered at Hope Valley Day Camp in Peterborough for two years.
Zambia, which is about the size of Texas, has one of the world’s most devastating HIV and AIDS epidemics with one in seven adults living with HIV.
“I still can’t believe that we’re actually going,” says Natasha T.
“It’s just now hitting me. It’s like, wow, Africa!” adds Natasha C.
This trip is not only taking the girls halfway across the world, but way out of their comfort zone.
The farthest Natasha C. has travelled is Alberta, while Natasha T. admits she has never been out of Ontario and never been on a plane.
But the girls have lots of experience camping and are prepared for three weeks of roughing it to the max. We’re talking not being able to shower for three weeks, which is where the wet naps fit in. Although Natasha C, mentions they will get to wash their hair once a week by using a bucket filled with water.
And while the girls will be cooking over a fire, they can bring some food, which explains the peanut butter and jelly. Natasha C. chims in that the ministry provides the bread.
While the girls never blinked an eyelash at the thought of cooking over a fire for three weeks, living with no electricity and being surrounded by armed guards 24 hours a day, their biggest challenge has been trying to raise $6,000 each for the trip.
“That was one of the main things I was worried about the most, was raising the money,” says Natasha T.
But through various fundraisers, such as chili dinners and yard sales, along with individual contributions the girls have nearly reached their goal.
And now with all of their vaccinations in order and their passports ready to go, all they have left to do is pack their bags, with means bringing lots of supplies, such as toothbrushes, for the children they are visiting.
“I’m really excited for them. It’s an incredible opportunity,” says Brenda Telford, Natasha’s mother.
“Who at 15 gets to spend three weeks in Africa? I just think it’s a fantastic way of showing who they are to the world.”
And when asked whether the moms are worried about their girls heading to Africa, Marilyn Clutton, Natasha C.’s mom, replies, “I would sooner them do this than hang out at the mall.” When the two girls leave Zambia, they’ve already decided all they are bringing home is the clothes on their backs, their camera, their passports and some awesome memories. Everything else they will leave behind for the children.
In the midst of World Cup fever, Zanaco are solely and slowly ghosting their way up into the top five section of the Faz Super Division table.
Zanaco are the only top-flight team in weekly throughout the leagues three-week mid season break thanks to their three games in hand coming into Week 13.
The defending champions on Saturday host former pacesetters Nchanga Rangers in their second of three unplayed games at Sunset stadium in Lusaka in a delayed week 7 game.
Last week, Zanaco beat Green Buffaloes 2-0 away in their first delayed game.
Zanaco are currently in 6th place on 18 points, nine off the pace of leaders Zesco United.
Victory over Rangers by at least three goals on Saturday will see them supplant Power Dynamos from the number three slot with a game to spare before hosting Forest Rangers next week in their final of three unplayed games.
Meanwhile, Zanaco will have to battle for crowds with World Cup fever certain to overshadow their match against Rangers.
Right under their noses next door to Sunset stadium at Barclays Sports Complex is the MTN World Cup fan park and both events will be battling for spectatorship.
Suspended deputy Health Minister Dr Solomon Musonda at Woodlands police station after he was arrested.
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Second republican president Frederick Chiluba and his wife Regina leave the Lusaka high Court after a hearing.
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Second republican president Frederick Chiluba and his wife Regina leave the Lusaka high Court after a hearing.
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Home Affairs deputy Minister Richard Taima on left after a press briefing address with Minister Mkhondo Lungu in Lusaka
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Western Province Permanent Secretary Seth Muleya visits her Royal Highness Mbwanjikana at her palace in Libonda-Kalabo - Corrected Caption
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Western Province Permanent Secretary Seth Muleya speaking to a patient at Kalabo District Hospital during his familiarization tour in the District
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Western Province Permanent Secretary Seth Muleya speaking to his entourage whilst inspecting Malondo Bridge in Kalabo District, during his familiarization tour
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Western Province Permanent Secretary Seth Muleya with his entourage inspecting the Bridge that is almost diminishing in Kalabo
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Western Province Permanent Secretary Seth Muleya speaking to Kalabo DC Jeff Matindo at the new site of Prison in Kalabo whilst Regional Commander Colonial Martin Mumbi on left and Major George Kamboi
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Information deputy Minister Angela Cifire interacts with some people from eastern province who participated in a fund raising campaign by walking to Lusaka.
A teacher in Nchelenge district in Luapula Province has appeared before Nchelenge magistrate court for allegedly defiling a16 years old girl.
Appearing before Nchelenge magistrate Fred Musaka was 29-year-old Nicholas
Sibinda, a teacher at Nchelenge high school in chief Kambwali’s area.
Particulars of the offence are that on unknown date, but between March 1,
2008 and March 20, 2010 Sibinda willfully and unlawfully had carnal
knowledge with the named girl below the age of 16.
The girl is also a pupil at Nchelenge high school.
Sibinda pleaded not guilty to the offence which is contrary to section
138, subsection 1 as amended by Act number 15 of 2005 of the penal code,
chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.
As he took the plea, Sibinda informed the court that he had recently
confirmed the age of the girl from her mother who told him she will turn 18
years old, this year.
But when asked by the court how old the girl in question was in 2008, he
responded that she might have been 16 years.
The matter has been adjourned to July 2, 2010 for commencement of trial,
and Sibinda was granted a K700,000.00 bail with two working sureties .
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SOME people are making a killing out of the World Cup, but prostitutes are concerned that business is not going as expected – with some even experiencing a drop in clientele.
The soccer tournament brought with it much promise for ladies of the night, some of whom have travelled from far, but for many business has been far from what was anticipated.
However one prostitute, Jewel, said she had been lucky so far.
She travelled from Zambia after deciding to “fly solo” to get to South Africa in time for the soccer tournament.
“I arrived in Johannesburg in the first week of June and I came to Port Elizabeth and spent the weekend with a client,” she said.
The 34-year-old said business had been going well for her because she knew “just what the boys want”.
“Tomorrow (Friday) I will go to Cape Town to see how things are that side, but so far so good.”
Jewel said she would travel around the country following the major matches. “That is where the big spenders are, baby.” She said she made an average of R5000 a day, sometimes even as much as R8000.
Vee, 22, said she had not been as lucky. The human resources graduate from Durban said she had lost some of her regular clients as they had flown out of Port Elizabeth to watch the soccer.
“Right now I’m doing about two bookings a day, opposed to the usual six,” she said.
“A lot of my clients are from Johannesburg and Cape Town. Some are my regulars who always call me when they touch down in Port Elizabeth.”
Vee, based in Forest Hill, has been in the business for a year after being drawn in by friends.
Another unlucky woman is Sian, also from Port Elizabeth. She said that this time of year meant people preferred to stay at home or were “too busy with soccer to think about sex”.
Casanova Companions, a male escort agency in Sandton, had noted no change in business. Manager Jaco Noack said business had been on and off. “Some days are really busy, while some are quiet,” he said.
A nationwide power blackout on Friday forced copper mines in Zambia, Africa’s top producer of the metal, to halt output, but the country’s energy minister said electricity supply could resume later in the day.
A fault at a hydro power station triggered the first national blackout to engulf the southern African nation since June 2009, which cost copper producers millions of dollars in lost revenue and dented their copper output. [ID:nLG31563]
Power blackouts are frequent in Zambia, and have been a big concern for the chamber of mines and for foreign mining companies who own most of the key mines in the country’s copperbelt province.
“Power has been restored in Lusaka and we are now moving on to restore power on the Copperbelt,” Energy Minister Kenneth Konga told Reuters.
It was not immediately clear how much production was affected. Maxwell Mwale, Zambia’s mines minister, said he would give a detailed comment on the power blackout’s impact later.
“Production at the mines is affected …I am yet to receive a full report from the minister of energy,” Mwale told Reuters.
An official at Zambia’s biggest copper producer, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) — majority owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc (VED.L: Quote) — said its operations had been affected, but the group would issue a detailed statement later in the day.
Sydney Chileya, a spokesman for the Luanshya Copper Mines, owned by China Non-Ferrous Metals Corp. (CNMC), said only limited power supply was available.
Frequent power stoppages are likely to affect Zambia’s plans to increase its copper production to 1 million tonnes next year, from just below 700,000 tonnes in 2009, analysts said.
The country has been trying to entice new investors to the sector as demand for the metal increases.
“It also sends wrong signals to investors on availability of energy despite assurances by the government,” Chibamba Kanyama, a member of country’s main economic think-tank, the Economics Association of Zambia, said.
Foreign mining companies operating in Zambia include Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (FM.TO: Quote), London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc (VED.L: Quote), Equinox Minerals EQN.TO)(EQN.AX: Quote), Glencore International AG [GLEN.UL] of Switzerland and Metorex (MTXJ.J: Quote) of South Africa.
PRICES
Copper prices appeared unaffected by news of the blackout, remaining at a one-week low on Friday as investors overlooked increased risk appetite in the wider markets and remained concerned about demand prospects after weak data from the U.S., the world’s largest economy. [ID:nLDE6370XM]
Lucy Zimba, a spokeswoman for electricity utility Zesco, said the cause was due to a fault on a circuit breaker at the country’s Kariba North Bank hydro station, which set off a chain reaction that led to the countrywide blackout.
Zimba said power supply had been restored to parts of the capital Lusaka, and supply to copper mines would follow.
“The blackout was caused by a fault on a circuit breaker at Kariba North Bank (hydro power plant). We are working on the problem to restore power in Lusaka, after which we will try to switch on the Copperbelt lines,” Zimba told Reuters.
The Copperbelt Energy Corp. (CEC), which buys the electricity from Zesco to supply Zambia’s copper mines, said it would try to provide power to the mines for emergency operations through imports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Zesco has said it needs higher tariffs and additional funds to invest in new generating and transmission infrastructure, and the country has said it plans to invest about $6 billion in the next five years to meet its projected energy needs. (Writing by James Macharia; editing by Sue Thomas)
[Reuters]
A Child carrying a heavy load in Ndola where child labour is on the rise
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Child labour is rife on the Copperbelt. Here, some children ferrying heavy loads in Ndola
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A Children's representative reads out a vote of thanks during commemoration of the African Child in Ndola.
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Copperbelt Minister Mwansa Mbulakulima attends to a children's representative during commemoration of the Day of the African Child on the Copperbelt
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Copperbelt Minister Mwansa Mbulakulima reads a speech during commemoration of the African Child in Ndola
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Zambian Foreign Affairs deputy Minister Fashion Phiri and his counterpart from Egypt Mona Omar during the two countries' Joint Permanent Commission in Lusaka
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Commerce Minister Felix Mutati talks to journalists on the sale of Zamtel during a press briefing in Lusaka
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A busy bus station in Kitwe
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How Lusaka residents identify a person who is broke at the weekend.
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MMD cadres chanting party slogans before listening to a speech from William Banda along Cha Cha Cha in Lusaka
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Lusaka province youth chairman Chris Chalwe entertaining MMD cadres before provincial chairman William Banda launched a new strategic plan
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MMD cadres chanting party slogans before listening to a speech from William Banda along Cha Cha Cha road in Lusaka.
Regina Chiluba
The State yesterday admitted that it had no evidence to prove that the television set found in the custody of second Republican president Chiluba’s wife, Regina was bought by the Government.
State advocate Dennis Simwinga told judge Evans Hamaundu sitting with judges Eddie Sikazwe and Catherine Makungu the only evidence the State had was that the property in question was addressed to State House.
This is in a case in which Regina has appealed against conviction and sentence slapped on her by a magistrate’s court on five counts of failing to explain possession of property suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
On the television set that was suspected to have been stolen, Mr Simwinga said it was proved that it belonged to the State because it was addressed to Dr Chiluba on a State House address as head of State.
When asked by Judge Makungu if there was any other proof to show it was State property, he said there was no such evidence except that it was consigned to State House.
When the matter came up yesterday, Mr Simwinga told the court that Regina had given several statements on how she acquired the properties in question.
But the court objected when Mr Simwinga said that Regina had told investigators that she used the money given to her as gifts by Dr Chiluba when buying the properties in question.
At this point Judge Hamaundu questioned Mr Simwinga whether what he was saying was part of the case record in the magistrate’s court to which he denied and only said it was Regina who told the investigators.
“That is hear-say unless that was part of the case record. You can only proceed in that manner if what you are saying was admitted in the trial,” he said.
Mr Simwinga dropped his line of submission and went on to say Regina’s explanation on her possession of the properties did not satisfy the investigators.
But Judge Hamaundu questioned how Regina could be asked to account for the properties to investigating officers instead of the court.
The judge wondered how the prosecution could take Regina to court on the charge of failing to account for property but Mr Simwinga explained that the drafting of the charges was based on a Supreme Court ruling, which said a charge should be properly formatted.
Mr Simwinga, however, said the trial court was on firm ground to hold that Regina’s explanation was not satisfactory because she had given three different versions on how she came in possession of the properties.
He said while Regina had said she got a US$60,000 loan, Nchelenge MP Ben Mwila said that he lent her US$100,000.
He also denied there was duplicity of charges that were slapped on Regina and that after amendments were made, the defence did not object.
Deputy State Chief Advocate Rose Nkhuzwayo said there was no way Regina could have raised more than K1 billion from her businesses to enable her buy the properties.
Ms Nkhuzwayo said there was no evidence to prove Regina was a top businessperson on the Copperbelt and that the trial court was in order to convict her.
She said the State would leave the issue of sentencing to the court.
Judgment has been set for August 30 this year.
[ Times of Zambia ]
