Category: Sustainable Development

ZANACO NAMED 2022 BEST BANK IN ZAMBIA FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

ZANACO NAMED 2022 BEST BANK IN ZAMBIA FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR Press Release Wednesday, 19th April 2022, LUSAKA – ZAMBIA National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) Plc has for three consecutive years been awarded Best Bank in Zambia by Global Finance. This award recognises the Banks growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, new business development and product innovation. This award has placed Zanaco on the continental league table, alongside other commercial banks from 36 countries including Standard Bank South Africa, Banque Nationale d’Algerie Algeria, First National Bank Namibia, Zenith Bank Nigeria, Bank of Kigali Rwanda.. The development further solidifies Zanaco’ s...

*Stateless Rwandan refugees are nomads ‘in orbit’ as they wander the globe, fearing retribution* 

  *Stateless Rwandan refugees are nomads ‘in orbit’ as they wander the globe, fearing retribution*  _By: Dr Callixte Kavuro is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Public Law at Stellenbosch University._ _ Rwandan refugees, in particular Hutu refugees, have been victims of physical attacks planned and perpetrated by their home government for more than two decades. They fled their home country because of inter-ethnic conflict and the Tutsi minority-dominated government’s desire to control the Hutu majority, who are blamed – as a group – for having committed genocide against the Tutsis. As a result, they are hunted down. The...

Father Derrick Muwina explains Government and Church partnership

  By Derrick Sinjela THE Anglican Church says that it would welcome Government support towards rehabilitating its 46-year old Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, but it is also wary of the risk of compromising its prophetic voice.   In an interview with the author, Father Derrick Muwina said that while the church was ready to receive donations of any kind to help rehabilitate the cathedral it did not want a situation that gave the impression that Government was sponsoring its programmes.   Father Muwina an Assistant Priest to Dean, Canon Charley Thomas and Sub Dean, Father William Vwapu...

Bishop David Njovu donates to 3,500 Sinazongwe District households

  By Derrick Sinjela in Sinazongwe, Southern Province THE Anglican Diocese of Lusaka has received commendation from the Zambian government for being the first organisation to offer spiritual and material support to follow victims in Sinazongwe District. Making the commendation, Sinazongwe District Administrative Officer (DAO), Sokoloka Daka, expressed delight that the Anglican Church was not just the first organisation but more importantly taken the frontline among ecumenical bodies offering comfort to over 3,500 households affected by the heavy downpour of rain. Daka praised Anglican Diocesan Bishop, Right Reverend David Njovu for coming forth with the 319 by 25 Kilogrammes bags...

Suspend VAT on importation of ‘Edible Oils’, Antonio Mourinho Mwanza prods Energy Minister Peter Chibwe Kapala

  Suspend VAT on importation of ‘Edible Oils’, Antonio Mourinho Mwanza prods Energy Minister Peter Chibwe Kapala By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Media Director Antonio Mourihno Mwanza is urging Government through Energy Minister Peter Chibwe Kapala to immediately SUSPEND Value Added Tax (VAT) on importation of edible oils; crude, soya bean oil and crude palm oil. Suggesting that the suspension must not be indefinite, at least not more than six (6) months, Mr. Mwanza says the objective is to cushion Zambian people from the prevailing harsh economic challenges confronting them. Further, Mwanza, formerly University of...

Zambian sprinter Suwilanji Theresa Fotwe Mpondela

FEATURE 20 MAR 2019 Suwilanji Mpondela – Africa’s youngest newly elected Athletes Commission Chair Suwilanji Theresa Fotwe Mpondela will long remember Saturday 9 March 2019. She made history that day, becoming the first Chair of the Athletes Commission for the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ). She beat other candidates from 15 national sports federations such as swimming, table tennis, basketball and tennis – an incredible accomplishment for a young promising athlete that only turned 19 last month. “My mother taught me that there are no barriers,” she said. “You carry the power regardless of age.” A beneficiary of the...

Woman Believes Her Cookie Jar Is Cursed, Says Men Take Off Immediately After Tasting It

  Woman Believes Her Cookie Jar Is Cursed, Says Men Take Off Immediately After Tasting It. A beautiful lady took to her social media page to lament how men immediately disappear into thin air after tasting her cookie jar while others never bother to mention anything to do with marriage. The distressed beauty even shared some of the screenshots from men salivating over her curvy figure but only for lust, not love, which always frustrated her. Through her Facebook page, she posted: “It’s me, to my previous lover whom I played with and regret! “It’s meaningless to say that you...

Petrozavodskmash conducted pre-assembly of reactor coolant pump housings for Tianwan NPS

AEM-Technologies JSC, Branch in Petrozavodsk (member of Atomenergomash, Mechanical Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation, and Karelian regional office of the Russian Mechanical Engineering Union (SoyuzMash)) has completed a pre-assembly of housings of reactor coolant pump sets (RCPS) designed for the Tianwan NPS, Unit 7, People’s Republic of China. RCPS internals, particularly guide vanes, were assembled earlier, upon which those were connected to flanges. The design was placed inside a spherical housing and appropriate circumferential weld performed afterwards. Assembly with the sphere has been accomplished for all four RCPS housings of the Tianwan NPS. An RCPS housing is a Safety...

“Zambian and Global Journalism is Under Surveillance.” cries Brenda Nglazi Zulu

Brenda Nglazi Zulu u06Sp01goh6ic2a0o8eh  ·  Journalism Is Under Surveillance when : Publications are banned TV stations are shut down Radio stations are shut down Online publications are blocked Internet is shut down Social Media is restricted SMS is blocked Websites are hacked Websites are blocked Emails for Journalists are hacked Journalists are searched and arrested Equipment is searched, broken and confiscated Loadshedding of power is the order of the day Newsrooms are raided by caders, politicians etc Computers and Mobile phones for Journalists are hacked Listening devices are placed in newsrooms Frequencies are not allocated to some TV and Radio stations...

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