Health Minister, Brian Chituwo says the condition of former Information Minister, Vernon Mwaanga is stable.
Dr. Chituwo says doctors in South Africa will, on Monday continue with their investigations on Mr. Mwaanga.
He told ZNBC news that investigations will help determine the type of treatment to give him.
Mr. Mwaanga was flown to South Africa for specialist treatment on Saturday.
He was earlier admitted to the University Teaching Hospital before been flown to South Africa.
CANADA 2007 FIFA UNDER 20 WORLD CUP.
GROUP B.
Burnaby, British Columbia
01/07/2007.
Zambia U20 1(Fwayo Tembo 8″ pen)- Jordan U20 1(Salim Abdallah 41″).
Spain 2(Adrian Lopez 71″,Diego Capel 93″)- Uruguary 2 (Edinson Cavani 47″, Luis Suarez 56″)
FAZ DIVISION 1.
WEEK 20.
01/07/2007
NORTH
Mufulira Wanderers 1- Prison Leopards 1
Muchindu 1- Mufulira Blackpool 2
Afrisports 1- Chambishi 2
Medical Stars 3- Police Blue Eagles 1
Nkana 0- Ndola United 0
Lime Hotspurs 0- Kitwe United 1
Chindwin Sentries 0- INDENI 3
Kalewa 1- Konkola Mine POlice 0
SOUTH
Communite 0- Riflemen 1
Kalomo Jetters 0- Livingstone Pirates 0
Nampundwe 0- Lusaka Tigers 0
Lusaka City Council 1- Builders Brigade 1
Lusaka Celtic 2- Nkwazi 1
Young Buffaloes 1- Profund Warriors 1
Zamcoal Diggers 0- Chilanga Heroes 0
Kambuku Warriors 0- ZNS Green Eagles 3
Esther Phiri has added the Global Boxing Union (GBU) Intercontinental Super Featherweight title to her honors after a 2nd round technical knockout win over Rodostina Valcheva of Bulgaria at Woodlands stadium on Saturday night.
The title was the second in a space of three months for Phiri after lifting the World International Boxing Federation Super Featherweight crown on March 18 in Lusaka against another Bulgaria Monika Petrova.
In Saturday’s fight for the until then vacant GBU belt, Valcheva retired late in the second round after dislocating her right elbow as Phiri led both rounds.
The Bulgaria was a late replacement for compatriot Gelina Ivanova who pulled out of the bout due to an ankle injury.
Phiri’s win was her sixth professional victory from 10 fights since turning pro two years ago.
The TKO was her first bout not to go the distance since knocking out Patience Master of Zimbabwe on May 27, 2006 in Harare.
Phiri’s next fight is scheduled for December in Lusaka before Christmas.
Her trainer and manager Anthony Mwamba revealed today that Phiri had two potential challengers for the December fight.
Mwamba said Phiri might fight a boxer from either the Czech Republic or USA and that fight dates and details would be confirmed before September.
Mwamba however, could not say whether the December date would be World title or non-title fight.
Phiri and Mwamba next month leave for the USA on a six-week holiday training camp before returning home in September.
The boxer meanwhile is taking a two week break after Saturdays GBU title triumph starting this week before returning to the gym.
First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa says effective vaccination campaigns against serious childhood illnesses, like Measles, help reduce Government expenditure on the health sector.
Mrs. Mwanawasa says it is the responsibility of every Zambian to regard efforts of
promoting healthy childhood as a cornerstone for national development.
In an interview with Journalists at State House today, Mrs. Mwanawasa said parents
and guardians should take advantage of the forthcoming National measles vaccination
campaign to ensure children are vaccinated against the disease.
She also urged the business community to support Government efforts of reducing
infant mortality rates through campaigns such as the measles vaccination.
She dismissed cultural and traditional myths that discourage parents from taking
children for measles vaccination as unjustified but explained that the vaccinations
help reduce the severity of measles once a child is attacked by the disease.
She encouraged all patriotic Zambians to support the campaign that targets to
vaccinate about 95 per cent of children against the disease.
The campaign that would be launched on July 9 to 14, would also avail children an
opportunity to access other services that include deworming and Vitamin A
supplementation.
Zambia successfully implemented the 2003 measles vaccination campaign which resulted in over 90 children vaccinated and cases of deaths due to measles reduced to zero.
Vice President Ruphia Banda has bemoaned the lack of local expertise in most African countries, a situation, he said has retarded development on the continent.
Mr. Banda regreted that most African countries, including Zambia, still depend
largely on foreign expertise to run economies at a high cost.
The Vice President was speaking in Lusaka today when he officially opened the
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Board of Governors meeting.
“For unless we pay attention to this very important aspect of our national
development, all our efforts will be in vain.No matter how elaborate our plans are,
if we lack trained manpower that can efficiently execute our plans, nothing will
happen,” he said.
He said it is important for a developing country like Zambia to have adequate
doctors, engeneers, lawyers economists and other various disciplines in order to
move the country forward.
He said it is therefore important for African countries to train their own people in
order to acheive sustainble economic growth.
Mr. Banda paid tribute to the ACBF for the role it has played in Zambia and in
particular the support rendered to the ministry of Finance and National Planning in
capacity building.
“I am aware that thre is further support that is coming our way from ACBF in the
recently formed formed Zambia Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR).
This will be a semi-autonomous institute for use by government institutions
responsible for macro-economic policy formulation and implementation,” he said.
He urged all African countries to give the ZCBF all the support it needs in its
endevours to develop capacity in Africa.
Mr. Banda said African countries need to take full ownership of the ACBF and its
programmes, for it to be a relevant force to the challenges facing the African
countries in the new millennium.
In this regard, he said, Zambia has pledged US$250,000 to the Foundation.
And ACBF chairperson Louise Clement said the Foundation plays an important role in
the strenthening of public sector capacities throughout Africa.
She said good governance is key to the success of international, regional and
national development efforts.
Agriculture and Co-operatives Minister Ben Kapita says there is need for the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region to match food production with the population growth.
Mr. Kapita says the region would continue to look to other countries for food imports if it fails to match population growth with agriculture output.
The Minister was speaking when he opened the SADC forum for ministers responsible
for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources in Lusaka today.
He noted that although the region has enjoyed more than 20 years of regional
co-operation, it has not yet attained satisfactory levels of food security and
economic development.
Mr. Kapita observed that the region remains vulnerable to climate change, HIV/AIDS
and unresolved conflicts.
Speaking at the same function, SADC Deputy Executive Secretary Dr. Joao Caholo said
the food security for the region was not encouraging.
Dr. Caholo disclosed that region has a cereal deficit of 4.35 million tones in
2007/2008 as compared to 2.18 million tonnes recorded in 2006/2007 farming season.
He however said some member countries that include Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania are
expected to have surplus maize.
Meanwhile, Dr. Caholo announced that the secretariat has signed a grant of $US7.5
million to fund a project on food security capacity building on residue control and
another on the strengthening of institutions for the management of trans- boundary
animal diseases in the region worthy $US21.6million.
And Chairperson of the Ministers Mr. Ramohotsi expressed concern at the delay in the
implementation of regional programmes.
Government has today unveiled new penalties for public nuisance acts under the street vending and nuisance amendment regulation of 2007.
Launching the statutory instrument in Lusaka today, Local Government and Housing Minister, Sylvia Masebo said the instrument was in line with the “Keep Zambian Clean Campaign which President Levy Mwanawasa launched last week.
Mrs. Masebo said the penalty fees for various public nuisance offences have been
increased from the range of between K300 and K1, 000 to the range of between K90,
000 and K450, 000.
She said the old penalty fees were too minimal to deter offenders from committing
the offence.
In the new instrument, throwing litter in undesignated places would attract the
penalty fee of K90, 000 while passing urine in unauthorised places would attract
K200, 000.
She said trading in an unauthorised areas and operating unlicenced taxis would
attract K450, 000.
The minister has since called on Zambians to support government measures in order to
achieve a clean and disease free environment.
She further said Zambians should be vigilant and exercise their powers of citizens’
arrest by apprehending perpetrators of such nuisance acts.
Tovin Ngombe:-
Sinazongwe District Commissioner (DC) has said the planned development of Siansowa area into new a Township would help to boost the economic activities in the district.
Mr. Lavain Apuleni said the council has already done all the ground work of acquiring the land that would be given to people wanting to build houses and there would be commercial plots to give to people wanting to venture into business.
He said government would also consider building offices to accommodate the immigration officers, the officers to issue National Registration Cards (NRC), and other government departments.
Sinazongwe would be one the area in the country to set a trend that the local authority could initiate the creation of a new township the DC said.
The DC disclosed that Johnan Jordan one of the prominent investor who owns the crocodile farm in Siansowa has pledged to give house loans to his workers to build 70 houses.
He said the council would provide the road network before issuing plots to be sold to people wanting houses.
Sinazongwe district Council Planner Siamwiinga Siabbalo, said the council has acquired 33 hectors of land from the headmen in Senior Chief Mweemba area.
Mr. Siabbbalo said Senior Chief Mweemba and the local authority has already endorsed to the setting up the Siansowa.
He explained that the council was waiting for the Permanent Secretary Darious Hakayobe to append his signature to the proposal.
The District planner said money has already been sourced for surveying of the land before the local Authority could start issuing plots to the people wanting to build house.
He said the township would have commercial plots police post, a mobile bank, market place, and recreation facilities.
The district planner disclosed that the council had only one problem with a named village headman who rejected to the idea of developing siansowa area into a township while the 10 headmen accepted.
He said the council would also carryout a regional profile of the township to highlight the main economic activities of the Siansowa town to would be investors.
He named potential areas such as tourism, crocodile farming, fishing, and the planned setting up of the boarder post in Namafulo area at the boarder with Zimbabwe.
Former Lands Minister, Gladys Nyirongo, has been arrested for two counts of abuse of authority of office.
Mrs. Nyirongo was arrested, Friday by a joint investigations team on the Ministry of Lands.
Anti-Corruption Commission Public Relations Manager, Timothy Moono confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to ZNBC.
Mrs. Nyirongo has since been released on a K10 million ACC bond in her own recognisance and is exepcted to appear in court, Thursday.
She is alleged to have directed a lands officer at the ministry of lands to generate offer letters of land in Lusaka’s Foxdale and Chamba valley areas to several people in contravention of land allocation procedures.
The Former Lands Minister is also accused of abusing her office as lands minister when she directed a junior Technical Officer in the ministry of Agriculture to subdivide a former ZCCM farm for herself in contravention of land procedures.
Mr. Moono said investigations into corruption cases continue and more arrests will follow.
Second Republican President, Frederick Chiluba has been ordered to pay the government over $57.4 million for conspiracy to defraud the state.
In a final judgment delivered, Friday by London High Court Judge Peter Smith, the state is to recover the funds from Dr. Chiluba for his involvement in the ZAMTROOP Conspiracy and a fictitious arms deal the BK conspiracy.
Judge Smith said the $57 million also caters for Dr. Chiluba’s violating the trust of the people to look after the national treasury.
However funds to be recovered from Dr. Chiluba have however been reduced from the initial $58 million announced a few weeks ago after several deliberations by lawyers in the case.
The same court has ordered that state recovers from Fugitive former Zambia Security Intelligence Services Director, Zavier Chungu, $113 Million.
Judge Smith has ordered that Mr. Chungu pays $57 million, for his involvement in the ZAMTROOP and BK conspiracy.
The Judge said the remaining $56 Million must be paid as a breach to protect the national treasure.
Others include Former Zambia Ambassador to the US, Attan Shansonga who has been ordered to pay $4.4 million, for his involvement in the ZAMTROOP Conspiracy and for dishonest assistance.
The government is also expected to recover from Access Financial Services, Chief Executive Officer, Faustin Kabwe $92 million US Dollars.
And Access Financial Services Managing Director, Aaron Chungu is required to pay $40 million for his involvment in the ZAMTROOP conspiracy and for dishonest assistance.
Meanwhile a Lusaka Magistrates Court has set July 7 as date for another mention in Second Republican President, Frederick Chiluba’s case.
The court has also set August 14 and 17 as commencement of trial and August 27-31 as dates for continued trial.
The Magistrate court has since ordered Dr. Chiluba’s Lawyers to inform the court whether the former President will appear in person or through use of video link.
This was when the matter came for mention and was held in chambers, Friday.
Dr. Chiluba is jointly charged with Acess Financial Services Director, Faustine Kabwe and Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Chungu for theft of 488,000 of public funds.
FOOTBALL
Sports Permanent Secretary Bob Samakai has asked Faz to speed up the
process of hiring an expatriate coach for the Zambia national team.
Samakai said Faz had been given the green light to find a permanent
replacement as soon as possible.
“We hope they Faz can find a suitable candidate soon because we need
to get things moving,” Samakai said at Holiday Inn where he had gone
to attend boxer Esther Phiri’s weigh-in today.
Samakai also confirmed that ex-Congo-Brazzaville coach Noel Tosi who
is now reported to be the front-runner for the Zambia job currently
being held by Patrick Phiri was one of the candidates Faz was talking
to.
“He (Tosi) is now free of his contract and is one of the coaches Faz
is looking at,” Samakai added.
Tosi became available after the Congo Football Federation fired him
after drawing 0-0 with Zambia on March 25 at home in their 2008 Africa
Cup Group 11 qualifier.
The shortlist over the last 24 months since Kalusha Bwalya resigned as
coach includes Englishmen Colwyn Rowe and James Duffy, Brazilian Edson
Silva, former Hungary coach Bertalan Bicksei including Stephen Keshi
who has since returned to train Togo.
2nd placed Zambia on 8 points in Group 11 has had a stuttering Africa
Cup qualifying campaign and must beat leaders South Africa on 11 on
September 8 in Cape Town by 2-0 to pip the latter to a place at next
years Ghana finals.
BOXING:
WIBF Intercontinental Super Featherweight champion Esther Phiri takes
to the ring tomorrow evening at Woodlands stadium to fight Rodostina
Valcheva of Bulgaria for the vacant GBU crown.
Both fighters weighed-in at 59 Kg’s at Fridays official weigh-in at
The Holiday Inn in Lusaka ahead of Saturdays fight in the second
weight-check after Phiri and Valcheva were overweight in their initial
scale check on 59.5 and 60.1 Kg’s respectively.
Five non-title supporting bouts will take place during the course of
the afternoon in the build-up to the big fight that is scheduled to
begin at 19:30 Zambian time.
Valcheva is a late replacement to compatriot Galina Ivanova who pulled
out of the title fight due to an injury sustained in training in Sofia
while preparing for this weekends fight.
We take a brief look at Zambia’s second Group B opponent at the Canada
2007 Fifa Under-20 World Cup Spain’s 20-man team for the tournament
that kicks off on July 1.
In his 20-man squad, Spain Under-20 Coach Gines Melendez’s most
prominent call-up is Manchester United defender Gerard Pique.
Pique, who is currently on loan to La Liga club Real Zaragoza, is one
of four players with Spanish top-level experience Melendez has picked
for their outing in Canada.
Others with La Liga experience are defender Antonio Barragán and
striker Adrián Lopez both of Deportivo de La Coruna and midfielder
Matcos Garcia from Villarreal.
Two-thirds of Melendez’s Canada-bound team was part of Spain’s 2006
UEFA Under-19 Championship.
Melendez has also given a junior call-up to 19-year-old Nigerian-born
midfielder Sunday Stephen of Spanish division 2 team Polideportivo
Ejid.
Stephen, a subject of a Euro 2 million transfer to Valencia next
season, is also being sort by the Nigerian coach Bert Vogts to play
for the country of his birth at senior level.
Meanwhile, the team is dominated by six players from Real Madrid.
Leading the list of Real players are Under-20 strikers Alberto Bueno
and Juan Mata who scored three and four goals respectively at last
years UEFA Under-19 Championship.
Goalkeeper Antonio Adán is the other prominent Real player in the team
who plays for the La Liga club’s division two reserve side Real Madrid
CF Castilla.
Adan also captained Spain’s Under-19 to the 2006 UEFA Under-19 crown.
Zambia will open their campaign against Jordan on July 1 on Burnaby
while Spain faces Uruguay on the same day in the second game at the
same venue.
Team.
Goalkeepers: Javier Martinez (Albacete Balompié), Ãngel Bernabé
(Atlético de Madrid), Antonio Adán (Real Madrid).
Defenders: Marc Valiente (Barcelona), Antonio Barragán (Deportivo de
La Coruña), Roberto Canella (Sporting de Gijón), José Ãngel Crespo
(Sevilla), Gerard Piqué (Real Zaragoza).
Midfielder: Esteban Granero, Javier GarcÃa, Adrián González (All Real
Madrid), Gorka Elustondo ( Real Sociedad), Iriome Gonzalez (Tenerife),
Mario Suarez (Valladolid), Marcos Garcia (Villarreal), Diego Capel
(Sevilla), Sunday Stephen (Polideportivo Ejid).
Strikers: Antonio Calvo (Barcelona), Adrian Lopez (Deportivo de La
Coruña), Alberto Bueno, Juan Mata (Both Real Madrid).
FAZ PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK 19.
02/07/2007
Kabwe Warriors- Zesco United
Zamtel- Red Arrows
Young Arrows- Roan United
Forest Rangers- Nchanga Rangers
Konkola Blades- Nakambala Leopards
Zanaco – Power Dynamos
Green Buffaloes- National Assembly
City of LUsaka – Lusaka Dynamos
FAZ DIVISION 1.
WEEK 20.
01/07/2007
NORTH
Mufulira Wanderers- Prison Leopards
Muchindu- Mufulira Blackpool
Afrisports- Chambishi
Medical Stars- Police Blue Eagles
Nkana- Ndola United
Lime Hotspurs- Kitwe United
Chindwin Sentries- INDENI
Kalewa- Konkola Mine POlice
SOUTH
Communite- Riflemen
Kalomo Jetters- Livingstone Pirates
Nampundwe- Lusaka Tigers
Lusaka City Council- Builders Brigade
Lusaka Celtic- Nkwazi
Young Buffaloes- Profund Warriors
Zamcoal Diggers- Chilanga Heroes
Kambuku Warriors- ZNS Green Eagles
WEEK 21
03/07/2007
NORTH
Prison Leopards- Muchindu
Chambishi- Mufulira Wanderers
Mufulira Blackpool- Medical Stars
Ndola United- Afrisports
Police Blue Eagles- Lime Hotpsurs
INDENI- Nkana
Kitwe United- Kalewa
Konkola Mine Police- Chindwin
SOUTH.
Riflemen- Kalomo Jetters
ZNS Green Eagles- Communite
Builders Brigade-Kambuku
Lusaka Tigers- Lusaka Celtic
Profund Warriors- Lusaka City Council
Nkwazi- Zamcoal Diggers
Chilanga Heroes- Young BUffaloes
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC ) President Joseph Kabila has arrived in the country to officially open the Zambia International Trade Fair ZITF in Ndola on the Copperbelt tomorrow.
Mr Kabia arrived to a thunderous welcome and was received by his counterpart
President Levy Mwanawasa at Ndola International Airport this afternoon.
ZANIS reports that upon arrival, Mr. Kabila who is leading a high powered
delegation, inspected a guard of honour mounted by the 1st Battalion Zambia Army
Regiment and was also given a 21-gun salute.
Ministers, members of the diplomatic corps, members of Parliament, senior Government officials, Congolese nationals based in Zambia and MMD party cadres were at hand to witness the arrival of President Kabila.
While at the airport, the two leaders also watched some traditional dances performed
by both Congolese and Zambian cultural dancers before being driven away to Kabelenga
and Bank of Zambia Guest houses respectively where they will be during their stay.
According to today’s programme, Mr Mwanawasa and his Congolese counterpart are this evening expected to attend a State Banquet at Savoy Hotel.
During the official opening of the Zambia International Trade Fair, Mr. Kabila is
also expected to present awards to winners in exhibition categories before departure
for home tommorrow at 15.30 hours.
ZANIS
First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa has described the visit by her American counterpart Laura Bush as a great inspiration to Zambia’s efforts in fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country and the African continent as a whole.
Speaking in an interview with Zambian journalists at Mututa Memorial Day Care Centre in Lusaka East which the two first ladies visited, Mrs. Mwanawasa said America is ranked as high in status in the world and therefore a visit by its first lady was honourable.
Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) reports that Mrs Mwanawasa said the
visit was an inspiration to all local and continental initiatives that were aiming
at easing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Zambian and African communities.
“Let me say that as Zambians we are very excited about this visit by American First
Lady, As you know America has a high status, this inspires us to continue doing what we are doing here,” she said.
Mrs. Mwanawasa who was in the company of American Ambassador to Zambia, Carmen
Martinez, further said Zambia has received a lot of assistance from the American initiatives in the fields of health and education among others.
She said such assistance would help advance Zambia’s efforts towards achieving the
Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015.
“But to achieve this, we must be in partnership with such organisations,” she said.
On the US$300,000 donated to the Organisation of African First Ladies by the Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the President’s Emergence
Programme for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative for Africa, Mrs. Mwanawasa said this
would effectively advance the work of the organisation.
She pointed out that the donation would help OAFLA implement its programmes on the
continent effectively, adding that the funds would further help strengthen the organisation’s secretariat.
She said soon, OAFLA would hold its fifth annual meeting in Accra, Ghana.
Mrs. Mwanawasa pledged that the money would be used wisely.
Earlier, Mrs. Bush said in her key speech at the same place, that UNAIDS has given
OAFLA US$300,000 to support its activities on the continent.
She told the gathering that the American government was very happy with the works of
OAFLA in fighting the AIDS pandemic.
She praised Mrs. Mwanawasa for her endeavours in the fight against the pandemic and
her efforts to support vulnerable children and women.
And Ambassador Martinez said her government has given Zambia over US$196 million to be spread over a period of three years.
Earlier in the day, the two first ladies posed for a photo at State House, visited
Regiment School in Arakan barracks, before going to Mututa centre where a lot of HIV/AIDS testimonies were told by affected people.
Mrs Bush who started her tour to Africa in Senegal focussing on anti Aids
programmes, women rights and education leaves for Mali after her visit to Zambia.
ZANIS
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