Monthly Archive: August 2018

Is Education a right? Part 1 -by:Gabriel Kwanja 22/03/2010

By:Gabriel Kwanja 22/03/2010   Education is a right indeed. An interest that should be recognized and is protected by law. This right should be enjoyed by everyone of this world regardless of background or creed. Education should go beyond sex, tribe, race, colour and class in society. It is supposed to bury the difference between the poor and rich.  Education has stages and different areas of interest; certainly every stage and area of study are very important and should be treated with equal importance in development. The Marxist believes that a strong base will support a good structure and a...

Social Media Taxes Draconian, must be stopped immediately, prods  

Social Media Taxes Draconian, must be stopped immediately, prods  

PRESS STATEMENT Tuesday 14th August 2018 By Percy Chanda United Party for National Development (UPND) Chairperson for Mines and Freedom Fighter Taxes and more taxes for our already impoverished citizens as the morally and financially bankrupt PF leadership yesterday introduced social media taxes. We have said it before and we will say it again, that we have a PF leadership that drove us into an economic ditch through reckless borrowing and uneconomic irresponsible spending. Unfortunately they have no clue whatsoever on how to get us out of the economic mess they put us in. All they know is to keep squeezing...

UPPZ’s Able Ngwenya eyes Kasenengwa seat

UPPZ’s Able Ngwenya eyes Kasenengwa seat

By Derrick Sinjela UNITED Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) Kasenengwa parliamentary aspirant Able Ngwenya is determined to clinch the vacant portfolio come Thursday 6th September 2018 on account of being a popular candidate. An optimistic 36-year-old Ngwenya says once elected Member of Parliament (MP) he will endeavor to reduce distance to secondary schools and increasing access to clean water in Kasenengwa constituency, Chipata Eastern Province. Born 31st December 1981, Ngwenya is worried that pupils trek five kilometers to a nearest secondary school, with teachers lacking accommodation, though Kasenegwa Constituency has sufficient primary education facilities. “My chances of winning are very...

APO Group and Kwesé Sports announce strategic alliance to promote rugby across Africa and the globe

APO Group and Kwesé Sports announce strategic alliance to promote rugby across Africa and the globe

Partnership means increased exposure for African rugby as teams compete to join the world’s elite at the 2019 Rugby World Cup   LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 14, 2018/ — APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy for Africa and the Middle East, today announced a strategic alliance with Kwesé TV’s sports content platform Kwesé Sports (www.Kwese.ESPN.com), arguably Africa’s most trusted source for sports programming, aimed at developing the reputation and image of African rugby on a global scale.   As part of the new deal Kwesé Sports, the exclusive rights-holder for both TV and all digital platforms of Rugby Africa’s...

U.S. Embassy Zambia Ambassador Daniel L. Foote hands a refurbished UTH Tuberculosis Ward to Health Minist

U.S. Embassy Zambia Ambassador Daniel L. Foote hands a refurbished UTH Tuberculosis Ward to Health Minist

  U.S. Embassy Zambia Ambassador Daniel L. Foote handed over a newly refurbished UTH Tuberculosis Ward to Ministry of Health Zambia, Honorable Dr. Chitalu Chilufya. The new TB Control Ward was funded through the #USAID Challenge TB project, in partnership with FHI 360, and offers more effective care for patients with drug resistant TB and protection from cross-infections. Learn more athttp://bit.ly/USAIDUTHTBWard #USwithZambia

Zambia receives additional Us$ 14.6 million for ‘Strengthening Climate Resilience’

Zambia receives additional Us$ 14.6 million for ‘Strengthening Climate Resilience’

By Chibaula D. Silwamba (Mr.) Spokesperson MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Tel: +260211252409 Email: chibaula.silwamba@mndp.gov.zm Website: www.mndp.gov.zm LUSAKA, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 – The Government of Zambia has received US$ 14.6 million from the Climate Investment Fund as additional financing for the Zambia Strengthening Climate Resilience – Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR PHASE II) Project. The funds were approved on 18 June 2018 and will be effective on 15 September 2018. The extra resources are aimed at scaling up the existing successful PPCR sub-grant–funded project activities in the Barotse Sub-Basin. The resources will focus on stimulating a private sector...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , the gender activist who never stopped learning

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , the gender activist who never stopped learning

By Colleen Lowe Morna – CEO of Gender Links. This article is written in her personal capacity).Photo courtesy of UN Women   Monday 9th July 2018: There is a scene still etched in my memory from my younger days as a reporter. Soon after his release from jail in 1990, Mandela paid an official visit to Zimbabwe as leader of the African National Congress (ANC). As he emerged from the flight, a group of South African women in exile broke forth from behind the barrier shouting “Comrade Nelson!”   They embraced and kissed him, in a show of affection and patriotism...

STATEMENT BY NBA BOARD CHAIRMAN DR PAUL ZAMBEZI

STATEMENT BY NBA BOARD CHAIRMAN DR PAUL ZAMBEZI

PRESS BRIEFING DATE: JULY 17, 2018 VENUE: NBA OFFICES   TIME: 13:00 HOURS   THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AUTHORITY (NBA) WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BIOSAFETY ACT NO. 10 OF 2007. THROUGH THE ACT, THE NBA REGULATES THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORT, TRANSIT, CONTAINED USE, RELEASE OR PLACING ON THE MARKET OF ANY GMO WHETHER INTENDED FOR USE AS A PHARMACEUTICAL, FOOD, FEED OR PROCESSING, OR A PRODUCT OF A GMO ALSO TO ENSURE THAT ANY ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE USE OF GMOS OR A PRODUCT OF GMO PREVENTS ANY SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OR HARM TO HUMAN, ANIMAL HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE COUNTRY. IN...

NGOCC    Sara H. Longwe  CHAIRPERSON

NGOCC Sara H. Longwe CHAIRPERSON

By NGOCC CHAIRPERSON Sara H. Longwe THE Non-governmental Gender Organisation’s Coordinating Council (NGOCC), commends the Government and the Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs, Ms Godfridah Sumaili’s decision for banning Congolese rhumba artiste Antoin Christophe Agbepa Mumba popularly known as Koffi Olomide from entering the country to perform. The Artist has abused the hospitality of hosting countries with his barbaric behavior towards women e.g. the assault he exhibited in Kenya towards one of his female dancers at Kenyatta International Airport. Gender Based Violence (GBV) remains on the upswing in Africa and Artists of Koffi’s reputation should conduct themselves in dignified manner and...

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