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Katoba People, receive Modern Health Post

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 TWIKATANE Health Post built at a cost of two million kwacha in Katoba area of Chongwe district has been commissioned. Speaking during the commissioning, Health Minister SYLVIA MASEBO said the facility will enable people in the area to access quality health care services closer to their homes. Ms MASEBO has also reaffirmed government’s commitment in ensuring that health service provision is strengthened through an efficient and robust medicines and medical supply chain management system. She added that the newly constructed facility will alleviate the suffering of vulnerable populations in the community. Ms MASEBO has further observed...

Business of Film Initiative Secures Platinum Sponsorship from MultiChoice

              By Derrick Sinjela As part of its commitment to help grow Africa’s creative industry into vibrant and economic powerhouses, MultiChoice has committed itself to being the platinum sponsor of the Business of Film Initiative that has been put together by the Filmmakers Guild of Zambia. Included in the activities for this event is screening of the Lawrence Thomson movie – ‘can you see us’? which will be premiered at Ster-Kenikor on Wednesday 26th October and has attracted the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr. Hakainde Hichilema’s attendance as Guest of Honour. ‘Can...

Zambian students magnify Caritas Zambia 2022 Equality Walk for Justice

By Francis Maingaila in Lusaka, Zambia SCORES of students from various higher learning institutions within Lusaka joined a Caritas Zambia organised ‘Solidarity Walk’ from Levy Junction to Showgrounds. The enthusiastic students led by Lusaka Mayor, Chilando Chitangala, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on climate change, Mr. Ephraim Mwepya Shitima of Zambia, a Ministry of Green Economy and Environment Director, World Wide Fund for Nature Zambia Country Office (WWF-ZCO) Coordinator Bernard Nachilala Nkombo and global environmental activist Pushpanath Krishnamurthy, initially took Church Road, and joined Addis Ababa Avenue before turning into Nangwenya Road and entered through the Southern...

DID WE ATTAIN INDEPENDENCE OR IT WAS A CHANGE TO A MORE ADVANCE TYPE OF COLONIALISM?

By Lance Sannie Banda Freedom is categorized in four pillars namely; Political, Economic, Social and Religious Independence. Have we attained any of the four pillars in 58 years of the supposedly Zambia’s independence? Our colonizers have defined all the four pillars of independence and we have so far attained none of the four. Let me labour to explain why I believe that the four pillars of Independence are far from being attained; 1. *Political Independence* – The system of governance we are using is controlled and defined by the Colonizers. 58 years after Independence, Zambia does not have its own...

ZNMNGD National Coordinator Nelson Banda calls on United Nations Secretary General António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres to introduce sanctions on World Leaders who have failed to Promote Gender Equality

By Saeed Simon Banda, Henry Chunza and Derrick Sinjela Monday, 24th October, 2022 AS the World celebrates the United Nations Day on 24th October, Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development (ZNMNGD) National Coordinator Nelson Banda is calling on the United Nations (UN) Secretary General (SG) António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres to consider introducing sanctions on elected World leaders failing to advance gender equality and increased the participation of women in leadership structures of Member States, as such a deliberate measure will hold erring leaders accountable. Mr. Banda is worried that in many UN Member Countries, women are the...

Rosatom empowered 1000 girls in the Eastern Cape Province

OCTOBER 11 is the International Day of the Girl Child and for the second year Rosatom conducts events to bring awareness to the unique challenges girls around the world face. On October 19-20 1,000 girls from four East London’s schools – Aspiraza Primary School, Cranberry Primary School, Nontuthuzelo School and Pefferville School – were provided with personal care products sponsored by Rosatom Central and Southern Africa. Rosatom along with the Families South Africa, a non-profit organisation specialising in relationship counselling, organized the event. The hygiene products were supplied by Palesa Pads, which manufacture reusable hygiene pads with a shelf life...

Agriculture expected output, balanced aggregate growths to feed escalating inflation!

Agriculture expected output, balanced aggregate growths to feed escalating inflation! By Kelvin Chisanga Zambian Economist and Communications Specialist – +260979305194 Saturday, 21st May, 2021 Monetary policy rate has been maintained at 8.50% by the Bank of Zambia for a good reason and this is mainly to allow full effect of the policy following a number of noble performance outturn factors on the economical scoreboard, as the rate poses a grander path to economic recovery although at a slow pace. Though, I personally feel that first quarter monetary policy is basically shadowed by a sustained reduced scale of trade recorded on...

ZRA AND BURS TO COORDINATE BORDER MANAGEMENT

  By DERRICK SINJELA Commissioner General of Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS), Ms. Jeanette Makgolo led her team in a virtual meeting which shared with ZRA, the BURS experience on the Coordinated Border Management (CBM) and other trade facilitation reforms which have been implemented in Botswana, particularly, on their side of the Kazungula One-Stop-Border Post (OSBP). The ZRA team was led by Commissioner General, Dingani Banda during the Monday, 17th October, 2022. The two administrations have agreed to collaborate and harmonise process and procedures at Kazungula OSBP in order to improve processing efficiency; reduce the cost of doing business; maximise...

GOVERNMENT DISBURSES FULL GRANTS FOR FREE EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS

Tuesday, 18th October, 2022 – Republic of Zambia Ministry of Finance and National Planning FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr. SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE says the release of K442.2 million to all schools, marks the final grant allocation under the free education programme is a promise kept. Following the Government’s decision, in October 2021, to provide free education from early childhood to secondary school level, all public schools have been receiving quarterly grants from the Treasury. These grants are remitted within the first two (2) weeks of the beginning of each quarter to ensure the smooth operation of schools, country-wide. The Minister...

Cultural Appropriate Evaluation during Zambia’s Independence Day; Monday 24th October, 2022 – John T Njovu

Cultural Appropriate Evaluation during Zambia’s Independence Day; Monday 24th October, 2022 – John T Njovu Monday 17th October,  2022 Dear all, I wish to let you know that we shall have a talk on Cultural Appropriate Evaluation during Zambia’s Independence Day; Monday 24th October, 2022. We are linking it to the struggle by indigenous communities across the world to find a place on the table of global social and economic developments. I wish to invite you to register for this important webinar and let your colleagues and friends that may be interested in the topic to know about it 😊...

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