Zambia Weekly - Week 35, Volume 1, 3 September 2010

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In certain areas o Kabwe the dust is so contam-inated with lead that children should not play

in it. Although lots have been done to minimisethe impact o 90 years o zinc and lead mining,Kabwe is still not clean. And now the undingto the Copperbelt Environmental Project (CEF)is about to dry up (Daily Mail 30).

In its heyday, Kabwe boasted one o largestand richest lead mines in A rica. Mining andsmelting ran almost continuously up until 1994without addressing the dangers o pollutionwith lead one o the most potent neuroto-ins. oday, Kabwe is among the top ten mostpolluted cities in the world, according to theBlacksmith Institute.

Te CEP, unded by the World Bank and the Nordic Development Fund and managed by theZambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH), has been seek-ing to address the eects o lead poisoning in Kabwe. Residents with high blood levels havebeen treated and the environment has been cleaned up near the closed mine. CEP has alsoestablished environmental public inormation centres, water inrastructure and play parks in11 communities worst aected.

Lead is particularly harmul to inants and children. According to the World Health Organi-sation, blood levels above 10 microgrammes per decilitre (g/dl) are considered unhealthy.Above 40 g/dl, symptoms o acute lead poisoning become apparent, including nausea, vom-iting and diarrhea. Levels eceeding 120 g/dl can cause permanent brain damage and death.

Children who play in the dust and young men who scavenge the mine or scraps o metal aremost susceptible to lead poisoning through inhalation. Te United States regulatory levels or

lead concentrations in soil are 2,000 ppm or industrial sites and 400 ppm or residential sites.Soil samples collected in 1995 rom residential yards and surrounding areas in Kabwe showedlead levels higher than 4,000 ppm. In samples near the mines waste water canal, which ranthrough the heart o several housing districts, the lead levels eceeded 250,000 ppm.

According to the ZCCM-IH, children who are currently under observation and treatment orlead poisoning in Kabwe display an average concentration o 60 g/dl. Te target o 25 g/dlhas not yet been achieved, emphasised CEP medical doctor, Virginia Walubita.

Regardless, the unding to the CEP is scheduled to stop in March 2011, which probably willresult in the dissolution o the CEP. Likely stakeholders to get involved in the clean-up inKabwe include the Kabwe Municipal Council and the ministries o Health and CommunityDevelopment and Social Services. Hopeully this will happen - especially considering that in-vestors, according to ZCCM-IH, have epressed interest in mining lead in Kabwe once again.

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Wk 35, Volm 1, I 21, 3 spmbr 2010Zambia WklyKabwe: Clean-up funding is running out

Kabwe: Clean-up unding is running out

731 o 2,431 workers remain at Zamtel

A Zain share price conspiracy?

Quotes

Lie is not improving in Zambia

Donors: Attack is the best deence

Donor bashing: It runs in the region

Are bounced cheques a thing o the past?

Is uranium mining sae?

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President Bandas second tirade against donors(see page 4) provides a great lesson in inconsis-tency. Both times he has told o donors in public to journalists at the airport although parto the hullaballoo the rst time was that donorsshould not voice their concerns in the media.Tis time he kept talking about donors as inmore than one despite America being the only

one quoted in the media. It turned out that otherdonors had complained directly to Banda, so whyattack the donors in public when the public isunaware o donors having attacked Banda? Tenwe have ormer president Chiluba, the star o thisperormance, who seems to have become a chumo the MMD government, even though it wasthe same government albeit under a dierentpresident that instigated the UK court caseagainst Chiluba. Banda may doubt Chilubasguilt although the UK court thinks otherwise but why deend him? It has irritated Banda thatpeople question the governments decision to notappeal the High Courts reusal to register theUK judgment as the government will accept rul-ings against it. Does this mean the High Courtsruling is considered avourable to the govern-ment even when we are talking about thet opublic unds? Finally, it is encouraging to see howChiluba, whose court case was delayed by treat-ment or a heart ailment in South Arica, now ishealthy on the campaign trail or MMD. WhenChiluba mimicked Banda in his attack on donors plus a bit o ranting about pan-Aricanism - itall got rather emotional. Honestly, i the donorsreally are so dicult, throw them out why justthreaten to do so? Stop being inconsistent and

stick to trade and investments instead. Ater all,most aid aids the donor only.

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Young men look or metal at the abandoned minein Kabwe (Blacksmith Institute).

During its operations rom 1904 to 1994, the Kabwe mine and smelter was run by ZCCMalong with all o the citys services and health acilities. From 1989 to 1994, children andminers visiting local clinics and hospitals were tested or lead - without their knowledge.Children with high blood levels were oten given chelation therapy to help fush out leadand other heavy metals - and discharged without being told the reason or the treatment.Ten a ormer ZCCM health care worker, Kay-Valentine Musakanya, ounded the KabweEnvironmental and Rehabilitation Foundation (KERF) to gather evidence o lead poisoningto orce the government to address the problem. A grant rom Global Greengrants Fundenabled KERF to measure lead, and in 2003, the World Bank arrived on the scene with aloan o 40 million US dollars to provide most o the unding or the Copperbelt Environ-

mental Project (CEP) with the aim to clean up and regulate mining on the Copperbelt.CEP has also received 10 million US dollars rom the Nordic Development Fund.

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Te Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has surpassedits maize purchasing target o 300,000 tonnesby 18,129 tonnes. Te agency has bought mosto its maize rom southern province ollowed by

northern and eastern provinces. Te outstandingbalance on armer payments amounts to 327.9billion kwacha as FRA still hasnt secured a loano 700 billion kwacha (Post 31). Nevertheless, theFRA has only bought a raction o this years al-leged bumper harvest o 2.8 million tonnes, so theprivate milling companies are now arriving on thescene. Kasama Milling Company has just oered

to buy maize at K 50,000 per 50 kg bag, K 15,000 below the foor price o K 65,000 set by theFRA. Director o Kasama Milling, Lupando Munkonge, said it was prudent or the privatesector to get involved in the maize marketing as the government wont be able to buy all themaize. Its the only way we can support armers out there, he said. But the armers said theprice oered is too low to meet their production costs (Monitor and Digest 24 Aug - 6 Sep).

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Zambia National Womens Lobby eecu-

tive director Rollen Mukanda(Daily Mail 28).

731 of 2,431 workers remain at Zamtel

Lap Green, the new owner o Zamtel, has retained only 731 workers o Zamtels 2,431retrenched workers. Te 731 workers have been oered three-month contracts to assess theirperormance. Zambia Congress o rade Unions (ZCU) secretary general Roy Mwaba saidLap Green had gone against the agreement it signed with the government to create jobs. Wehave already started measures to ensure that this matter is handled careully to protect theinterests o the workers to avoid what is happening in Uganda, Mwaba said. According toMwaba, Lap Green has not signed a recognition agreement with the Uganda communica-tions union since it bought a telecommunication company in that country in 2002 (Post 27).But ormer senior managers o Zamtel castigated Mwaba or only revealing his nding onUganda now. He went to Uganda two months beore the company was sold, one o theworkers said. Another worker said they could no longer trust ZCU: Why cant this ZCU

emulate the Mineworkers Union o Zambia who have shown resilence whenever a oreigncompany wants to abuse the law (Post 28).

The fate of our bumper harvest

Many mes that people have com-

plaid o av b miqod i imply

bca y wr carl ad pok

wa y old av o pok.

Kennedy Mambwe, Public Relations,Marketing and Corporate Communica-tions Consultant (Post 31).

L m ll yo a prid ir

and res. He appoints and disappoints.

W a pro i ird, y ar appy

bca y ar v goig o bsworn in. When they are red, some-

mes (...) a person just feels his or her

name is not menoned anymore and so

y ar diappoid.

MMD National Chairman MichaelMabenga (Post 28).

Of cor g giv ig o giv

popl, lik old o ad blak. so

a o go rod. s i mor

of this country (...). Why deny Mpu-

lungu just because there is going to be a

by-elecon?

President Banda on the criticism o therst ladys trip to Mpulungu (Post 27).

O of bigg lo of

pillag i amo of moy

involved to clean the mess (...). In the

Glf of Mxico, BP i goig o fork o

more than 5 mes the annual budget of

Zambia.

Petrochemical consultant, JohnstoneChikwanda, on Zambias oil eplorationintentions (Post 30).

A Zain share price conspiracy?Bharti Airtel has allegedly asked State House to reduce the Zain share price set by theSecurities and Echange Commission (SEC). Highly placed government sources have toldthe Post that some senior government ocials are trying to put pressure on the SEC overthe share price. Te SEC proposed a price o 1,126 kwacha per share or mandatory oer,but this has not gone down well with Bharti Airtel, said the sources. Apparently the chieeecutive ocer or Bharti Arica, Manoj Kohli, recently sneaked into the country with theview to get State House or presidential intervention to have the share price reduced. BhartiAirtel chairman Sunil Mittal and Manoj Kohli did not respond to press queries, but ZainZambia public relations consultant Irene Musonda conrmed the discussions between BhartiAirtel and SEC on the open oer matter. Ater our entry into Zambia we have had routinemeetings with the senior leadership o the country to update them o our uture plans in thecountry. (...) We do not want to comment or speculate about the open oer price till ourboard o directors take a decision, Musonda said (Post 1).

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cannot (...) be considered (...) a casual

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PF secretary general, Wynter Kabimba,in a letter to the Electoral Commission oZambia (Post 27).

She is not mother of the naon; she is

mor of Rpia Bada wi!PF president Michael Sata (Post 28).


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Conicts in brief

MAIZE ExPOR: Te Food Reserve Agency will eport160,000 tonnes o last years maize to regional marketsthrough local companies at prices between K 37,500 and K

45,000 per 50 kg bag. Te maize was bought at K 65,000per bag. Te loss will be oset by the government (Post 31).

HE WORLDS BREAD BASKE: Arica produces 10percent o the worlds crops despite possessing roughly25 percent o the land under cultivation. Arica holds 60percent o the worlds uncultivated arable land with thepotential or Arican yields to grow in value rom USD 280billion today to USD 880 billion in 2030. Agriculture isthe most important source o livelihood throughout Arica,accounting or more than 70 percent o total employment.(Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy AnalysisNetwork (FANRPAN) in the Post 1).

This weeks gures

Scores o Luvales marched through the streets o Zambezi onthe morning o 28 August in deance o polices denial o apermit to march ollowing threats rom the Lundas to at-tack the Luvales traditional procession rom the graveyard othe Makishi dancers or the annual Likumbi Lya Mize Cer-emony. According to sources, the Luvales were armed withpangas, knives, spears and aes. Fortunately, said a witness,the Lundas were not around. But the police arrested veLunda headmen rom Chilanga area and one rom Dipalata ongrounds that they had weapons to harm the Luvales. By noon,chietainess Nyakulenga accompanied by protestors arrived oneet rom Mukandankunda 15 kilometres away to pressurise thepolice to release the headmen. North Western Police command-ing ocer Charles Lungu said he had not received a report on

the disturbances (Post 1).

Lda vr Lval

Te youth wings o the United Party or National Develop-ment (UPND) and the Patriotic Front (PF) have clashed. First,UPND national youth chairman, Joe Kalusa, said the governingMovement or Multiparty Democracy (MMD) will scoop the2011 general elections because it has a good working mani-esto contrary to the PF-UPND Pact. Tis resulted in an angryresponse rom PF youth national secretary Eric Chanda, whocalled or Kalusas resignation. He is acting like one who hasbeen bought, Chanda said. He did, however, ask the PF-UP-

ND leadership to step aside and allow the youth wings to takeover until all the pending issues surrounding the partnership areresolved (Daily Mail 1).

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Life is not improving in Zambia

Although Zambias human development inde (HDI) has increasedsince 2000, it still hasnt surpassed levels last seen in the early 1990s(see gure). Te HDI looks beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP)to a broader denition o well-being. It provides a composite measure

o three dimensions o human development: living a long and healthylie, being educated and having a decent standard o living. Universityo Zambia lecturer Lemba Nyirenda recently pointed out that Zam-bias latest HDI (2007) is 0.481, which gives the country a rank o164 out o 182 countries, while the country was ranked 138th in 1994 ater more than 10 years o national development (Post 30).

NCC is no more!

Te National Constitutional Conerence (NCC) has handed overthe drat constitution and nal report to the government or onwardtransmission to parliament or enactment. Vice-president GeorgeKunda, who is also Minister o Justice, said government will beginthe necessary legislative processes. Some o the new provisions willinvolve etensive reorms beore they can be implemented, including

the planning o signicant nancial implications beore the dratconstitution can be enacted by parliament. One such provision is theNCCs decision to increase the composition o the National Assemblyrom 150 to 225 constituency-based seats. At the same time the gov-ernment will prepare to submit to a reerendum the alteration o theBill o Rights along with the provisions not agreed upon by the NCC.Kunda praised the NCC or its work: It is misleading to suggest thatthe conerence, in taking the inormed decisions that it took on allprovisions and in rejecting some o those provisions, ailed the peopleo Zambia, the vice-president said. Some civil society organisationsagreed with him others didnt (Daily Mail 31/1).


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On 27 August at the airport presidentRupiah Banda launched scathing attackson donors and Zambians who demand anappeal against High Court Judge Evans

Hamaundus ruling on ormer presidentFrederick Chiluba (Post 27).

wo weeks ago Hamaundu ruled that Zam-bia cannot register the London High Courtjudgment, which ound Chiluba and sevenothers liable or the thet o public undsworth about 46 million US dollars. Tismeans the state cannot pursue propertiesand other assets owned by the convicts in Zambia. Instead they willhave to be satised with overseas assets. Regardless, the governmentdecided to not appeal Hamaundus ruling.

Despite the USA being the only country to publicly criticise the gov-ernments decision, there has been a line o ambassadors complain-

ing directly to the president, said Banda, while walking to his airplane.He told the donors to pack their bags and go instead o stickingtheir noses in our business to try and infuence the elections withreerence to net years general elections (Daily Mail 27).

Te president eplained that the government has spent a largeamount o money on lawyer ees in the UK mentioning gures oat least 14 million US dollars and now it should be allowed to con-centrate on doing what we are doing: bringing development to thiscountry. Tis is the second time Banda has told o donors.

Te last time, about two months ago, he rapped donors again atthe airport or talking to the media about reezing o unds in thehealth and road sectors ollowing revelations o nancial irregularities.

Needless to say the reactions to Bandas recent reprimand were imme-diate and predictable. Te opposition condemned the president, andcivil society was divided along the usual lines o loyalty (see page 5),but then in a new turn o events the attack concentrated on the UK.

Te Zambia Direct Democracy Movementand the Forum or Progressive Politics peti-tioned the British government to apologiseor having imposed a ake corruption ght

on Zambia (imes 27). But in a statementBritain said it had no role in the case againstChiluba. Te case (...) was brought to theLondon courts by the Zambian government,the statement reads in part (Daily Mail 28).

Te UK urther stated it had supported theZambian government in its ght against cor-ruption and will continue to do so. Hypocrisy,

said the eecutive director o the Committee o Citizens, GregoryChire: Britain provided technical and nancial assistance to theaskorce on Corruption and persuaded the taskorce to commencethe court process against Chiluba (imes 30).

Honestly, said the president o Patriotic Front, Michael Sata, the case

against Chiluba was initiated by our government through AttorneyGeneral George Kunda who now is Bandas vice-president (Post 1).

Furthermore, said the UK, it is important to point out that Zambiahas already recovered, in Belgium and elsewhere, substantial sums omoney as a result o the London judgment. No, retorted Chire, theBelgium apartments were handed over to the askorce on Corrup-tion in 2002 while the London process started years later.

A happy Chiluba made an eemption to talk with journalists directlyrather than through his spokesperson ater the adjournment o hiswies case at the Supreme Court (see page 5). I am smiling (...).Its a good smile, broad smile, a genuine one, said a broadly smilingChiluba (Post 31).

You dont have to commit murder or the donors to hate you, youjust have to be a genuine nationalist and a real Pan-Aricanist, addedChiluba, who assured the journalists that no assets had been recoveredrom him through the London High Court judgment (imes 31).

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Donors: Aack is the best defence

It seems to be a terminal illness or troubled Arican poli-ticians to always blame their dierences with the interna-

tional community on imperialism. Even the most pro-imperialist Arican politicians like Frederick Chiluba- will propound empty anti-imperialist rhetoric wheneverthey are called upon by the international community toaccount to their people or the way they are handling theirresources and the way they are dealing with governanceissues. I imperialism threatened our country in any smallway, we wouldnt need a clarion call rom anyone to jointhe ght against it. Rupiahs problem has nothing to dowith imperialism. It was not the donors that demandedthe prosecution o Chiluba; that initiated the LondonHigh Court litigation against Chiluba. It was our peopleand their elected representatives that did so.

Door accordig o diorial

It is also very unortunate that in this day and age some oour own so-called national leaders can stoop so low to even

suggest that this country needs some o these noisy diplo-mats more than they need us. Te spell that seems to havebeen cast on some o our leaders by the colonial mastershas remained and even i the physical shackles o colonial-ism may have been removed, their souls and minds haveremained in bondage and or their own political epedi-ency. As Dr Chiluba has rightully stated, these elementsare being used as puppets bent on discrediting their owngovernment by pouring all kind o scorn through all meanso chicanery to ensure that the will o their masters is done.Te accusations that Dr Chiluba has brought to the oreare ones that should be analysed critically by all thinkingZambians who should not be gullible about such hal-hearted pronunciations that they have the best interests oall Zambians at heart.

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our government took a posion that

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same way the opposion is speaking.

President Rupiah Banda (Post 27).

The London Judgment is sll in force.

I wa o ovrrd o appal. t

Zambia govrm wo ca.

Appal wr allowd oly o wo b-

secons of the case relang to alleged

money-laundering oences by two

dfda.British High Commissioner to Zambiaom Carter (Post 28).

NGOs with polical moves

I something o a political nature happens in Zambia it is certain it will be accompanied bycomments rom various civil society organisations. Journalists know eactly which organisa-tions to contact to get the right quote or or against the government. In connection withormer president Chilubas corruption case, government has challenged Non-GovernmentalOrganisations (NGOs) with political motives to come out in the open: Once NGOs register

as service providers they should stay as such, said Minister o Communication, Developmentand Social Services, Michael Kaingu: Tose who want politics should say so, so that we canmeet them as politicians (Daily Mail 1). Some o the governments strongest critics includeransparency International Zambia, the Southern Arican Centre or the ConstructiveResolution o Disputes, Citizens Forum, Civil Society or Poverty Reduction and Change LieZambia. Ardent supporters include the Committee o Citizens, Forum or Leadership Search,Forum or Progressive Politics and the Authentic Advocates or Justice and Democracy.

Donor bashing: It runs in the region

One day ater president Rupiah Banda had told o Zambian donors, Malawi president Binguwa Mutharika threatened to chase aid donors and close newspapers or reporting that anestimated 1.5 million people need ood aid in Malawi despite improved harvests. I am tired.

Tis country is not run by you donors or the newspapers in this country. Tis country is run byme, he said. Wa Mutharika reacted to a Southern Arica Development Community (SADC)study backed by the British governments department or overseas development that wasprinted in a local paper. Donors have also questioned the countrys plans to eport 300,000tonnes o maize to Zimbabwe this year. I will be orced to close down your newspapers and iany donor dares say something, you can go away, wa Mutharika said. Overseas aid is equiva-lent to about 20 percent o Malawis economy. However, more than hal o its children agedunder ve were suering rom malnutrition in 2008, according to the World Bank (Reuters inimes 28).

Reginas appeal case adjourned

Judgment in the appeal case o ormer president Chilubas wie, Regina, has been adjournedto 30 October 2010. Regina was last year sentenced to three and a hal years simple impris-onment by the Lusaka Magistrates Court on ve counts o ailing to account or propertiesbelieved to have been stolen or illegally acquired, including a oshiba 61-inch television.Regina appealed against her conviction to the High Court. Te matter was adjourned becausethe three judges were handling other cases (Daily Mail 31).

W rg govrm o coidr dip-

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Commiior.

Former PF secretary general EdwardMumbi (imes 30).

W d door mor a w

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bag ad go.

President o Patriotic Front, Michael Sata(Post 28).

Corrupon cannot be resolved by courts

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National Chairman o National Demo-cratic Party, David Kasuba (imes 31).

See also articles page 4.

If the ght against corrupon begins

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big rio.

Chie Mukuni o the oka Leya people

o Kazungula (Daily Mail 31).

The people and organisaons that are

talking about the issue; do they have

the mandate to speak for the people?

how av y com o kow a

Zambian masses want a certain issue? I

av o ard of ay rfrdm. Wo

is the client? I will not get an instrucon

from Pr Zl wo walk io my of-

ce and says do this. Arcle 54 says the

client is the state, and who is the state?

I i popl wo com from co-

stuonally recognised instuons.

Attorney General Abyudi Shonga onwhy he did not appeal (Post 31).

Police have reused to arrest and prosecute Deputy Minister o Gender, LucyChangwe, or bouncing a cheque o 10 million kwacha in a house purchase transac-tion. Roger Musonda, the owner o the property, told the Post that the police hadinormed him that at the time o issuing the 10 million kwacha cheque, on 21 May2010, Changwe had 23 million kwacha in her account. Tey said that because othat she cant be prosecuted because the cheque, which I deposited the same day,was given to me when she had money in the account, Musonda eplained. Muso-ndas cheque bounced, because Changwe had written other cheques whose total e-ceeded her 23 million kwacha account balance. By the time Musondas cheque hadmoved rom Mkushi to Lusaka, Changwes account only contained 2 million kwa-cha. Wait a minute, said an upset Post: I the polices reasoning is accepted, thenvery ew, i any, would be prosecuted or bouncing a cheque. We say this because ione has K 23 million in his or her account on a particular day, one can issue as manycheques as possible on that same day to as many people as possible as long as noneo them is more than K 23 million. Musonda, who is no an o the governing party,stated that I still believe that the people [police] were not supposed to interpret the

law because thats the prerogative o the courts (Post 27/30).

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Is uranium mining safe?

Minister o Mines, Mawell Mwale, hassaid uranium mining is sae. Tis ollowsa recent release o a uranium policy re-view report titled Prosperity unto Death:

Is Zambia ready or Uranium mining?Te report, which was published by theCouncil o Churches in Zambia (CCZ),states that uranium mining is a dan-gerous venture that requires stringentsaety measures to prevent radiation. Te

report concludes that Zambia lacks a specic policy ramework on uranium:Te current policy leaves the onus on saety on the mining companies andthe supervision strength o the ministry o mines is not there, the reportstated (Post 13 July).

But Mwale dismissed the report as alarmist (Post 31): It s scienticallyincorrect to say uranium mining is dangerous. It only becomes dangerouswhen you start enriching it, he said (Daily Mail 31). But is that completely

correct?

In 2006, Zambias Minister o Mines, Kalombo Mwansa, eplained thaturanium is a dangerous mineral (Angola Press 31 May 2006), and in 2009,the Copperbelt Environmental Project moved more than 20,000 tonnes ouranium tailings to a sae holding place in the Mopani mine area to elimi-nate danger to the public.

In many respects uranium mining is much the same as any other mining,as uranium in itsel has a very low level o radioactivity. However, uraniumminerals are always associated with more radioactive elements such as radiumand radon in the ore, though with lower grade ore they pose less o a hazard.

Currently, three companies, Arican Energy Resources, Denison MineZambia Limited and Lumwana Mining Company are involved in uranium

eploration in Zambia, although Lumwana is stockpiling its uranium as aside-line to its copper eploration. Mwale said it had now become prudentor the country to eplore possible eport o uranium due to the establish-ment o China and Asia nuclear plants (imes 9 July).

Read the complete CCZ report on www.aricales.org.

Bi i brif

Te president o Coca Colas Eurasia and Arica group,Ahmet Bozer has said Zambia will remain a strategicmarket or its Coca-Cola brand as evidenced by thepositive business trends in the country. Bozer, who vis-ited Zambia on a trade visit, toured Zambian Breweriesand various distribution, sales depots and retail outlets(imes 1). Coca Cola is soon to get stier competitionrom Pepsi. Varun Beverages o India, the owner o thePepsi ranchise in Zambia, is building a multi-millionplant urther down the road rom Zambian Breweries.It was epected to open in August.

The clash of the so drinks

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) will approve astrategic plan to revive Kasama Coee Company, oneo Zambias largest coee plantations in the NorthernProvince. Minister o Commerce, rade and Industry,Feli Mutati, said the coee plantation was literallyabandoned by the last investor who let debt in ecesso 890 million US dollars money the governmentwill have to settle ater the plantation was put underreceivership by some commercial banks last year. Zam-bias coee output is epected to drop to 1,250 tonnesrom 1,643 tonnes last year (imes 1).

Kasama Coee Company to resurrect

Bwana Mkubwa to close down

Canadian First Quantum Minerals has postponed plans to close BwanaMkubwa processing plant to mid-September. echnical manager AndreScott said the plant remained with about 20,000 tonnes o copper oide oreimported rom the DRC, beore the plant will close down. Bwana Mkubwa

has ailed to source economically viable ore rom sources in Zambia. Lastyear, First Quantum was granted the approval to open a new copper mine inMkushi to provide eedstock to Bwana Mkubwa, whose operations were rsthalted in 2008 due to lack o raw materials (Reuters in Daily Mail 30).

Controversial mining rm has arrived

Te Brazilian mining giant Vale SA, which has been strongly criticised by theMineworkers Union o Zambia (MUZ), has started building its new cop-per mine at Konkola North, jointly owned with Arican Rainbow Minerals(ARM). Vale SA and ARM will invest 380 million US dollars in the mine.Commissioning o the concentrator plant is epected in the end o 2012. Temine is planned to reach ull production in 2015. MUZ recently threatened

to block attempts by government to let Vale operate in the country because oits poor human rights record (Post 30).

Te governing Movement or Multiparty De-mocracy (MMD) will hold its national eecutivecommittee (NEC) meeting on 4 September.MMD acting national secretary Chembe Nyangusaid top o the agenda o the meeting will beMMD party mobilisation and the on-going partyelections. Te MMD will also decide the ate othe two MMD rebel MPs, Ngandu Magandeand George Mpombo. Te two ormer minis-ters have continued making public statementsattacking the party leadership despite MMDhaving instituted disciplinary action againstthem. [D]epending on the mood, NEC mightdecide to heed to members calls and epel thetwo MPs rom the party, Nyangu said. Noneo the two will be allowed to attend the NECmeeting,which is being held at State House(Daily Mail 1).

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Te chairman o the Anti-Corruption

Commission, justice Valentine Chileshe,died on 28 August 2010 at LusakasKalingalinga Hospice. Chileshe, whowas admitted to hospital or some time,died o diabetes and low blood pressure.Chileshe was buried on 1 Septemberat the Leopards Hill Memorial Park inLusaka ater a valedictory service at theSupreme Court and a church service atthe Cathedral o the Holy Cross (Post30, MuvuV.com 31).

ACC cairma di

Somali ambassador to Zambia, OmarMohammad Umar, 53, has been ounddead in the bathroom at his Kabulongaresidence in unclear circumstances. Com-missioner o police Graphael Musambasaid the workers at the residence gotconcerned when the ambassador did notcome out o the house and thereore theycalled one o Umars relatives living inEmmasdale. Ater reporting the matterat the Woodlands Police Station, theyound the deceased in the bathroomacing down and blood coming romthe nose. Musamba said the body o thedeceased was at the University eachingHospitals mortuary awaiting the arrivalo relatives or a postmortem to be car-ried out. Umars wie and children werein Canada. Te police have commencedinvestigations to determine the cause odeath (Post 27).

somali ambaador di

On the road to Angola

Te third nancer o the 85-kilometre Kalabo-Sikongo-Angola border road has come onboard. Te project is epected to be co-nanced by Kuwait Fund or Arab Economic Devel-opment (KFAED), Arab Bank or Arican economic development (BADEA), OPEC Fundor international development (OFID), the Saudi Fund and the Zambian government. Zam-bia has previously signed nancing agreements with BADEA and OFID, and now KFAEDhas given Zambia a loan o 13.6 million US dollars (about 67 billion kwacha). Remaining isthe Saudi Fund. Minister o Finance and National Planning, Situmbeko Musokotwane, said,once the road is constructed, Zambia is epected to benet rom increased trade with Angola.Te project is estimated to cost 54 million US dollars (Daily Mail 27).

Inaon down in August

Te annual rate o infation has reduced slightly in August to 8.2 percent. Te reduction o 0.2percentage point was caused by a decline in ood prices, according to the Central StatisticalOce (CSO). Te annual ood infation rate reduced rom 4.1 percent in July to 2.9 percentin August. CSO acting director John Kalumbi said that the national average price o a 25 kilo-gramme bag o roller meal had reduced by 7.1 percent between July and August, while that obreakast meal had reduced by 2.7 percent. Te annual non-ood infation, on the other hand,

increased rom 12.6 percent in July to 13.4 percent in August, mainly driven by increases inprices o clothing and ootwear, household uel and lighting, urniture and household goods,medical care and other goods and services (Post 27).

Another trade surplus in July

Zambia has recorded a trade surplus o 1.07 billion Kwacha in July 2010. Te Acting Directoro Census and Statistics at the Central Statistical Oce, John Kalumbi, said the country hascontinued to register trade surpluses since January 2010 with the highest value o 1.15 billionkwacha recorded in March. Zambia major eport products comprise copper cathodes and aselection o rened copper and copper blister which accounted or 81.8 percent o eports(Daily Mail 30).

Te colourul wedding ceremony that joined Chiluya Sata and Chimwemwe Si-chinga brought together two prominent amilies - and president o Patriotic Front,Michael Sata, took on another role when he led his daughter down the aisle.

When asked how she eels when people talk ill o her ather, Chiluya, who is anassistant sales manager and customer care coordinator at Zambian Lotto, said sherespects other peoples opinions. As children we learnt to deal with his politicalcareer (...). I have learnt to take every blow, every opinion. I even laugh about itsometimes, she said. Despite coming rom a well-to-do amily, Chiluya said she

has been taught to work hard. I have never used my name to get any avours, shesaid.

Chiluyas new husband, Chimwemwe, who is the proprietor o Power SearchContractors, said he has a good relationship with his ather-in-law. A lot o peopleasked me i I was not scared dating Mr Satas daughter. At rst I was pretty scared.(...) Te rst time he ound me in his the sitting room, he just greeted me. Fromthere onwards, we just greeted. I dont know whether he knew I was dating thedaughter or maybe he thought I was just a riend, Chimwemwe said.

He eels privileged to have Sata as his ather-in-law: For me, he is in politicsbecause he wants to ght or the rights o the people, Chimwemwe said.

Despite supporting Satas political career, the young couple has no intentions ojoining the political arena (Sunday Post).

Satas daughter married

Documents

Zambia Weekly - Week 35, Volume 1, 3 September 2010