Category: Sustainable Development

Diplomatic Club-Lusaka (DC) Saturday 3rd November, Lusaka’s Taj Pamodzi Hotel Zambia 2018 International Food and Cultural Fair

Diplomatic Club-Lusaka (DC) Saturday 3rd November, Lusaka’s Taj Pamodzi Hotel Zambia 2018 International Food and Cultural Fair

DIPLOMATIC CLUB-LUSAKA Wednesday 31st October, 2018 The Diplomatic Club-Lusaka (DC) is this Saturday the 3rd of November, 2018 hold an International Food and Cultural Fair whose proceeds go towards the construction of a maternity wing in Kanyama Township. The fair scheduled for 11:00 hours to 17:00 hours will be hold at Lusaka’s Taj Pamodzi Hotel grounds and entry is free. According to Diplomatic Club Chairperson, Her Excellency, Madame Balbina da Silva, said the event is a family social outing but the proceeds will go towards supporting the construction of a maternity wing in Kanyama. Madame Bailbina da Silva who is...

Call for Proposals U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2019 (December 5, 2018)

Call for Proposals: U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2019 (December 5, 2018) Lusaka – The U.S. Embassy and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the 2019 call for proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). The AFCP was established to help countries preserve their cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures.  The projects selected to receive funding under this program will advance U.S. diplomatic goals and demonstrate the depth of U.S. respect for the cultural heritage of Zambia.  The fund is aimed at...

PMRC 2019 National Budget Analysis and Infographic

PMRC 2019 National Budget Analysis and Infographic

By Bernadette Deka – Policy Monitoring Research Centre (PMRC) Executive Director On Friday 28th September 2018, the Minister of Finance, Honourable Margaret D. Mwanakatwe, and MP delivered the 2019 Budget address to the National Assembly under the theme “Delivering Fiscal Consolidation for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth”.   The 2019 National Budget was formulated against the backdrop of the austerity measures being implemented by Government to deliver fiscal consolidation.   Among several observations, the budget proposes bold and substantial changes in revenue mobilisation and spending strategies in support of the goal for fiscal consolidation. The budget is aligned to the Economic Stabilization...

15 Kwacha farmer theft worries Civil Society for Poverty Reduction Chairperson Virgil Malambo

15 Kwacha farmer theft worries Civil Society for Poverty Reduction Chairperson Virgil Malambo

Breezefm    A scam has been unearthed where some cooperative leaders are collecting money from farmers accessing inputs under FISP, the Farmer Input Support Programme under false pretense. Civil Society for Poverty Reduction CSPR Chairperson Virgil Malambo says that the cooperative leaders have been collecting 15 Kwacha from each farmer under the pretext that it is a requirement from Ministry of Agriculture when in fact not. Mr. Malambo says that investigations into the matter have revealed that some cooperative leaders from Chipata, Kasenengwa and Chipangali districts are telling farmers to pay 415 Kwacha for down payment of inputs instead of...

GENDER EQUALITY NOT A THREAT TO MEN-MWEETWA

GENDER EQUALITY NOT A THREAT TO MEN-MWEETWA

By Fridah Nkonde-Mubanga Gender equality should not be a threat to the men, says Zambia Male Parliamentary Network on Gender (ZMPNG) Chairperson Cornelius Mweetwa. Debating the Ministry of Gender budget on Friday, Mr Mweetwa said it was unfortunate that women in Zambia were still lagging behind. “We believe that gender equality is not a threat to men. It is something that can contribute to national development. The Ministry of Justice should have had a program to look at women access to justice because we know that in this country, accessing legal services is extremely expensive and therefore the ministry needed...

‘Run businesses instead of seeking employment’ Ambassador Anthony Mukwita prods Zambians in Germany

‘Run businesses instead of seeking employment’ Ambassador Anthony Mukwita prods Zambians in Germany

BY KELLYS KAUNDA FIRST SECRETARY, PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS BERLIN, GERMANY ……Ambassador challenges Zambians resident in Germany. Berlin, 28th October, 2018 ZAMBIA’S Ambassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita has challenged Zambians living in Germany to go into business and deal in products and services unique to Zambia. Ambassador Mukwita cited food products and handcrafts made in Zambia, which he said could be sold in Germany. “We have Ethiopian, Nigerian and Kenyan restaurants, I would love to see a Zambian restaurant where I can eat Zambian foods”, the envoy told more than 100 Zambians that gathered at the residence of...

Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of Zambia, at New York Palace Hotel in New York, USA on Sunday 23 September 2018

Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of Zambia, at New York Palace Hotel in New York, USA on Sunday 23 September 2018

Minister of National Development Planning Hon. Alexander Chiteme, Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya and Minister Gender Hon. Elizabeth Phiri welcoming His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of Zambia, at New York Palace Hotel in New York, USA on Sunday 23 September 2018. President Lungu and his delegation are in New York to participate in the 73rd UN General Assembly High-Level Segment. The theme of the General Assembly is: “Making the United Nations relevant to All people: Global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies.” Photos | MNDP     Ministry of National Development Planning Permanent...

Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Joseph MALANJI  meets  Dr BELAY  BEGASHAW Director General For The Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa  

Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Joseph MALANJI  meets  Dr BELAY  BEGASHAW Director General For The Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa  

Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Joseph MALANJI  with  Dr BELAY  BEGASHAW Director General For The Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa  (SDG/A) during the  signing  of the hosting Country Agreement for Southern Africa Region Sub Office at Zambian Mission with Minister of National Development Planning Hon. Alexander Chiteme in New York on Sunday  23-09-2018, Picture by Eddie Mwanaleza. On 21st June, 2018, Dr Begashaw paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia to discuss Zambia’s being chosen to host the Sub-regional Centre for Southern Africa in Lusaka. The Sustainable Development Goals Centre...

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu@Nelson Mandela Peace Summit Monday 24 September 2018 UN General Assembly Hall New York, USA

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu@Nelson Mandela Peace Summit Monday 24 September 2018 UN General Assembly Hall New York, USA

President of Zambia His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Ministers Hon. Alexander Chiteme (National Development Planning), Hon. Joseph Malanji (Foreign Affairs), Hon. Elizabeth Phiri (Gender), Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe and Presidential spokesperson Amos Chanda attending the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit on Monday 24 September 2018 in the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, USA. The focus of the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit is on Global Peace in honour of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela.   The Peace Summit offers the opportunity for world leaders to renew their commitment to global...

Illegal Kamwala shops demolished by Lusaka City Council

Illegal Kamwala shops demolished by Lusaka City Council

By Mike Sichula The Speech Analyst 27.10.2018 THE Lusaka City Council has sent a strong warning to residents operating in the Central business district that whether poor or rich, no one should disregard existing by-laws when putting up structures in the City. Last night the Local authority demolished a block of shops illegally constructed in the railway reserve in Kamwala area. The block of shops was was constructed by Down Town Shopping Complex proprietor without the grand permission from City of Lusaka Planning Authority contrary to Section 65 of the Urban and Regional Planning Act No. 3 of 2015. Council...

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