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THE Choma Magistrate’s Court has slapped an 18-month jail sentence with hard labour on a man of Choma for housebreaking and theft of goods worth K1,500.
In this case, Moses Chivuwo was charged with housebreaking and theft.
Chivuwo, on March 10 this year in Choma, jointly and whilst acting with others unknown, entered Crispin Hakoola’s house with intent to commit a felony.
Chivuwo stole a home theatre system and six curtains worth K1,500.
In mitigation, Chivuwo pleaded with chief resident magistrate Willie Sinyangwe to be lenient on him.
“I also don’t understand why I commit these crimes, maybe it is an illness,” Chivuwo told Mr Sinyangwe last Thursday when he appeared for written facts.
Facts are that on the fateful morning around 07:15 hours, Mr Hakoola left his house secured and reported for work at Choma General Hospital.
He received a visitor around 09:00 hours whom he took home.
The court heard that, Mr Hakoola arrived at home, he found the door open and that his home theatre system and curtains were missing.
He reported the matter to Choma Central Police and Chivuwo was arrested after investigations.
Chivuwo admitted having stolen the property and was subsequently charged and arrested for housebreaking and theft.
The stolen property was not recovered.
Asked whether the facts were correct, Chivuwo replied in the affirmative.
“I agree with you that your propensity to break and steal into people’s homes is an illness because there are so many cases where you broke and stole in people’s homes.
“They say time is a healer and I think you need time to be healed of this illness. I send you to prison for 18 months,” Mr Sinyangwe said.

Losing Masaiti UPND candidate Peter Mumba says the by-election was characterised by a lot of vote-buying and electoral corruption.

And newly elected PF Masaiti member of parliament Michael Katambo has dedicated his victory to President Edgar Lungu.

Mumba, who complained of the election not being free and fair, polled 2,150 votes against Katambo, who got 5,032 votes.

Katambo, who won the seat on the MMD ticket in 2011, will return to Parliament after his seat was nullified by the courts early this year on account of electoral malpractice.

“There was a lot of money flying around. Certainly, the election was not free and fair as would have been expected. There was a lot of vote-buying by the PF, especially a day before elections. In Masangano, there was a house belonging to some PF official where voters were going after casting their votes to collect a K50,” he alleged. “Some animals were also slaughtered [and] those going to vote were given a chunk each and you know that the poverty levels are high. So I have taken the result as a man should. I’m forging ahead, I won’t be cowed down. We can’t allow riffraffs of criminals to continue plundering our national wealth.”

And Katambo, who was declared duly elected member of Parliament for Masaiti Constituency at Masaiti District Council chambers at 04:27 hours yesterday by returning officer Modest Simuntala, dedicated his victory to President Lungu.

“I am proud and I dedicate the victory to President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. I would like to thank the people of Masaiti and every member of the PF for the support,” said Katambo amid jubilation from party members, who included campaign manager Jean Kapata and former Minister of Defence George Mpombo.

Kapata said the win in Masaiti was testimony of hard work by the party and a warning to the opposition of victory for the PF in next year’s general election.

Lyton Mokola, an Independent candidate, got 41, Lasoni Musumali of UNIP polled 36 and Mobby Mutaya from Fourth Revolution polled 16 votes. Masaiti Constituency consists of 47 polling stations with 51 streams and 26,362 registered voters.

And in Chawama, PF’s Lawrence Sichalwe scooped the seat with 7,160 votes against his closest competitior, UPND’s Charles Kaselwa, who polled 3,029 votes.

In Senga Hill, PF’s Kapembwa Simbao retained his seat, beating Giles Yambayamba, who contested on the UPND ticket.

He is no longer single girls!Roberto, the celebrated male singer of the Amarula fame on Saturday married Queen Chabinga a lawyer.This according to a post on his facebook page Roberto Zambia.

Roberto writes “on the same night of the [Zambia Music ]awards I was marrying my best friend and love of my life. Now that’s a win I am super proud of.. Love you all Roberto.”

The opposition MMD has congratulated the ruling Patriotic Front for winning the three parliamentary seats in Tuesday’s by-elections.

MMD President Nevers Mumba says his party is convinced that the PF’s victory is a representation of the will of electorates which should be respected.

And Dr. Mumba has hailed opposition political parties for taking part in the by elections at both parliamentary and local government levels.

This is according to the statement issued to ZNBC news in Lusaka by Dr. Mumba.

The PF  won the Chawama, Masaiti and Senga Hill parliamentary by-elections held on Tuesday.

And PF Director Media, Brian Hapunda says the victory in the just-ended three parliamentary by- elections is an outright endorsement of President Edgar Lungu leadership beyond the 2016 tripartite elections.

In a walk in interview, MR. HAPUNDA says the victory has shown that the ruling party is growing.

He said online and some print media houses that unduly criticize President Lungu are making him popular.

Mr. Hapunda says the negative publicity has had no impact on the outcome of the elections adding that Zambians are now interested in politics of development.

A SEEMINGLY drunk man on Tuesday caused commotion at Kabwe High Court grounds during the ongoing Supreme Court sittings when he dared police officers to arrest him because he wanted to go back to prison.
While Supreme Court judges Gregory Phiri, Muyinda Wanki and Elizabeth Muyovwe were sitting, the man only identified as Mulenga screamed at police officers and in the process disturbed court proceedings.
“I want to go to jail today,” Mulenga said while daring police officers that he was not afraid of them.
This prompted Mr Justice Phiri to instruct police officers and court officials to deal with the situation and to stop those making noise.
Police officers moved swiftly, apprehended Mulenga and dragged him to the entrance of the courtroom but he pretended to be unconscious.
Some court officials took Mulenga outside and poured water on him in a bid to ‘resuscitate’ him.
Mulenga jumped to his feet and protested to police officers, prison warders and court officials for pouring water on him.
A police officer identified the man as Mulenga, who was jailed at Mpima State Prison after being convicted of malicious damage to property by the Kabwe Magistrate’s Court.
Mulenga, who seemed determined to be cited for contempt of court, caught the attention of passers-by who stopped to watch the spectacle.
Some prisoners also joined to help drag Mulenga away from the courtroom and left him sprawling on the grass but he again emerged and dared police officers to arrest him.
When it became apparent that Mulenga made up his mind to go to jail, police officers apprehended him and took him to Kabwe Central Police Station.

Government is disappointed with the performance of various national soccer teams.
Minister of Youth and Sport Vincent Mwale said in an interview with journalists at his office in Lusaka yesterday that the nosedive is worrying.
Mwale said Government has put logistics in place to ensure that soccer standards thrive.
“I do not know what the problem is but I think the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) would know better because we have created a conducive environment for sports,” he said.
Mwale said it is unfortunate that the country ,which is a footballing nation, is not performing to expectation at the international level.
On Sunday, the under-23 lost 1-2 to Nigeria in the 2015 Congo Brazzaville All-Africa Games qualifier in Lusaka while the national women’s team failed to qualify for the Brazzaville finals after going down 6-5 on aggregate to Tanzania.
The Chipolopolo, under-20 and under-17 teams were eliminated in the group stages at the 2015 Equatorial Guinea Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal Africa Youth and Niger Africa Junior Championships, respectively.
And Mwale said his ministry has received a budget from FAZ over the engagement of the national team coach.
“The amount is substantial and as a ministry we do not run the treasury.  So we have to make wide consultations before any decision can be made,” he said.
Mwale said Government does not want the Dario Bonetti saga to repeat itself.
Last month, Government released US$421, 670 as compensation for former national team coach Bonetti.
Bonetti was dismissed on October 10, 2011, two days after guiding the Chipolopolo to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals, where Zambia triumphed.
He took the matter to FIFA, who ruled that he must be paid his dues

A Fuel tanker has over-turned on its side along the Kitwe-Ndola road.In the picture Zambia Police could not resist the temptation of helping themselves to the loot as they joined the locals.

photos by Josh Kapata

Up to 5,000 people are marching in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in a major rally against xenophobia following attacks on foreigners.
President Jacob Zuma has condemned the attacks, in which at least five people have died in recent weeks, as “shocking and unacceptable”.
The Zulu king has been accused of fuelling the violence. He denies this.
Many jobless South Africans accuse foreigners of taking jobs in a country where the unemployment rate is 24%.
“No amount of frustration or anger can justify the attacks on foreign nationals and the looting of their shops,” President Zuma told parliament on Thursday. He also urged for calm to be restored to the areas most impacted by violence.

South Africa’s ongoing xenophobic attacks against African migrants could take an ugly turn for the worse after Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram gave Pretoria 24 hours to halt the pogroms of face the consequences.

In a brief YouTube video message, the murderous terrorist sect responsible for about 13,000 deaths in Nigeria since 2009, threatened to export its terror to South Africa. Boko Haram warned that if the South African government does not contain the situation, it will execute all South Africans living in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and other surrounding countries.

South Africa’s ongoing xenophobic attacks against African migrants could take an ugly turn for the worse after Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram gave Pretoria 24 hours to halt the pogroms or face the consequences.

In a brief YouTube video message, the murderous terrorist sect responsible for about 13,000 deaths in Nigeria since 2009, threatened to export its terror to South Africa.

Boko Haram warned that if the South African government does not contain the situation, it will execute all South Africans living in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and other surrounding countries.

It also threatened to attack South African embassies in the countries. It has not yet been ascertained if the message is genuine or not.

With South Africa’s economy in a downward spiral, local people in major cities like Durban and Johannesburg have taken their frustration out on fellow Africans. Dozens of migrants have been murdered on the streets in cold blood but according to Nigeria’s minister of state for foreign affairs Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, the country is yet to suffer any casualty yet.

Source: Nigeria Watch

Radio QFM has blacked out the playing of South African music effective today, April 17th in protest against xenophobic attacks on foreign national taking place in that country.

Managing Director Asan Nyama has explained that the move to black out South African music indefinitely which took effect at 06:00 hours is in solidarity with Africans who have fallen victim to xenophobic attacks in Durban and KwaZulu Natal province.

Mr Nyama states that considering that QFM has a listenership not only in Zambia, but across the globe via live internet streaming and satellite platform, the station feels duty bound to voice out in protest at the attacks on foreign nationals by South Africans by stopping the air play of their music.

He adds that considering it is not the first time that foreign nationals are being targeted in xenophobic attacks in South Africa, there is need to send a clear message to South Africans that violence on fellow Africans negates African unity which the continent’s forefather fought for.

Mr Nyama has called for the need for Africans to co-exist as brothers and sisters regardless of whichever country they come from.

He says QFM regrets the deaths of five people who have so far died in xenophobic attacks in South Africa, calling for an end to such brutal murders.

Mr Nyama has further called on the South African government to arrest the situation before more precious lives are lost, and bring the perpetrators of such heinous crimes to book.

A newly employed maid in Kenya identified as Grace Mwikali Mwema has been arrested by the Kenyan police after she was caught on camera breastfeeding her boss’s 9months old baby.

In the video which was aired on Kenya’s Nairobi news, the nanny, who is a mother of a three month old child, is seen offering her breasts to the baby who sucked for a few seconds and then refused to continue. Seeing that the child was no longer cooperating, the house help dropped the child to play.

The child’s mum had installed a nanny camera in her home to monitor the maid she’d employed just two days before the incident. She said when the nanny was confronted, she first claimed that the baby was the one playing with her breast but later admitted when she was told she’d been filmed doing the unnatural act. The woman called the police who arrested the maid and later posted the video to her Facebook page.

Bflow’s Manager  Nelson Chisenga has accused  Romaside Producers of stealing Beflows Money. On his facebook page he wrote ‘TKhas stolen money from my artist B flow.this money is from B flow’s ringtons @ airtel.We have since began legal action, and the police are looking for Tk who is on the run. My artist is a hard worker that’s why he performs internationally but selfish people like Tk want to eat all his money. B flow was in Europe when TK went to Airtel to collect over K40,000 but he did not inform us.

The other artists who were supposed to benefit from the money that Tk collected include p-jay, franciar, kayombo and Desmond.

It is sad that Tk couldd eat p-jay’s money, umuntu mubi. Tk has shifted from his home. And this morning Tk ran away from the place where he is now staying because the police need him, but soon he will be arrested. If you see Tk please report to the nearest police station because the police are hunting for him.’

A newly formed organisation of Zambian women married to South Africans calling it self the Zambia Mzansi Couples (ZAMCO) has announced joining the on going protest against xenophobia attacks in South Africa.

Organistaion President Martha Bwalya Sithole in a statement issued to Source this morning says the current 10 member organisation has opted to deny their spouces sexual pleasure effective 17 April, 2015 till the end of xenophobia attacks in that Country.

Here’s what the prophet posted on his Instagram page this evening. How many lives have you touched? Food for thought!

“The LORD is not so much interested in how many times you go to church, pray and fast a day, how much Christian service you render, the amount of tithes and offerings you pay, the Christian titles and names you bear – as the number of people’s lives you have affected. Many people are suffering out there; they want to change but do not just know how to go about it. How many lives are you capable of CHANGING? How many have you CHANGED? This is what matters to HIM.” – TB Joshua

Injured Chipolopolo defender, Nyambe Mulenga says he is determined to get back to the pitch, but mainly for one reason;to help Zambia qualify to the world cup. Mulenga believes Zambia has enough talent that can take the country to its maiden appearance at tne world’s biggest football show piece.

“I want to get back to the pitch. We have won the Africa cup before and it would be good to win it again in 2017 but my greatest desire is to go to the world cup before I hung my boots” Mulenga told @fazfootball.com this morning.

Migraine is a neurological disorder, where one experiences headaches along with symptoms associated with autonomic nervous system.

This simply means, a person experiencing migraine will also experience nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and environment. For migraine relief, there are some natural remedies that can help reduce the pain.

Causes of migraine
Migraine can last for hours and is caused when arteries are inflamed due to the release of chemicals. These chemicals are released when you have an allergic reaction, stress, sleeping pattern, menstruation, menopause, and fasting.

Natural cures for migraine

Vitamin B2: Consuming at least 400 mg of vitamin B2 helps in reducing the symptoms of migraine significantly. The best sources of vitamin B2 are chicken, fish, eggs, legumes, dairy products, nuts, green leafy vegetables and fortified cereals.

Therapy: Try relaxation therapy like head a massage, breathing techniques, yoga, tai chi, and mediation.

Ice: The best way to reduce inflammation is with ice. Cold therapy will give you quick relief from migraine.

Botox: Dr. Raj Shekahar Reddy, Consultant Neurologist, with Max Care Hospital from New Delhi explains the use of botox for migraine relief, “The benefit with botox is that it is rightly injected into the problem area, it is not time consuming and has a direct impact. When a patient suffers from migraine attacks, there is sensitisation in the area and the pain keeps knocking on that area. When botox is injected, the sensitisation is relived by the action in that area. There is a complex chemical process involved where the botox works as a good agent to relax chronic migraines.”

Niacin: Increase the intake of foods rich in niacin such as yeast, whole wheat, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, nuts, sunflower seeds, liver and fish.

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A Zambian woman this morning caused a stir at Lusaka’s Manda Hill Shopping Mall when she stripped naked as part of the Black Friday protests over Xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

Business at the mega South African owned shopping mall virtually came to a standstill when the unidentified woman in her birth suit matched around the premises with her fallen heroes for all too see as people hurdled around her to catch a glimpse on what she had to offer.

Security personnel had a hard time preventing the incensed woman who said she had taken the leap into the naked abyss over the South African clothes she had bought at the South African Shopping Mall along Great East road.

Zambians have mobilised themselves at numerous spots in and around Lusaka defying a Police directive not to hold demos over the blood being spilled onto the streets of one of Africa’s biggest economies.

But the security guard who apprehended the woman seemed to have been too distracted and less concerned about the protest as he was captivated by the manna that had rained from heaven on his doorstep with sinister thoughts running in his mind.

A video has surfaced of Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua warning South Africans in July 2013 of a ‘youth revolt’ in their nation which would result in deaths of ‘certain people’.

The clip, uploaded to Joshua’s popular YouTube channel Emmanuel TV, claims the controversial cleric prophesied about the violent xenophobic attacks spreading across South Africa on Sunday 28^th July 2013.

“In the nation, South Africa, we should help them in prayer because I am seeing youth revolt,” the clip quotes Joshua as saying. “It will be very serious. A situation where youth will come out and… you learn that there is a protest. Some people were killed – certain people.”

Joshua’s ‘bloody’ prediction made the front cover of South African newspaper‘City Press’ in August 2013 when Julius Malema, the fiery leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), visited his church in Nigeria for ‘spiritual blessings’.

The clip was posted alongside a message from Joshua to South Africans. “If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are going to fight the wrong battle,” he wrote, in a statement posted on the Nigerian pastor’s official Facebook page, followed by over 1.5 million people.

He then proceeded with a prayer for ‘calmness’ in the nation. “I pray for my nation, South Africa. As Jesus stood in the boat and commanded the storms to be calm, I stand in the midst of the storm in my nation, South Africa and I command the storm, wind and waves to be calm, in the name of Jesus! I speak calmness to my nation, South Africa, in the name of Jesus!”

The recent spate of xenophobic violence has left both fear and tensions rife across South Africa with hundreds of foreign owned shops forcibly closed and their owners seeking refuge in makeshift camps.

Five immigrants are said to have been killed, including a 14 year old boy. Horrific images and videos have surfaced online showing locals burning foreign nationals and looting their shops.

The violence erupted shortly after a statement from the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, calling on foreigners to return to their countries as they were causing economic ‘inconvenience’ to locals.

T.B. Joshua’s television station, Emmanuel TV, is especially popular within South Africa where thousands of Christians annually go for ‘pilgrimage’ to his church, ‘The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations’ in Lagos, Nigeria.

Ihechukwu Njoku – freelance Nigerian journalist