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Kasama … MP warns p UPND chiefim Mr. Sampa

By AARON CHIYANZO

HAKAINDE Hichilema advised Government that the lowest bidder in the sale of Intercontinental Hotel in Livingstone, Sun International was the best because the firm would invest US$ 50 million and create more jobs unlike other bidders, former Finance Minister, Edith Nawakwi has revealed. The privatisation documents for Intercontinental[Page Hotel 4] indicate that Sun build structures following extensive International of South By SILUMESI MALUMO Africa, with a bid of invasion by squatters. US$5.65 million for the A shocked senior PHI official told E shall investigate how land hotel was the lowest the Daily Nation that strict instrucbidder even if it was under the Zesco pole lines near By AARON CHIYANZO offered the deal. Praise Worship Centre in Lusaka tions were given at the commenceThe transaction FOREIGNERS who ment of the construction that a was given to a Chinese firm to build document states that have invaded gold sites be provided to large leeway should Victoria Falls Travel a mall, Lands and Natural Resources in Zambia are paying distance Zescochiefs powerlines fromBureau, the a private Minister Jean Kapata has said. royalties to some company incorporated to legalise their activities, The land belongs to the Chaina- housing development and a fence in Zambia bid US$20 of Nyampande was subsequently constructed to but was million ma Hospital, which the Presidential residents Village in Rufunsa have A fence protecting stop any development. To Page 3sidelined.from constructing Housing Initiative was allowed to complained. (To page 3) (To page 3)

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Mpundu, KCM appeals against CEC Govt’s silence Confusion rocks NAREP Kambwili Stop Telesphore Kenyatta and Odinga injunction discharge (p.2) over Mopani (p.3) Catholic Church told ..party now has two presidents campaigning worries MUZ pledge to heal divisions for UPND in Why AFRITANK has > 20 years' Expected Lifespan outdoors? Lukashya? Commonwealth

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LUNGU AND ACC PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is right to lay open his concern at the manner in which the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) operates, that contrary to his detractors, he is not against the institution. It is a fact that the ACC has not endeared itself to the public in recent years because of the manner in which it has been operating. For as far as the public is concerned, the ACC has only been investigating and prosecuting cases that involve those in the government leadership. That is the biasness that the public demand must end. It must operate in a transparent manner in which no one will feel they are being victimised. The ACC is an important institution in the governance of the country and President Lungu should not be criticised when he complains about its operations. Like the President said in Chipili recently, he was not fighting the ACC but was against its selective way of fighting corruption. Mr Lungu was in the district during which he toured the incomplete Mwenda Boarding Secondary School which had stalled at over 60 percent completion. He said ACC was his ally in the fight against corruption but as a custodian of the constitution, he would not hesitate to point out ills in the manner investigations were being handled. “I am not fighting ACC. I support ACC but if you do wrong things and ACC is looking elsewhere, I should be able to tell them off. If anything, they are my allies but if they fail to perform to people’s expectations, it’s not my fault,” the President said. According to the President, the project stalled because it was awarded to a contractor who did not deserve to get the tender. Mr Lungu said he was saddened by corruption and lack of transparency in the awarding of contracts, while ACC was paying a blind eye to the scourge. He noted that some undeserving contractors were awarded contracts at exorbitant prices just because they were related to some people involved in the tender process. This is not the first time that President Lungu and other people have spoken out against corruption in the awarding of contracts involving public works. Complaints have been raised in the road construction sector but we are yet to see any action of investigation by the ACC. Yet examples abound of shoddy works. This is the bone of contention. Fighting corruption is not just going after political leaders in the government but in other sectors of the nation’s life. No one is happy, for example, with the manner in which the ACC has bungled cases involving so-called “big fish” by rushing to prosecute in court before carrying out thorough investigations. We have in mind cases involving Tourism and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela and the most recent, against Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya, who should never have been hauled before the courts in the first place. Although there have been calls that the ACC should be disbanded because it has been infiltrated by opposition moles, we feel it is not too late to salvage what is left of the institution. It needs to get back to its core role of being the number one agency to fight corruption without looking at one’s political credentials. Crime is nonpartisan.

INOR Hotel, partly owned by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema and Senior Chief Mukuni, has declared 150 employees redundant at its Avani and Royal Livingstone assets. And Labour Commissioner Givens Muntengwa said officers from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security had been dispatched to the hotel to make financial assessments on whether the business was viable. The move which will be effected next month is a way of downsizing labour in view of the Covid-19 that has ravaged the hospitality industry.

Hakainde Hichilema and Senior Chief Mukuni declared 150 employees redundant General Manager for Avani anyone. But now, Mr Burr said, Hotel and Royal Livingstone Laurie Burr said if the people the hotel has applied to the were not laid off the business Ministry Labour to effect the could only have money up to redundancies so that operations could continue. November. He said hotel management This is contrary to his statement some weeks ago that the also agreed to reduce the manhotel was not going to let go of hours to 70 hours per month

Jay Jay’s incarceration riles Nsengas By KETRA KALUNGA HEADS will roll if anything bad happens to Emmanuel “Jay Jay” Banda because we will not just sit down and watch the young man remain incarcerated for no good reason, the Nsenga Cultural Association has warned. Association chairperson, Moses Lungu, said something transpired at Central police in Lusaka which the Zambia Police don’t want the public to know about that led to the Eastern Province PF youth chairman Jay Jay to engage in an altercation with a police officer. Reverend Lungu, who is president of the Evangelical Youth Alliance said in an interview that it was not true that Mr. Banda, beat a police officer. He said no normal person could walk into a police station and attack an officer for no apparent reason. Rev. Lungu said the Nsenga Association had demanded an explanation from the police as to what exactly Jay Jay had gone to do at the police station but were not given and that his “unfair incarceration” had already posed a threat on his life. “The police know what transpired but

don’t want it to be brought into the public domain. In the first place, what did Jay Jay go to do at Central Police because no one can just walks into a police station and start beating up police officers, that is not true. “There is something which transpired but the police don’t want to talk about it, Mr. Bonny Kapeso doesn’t want to talk about it,” Rev. Lungu said. Rev. Lungu said Jay Jay had suffered a lot at the hands of people that had “invaded the province” and that the association would not sit back and allow the mistreatment to continue. He urged the PF to revisit its provincial leadership composition in Eastern Province and ensure indigenous members were given a chance because they had been sidelined for a long time. Rev. Lungu said the province had lagged behind in development because of the party leadership at provincial level. “I am not being tribal but I am being objective, the indigenous people want to own the party and feel part and parcel because they want to contribute and to be proud and have a sense of belonging to the party and to the nation at larg,” Rev Lungu said.

Extend NRCs issuance period - East PF By TROY MUKUPA

THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Eastern Province has called for an extension period for the mobile National Registration Cards issuance. PF Eastern Province Information publicity secretary, William Phiri, said there had not been sufficient sensitisation programmes with regards to the NRCs issuance especially in far flung areas. "It is sad to note that most people especially in far flung areas of the region are not aware of the NRC registration exercise. There has been no proper sensitization and most of our people have shown total ignorance. “Moreover, this exercise

has been left to the district commissioners alone to inform the people. There is need for an extension and Ministry of Home Affairs should come up with a proper schedule on how all corners of the region will be covered," he said. Mr Phiri said it was worrying that there was low turn-out at registration centres, hence the need to extend the period of issuing the NRCs. "This is a clear indication that only a few know about the exercise. We appeal to the minister of Home Affairs to extend the deadline for the same exercise so that most people especially those in the valley could be captured. “We feel this exercise is being done in haste and may

leave many people still without NRCs. The Ministry of Home Affairs should engage the traditional leaders, the church, the faith based organizations and other stakeholders if this exercise is to be a success. Mr Phiri said many youths were not aware of the exercise and suggested an extension for another 30 days so that people could be sensitised more. And Mr Phiri said it was important for the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate officers entrusted with the NRC issuance. “We have heard complaints that some officers are deliberately frustrating most of the people who want to obtain NRCs for the first time," he said.

for the workers effective September. Mr Burr said the hotels had only been at 48 percent since this year and the situation was not expected to improve until in the second quarter of next year. He said this when he addressed workers at Avani HHe said the two hotels were designed to work with 513 employees during peak periods. And Hotel Catering and Allied Workers of Zambia (HCAWZ) president, Michelo Chizyuka also told the Daily Nation that the workers would be declared redundant. And Mr Muntengwa said tourism was badly affected by Covid-19 and people must reflect on that.

Locals employed at Kasenseli - PS NORTH-WESTERN Province Permanent Secretary, Willies Mangimela has dispelled assertions that local people were not considered for employment during the ongoing exploration works at Kasenseli Gold Mine in Mwinilunga. Mr Mangimela said this when he visited the site to check on how compensation of displaced farmers and engagement of locals in available job opportunities was being done. Mr Mangimela said contrary to assertions by some named opposition leaders that there are no local people employed, the site has 20 local people engaged in the ongoing exploration works while 30 more locals have been engaged to do the fencing of the area. “I want to refute the assertion that locals are not being engaged here at Kasenseli, so I came to know the employment data because there is an unfounded outcry that local people are not being engaged here,” he said. He said residents should understand that the current stage of the mining investment can only employ few people because it was not full scale mining. He bemoaned the behaviour of some people who went ahead to disrespect the Head of State and accuse government of not putting the interests of the local people first. Mr Mangimela has since called on people in the area to remain calm because more job opportunities will be created for them once full scale mining activities starts. He also called on ZCCM-IH to expedite the compensation process of the 19 farmers whose fields had been fenced within the operation area. - ZANIS

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Foreigners ‘bribing’ chiefs From page 1 The villagers said security agencies deployed to protect the newly discovered mineral resource sites have been withdrawn but that they were finding it difficult to curtail the illegal mining because the invaders come with blessings from some traditional leaders. Speaking on behalf of the irate villagers, senior member and paralegal, Evaristo Banda told the Daily Nation that foreign invasion on gold sites had become rampant because traditional leaders were involved. Mr Banda said the foreigners pay about 30 percent of their earnings to the traditional leaders through their appointed headmen. He revealed that more equipment suspected to belong to some foreigners was delivered at the gold site in Rufunsa on Monday. “Trucks carrying expensive equipment were at the gold sites on Monday and they delivered the machinery,” Mr Banda said. Mr Banda lamented that a named traditional leader who had taken over gold sites in Rufunsa was doing so forcibly because the area was not part of his chiefdom. “We have a lot of Tanzanians and Malawians mining gold, especially in Rufunsa because they are paying royalties to a named chief when the area is not even in his chiefdom. About 30 percent of what comes from there is paid to the chief as royalties through the headmen he has even appointed. That is why all authorities working from these sites have their hands tied,” Mr Banda said in an interview. In Rufunsa, Mr Banda complained that locals were not benefiting anything from the resources they were endowed with. Some areas, he said, had ended up having two headmen from different chiefs who claim ownership of the areas where the gold sites are located. “There are now threats on our lives being issued every day. We are being threatened when the gold sites are in our chiefdom and those are just invaders. Even the royalties are going to the wrong chief and not the owner of the land,” the headmen said. The headmen disclosed that Government had been alerted of the development but that nothing much had been done to resolve the situation.

KCM appeals against CEC injunction discharge By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA KONKOLA Copper Mines (in liquidation) has applied for leave to appeal the decision by High Court judge Catherine Phiri to discharge the injunction granted to it restraining Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) from switching off power supply to the mine. On August 24, Judge Phiri vacated the injunction saying the damages to be suffered by Zesco and KCM would be atoned for as damages. This is in a matter where Zesco Limited and KCM have sued CEC for switching off the supply of power to the mine. In an affidavit in support of ex-parte summons for leave to appeal, Mr Kutawa Chamunda, an assistant provisional liquidator of KCM said the mine is aggrieved by the decision of the court to discharge the injunction it had granted to the plaintiffs,

as it leaves it to the CEC not withstanding the provisions of SI no.57 of 2020, to decide whether it will allow Zesco wheel power over its Infrastructure to KCM. Mr Chamunda said the situation is detrimental to KCM in its mining operations as it leaves its mines to possibility of flooding and that thousands of employees and citizens that depend on its health services and other social amenities in its mine township areas to the perils associated with power shut down in this Covid-19 era. "This court did not grant leave to appeal its decision and being a chamber decision, leave to Appeal is (Shine qua non) for KCM and Zesco to proceed to the court of Appeal," Mr Chamunda said. He said the prospects of the appel succeeding are reasonably high as the danger of the mine suffering physical irreparable damage due to flooding on accounts of non functional pumps is real and not speculative. He stated that no prejudice will be occasioned to the defendant by the grant of leave to appeal the decision to discharge the order of interim injunction as the court found as a matter of fact law and law, that there is a serious question of law to be decided i.e. the interpretation of SI no.57 of 2020.

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STOP TELESPHORE MPUNDU, CATHOLIC CHURCH TOLD By NATION REPORTER THE patently negative and highly inflammable theology being preached by emeritus archbishop Telesphore Mpundu is at total variance with the inclusive message preached by Pope Francis who has called for Christian unity, a former Catholic Priest Evaristo Kalyati has said. The Arch Bishop he said, had no regard for the inherent goodness that God bequeathed in humankind, All he saw was negativity and corruption in the political leadershi.”He does not see corruption in the opposition and among the people he is speaking for and worse still he has no regard for other churches” He said archbishop Mpundu’s claims, for instance, that some churches had been bought by politicians was an affront to the Catholic Church itself which had received assistance from the Government and the

President in person. The suggestion that some churches were less than dedicated to Gospel values was offensive and required immediate address by the Catholic Church, he said. “What I know is that the Catholic Church offers counsel to politicians in a much organised manner and not from the public platforms, newspapers and social media which the archbishop is doing by associating with secular political institutions,” Kalyati said. He called on the Bishop’s conference to take a stance on the archbishop because of the discordant messages which were putting a strain on the message of inclusivity preached by the Pope. “Lusaka cannot have two Archbishops. The Pope retired archbishop Mpundu who must give way to established offices recognised by the Vatican. The Pope had his reasons to let him leave the Diocese.

“He should stop making disparaging statements which are causing confusion in the church, because the Catholic Church harbours members from different political persuasions and clearly the archbishop has taken a position in favour and has been seen to associate with members of the UPND,” he said. Political issues, he said, were personal and not subject to ecclesiastical dictation. “All Christians are the same regardless of the political persuasion, the church respects this position and one would expect that retired priests should respect this position,” he said. Archbishop Mpundu recently incited violence by claiming that there would be widespread bloodshed if government intolerance of divergent views was not checked. He also argued that Zambia was not a Christian nation even when it had been constitutionally declared so.

Kambwili campaigning for UPND in Lukashya? From page 1

Mr Kambwili

Sean Tembo challenges HH to explain privatisation deals By SILUMESI MALUMO and PETER SICHALI ALLEGATIONS against UPND president Hakainde Hichilema over privatisation are very serious and deserve a detailed explanation from him, says Patriot for Economic Progress president Sean Tembo. Mr Tembo said: “It is not enough for Mr Hichilema to seek to allay these allegations by positing a few Facebook and twitter memos.” Mr Tembo said the allegations of manipulating the privatisation process were serious, especially that they came from a former Finance Minister, Edith Nawakwi. He said yesterday that Ms Nawakwi who was minister then

Mr Kambwili, the NDC leader, is reported to have sneaked into Lukashya for campaigns when police in Lusaka are hunting for him. In an effort to embarrass the ruling Patriotic Front in its stronghold, the NDC leader has joined forces with the UPND to ensure that they scoop the Lukashya seat in the upcoming September 17 by-election. Speaking in a cell phone interview, Mr Kambwili said he was at his home in Lusaka, bed ridden. He was reacting to speculation on social media that he sneaked into Lukashya for campaigns when police officers were looking for him to enforce a bench warrant for his arrest. had firsthand information of the events that took place during the privatisation process. “As a matter of fact, Edith Nawakwi’s testimony can be admitted as evidence in any court of law because it’s a firsthand account and not hearsay. “It is therefore up to Mr Hichilema to substantively rebut Edith Nawakwi’s allegations in the same detailed manner that she presented her public testimony against him and not through Facebook and twitter memos,” he said. Mr Tembo said that anyone who aspires to run the affairs of the office of the President must be ready and willing to be subjected to vigorous scrutiny. Meanwhile, United Party for Prosperous Zambia president, Charles Chanda, said privatisation was evil and killed more people than Covid-19 in Zambia. He added that individuals who were involved in the process should be the last people to talk about fixing the economy. Mr Chanda said some people should be shameful for their involvement in the privatisation that destroyed the country, adding that it was hypocritical for some people to talk about fixing the country’s economy.

Mr Kambwili said contrary to claims, no police officer had gone to his house or raided the premises, saying they would have found him if they had gone there. “I am not in Lukashya or in hiding, I am at home in Lusaka bedridden and the police have not come here to look for me because if they did, they would have found me,” he said. NDC vice-president Joseph Akafumba however recently announced that Mr Kambwili has been on the Copperbelt from the time he fell ill. Mr Kambwili also accused the magistrate’s court of trying to create drama by issuing a bench warrant for his arrest when he was sick. He said it was the assumption of the police that he was hiding. “I can’t comment on their

assumptions, that is why they created drama to issue a bench warrant to a sick person so that they make news,” he said. And Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police, Nelson Phiri said police were still looking for Mr Kambwili. “We have been looking Mr Kambwili but we have not yet found him,” he said. Last week, Magistrate Simusamba ordered the arrest of Mr Kambwili for absconding court in a matter he is facing charges of forgery, uttering a false document and giving false information to a public officer. Mr Kambwili did not appear before court although in the days leading up to the court date he was very active on social media issuing political statements.

HH promised US$50m investment -Nawakwi From page 1

Ms Nawakwi, said as Finance minister at the time, she called the UPND president, Mr Hichilema who was the negotiating chairman in the privatisation of the hotel aside and asked him why he was advocating for the lowest bid when there were higher bids. She said during the Sunday Interview programme on ZNBC that Mr Hichilema convinced her and other Government officials that all the highest bidders were not serious investors and wanted to buy the hotel and use it as it was without adding any value. Ms Nawakwi said Mr Hichilema assured everyone that Sun International Hotel had reserved significant amounts of money to invest in the hotel and increase the bed capacity, subsequently increasing jobs. “Mr Hakainde convinced us that the highest bidders were only going to buy the hotel and change a few things but use it as it was. He said the lowest bidder was ready to invest US$50 million, which would result in more jobs. We accepted because we wanted more jobs for our people,” she said. Ms Nawakwi said Mr Hichilema was not telling the truth to claim that he did not convince anyone to give the deal for the sale of Intercontinental Hotel to the lowest bidder. And Ms Nawakwi said the K10 billion stimulus package had not gone to the intended people but to commercial banks which have used it to cushion their operations. She advised the Central Bank to refocus the K10 billion stimulus package on promoting productivity in the country instead of cushion banks alone. Ms Nawakwi said the manner in which the stimulus package was currently being administered would not produce the desired results.

Correct: Did he go without us?

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III. Take care to avoid confusion between the verbs lie and lay. They are easily confused, and many people use them incorrectly. The following forms are correct: lie: recline, rest, remain inactive Present: The cards lie [are lying) on the table. Future: The cards will lie on the table.

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Past: The cards lay on the table. Perfect Tenses: The cards have lain {had lain, will have lain) on the table. (Note: Lie never takes an object.) lay: put, place, set down Present: The player lays (is laying) his cards on the table.

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Future: The player will lay his cards on the table.

TOPIC: STRUCTURE

Past: The player laid his cards on the table.

SUB-TOPIC: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT LESSON #1: MAKING VERBS ACCURATE TEACHER: Anthony Simukonde

Perfect Tenses: The player has laid (had laid, will have laid) his cards on the table. Note: Lay always takes an object.

Basic Grammar Irregular verbs usually have different forms for the past tense and the past participle. Confusion of these forms leads to errors. As an easy rule of thumb, bear in mind that the past tense form is never used with auxiliaries; the past participle, whenever it is used as a verb, must have auxiliaries. Past He went I spoke They saw

Past Participle He has gone I have spoken They have seen

Certain verbs having similar appearance or similar meaning, or both, must be carefully distinguished. For correct speaking and writing, certain distinctions are still preserved between shall and will. ‘Will’ is now in common use for most purposes; but ‘shall’ should be used in the first person for polite questions offering a choice. Let’s Get it Right I. Guard against the vulgar use of a past participle where you need the past tense. The following forms, used as verbs, must have auxiliaries: begun, done, drunk, rung, seen, sung, sunk. Examples (a)

Wrong: He done what he could.

IV. Distinguish carefully between other pairs of confusing verbs. The following forms are correct: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n)

accept (receive): He accepted my apology. except (leave out): Can we except one man from the general pardon? [except is most often a preposition) affect (influence): The dampness affects my throat. effect (bring about): The arbitrator effected a successful agreement, (effect is most often a noun) borrow (take on loan): May I borrow your pen ? lend (give on loan): Will you lend me your pen ? bring (carry toward something): Please bring it here. take (carry away): Take it to the library. can (be able to): Can you swim across the lake ? may (have permission to): May I use your phone ? (may also expresses possibility: It may rain) leave (go away, abandon): Leave the room. Leave it here. let (permit): Let him go. Let us pray. set (put, place): Set the lamp on the table, (set takes an object) sit (be situated): Sit in the easy chair, (sit does not take an object)

Correct: He has done what he could.

Correct: They ran past my door.

Correct: Harry has seen the bus coming.

Correct: They led an easy life last summer.

a past participle. The following forms never take an auxiliary:

(The metal lead, which rhymes with led, is partly responsible for this confusion.)

Examples Wrong: We were almost froze during the night.

Correct: We almost froze during the night. Correct: We were almost frozen during the night. Wrong: Several passengers were badly shook up.

VII. Use shall instead of will for the future tense in first personal questions which offer a choice to the person asked. The following are correct in current usage: Shall I talk to Muwelanji? (choice) Will I know Muwelanji when I see her? (possibility) Shall I take the train back? (choice)

Correct: Several passengers were badly shaken up.

Will I be able to get a train back? (possibility)

Wrong: Has he went without us?

Exercise

Correct: Has he gone without us?

Select the correct form from the choices given in parentheses.

Correct: Did he go without us?

1. He might have (broke, broken) his neck on that apparatus.

III. Take care to avoid confusion between the verbs lie and lay. They are easily confused, and many people use them incorrectly. The following forms are correct: lie: recline, rest, remain inactive

2. The dog was (laying, lying) peacefully under the table. 3. Do you think Musunganji will (accept, except) the position? 4. Something has (went, gone) wrong with this computer.

Present: The cards lie [are lying) on the table.

5. (Shall, Will) we all stop and have a cold drink?

Future: The cards will lie on the table.

6. Sankananji would have (drank, drunk) the whole bottle.

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VI. Don't confuse the present form lead with the past and past participle led: Correct: They lead an easy life these days.

tore, wrote

II. Guard against the vulgar use of the past tense where you need

began, broke, chose, drank, flew, froze, went, rode, rang, shook, swam, took,

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Wrong: Sechelani seen the bus coming.

Correct: Sechelani saw the bus coming.

(b)

V. Don't confuse the adjective or preposition past with the verb passed: Correct: They passed my door quickly.

(a)

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Correct: He did what he could. (b)

Answers to Lesson 16 Select the correct form from the choices given in parentheses. 1. Neither of those chairs (is, are) safe to sit on. 2. There (wasn't, weren't) more than twenty people in the audience. 3. A pile of ragged suitcases and untidy bundles (was, were) waiting for us on the dock. 4. Sechelani’s new car (doesn't, don't) use much gasoline. 5. One significant political force in these states (is, are) the older retired people. 6. This is one of those changing communities that (has, have) developed entirely new problems. 7. About thirty million Kwacha (has, have) been made available for youths. 8. Your scissors (needs, need) sharpening. 9. Each of the new members (receives, receive) private instructions from the hostess. 10. Either the potatoes or the meat (has, have) a peculiar taste.

9. The table was (laid, lain) for eight people. 10. (Shall, Will) the office be open at nine o'clock?

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Across 1 Ring between nut and bolt 5 Meet (past tense) 7 Subterranean mammal 8 Strike sharply 9 Effective persuasion 11 3.14159 12 Group of musicians 14 reflected sound waves 15 Group of musicians 16 Antinuclear antibody (abv.) 19 Building nest 20 Genre of music 21 Large deer

Down 1 Toll 2 Female voice 3 Glowing coal 4 Reverse Osmosis (abv.) 5 Decimal system of measurement 6 Farm vehicle 10 Control machine 12 Short duration 13 Intoxicated 17 Nothing 18 Address Not Known (abv.)

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Tanzanian opposition cry foul in

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian opposition parties said on Friday that widespread irregularities had taken place in the enrollment of their candidates for elections scheduled for October. The leading opposition candidate, Tundu Lissu, said dozens of candidates from his party for both parliament and local councils had been disqualified for “unfair reasons.” – REUTERS.

Mauritians march in Port Louis over oil spill

PORT LOUIS - Thousands of people have marched through the Mauritian capital, Port Louis, in protest at the authorities’ handling of a massive oil spill, and the discovery of 39 dead dolphins. Many wore black and waved the national flag, while honking horns and drumming. They called for the government to resign and had T-shirts with the inscription: “I love my country. I’m ashamed of my government.” – BBC.

Japan’s premiership race heats up

TOKYO - Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister, local media said yesterday, as the competition heats up to succeed Japan’s longest-serving leader. Suga, a longtime lieutenant of Abe’s in a key supporting role, had denied interest in the top job but attracted attention with a series of interviews, to Reuters and other news organisations, in the days before Abe’s abrupt resignation for health reasons. – REUTERS.

Putin and Lukashenko plan to meet

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to meet in Moscow in coming weeks, the Kremlin said yesterday. The two leaders have not met since anti-government protests over a disputed presidential election that handed victory to Lukashenko gripped Belarus. – REUTERS.

141 scribes lose jobs amid Covid-19 NAIROBI - At least 141 journalists have lost their jobs due to the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kenya Editors’ Guild President Churchill Otieno said 64 women and 77 men had been offloaded following the strains brought about by the virus.

Addressing a virtual media stakeholders’ convention, Otieno urged the industry to explore digital opportunities to stay afloat and maintain objectivity. The Counsel for Public Affairs at the US Embassy, Erick Watnik, said the US was committed to supporting local media. Media Owners Association chairman Wachira Waruru told members to monetise digital products. Media Council of Kenya CEO, David Omwoyo, spoke of the destabilisation brought to the industry’s pocket owing to the migration of audiences to online platforms. - DAILY NATION, Kenya.

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…Ramaphosa offers to subject himself to integrity committee

OHANNESBURG - In a move that seemingly disarmed his most vocal opponents, President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the ANC's national executive committee (NEC) he had approached the integrity committee to account for his CR17 campaign. Ramaphosa preemptively approached the integrity committee last week asking them for a chance to explain his controversial campaign that received more than R400 million in donations. In the NEC meeting on Friday, Ramaphosa said he wanted it to guide how the party should approach leadership contests. Sources in the meeting said this set the tone for the meeting and was consistent with the president's push that all those who are

charged with corruption should step down. A party insider added: The president said he wants to appear before them and that everyone who has something over their head must go and present their case. This puts an end to all the sideshows. Ramaphosa's move to deal with corruption in the party was met with resistance from his opponents who pointed at his CR17 campaign. His political nemeses, who come together under the "radical economic transformation" banner, lobbied that Ramaphosa cannot talk about corruption if he does not answer to allegations that he used "white monopoly capital" funds to buy votes at the party's Nasrec conference. This move was intensified by a strongly worded letter penned by former president

Jacob Zuma to Ramaphosa on Friday in which he lashed out at Ramaphosa's open letter to party members bemoaning corruption in the party. President Cyril Ramaphosa answered questions in the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday amid the public outrage about Covid-19 related corruption under his government's watch. Sources said Ramaphosa's bid to stamp out corruption in its ranks was widely endorsed during discussions on Saturday. Despite a call by ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni for Ramaphosa to lead by example and himself resign because of the accusations around the CR17 campaign in an earlier national working committee meeting, the call was not repeated in the NEC. – NEWS24.

India breaks global record for most cases in one day NEW DELHI - As the global number of cases passes 25 million, India has set a new world record for the highest number of new infections reported in 24 hours. The country, which is the world's second most populous with 1.3 billion people, reported 78, 761 cases in one day. It also reported 63, 000 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began. India has now recorded 3.5 million cases in total, behind Brazil and the United States. Officials say India's comparatively low rate of testing also means it is not capturing the full impact of the virus. "Testing per million in India at 30, 000 remains the second lowest in top 10

(virus-infected) countries. Mexico is lowest at about 10, 000," virologist Shahid Jameel told AFP news agency. The official number of global coronavirus cases is now at least five times the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World Health Organisation data. Around the world, there have been more than 840, 000 deaths, considered a lagging indicator given the twoweek incubation period of the virus. That has exceeded the upper range of 290, 000 to 650, 000 annual deaths linked to influenza. Despite the surging case numbers, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

been pushing for a return to normalcy to lessen the economic pain of the pandemic, having imposed a strict early lockdown of the country’s 1.3 billion people in March. The government announced on Saturday that it will reopen underground train networks - a lifeline for millions in the capital city of New Delhi - and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month. Latin America is the region with the most infections in the world, although some countries in the region are beginning to show a slight decline in infections. In the United States, metrics on new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and test

positivity rates are all declining, but there are emerging hotspots in the Midwest. The global pace of new infections has steadied a little. It has taken about three weeks for the caseload to jump by 5 million cases to 25 million. That compared with the 19, 24 and 39 days it took, respectively, to add 5 million cases to the 20 million, 15 million and 10 million marks. The rate of new daily cases has slowed to around 1.2 percent over August so far. That compared with 1.7 percent in July, 1.8 percent in June, 2.1 percent in May, 4.6 percent in April and 7.7 percent in March. – BBC/REUTERS.

Restaurant collapse in China's Shanxi kills 29 BEIJING - Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China’s Shanxi province, the country’s emergencies ministry media said yesterday. The building collapsed at 09:40 on Saturday in Xiangfen county in the southwest of Shanxi, the Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement. The accident in the two-storey structure occurred

as villagers and relatives gathered for a birthday party, and the rescue operation ended early yesterday, state media said. Fifty-seven people were pulled from the debris, with 29 confirmed dead, while 21 suffered minor injuries. The Shanxi provincial government has set up a high-level team to investigate the accident in the county, which is under the jurisdiction of the city of Linfen, the emergency management ministry said. – REUTERS.

Rescue workers are seen at the site where a restaurant collapsed on Saturday, in Xiangfen, Shanxi province, China. - REUTERS