Category: Sustainable Development

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Joint Researchers’ Symposium on Solar delegates visit solar Projects at the University of Zambia (UNZA) Great East Road Campus Wednesday 20th November 2019

The delegates of the Joint Researchers' Symposium on Solar Energy also took time to visit some solar Projects at the University of Zambia(UNZA). Posted by National Science and Technology Council -NSTC on Wednesday, November 20, 2019

We grew up in an environment of taking care of cattle, sheep and goats entrusted upon us by our parents

Goodmorning fellow citizens, Sunday 16th February 2020 We grew up in an environment of taking care of cattle, sheep and goats entrusted upon us by our parents. This process which we are gratefully proud of, subsequently invoked in us a discipline that emphasized accountability in every little thing bestowed upon us by our elders.[blockquote style=”1″][/blockquote] It also taught us to understand the passion and effort with which God employs, in ensuring we are taken care of, as a sheep of His pasture. Here is a relevant scripture we would like to share with you, that underlines our above view: “For...

While we condemn ritual murders and gassing, Mob Justice must be condemned too, prods Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba

By Ambassador Emanuel Mwamba WHILE we condemn ritual murders and gassing, Mob Justice must be condemned too. The reports of gassing or ritual murders are appaling frightening to our communities and must be condemned in clear terms. But of serious concern are the videos showing mobs beating, burning and killing suspects…this thirst for blood, lusting for blood is strange..its not Zambian. “Timushoke”, “tishoka”, “tiza shoka” are words being spoken as inevitable punishment awaiting suspects of ritual murders or gassing. Clearly this is not us, this thirst for blood is a culture that must be nipped in the bud before it...

Water Resources Manageent Authority (WARMA) harnessing water to spur prosperity

Water Resources Manageent Authority (WARMA) harnessing water to spur prosperity

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (WARMA) … Posted by Water Resources Management Authority – WARMA on Friday, January 10, 2020 WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (WARMA) PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release 10th January 2020 PRESS STATEMENT ON THE POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES DUE TO FLOODING OCCURRING IN SELECTED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY The Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) is mandated to preserve, conserve and protect water resources in Zambia. Due to the current floods which are occurring in Lusaka in areas such as State Lodge, Silva Rest, Twin Palm, Avondile, Mumana/ Chainama residential areas and other parts of the country such...

Ngabo Nankonde on January 22, 2020 Social Media Complaints handled by ZICTA in 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 22, 2020 SOCIAL MEDIA RELATED COMPLAINTS HANDLED BY ZICTA IN 2019 The Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) observed a rise in the number of Cybercrime incidents in Zambia going by the Cyber Matrix Database which is used to profile the perpetrators, victims and the possible vulnerability used in committing different cybercrimes. This increase could be attributed to the rapid adoption and uptake in mobile and internet services in Zambia, coupled with globalisation which has created opportunities for both users and criminals. The rapid technological advancements have led to an increase in cybercrimes such as...

Zambia’s Memory Lane Part ( 1 ) One :Don’t argue you were not there!!

Zambia’s Memory Lane Part ( 1 ) One :Don’t argue you were not there!!

*Zambia’s Memory Lane Part ( 1 ) One :* *Don’t argue you were not there!!* *By Sotiris Chronis.* *Find time to go through this long but very exciting historic memory lane.From Peugeot 404, the Italian brick maker Mr. Marapodi (named compound), Paul Ngozi’s take away food shop called ‘Chibe Paka Paka’ in Kabwata to Errol Hickey’s Mr. Rooster on Cairo Road, Highlights Disco and soooo much more…* *(1) Lusaka Hotel had a men’s only bar called The Dog Box. Entrance was through Cairo Road.* *2) Au Mont Blanc was a Cafe next to the Lusaka Post Office across the car...

MQHZ disappointed with Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA)

MQHZ disappointed with Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA)

MQHZ PRESS STATEMENT-MONDAY, 27th JANUARY, 2020 MQHZ DISAPPOINTED WITH ZAMBIA MEDICINE REGULATORY AUTHORITY (ZAMRA) Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) is not happy with the way Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has totally failed to regulate the use of drugs in the country. It is very disheartening that ZAMRA has so far failed to regulate and control how medicines and allied substances are being made available to the Zambian population.Today drugs in Zambia are usually found in wrong hands while the regulatory authority has mostly elected to remain unconcerned about this dangerous national trend.Recent revelations that some people who...

Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba flags off New Hope Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Convention

By Staff Reporter NEW Hope Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba yesterday gave the roadmap for the long awaited MMD Convention. Dr. Mumba who was in the Company of Party Vice President Mr. Reuben Sambo, Party National Chairperson Winnie Zaloumis, Party National Secretary Hon. Elizabeth Chitika and other Senior MMD leaders, yesterday met hundreds of Lusaka District and Constituency MMD Officials at Matero Community Hall. Party National Secretary Hon Elizabeth Chitika said that the MMD has hit the road running. “We have heard some people say that the MMD is dead. Can a dead party have...

A Book Review Title: Adventures In Zambian Politics – A story in Black and White Author: Guy LindsayScott

A Book Review Title: Adventures In Zambian Politics – A story in Black and White Author: Guy Scott Number of Pages: 251 Publisher: Lynne Reiner Publishers Inc Price: ZMK450 (Hard Cover) Year: 2019 It is probably the first book that discloses the sickness of Zambia’s fifth President Michael Chilufya Sata and the political shenanigans that took place behind closed doors. Guy Scott, a putative close friend of Sata, takes the reader inside the presidential bedroom where he found Sata very sick and bedridden and yet the nation, including himself as Vice President, was not told. “I plonked myself down in...

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