Category: Education

UPND dining with Tobacco Industry at the expense of Zambians, protests ZAMNAT’s Paxina Phiri

By Maria Sunga and DERRICK SINJELA Zambia Media Network Against Tobacco (ZAMNAT) President Paxina Phiri is disappointed at the way the United Party for National Development (UPND) ‘New Dawn Alliance Administration’ is treating the Tobacco Control Bill as indulgence with the tobacco industry is clearly evident. In a Wednesday, 21st August, 2022 Press Statement -, a worried Ms. Phiri said it is shocking to note that the tobacco industry through the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and industry (ZACCI) invited the Ministry of Health to a round table meeting when the government, according to article 5:3 of the World Health Organizations...

KOMBONI HAS GOT TALENT

KOMBONI HAS GOT TALENT By Patrick Salubusa Kapwepwe ward 25 councilor Komboni Ambassador YOUTHS from Kapwepwe Ward 25’s Chikolokosho area and Lima Ward 26’s Airways area have come together to fight substance abuse through putting value on artistic talent and yesterday they invited me to be part of their weekly Music & Dance Show. Since their biggest request is exposure I went to see their God given talents in the company of Agness Manda and Maria Salubusa who are presenters and producers of ZED Youth Club, a youth talent show broadcast on ZED Entertainment TV every Saturday with a view...

Majority of Zambians wanted Bill 10, insists advocate Prince J. Ndoyi

By Derrick Sinjela Barely a week after United Party for National Development (UPND) parliamentarian celebrated failure of Bill Ten of 2019,  Bill 10 advocates led by Prince J. Ndoyi insist that a majority of Zambian women, chiefs and disabled persons  wanted the amendment to be enacted. Speaking during a Media Briefing at  Lusaka’s ZAMCOM Lodge, Bill 10 advocate Prince Ndoyi protested that the bill once enacted, the amendment would have enhance democracy and help develop Zambia. Meanwhile bill 10 advocates have blamed opposition United party for National Development UPND of contaminating the minds of Zambians against bill 10 with falsehoods....

Wednesday 23rd December 2020 Media Statement of the Socialist Party on the Economic Recovery Plan Delivered by DR Ngenda Mwikisa – General Treasurer and Second Vice President

Statement of the Socialist Party on the Economic Recovery Plan Delivered by DR Ngenda Mwikisa – General Treasurer and Second Vice President In 2011, we the people of Zambia decided to change the stewardship of our economy from the MMD to PF. This was on the promise that the PF would bring about a vigorous and unrelenting fight against poverty. We can only assume now that the PF’s campaign in 2011 was never meant to be implemented as all the economic fundamentals have been deteriorating few years after they took over the Government. From the time the PF formed Government...

Prince Philip finally shares burial space with Queen 👑 Elizabeth The Second

BY TILLY ALEXANDER/ Moses Zangar Jr. Did you know Prince Philip is expected to be buried alongside his beloved wife, Queen Elizabeth II, having been temporarily interred in the Royal Vault until her death? Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip passed away in April last year, with a funeral held in the same month. However, instead of being buried immediately, the late Duke of Edinburgh’s body was interred in a special royal vault so that he could be laid to rest alongside his wife after her death. The rarely seen Royal Vault is located beneath St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle,...

Felix Nkulukusa outlines ‘August 2022 Budget Performance’ transparency

By DERRICK SINJELA, HENRY CHUNZA and SAEED SIMON BANDA In August, 2022, K11.9 billion was released to finance public service delivery with K3 billion as a wage bill for public service workers – including health, teaching, and service personnel, says Secretary to the Treasury, Felix Nkulukusa in a Ministry of Finance and National Planning Sunday, 18th September, 2022 Among the significant releases made in August, 2022, was K537.6 million which went towards payment of redundancy packages for former Indeni workers; K227.4 million for the Food Security Pack; K200.7 million for the Youth and Women Empowerment component under the Constituency Development...

“A call to action – against offensive tendencies,” prods Most Rev. Dr. Alick Banda Archbishop of Lusaka.

By Most Rev. Dr. Alick Banda Archbishop of Lusaka. Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! 1. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ and people of good will. I hereby wish to address a thorny issue inter alia other issues that seem to be slowly taking root in our society, albeit complacency from the State and the law enforcement agencies. 2. In the last 12 months, we have witnessed an increase in the number of incidents and events that promote LGBTG+ tendencies contrary to the Laws of Zambia and our Zambian culture. Additionally, there has been an...

Kelvin Chisanga outlines:”The implications of Zambia’s debt restructuring process!”

By Kelvin Chisanga Sunday, 18th September, 2022 In as much as debt has been the main precursor relating it to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package, it is also a tough puzzle to work around with, especially with the questions surrounding debt restructuring plans mainly due to the complicity with a portfolio of national debts, which comprises of debts from capital market, bilateral parties and multilateral players altogether combined. Zambia went on, to issue three key debt instruments (Eurobonds) in 2012, 2014 and 2015 which are estimated to have a stock value of slightly above $3 billion worth of...

Japanese K28 million STEM Training Centre provision cheers Hakainde Hichilema

    By Henry Chunza and Derrick Sinjela PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has thanked the Japanese government for providing resources for the construction of the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Training Centre at a total cost of K28 million (Twenty-Eight Million kwacha). And speaking earlier, Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Mizuuchi Ryuta says education will remain the pillar of Japan’s cooperation to Zambia under the 8th National Development Plan (8NDP), and the New Dawn Administration. President Hichilema said that the construction of the centre will contribute to the country’s objective to increase the interest and facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship among learners...

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