THE Ndola-Lusaka dual carriageway is a fraudulent deal which the UPND government is going to implement in its desperate acts to please Zambians after failing to deliver on its numerous promises, the Patriotic Front (PF) has charged.
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The nitrate ingested over the course of a person’s adult lifetime through the consumption of tap water and bottled water could be a risk factor for prostate cancer, particularly in the case of aggressive tumors and in younger men. This is the conclusion of a study conducted in Spain and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The findings have been published in Environmental Health Perspectives.
RELEGATION bound Buildcon FC coach Nchimunya Mwitwa has described football as a painful game after the Ndola outfit struggled with 20 defeats in 26 matches played in the FAZ Super League.
Buidlcon are anchoring the Super League table with 10 points collected from two wins and four draws.
The team’s last Super League fixture ended in a 5-0 thrashing by the league leaders Power Dynamos who dominate the league with 50 points, seven points ahead of second-placed Green Buffaloes.
Speaking in an interview following last Sunday’s loss to Power, Mwitwa said it was painful that his team is struggling with defeats when it is playing good football.
“I don’t know what to say because it’s painful. Football is painful you lose 5-0 when you are trying to push so it’s painful. We have lost too many games this season but we will keep on pushing until the last game,” Mwitwa said.
“We played well against Power Dynamos and we hit the upright two times in the first half and we were looking okay but football being what it is, it is cruel sometimes. You may play one but one lapse, red card you lose,” he said.
Despite having no chance of escaping the relegation zone with eight games remaining, Mwitwa said Buildcon will continue to give their best on the pitch.
Buildcon will play Napsa Stars in their next fixture and Mwitwa said they will fight to get the maximum three points.
“We are not throwing in the towel. This is our job and we have to fight until the last game. Every game is a three pointer and we will have to play.
In the largest randomized trial conducted to compare minimally invasive and conventional cardiac surgical techniques for repairing a poorly functioning mitral valve, improvements in physical activity, as well as surgical outcomes and quality of life, were similar in both groups of patients at 12 weeks post-surgery. The research was presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.
Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga has challenged the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to up-grade the Kasumbalesa Border Post and possibly develop it into a One-stop Border Post (OSBP) because it is a strategic border post which the country should use to maximise revenue collection.
And Mr Mulenga said the challenges of congestion at Kasumbalesa border Post was not being caused by the Zambian government, but was being caused across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and that the authorities in the two countries were holding bilateral talks to resolve the challenges.
Mr Mulenga was speaking yesterday when the Zambia Intellectual Property Border Crossing Company (ZIPBCC) handed over the border facility to ZRA which it had been managing for 12 years under concession.
Mr Mulenga said, now that the ZRA has taken over the running of the border facility on behalf of the government, it should upgrade it and possibly develop it into a OSBP because it was a strategic facility.
He said the ZRA has a challenge to maintain the border facility and should ensure that it maintains the existing infrastructure while constructing new ones to cater for the increasing business between the two countries.
“As we thank the concessionaire for looking after this facility well and ensuring smooth business, I must challenge the ZRA that as you take over this facility, you must ensure that you upgrade it and possibly develop it into a OSBP. This is a strategic border post,” he said.
“As a government, we will support ZRA to continue improving the operations of the border. Like I said, this border is strategic and so we should ensure that people from both the DRC and Zambia benefit from various business activities,’’ Mr Mulenga said.
Mr Mulenga also challenged Zambians to be aggressive and innovative in order to benefit from the business at the border instead of folding their arms and blaming foreigners and government.
He said government will strive to come up with policies that will support local businesses and ensure that local people benefit from various business as opposed to enriching foreigners.
“President Hakainde Hichilema has always emphasised on positive discrimination which means that local people or Zambians must be given priority in terms of business opportunities. This is why am urging you to be aggressive and innovative in terms seizing business opportunities,’’ he said.
Mr Mulenga also assured the employees who worked under the concessionaire that no one will lose their jobs and should not listen to politicians who want to gain political mileage by peddling lies that those who worked under the concessionaire will lose their jobs.
He said those who worked under the concessionaire will not lose their jobs, but will be fused within the employees of ZRA.
“I now that there is apprehension and some of you who worked under the concessionaire are scared that they will lose their jobs, but let me assure you that you will not be fired and please don’t listen to lies from some politicians,’’ he said.
And Mr Mulenga said the challenges of congestion at Kasumbalesa border Post was not being caused by the Zambian government, but was being caused across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and that the authorities in the two countries were holding bilateral talks to resolve the challenges.
And speaking earlier, Zambia Border Crossing Company Chairperson Alfred Lungu said the concession to run the border facility was signed on July 1st, 2009 and had paid K500 million to government in concession and supported the council in through rates.
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