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Rainbow Television Zambia Limited (RTZL) ‘Promoting Diversity in News Coverage’

Rainbow Television Zambia Limited (RTZL) ‘Promoting Diversity in News Coverage’ Derrick Sinjela Executive President Rainbow Television Zambia Limited (RTZL) derricksinjela@gmail.com, sinjela@yahoo.com +260977-199447, +260955-199447 (Whats App) +260969964499/ or *+260 211 266 789 (Landline) New Chilenje, Lusaka www.rainbownewszambia.com   —

The Fertilizer Scam

……..why is Agric minister too quiet? Exclusive By Rainbow Reporter All this comes in the wake of revelations that over 120, 299.12 metric tonnes of fertilizer worth over US $128 Million dollars was still outstanding. The bulk of this money has already been disbursed to the firms. Information reaching the Rainbow Newspaper indicates that contracts signed by all the firms to supply the fertilizer should have completed their countrywide distribution by May last year (2021), but up to now, not all areas have been covered while no sanctions have been meted against any of the defaulting firms. A damming audit...

DANGOTE WORKERS IN PAY RISE

By Derrick Sinjela. Dangote Cement employees have been awarded salary increments ranging from K1000 Kwacha and 15 percent respectively to all its employees. The revised perks are effective 1st January 2022. According to a statement signed by Director Linda Mataka, the development follows weeks of protracted but fruitful negotiations between Dangote’s principal Labour contractors Silondwa Engineering and the Mine Union Workers of Zambia (MUZ) and the Mine Contractors, Factory and Allied Workers Union (MCFAWU). The statement said the Joint collective bargaining salary increase talks which commmenced in November 2021 and were finally agreed and signed on 28th January 2022 by...

Understanding the Fertilizer Wars!

Understanding the Fertilizer Wars!

Why Fret?   SPECIAL REPORT By Davis Mataka ‘When a carcass begins to fester, the big green flies start to gather over the kill in their thousands. Not even the violent swing of a fly swatter can scuttle the collective resolve they have to feed off; as droves continue to congregate. To conceal the rot is an attempt in futility because the petrifying pungent smell gives away the crime scene. Soon, even those people minding their own business begin to take notice. You know you are the culprit and you start to panic.’ This author attempts to unravel a well...

Legendary Artistic Journalist Ashton Kelly Bunda Happy Birthday

  By Derrick Sinjela He is almost self-taught and disciplined in the same breath since he studied    journalism through distance education from Central African Correspondence College (CACC) that hails from Zimbabwe and he was introduced to the music instrument harmonica at the age of 11years. Bunda  who kicked off his journalism career as  foot soldier  in  the year 1998 at the National Mirror Newspaper in Lusaka  clocks a  year older and wiser on Monday, 31st January, 2022 is high  achiever as  ‘An Early  Bird Catch  A Worm’  by campaigning  for the National Sports Day (NSD) and  Zambia Sports Day (ZSD)...

Russian artist graces Lusaka museum

FRANCIS LUNGU Lusaka…November 8, 2021. IN DEEPENED bilateral cultural exchange between Zambia and Russia, an artist from the Asian country has been invited under the auspice of the Russian Center of Science and Culture and the Lusaka National Museum for a performance. Russian Opera singer, Vladimir Hertz, who is currently on tour in Zambia, will be giving a live performance show on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at Lusaka National Museum from 09:00am – 10:00am. Mr. Hertz is in Zambia under Russia-Zambia Cultural Exchange program organized by the Russian House in Lusaka. The media and the general public has been invited to...

ROSATOM Launches Global Atomic Quiz Celebrating World Science Day on 10 November

Do you want to have some nerdy fun and find out how the world works on atomic level? Atoms are everywhere – in our homes, the technologies we use, out in nature and even in outer space playing a significant role in the life of our Universe. On November 10, the World Science Day, Rosatom’s Global Atomic Quiz is coming back! Everyone is welcomed to test one’s knowledge and learn something new about atoms along the way. Global Atomic Quiz is Rosatom’s annual one-day international initiative. Last year, the project brought together over 12,000 nuclear enthusiasts from more than 70...

K173 billion budget cheers CLRI’s Mundia Paul Hakoola

By Derrick Sinjela and Theresa Bwalya Kalenga CONTINENTAL Leadership Research Institute (CLRI) describes Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane’s K173 billion 2022 budget presented on behalf of President Hakainde Sammy Hichilema as a good and ambitious preposition. In a Friday 5th November, 2021 ‘Press Statement Budget Speaks to Decentralization’, Mr. Hakoola is delighted that the 2022 budget that needs hard work by all stakeholders to achieve its targets and objectives. Hakoola says CLRI is elated over the noted increase in allocation to Constituency Development Fund (CDF), as this gesture speaks to decentralization of development to constituencies were the communities will draw...

Enock Ngoma optimistic over Zambia’s media reform

  Enock Ngoma optimistic over Zambia’s media reform By Derrick Sinjela MEDIA Liaison Committee (MLC) Media Liaison Committee Chairperson Enock Ngoma welcomed continued pronouncements from the United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance New Dawn Administration on the media especially with regard to press freedom and the need for media reforms in Zambia. Mr. Ngoma is delighted that when presenting the 2022 national Budget to Parliament on Friday October 29, 2021 Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane reiterated Government resolve to deliver on electoral pledge to enact the Access to Information (ATI) bill. Despite assurance of creating a conducive media environment, successive...

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