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April 3, 2021

Thursday 18TH MARCH, 2021: APRM National Governing Council (NGC) Media Statement on the Commemoration of the APRM’S 18th Anniversary under the theme “Celebrating Arts, Culture, and Heritage.”

Thursday 18THMARCH, 2021: APRM NATIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL (NGC) MEDIA STATEMENT ON  THE COMMEMORATION OF THE APRM’S 18TH ANNIVERSARY UNDER THE THEME “CELEBRATING ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE.” FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE The National Governing Council (NGC) of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Zambia would like to weigh-in and share its message on this very important day – the APRM DAY. As the African Union and Africa generally commemorates the 18th Anniversary of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM’s), establishment under the theme “Celebrating Arts, Culture and Heritage”, it is important not only to reflect on how rich and endowed  Africa and particularly...

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April 3, 2021

*MASEBO appeals to all Patriotic Front members who love ZAMBIA to Unite and Remove ‘Bad’ PF Regime*

*MASEBO appeals to all PF members who love ZAMBIA to Unite and Remove ‘Bad’ Regime* By Pamela Mulenga United Party for National Development (UPND) Chairperson for Mobilisation Syvia Masebo has called on Patriotic Front members who love Zambia to unite and remove the bad regime of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. And Masebo said the PF brutal regime is not benefiting any Zambian but has created alot of misery and pain which calls for positive change. “Many people who even voted for Mr Lungu in 2016 have come up and they are regreting but it is too late, it is water...

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April 2, 2021

ZANASU Vice President Steven Musonda Kanyakula sets June-July 2021 as internal election calendar for student unions 

By Esther Munika Mwanashiku, Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda Zambia National Students’ Union (ZANASU) Vice President Steven Musonda Kanyakula says 2021 has been a very busy year for all governance and democratic institutions in Zambia, as all march towards conducting internal elections, to gain legitimacy ahead of Thursday 12th August 2021 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government elections. During a ZANASU Press Briefing on Internal Institutional Elections and other National Issues held at Mika Lodges in Jesmondine, Lusaka on Friday, 2nd April, 2021,   Mr. Kanyakula, the  Zambia National Students’ Union deputy leader is equally urging political parties to adopt more...

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March 29, 2021

Supporting entrepreneur initiatives will reduce Youth Unemployment-Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba

*SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEUR INITIATIVES WILL REDUCE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT-AMB. MWAMBA* By Esther Munika Mwanashiku Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda ZAMBIA’S Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union,  Mr. Emmanuel Mwamba says Zambia has a cadre of young and inventive entrepreneurs who are ready to take Zambia to great heights but lack capital, technical support and business mentorship. Speaking when he addressed the first Zambia Virtual Youth Summit organised by the Anakazi Center for Women Empowerment and Development, Mr. Mwamba said Zambians are determined to create a country of their own dreams. In a Press Statement issued by Yareka Mhango...

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March 27, 2021

UPPZ President Charles Chanda holds a successful Northern Province Provincial Conference

UPPZ President Charles Chanda holds a successful Northern Province Provincial Conference By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ)  President Charles Chanda is delighted following a successful Northern Provincial Conference. Mr. Chanda is elated that the Northern Province UPPZ provincial conference has proved critics wrong. In a Saturday 27th March Facebook post, Mr. Chanda, who practically believes that Zambians must personally own at least one piece of land says 70 delegates were drawn from all the 13 Constituencies. Said an elated Chanda, branded as CC2021: “In an amazing turn of events, and proving all our...

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March 23, 2021

NTBC’s UNZA Medical Ventillator cheers Zambian Breweries and Lafarge

NTBC’s UNZA Medical Ventillator cheers Zambian Breweries and Lafarge By Derrick Sinjela HIGHER Education Minister Brian Mushimba is elated that the Medical Ventillator technology launced in collaboration with the University of Zambia and the private sector will assist the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. Dr. Mushimba called for the support of innovations by higher institutions of learning in Zambia. In a speech read for him by Higher Education Permanent Secretary (PS), Kayula Siame, Dr. Mushimba said home-grown innovations encourage local participation in the manufacturing sector. And Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for...

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March 22, 2021

Invitation for application to stand as, Members of Parliament, Mayors, Council Chairperson and Councilors on Leadership Movement (LM) political party ticket Monday 22 March, 2021

  Invitation for application to stand as, Members of Parliament, Mayors, Council Chairperson and Councilors on Leadership Movement (LM) political party ticket Monday 22 March, 2021 Notice issued by David Kalumba National Chairman Leadership Movement (LM) Members of National Executive Committee present, Members of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen. AS you all aware, Zambia goes to the poles on Thursday 12th of August, 2021 to elect the new leadership to run the National Affairs on behalf of the Zambians As Leadership Movement Party, We are very much ready to Participate in the Presidential General Election,and we are calling on all...

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March 22, 2021

Where Is Our Bill? Zambian CSOs call for Tabling of the TOBACCO CONTROL LEGISLATION before Parliament

By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda THE six (6) member Zambia Consortium on Tobacco Control has reiterated a  call urging  the Zambian Government, though Health Minister Dr. Jonas  Kamima Chanda to table tobacco control legislation (the “Tobacco Control Bill”) before Parliament adjourns sine die on Wednesday 12th May 2021. In a Wednesday 17th March Press Release circulated by Zambia Media Network  Against Tobacco (ZAMNAT) National Chairperson Paxina Phiri, the CSOs believe that tabling of  The Tobacco Control Bill is in essence domestication of the World Health Organization  Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (“WHO FCTC”) to which Zambia became a...

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March 22, 2021

PNUP’s Highvie Hamududu preaches civil service policy reform

By Derrick Sinjela PARTY of National Unity and Progress (PNUP) President Highvie Hamududu says his time once elected on Thursday 12th August 2021 will strongly advocate for civil service reforms to ensure that government does not exist for itself but for the people. During a Thursday 18th March 2021 Press Briefing in Lusaka, Mr. Hamududu said Cabinet positions need to be right-sized so that public resources are diverted towards service delivery. Formerly chairperson of Expanded Parliamentary Committee on Estimates, Mr. Hamududu said government must exist as a conduit of service delivery that meets the people’s development aspirations and improve their welfare....

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March 22, 2021

Highvie Hamududu calls for Policy Consistency in Zambia

  By Derrick Sinjela PARTY of National Unity and Progress (PNUP) President Highvie Hamududu has criticized the government’s habit of changing policies like a ‘Yoyo’ literally translated as a a unwise, insane, or unpredictable person. In a Saturday 20th March 2021 video, PNUP President Hamududu reiterated an evidence-based thinking that nations are built on clear, consistent, superior and predictable policies. Mr. Hamududu said government policies should be based on short to medium term, and long-term strategies. Mr. Hamududu observed that these predictable and clear policies must be accompanied by the right leadership that provides the matching political will to be...

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