Category: Sustainable Development

President Lungu calls for support to needy children

President Lungu calls for support to needy children

Republic of Zambia SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, DURING THE CHESHIRE HOMES KABULONGA CONCERT AT THE ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY CROSS FRIDAY, 1ST DECEMBER, 2017 BOARD CHAIRPERSON OF CHESHIRE HOMES KABULONGA; CHESHIRE HOMES KABULONGA BOARD; FRASCISCAN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF ASISI; CABINET MINISTERS PRESENT; MEMBERS OF THE PRESS; PARTICIPANTS; DISTINGUISHED GUESTS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: GOODEVENING! I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AT THE INVITATION OF THE FRANSCISCAN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF ASISI WHO ARE MANAGING CHESHIRE HOMES KABULONGA EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. IT IS GRATIFYING TO BE PART OF THIS FUNDRAISING CONCERT...

[Zambia and WSF discussion] 18-21/dec – OnLineAct440 INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM GENEVA

[Zambia and WSF discussion] 18-21/dec – OnLineAct440 INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM GENEVA

On line accompaniment  INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM GENEVA DYNEX1WSF act440 Geneva 18-21 december WHO ?  AEPF-chad   l’association Action pour l’Éducation et la Promotion de la Femme au Tchad with the placement of this “online accompanying activity” in  WSFextension dynamics Dynex1FSM , AEPF-chad asserts itself as   a ” a participating instance ” in the ” world social forum process”, as those notions are described in the  WSF charter AEPF chad is also interested in the building of  “internet social forum ”  – ISF http://openfsm.net/projects/tchad-et-fsm/tchadetfsm-act440-accompagnement-en-ligne-forum-gouvernance-internet-geneve/#EN WHEN  18-21  december Geneva   https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/switzerland/geneva WHAT ?  Thanks to AEPF Chad receive links to the live videos available in...

As 12,000+ Congolese flee to Zambia, aid funds dry to trickle

As 12,000+ Congolese flee to Zambia, aid funds dry to trickle

By Kelvin Shimo  THE number of refugees fleeing militia violence in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and arriving in Zambia has crossed the 12,000 mark – with more than 8,400 arrivals in the last three months. Some 80 per cent of the refugees are women and children, driven out by the extreme brutality of rampaging militias, with reports of civilians being killed, women being raped, private property looted and houses torched. Most of the refugees are coming from the Haut-Katanga and Tanganyika Provinces of the (DRC). The majority of the refugees have crossed into the province of Luapula...

AU Trade Commissioner Albert Muchanga to Headline Second Edition of Afreximbank Trade and Development Seminar

AU Trade Commissioner Albert Muchanga to Headline Second Edition of Afreximbank Trade and Development Seminar

Media Contact: Obi Emekekwue (oemekekwue@afreximbank.com; Tel. +202-2456-4238) Cairo, 30 November 2017: – The second edition of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) Trade and Development Seminar Series will take place in Cairo on 5 December with a keynote lecture delivered by Albert Muchanga, the African Union’s Commissioner for Trade and Industry. Mr. Muchanga will speak on the theme: “The Continental Free Trade Area in an Era of Pessimism over Multilateralism: Critical Success Factors and Prognosis”. He is expected to use the platform to discuss the latest developments in the march towards the Continental Free Trade Area in Africa, including the challenges and progress...

ZAMBIAN BREWERIES AWARDS MEDIA FOR SUPPORT ON RESPONSIBLE DRINKING CAMPAIGN

ZAMBIAN BREWERIES AWARDS MEDIA FOR SUPPORT ON RESPONSIBLE DRINKING CAMPAIGN

….Media plays vital role in company’s drive to tackle alcohol abuse By Gillian Langmead at Langmead & Baker Ltd +260 979 060705 info@langmead.com LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Zambian Breweries has hailed journalists who are helping promote its responsible drinking message at an awards ceremony held this week. The event recognised reporters who have taken an interest in educating society on the dangers of alcohol abuse and who have helped spread the word about responsible drinking. The media plays a key role in educating the nation through the content it publishes. Many strides have been made on responsible drinking through the circulation of media messages...

Education can be a tool to ending poverty, prods Lewis Mwape

Education can be a tool to ending poverty, prods Lewis Mwape

…..Every child must have access to school and learning By Lewis Mwape ZCSD Executive Director “Education can be a tool to ending poverty,” prods Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) Executive Director Lewis Mwape. An educationalist by profession, Mr. Mwape implored Zambian and global society to ensure that every child must have guaranteed access to school and learning. After taking reigns of leadership from then ZCSD Executive Secretary, Reverend Malawo Matyola, Mwape is prodding General Education Minister Permanent Secretary (PS) Henry Tukombe to act above board in ensuring that money appropriated for learning and teaching aids is not spent on...

Zambia deserves better leadership, cries Highvie Hambulo Hamududu

Zambia deserves better leadership, cries Highvie Hambulo Hamududu

…as PNU preaches electoral and economic justice for all citizens By Derrick Sinjela “There is need for elections to be transparently organised to avoid, political and electoral disputes,” pleads Party of National Unity (PNU) Interim President Highvie Hambulo Hamududu. Mr. Hamududu is worried that Zambia is confronted with elusive electoral disputes since Thursday 11th august 2016 and teething economic challenges. Formerly, a Zambian Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson Hamududu says the Patriotic Front (PF) Government led by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice-President Inonge Mutukwa-Wina need to intervene in business as peasants need support that is targeted. Featuring on the Pan African...

Workers’ Compensation prosecutes 278 Employers

Workers’ Compensation prosecutes 278 Employers

By Derrick Sinjela Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) – Head Communications and Customer Services Maybin M Nkholomba says the public entity has prosecuted 278 defaulting employers since April 2017. Mr. Nkholomba explained that prosecutions had been conducted in Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola, Chipata, Kasama, Kafue, Mkushi, Mufulira, Mazabuka and Mongu, while the next prosecution phase will move to Livingstone, Chingola, Solwezi, Kabwe among other districts. In Media Statement circulated from Ndola, Copperbelt Province by WCFCB Communcations Officer Gethsemane Luwabelwa Mwizabi, Nkholomba lamented that  the current debt stock owed to the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board stands at K124, 722, 675.67....

LDC Watch Calls for Better Trade Terms for LDCs in the MC11

LDC Watch Calls for Better Trade Terms for LDCs in the MC11

THE 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of World Trade Organisation (WTO), which will see the gathering of officials from 164 member countries, has convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 13 December, 2017. A wide number of agenda that carry specific concern to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) including agriculture domestic support, Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), Public Stockholding (PSH), fisheries subsidies, Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT), and service domestic regulation, among many others, are on table for discussion. Besides these issues, developed countries and a number of developing countries are moving towards newer issues beyond the Doha Development Round such...

Charles Romel Banda launches Pamodzi Carnival 2017

Charles Romel Banda launches Pamodzi Carnival 2017

By Derrick Sinjela TOURISM and Arts Minister Charles Romel Banda delightfully launched the third edition 2017 Pamodzi Carnival at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka with a reminder of the initiative being pegged as a platform on which to coalesce Zambia’s cultural dances, handicrafts and traditional food. During the launch graced by Zambia Tourism Agency (ZTA) Chief Executive Officer Felix Chaila, Minister Banda described the annual Pamodzi Carnival as a poignant arena on which to show case heritage from all the ten provinces. Zambia now has 10 provinces namely Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western boasting...

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