Ba Chamz i beg to differ on Angola and Togo whose facilities have alwys been better than Independence Stadium. On top of that Angola are even on the verge of qualifying to the World Cup. But again it is disheartening like you say to not that worthwhile infrastructure (not FTJ’s Manda Hill or Levyz Arcades) have never been seen coming up since 1991 when Super Ken vacated. Not a single skyscraper.

Infact the Soccer Africa panelists were proposing that Zambia hold their home matches in SA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To use a footballing analogy the score is

Demolished stadia 2, built stadia 0

Now we are banking on a super-sub (amachinese) to come on and change the game for us. The coach (FAZ) is sitting on the sideline asking the Technical Director (Govt) for advice. But all the Technical Director is doing is tying the laces of the sub. All this is happening in the 89th minute of the game with the ref about to blow time.

I really think that our leaders have skin that is thicker than a rhino’s. Do they not feel embarrassed when they go and see other countries and don’t have to dodge potholes when driving from the airport? Do they not feel pain when they write to the All Africa Games Organising Committee to withdraw from hosting the event? Do they not feel even more embarrassed when it is announced that Maputo will host; a city whose buildings are riddled with bullets from civil war that ended less than 20 years ago??! Do they not feel a loss of pride at begging the Chinese to come and rebuild a stadium that they pulled down, knowing they didn’t have money to rebuild? These are fundamental failures and yet we persist to let these chaps rule us. A sad state!

Ala mwebantu twalisebana Ba Zambia pa SOCCER AFRICA with the so-called Chinese stadia underway for 2010 and our shambolic Konkola Stadium as our current best. The straight talking Ivorian Mamadou Guey was point blank “I am very disappointed with Zambia for a team trying to qualify to the World Cup not having a proper stadium and are talking about building for 2010 now”. Thomas Mlambo or was is Thomas Kwenaite went on to say “This will spoil all the good work Kalusha is putting in”. It was shameful seeing the derilic Konkola Stadium being patched here and there and seeing the state of Independence with the high resolution camera focussing on rusted wire fences.

We are just a cursed lot but it is never too late as for me these are the projects we expect to be excited about than mini-buses, coaches’ transport, corporate donations that are things FAZ should do at the click of the finger with the President’s intervention. I am not saying the gesture by the President was wrong or the Corporates response was wrong, but the need to set our priorities higher and right as a country. Even smaller nations like Burkina Faso honestly can manage to host the Africa Cup. Let’s learn something from Golf,Rubgy, Motor Sport etc. For me the first thing is not to allow mediocrity in the running of soccer (especially at club level)by allowing people with no Corporate appeal at all to be leaders (I may be too harsh but this is a fact when you look at people that have led our game lately).

So bane let’s join and start from clubs as we are the ones to blame that shy away and yet we have brilliant ideas. I stand to be corrected but it is just disheartening to see soccer infrastructure crumbling after 45 years of Indepemdmence.

The zambian has made a switch to Finland….

Top scorer at the Inaugural Championship of Africa Nationas (CHAN), given singuluma, has signed an eight- month contract with Finnish club, FC Haka.

The zambian international striker, who was released from his contract with a South African club Bay United, has said he signed for FC Haka till november with the hope of moving to a bigger league in Europe.

I have signed a short-term contract with FC Haka till november. I plan to use the Finnish league. which is not really a very competitive league, as a stepping stone for me to move to a bigger league in Europe, like that of france”, said singuluma.