Category: Sustainable Development

Accounting for natural resources in economy vital for national development, says Chola J. Chabala  

Accounting for natural resources in economy vital for national development, says Chola J. Chabala  

Issued by  Chibaula D. Silwamba (Mr.) Spokesperson MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Tel: +260211252409 Email:  chibaula.silwamba@mndp.gov.zm  Website: www.mndp.gov.zm MNDP/5/6/1 –Media Statement  PARIS, FRANCE Tuesday, 27 November 2018 – GOVERNMENT of Zambia says it is vital to account for natural resources in calculation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the wider national development. Ministry of National Development Planning, Permanent Secretary (Development Planning and Administration) Mr. Chola J. Chabala presented a paper on Zambia’s Climate Change Policy and Accounting of Natural Resources at the on-going Natural Capital Policy Forum jointly organised by the World Bank Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services...

Egyptian envoy Ahmed Mostafa courts Zambia business entities ahead of 2018 Intra-African Trade Fair

Egyptian envoy Ahmed Mostafa courts Zambia business entities ahead of 2018 Intra-African Trade Fair

EMBASSY OF ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA MEDIA RELEASE-LUSAKA   Thursday 15th November, 2018   EGYPTIAN Ambassador to Zambia, Ahmed Mostafa has encouraged Zambia business entities that will be attending the Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) to be held in Egypt, Cairo from 11th to the 17th December 2018 to focus on growing their businesses on a wide scale. He said Zambians should think beyond doing trade between Zambia and Egypt but go continental and international and that it would be good to see more Zambian companies participate at the IATF and benefit from the trade opportunities to be...

Zambia’s Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba thanks KK

Zambia’s Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba thanks KK

By Hon. Brian Mushimba MP, Minister of Transport & Communications It saddens me sometimes that this man….our founding father, who singlehandedly, led the fight of the frontline states to liberate sub Sahara Africa in the 1960s today does not get mentioned as affectionately on the biggest world platforms as some of the lesser heroes we are worshipping today from his era. He towered tall and strong among the people and spoke forcefully for our liberation and that of many countries in the region.   History needs to be told more accurately. Let’s tell the KK story and demand his place in...

Kapoko, 4 Others Denied Bail Pending Appeal by High Court Judge Lombe Phiri

Kapoko, 4 Others Denied Bail Pending Appeal by High Court Judge Lombe Phiri

By Jonathan Siame CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICER – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Telephone: 237914/16 P.O. Box 50486  Fax: 237828 LUSAKA Friday 30th November 2018   THE Lusaka High Court has denied Henry Kapoko and four others bail pending appeal. This is in a matter in which former Ministry of Health Human Resources Manager Kapoko, Zukas Kaoma, Evaristo Museba, Vincent Luhana, all accountants at the Ministry of Health (MoH), and an Internal Auditor Justin Jasper Phiri renewed their application for bail pending appeal against their conviction and 18 years sentences for the offences of Theft by public servant and money laundering before High Court...

Former Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor, Dr. Caleb Fundanga selected as Intra African Trade Fair (IATF) 2018 Active Goodwill Ambassador

Former Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor, Dr. Caleb Fundanga selected as Intra African Trade Fair (IATF) 2018 Active Goodwill Ambassador

By Embassy of Arab Republic of Egypt, Lusaka, Zambia Press Release -Thursday 29th November 2018   Former Bank of Zambia Governor, Dr Caleb Fundanga is among African business executives selected as Intra African Trade Fair (IATF) 2018 Active and Goodwill Ambassadors whose event is set for Cairo, Egypt from 11th to 17 December, 2018.   And the Egyptian embassy in Lusaka has maintained that it will expedite the processing of Visas for companies and individuals who want to attend the event and who have registered with organizers of the event.   According to the information obtained from the IATF organizers...

Lusaka North Women Pigrims shower Bishop Jericho Sikwiilala with gifts

Thursday 22 November, 2008 BY CORRESPONDENT Lusaka North of Pilgrim Wesleyan Church (PWC) women presented several foodstuffs worth thousands of Kwacha to their Presiding District Overseer Bishop Jericho Sikwiilala. Speaking at the occasion in Lusaka, District women leader Mrs. Evelyn Mundiwa of Mungule PWC told the over 20 women leaders from over eight congregations to keep supporting the Presiding Bishop. This is according to the statement by District’s Director of Communications and Media Relations, Mr. Moses Walubita. At the same function, the Guest Speaker, Mrs. Margaret Machuku of Chongwe PWC exhorted the women to keep supporting the servants of God,...

Friday 23rd November, 2018: Media Statement by OYV on the nomination of Mr. Raphael Mangani Nakacinda to Parliament

Friday 23rd November, 2018: Media Statement by OYV on the nomination of Mr. Raphael Mangani Nakacinda to Parliament

By Guess Nyirenda – Operation Young Vote Executive Director   While the President of the Republic of Zambia has powers and prerogative to nominate a person of choice, the nomination to Parliament of Mr. Raphael Nakachinda (Secretary General of the Felix Mutati’s Movement for Multiparty Democracy – MMD faction) by President Edgar Lungu to replace Mr. Felix Mutati is not only an interesting episode but raises a number of questions that beg honest answers. Among the pertinent questions are the following: 1. Is the move by President Lungu an indictment on the ruling Patriotic Front’s (PF’s) lack of members with...

LCC ‘Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign’ awards

LCC ‘Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign’ awards

KEEP ZAMBIA CLEAN, GREEN AND HEALTHY CAMPAIGN NO PLASTIC DAY  By Brenda Katongola (Ms) Assistant Public Relations Manager LUSAKA CITY COUNCIL (LCC) LUSAKA, Tuesday – In a bid encourage residents and the business community in Lusaka to Make Zambia Clean the Lusaka City Council will this Saturday, November 24, randomly give out awards to households who will be found cleaning their surroundings. This follows the re-launch of the Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy campaign by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 28th April, 2018. The Council has also declared Saturday has...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda Press Statement on the National Dialogue and Reconciliation

Civil Society Constitution Agenda Press Statement on the National Dialogue and Reconciliation

CiSCA PRESS STATEMENT LUSAKA, Thursday 22nd NOVEMBER 2018  THE Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) is pleased to learn that concerns that surrounded the National Dialogue and Reconciliation process have been resolved, resulting in stakeholders agreeing that the three Church Mother Bodies will lead the process. This has been the prayer and hope of CiSCA all along. Therefore, the news that the the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) and the three Church Mother Bodies have settled their perceived differences is elating not only to CiSCA but to many Zambians. In addition, CiSCA is happy to also learn that President Edgar Lungu...

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