Kennedy Mweene thanks a higher power

Yes, Asamoah Gyan was unable to convert a penalty kick but Kennedy Mweene made a fine save and Emmanuel Mayuka curled a shot off the right-hand post to make it 1-0 in the 78^th minute. Perhaps, Kennedy Mweene was merely doing what we all were as well.

The Zambian Team:

12 - James Chamanga, 8 – Isaac Chansa, 5 – Hichani Himoonde, 17 – Rainford Kalaba,  2 - Francis Kasonde, 11 – Christopher Katongo, 4 – Joseph Musonda, 6 – Davies Nkausu, 19 – Nathan Sinkala, 13 – Stoppila Sunzu, 16 – Kennedy Mweene and substitute players 15 – Kampamba Chintu, 14 - Noah Chivuta, 1 - Kakonje Kalililo, 18 Evans Kangwa, 10 - Felix Katongo, 3 – Chisamba Lungu, 20 – Emmanuel Mayuka, 9 - Collins Mbesuma, 23 - Nyambe Mulenga, 21 - Jonas Sakuwaha, 22 - Joshua Titima.

What is faithfulness? It means to follow through with a commitment regardless of difficulty#8221;, or simply #8220;Love hanging on#8221;.

How can we demonstrate #8220;FAITHFULNESS#8221;

To better understand, the example is Jesus in the 16th chapter of Matthew.

Vs 21 tells us that Jesus brings His disciples together, and tells them that he is going to Jerusalem. He tells them, #8220;I know what will happen there. I#8217;m going to be arrested, and beaten, and crucified. But I#8217;m going any way.#8221;

In the next verse we see Peter pulls Him to the side and tells Him, #8220;Lord don#8217;t go!#8221; But Jesus says, #8220;Get behind me, Satan.#8221; He did not mean that Peter was #8220;Satan#8221;, but that Satan was using Peter to get Jesus to QUIT, to be unfaithful.

Again and again through out His ministry Satan tried to tempt Jesus to be unfaithful.#8221;Don#8217;t go to the Cross. Don#8217;t die for their sins. Just quit. It#8217;s going to be too tough. There will be too many obstacles, too many difficulties. Just turn around and quit.

Even when He was hanging on the cross, the people below Him were mocking Him, saying, #8220;If you  really are the Son of God, come down from the cross.#8221; That#8217;s what Satan was saying, too. #8221; Quit!! Come down. It#8217;s not  worth it. The pain is too intense. The people don#8217;t care anyway. Just quit!

But the faithfulness of Jesus has inspired the faithfulness of others down through the ages, those who hung in there, through the good and the bad, through times of plenty and times of want.

You may be going through a rough patch in your marriage and Satan through people and your thoughts is telling you to quit! after all you are not beautiful! remember what you did last time! It#8217;s not worth it, just quit. Whatever the case is. God is saying to you my sister, hung in there, Salvation is just around the corner, breakthrough is coming, hung in there. Hold on to your faithfulness, don#8217;t quit. Be positive, confess the right words which will create life and not death.

Temptation will come,  no one is exempted, we all get tempted to quit by yielding to fleshy desires. But the Lord gives us strength to remain faithful to whatever we are committed to.

The Lord will give you strength to endure hardship, Just like Jesus did to the point of death. The result is that, we are all saved. Your faithfulness will save a soul, it could be your siblings, your husband/wife, your child, your boy friend, your property  or  even a stranger.

#8220;The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.#8221; Amen!

Firing the Chipolopolo into the semi-finals

Goals scored by James Chamanga, Christopher Katongo and Stoppila Sunzu giving Zambia a final score, 3-0 against Sudan in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Zambian Team:

8 #8211; Isaac Chansa, 5 #8211; Hichani Himoonde, 17 #8211; Rainford Kalaba, 11 #8211; Christopher Katongo, 3 #8211; Chisamba Lungu, 20 #8211; Emmanuel Mayuka, 4 #8211; Joseph Musonda, 16 #8211; Kennedy Mweene, 6 #8211; Davies Nkausu, 19 #8211; Nathan Sinkala, 13 #8211; Stoppila Sunzu and substitute players 15 #8211; Kampamba Chintu, 14 - Noah Chivuta, 1 - Kakonje Kalililo, 2 - Francis Kasonde, 10 - Felix Katongo, 9 - Collins Mbesuma, 23 - Nyambe Mulenga, 21 - Jonas Sakuwaha, 22 - Joshua Titima, 12 - James Chamanga.

The guide dates back to our early attempts at building an online dictionary on Zambian languages called Zanglish. At the time we wanted to crowd-source all the knowledge we could on Zambian languages in an attempt to preserve our rich heritage, while at the same time providing a way for everyone to access this information for free. Today, our goal remains the same, provide a place to access all the information you want to know, or need to know about Zambia for free #8211; the only thing that has changed is that this information is now available under The Zambian.

We look forward to sharing the world of Zambia with you.

Until the 1990s nearly all Zambia#8217;s foreign trade was transported by rail. Today trucks are the dominant transport mode. The resulting damage to Zambia#8217;s roads and concerns over congestion, safety and environment damage have led to widespread calls for the Government to act to reverse the switch from rail to road. Plans have been announced to rehabilitiate existing rail lines to construct new routes.

Read the full report from Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) on Should the Zambian Government Invest in Railways, or attend the event where Alan Whiteworth will present his findings.

Current standings:

Follow the Zambian media#8217;s thoughts and participate at:

The Post Newspaper#8217;s article, Government removes three zeros from currency, by Bright Mukwasa and Kabanda Chulu highlights how the move is intended to strengthen the local currency:

Lusaka Times#8217; article, Bank of Zambia hopes the introduction of new Kwacha notes will be done within 6 months, provides a time frame of about six months for implementation:

Zambia Daily Mail, Ngwee back! As Kwacha rebased, by Dean Mwaanga, reviews concerns regarding the printing of new notes and minting of coins:

Times of Zambia, Govt props up Kwacha, reviews some other changes including minimum capital requirements required for banks:

The real question is how does this affect us?

In an earlier post, SOPA and Zambia, we discussed how we felt that passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the United States may affect the way we use the web. This is the same way we feel about the Protect IP Act. SOPA and PIPA are widely considered to be two versions of the same anti-piracy bill. SOPA is the House of Representative’s version whereas PIPA resides in the Senate. Both SOPA and PIPA are intended to curb online piracy. Take a look at the following video to see why we are taking this stance:

Quotas for Women  - Governments in action

There are many women’s issues which I think we could learn from and which we regularly channel to the Ministry of Gender, but in addition to them I think professional bodies like Alchemy should be kept in the loop and even work together with MOG in order to strengthen existing mechanisms for women’s issues in Zambia.

The news from this end is that the Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Najib bin tun Abdul razak recently (25th June 2011) introduced a government policy which compels corporations and other reputable companies to include 30% women as Directors on their Boards. This has to be implemented within the next 5 years!

Already Malaysia has attained 32% women in top decision-making positions within the public sector/governemnt structures.

Also the Minister for Women, Family and Community Development Senator Dato Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil recently held (25th July 2011) a Women’s Summit (see: www.thewomenssummit.org ) in which this idea was expounded with experts from the US, UK and Malaysia itself as resource persons on how to operationalise the new quota system. It was very interesting and all the presentations are online.

What I wish to propose is that professional bodies like Alchemy should work closely with Ministry of Gender to firstly, update the National Gender Policy, secondly strategies as to the key women’s issues in view of Zambia’s improved economic status and also in view of the various pieces of legislation which have resolved other basic issues like; gender-based violence, intestate and testate succession, and property ownership.

We need to think of other meaningful ways to bringing women to a level where they can compete internationally and can play meaningful roles in our country. Anyway just wanted to share this info with you- and hope to hear from you soonest!

Michelle M. Manda

Deputy high Commissioner – Zambia high Commission, Malaysia

Aviana Zambia 2012 is a trade fair dedicated to poultry and livestock industry. This event will focus on the major issues faced by the various sectors of this rapidly developing industry.

Aviana Zambia 2012 has been organized by Aviana Exhibitions, Inc. for duration of three days in Zambia. The event will not only focus on the development of infrastructure in the industry but will also play a major role in finding new channels of distribution in the African region. International suppliers and distributors looking for new markets will also be in large attendance at the event. A large number of participants on the lookout for new business opportunities are expected to attend this event which will start from 19th April 2012 till 21st April 2012 at Mulungushi International Conference Center, Lusaka, Zambia

Highlights of the Event

• Large number of international suppliers and distributors.


• Over 80 exhibitors from 20 different countries.


• New channels of distribution in Africa will be discovered.


• New tie ups and collaboration with major players in the industry.

Exhibitor Profile

• Bulk drug intermediates


• Pharmaceutical formulations


• Poultry- Breeders, Layers, Broilers and Integrators


• Animal Health Care companies


• Laboratories pharmaceutical and veterinary biological


• Distribution Companies


• Vitamins, Additives and nutritional supplement for animals


• Veterinary equipment


• Formulation, manufacturing


• Marketing feed


• Equipment manufacturing feed for the factory and farm


• Milking equipment


• Genetics


• Artificial insemination


• Embryo transfer


• Distribution Companies


• Vitamins, Additives and nutritional supplement for animals

Visitor Profile

• Animal Health Care companies


• Laboratories pharmaceutical


• Bulk drug intermediates


• Pharmaceutical formulations


• Vitamins


• Additives and nutritional supplement for animals


• Distribution Companies

Visit www.avianaafrica.com or contact sales@avianaafrica.com for more information. The Aviana Zambia 2012 event has also been posted on The Zambian Events Calendar.

The type of participants the embassy is looking for are those people who are directly involved in uploading information to government websites andgovernment social media sites. If you fall within this group of people, kindly send me a direct email to leemuzala@yahoo.com indicating your full names, government ministry or organisation you work for, phone number and email address. The deadline to respond is 17:00, Thursday 5th January 2012.

The type of participants the embassy is looking for are those people who are directly involved in uploading information to government websites andgovernment social media sites. If you fall within this group of people, kindly send me a direct email to leemuzala@yahoo.com indicating your full names, government ministry or organisation you work for, phone number and email address. The deadline to respond is 17:00, Thursday 5th January 2012.

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