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By MILLENNIUM REPORTER

ZAMBIANS for Peace, Unity and Development (ZUPED) says it will be difficult for the country to achieve its annual target of producing three million metric tonnes of copper as long as the challenges at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) remain unresolved.

ZUPED president, Ronnie Zulu told Millennium TV in an interview that with the unresolved problems at MCM and KCM, copper production will continue to slump.

“President Hakainde Hichilema wants to see Zambia export up to at least three million tonnes of copper every year and this can only happen if we quickly work around unlocking the mining sector and begin to do our work. Three million tonnes is a very huge task and the sooner we do that the better,” Mr Zulu said.

He stated that Government should be cognizant of the role that the two mines play in economic development and should expedite the process of securing investors to take over operations.

Mr Jere observed that the three million metric tonnes copper production annual target is ambitious and required Government to unlock the mining sector.

He advised Government to expeditiously find suitable investors to take over MCM and KCM to enable the mines to resume operations at full capacity.

“So, we ask the Head of State to quickly work around finding a suitable investor for Mopani but also quickly resolve issues with KCM, give KCM to Vedanta so that they begin to operate optimally and we will see the Kwacha continue to gain and we will see Zambians benefit from the gains that will come as a result of stabilizing of the Kwacha,” Mr Jere said.

By OLIVER SAMBOKO 

Water levels Kariba Dam has steadily increased to 478.85m compared 478.14m recorded on March 20, 2023.

This translates to 23.47 percent usable water for hydropower generation at Kariba North and South power stations.  Lake Kariba is designed to operate between levels 475.50m and 488.50m with 0.70m freeboard for hydropower generation.

According to ZRA, the Lake level has been rising due to higher inflows on the mainstream Zambezi River as compared to outflows, closing the period under review at 23.47 percent live water. 

And energy expert, Victor Hazemba has called for prudent management of water resources at Africa’s largest man-made lake in order to sustain power generation of power at Kariba North Bank power Station. 

Kariba North Bank Power Station is the biggest underground Hydro Power Station in Zambia with an installed capacity of 1,080 MW.  

Mr Hazemba warned that failure by the ZRA to compel the two power utilities to adhere to the allocated water usage was going to negatively affect generation of power at Kariba.  

He said due to increased power demand in the SADC region, there is high temptation for the two power utility companies to generate more for local supply and export to the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) in order to earn foreign currency. 

Mr Hazemba said there is need for ZRA to come up with punitive measure to deter Zesco and Zesa from misconducting themselves by way overusing water to generate electricity at Kariba North and South power stations. 

By ROGERS KALERO

SOME Patriotic Front (PF) polling agents in the Chitimukulu local government by-election in Chililabombwe were on Thursday allegedly intimidated and physically abused, while others were expelled from polling stations by suspected UPND cadres in full view of police officers, the Patriotic Front (PF) has said.

By ANDREW MUKOMA

FORMER Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has appealed to retirees to utilise the NAPSA 20 percent partial payments and plan for their families.

He said individuals receiving their money must seriously plan and invest as a way of adding value to society.

Mr Kanyama said that this could be through setting up profitable business ventures that will generate more income as employing three or four people will as well make a difference to unemployed youths.

He has also commended the new dawn administration and Zambian lawmakers for amending the NAPSA bill which is now law. Mr Kanyama said many Zambian retirees died as they could not be able to access their NAPSA money due to the claim age limit of 55 when the Zambian’s life span has reduced to 45 years. 

He appealed to administrators of those individuals that have died and never had access to NAPSA payments to equally plan for the deceased’s family members. 

Mr Kanyama is confident that those receiving money will put it to good use and advised the beneficiaries to always know that it’s the last money which must not be used on beer and abandoning their families that stood with them during the time they served in government and other institutions.

By CHARLES MUSONDA and LUCY PHIRI

INVESTIGATIONS into the matter in which former Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo and his wife have been arraigned before the courts of law by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over a dwelling property have established that there was no corruption in the manner the property was acquired, a state witness has testified before the Lusaka Magistrate Court.

By NATION REPORTER

A 48-YEAR-OLD chief of security at Sarova Hotel has testified how he was instructed to download   Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage relating to former State House press aide, Amos Chanda by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC).

This is in a case in which the DEC is alleging that Chanda destroyed a court record.

Antony Mtonga testified before Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate Irene Wishimanga that  on October 27, 2022, three DEC officers led by the arresting officer Boyd Munalula ordered him to download CCTV footage and to hand it over to them.

“The general manager of the hotel instructed me to give DEC whatever they would request and so I went to the CCTV room and we started viewing footage of everything that happened between 20:00 hours and 23:30 hours on September 30, 2022,” Mr Mtonga said

The state then filed an application that the court moves to Sarova Hotel to view the footage that Mr Mtonga had referred to. 

In her ruling, Magistrate Wishimanga said: “I have taken judicial notice of sentiments from both sides and hereby rule that we shall only move to Sarova Hotel to see the facility from where the footage was extracted and not to view the footage because that footage is not there anymore.”

“The footage on the flash will be viewed from this courtroom. That is why these digital facilities were installed in this courtroom,” she said. 

Another defence lawyer Agrippa Malando said there was no need to view the footage from Sarova Hotel when the court had sufficient capacity to play the footage within the court premises. 

Mr Malando said whatever the prosecution wanted the court to see was in the safe custody of the DEC  

Zambia Under-17 national team coach Ian Bakala has named a final 24-player squad for the upcoming 2023 TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria.

Bakala has retained 13 players from the triumphant squad that won gold at the 2022 COSAFA U17 Boys Championship played under the auspices of the Region V Games in Malawi.

The rest of the squad comprises players selected from the provinces that were picked from The Rest squad in the 1-1 draw with the All Stars at Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka.

The U17 AFCON will run from April 29 to May 19 and the four semi-finalists of the tournament will qualify for the FIFA World Cup to be played later this year.

The Young Chipolopolo will come up with Nigeria on April 30 before a crunch fixture against South Africa on May 3.  Bakala’s side will wrap-up their Group B engagement with north Africans Morocco on May 6. – FAZ

FINAL SQUAD

(GOALKEEPERS)

Shadreck Kalyati (Chainda Bombers)

Anthony Matafwali (Shamuel Academy)

Hendrix Kanyungulu (Kafue Celtic)

(DEFENDERS)

Aaron Simpasa (Kafue Celtic)

Chimuka Lweendo (Atletico)

David Hamansenya (Shamuel)

Milimo Nalumango (DFIB Germany)

Josiah Kabandula (Young Napsa Stars)

Jonathan Kaliminia (Young Kafue Celtic)

Sekanji Siame (Konkola Blades)

Charles Kampamba (Sate Sate Academy)

(MIDFIELDERS)

Samson Malaya

Joseph Liteta (both Atletico)

Bunonge Bunonge (Nangweshi Pirates)

Obvious Mwaliteta Junior (Kabs Academy)

Aaron Mbemba Phiri (Kafue Celtic)

Stanley Nyamikwe (Pataaki)

James Sibeene (Football Chance)

(STRIKERS)

Emmanuel Mwanza (Kafue Celtic)

Luketekelo Kapowa (Mokved)

Marcel Zimba (Atletico)

Lineker Mbesuma (Jomo Cosmos-RSA)

Andrew Phiri (Game On FC)

Josim Sikazwe (Kanyama Lions)

 POLICE in Lusaka working together with the members of the Community Crime Prevention Unit (CCPU) apprehended 167 persons suspected to be behind a spate of attack and robberies in different parts of the City. Twenty-one of them who have been eluding the Police dragnet are facing charges of Aggravated Robbery. Police deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale […]

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has rejected Zesco’s proposal to increase lifeline electricity tariffs for residential customers to 75 kilowatt (KW) hours.