By Chibaula D. Silwamba (Mr.) Spokesperson MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Tel: +260211252409 Email: chibaula.silwamba@mndp.gov.zm Website: www.mndp.gov.zm LUSAKA, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 – The Government of Zambia has received US$ 14.6 million from the Climate Investment Fund as additional financing for the Zambia Strengthening Climate Resilience – Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR PHASE II) Project. The funds were approved on 18 June 2018 and will be effective on 15 September 2018. The extra resources are aimed at scaling up the existing successful PPCR sub-grant–funded project activities in the Barotse Sub-Basin. The resources will focus on stimulating a private sector...

By Colleen Lowe Morna – CEO of Gender Links. This article is written in her personal capacity).Photo courtesy of UN Women   Monday 9th July 2018: There is a scene still etched in my memory from my younger days as a reporter. Soon after his release from jail in 1990, Mandela paid an official visit to Zimbabwe as leader of the African National Congress (ANC). As he emerged from the flight, a group of South African women in exile broke forth from behind the barrier shouting “Comrade Nelson!”   They embraced and kissed him, in a show of affection and patriotism...

PRESS BRIEFING DATE: JULY 17, 2018 VENUE: NBA OFFICES   TIME: 13:00 HOURS   THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AUTHORITY (NBA) WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BIOSAFETY ACT NO. 10 OF 2007. THROUGH THE ACT, THE NBA REGULATES THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORT, TRANSIT, CONTAINED USE, RELEASE OR PLACING ON THE MARKET OF ANY GMO WHETHER INTENDED FOR USE AS A PHARMACEUTICAL, FOOD, FEED OR PROCESSING, OR A PRODUCT OF A GMO ALSO TO ENSURE THAT ANY ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE USE OF GMOS OR A PRODUCT OF GMO PREVENTS ANY SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OR HARM TO HUMAN, ANIMAL HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE COUNTRY. IN...

Statement by his Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu President of the Republic of Zambia during the swearing in ceremony, on Wednesday, 8th August, 2018, Honourable Elizabeth Phiri, M.P Let me begin by congratulating you Honourable Elizabeth Phiri, M.P on your appointment as a Cabinet Minister responsible for Gender. I recognise your significant contribution to our party the Patriotic Front and also our country. Your passion to serve the Zambian people at any leadership level is what earned you a position in the party’s central committee. Further, your commitment to the party and welfare of the Zambian people earned you an...