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June 10, 2023

Douglas Munsaka Siakalima appoints Higher Education Authority Board


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By Francis Maingaila Mwiinga Minister of Education (MoE) Douglas Munsaka Siakalima unveiled and inaugurated the new Board of Directors for the Siakalima appoints Higher Education Authority Board (HEA) calling for the correction of all anomalies that existed during the absence of the board. And speaking earlier, MoE Permanent Secretary PS for Administration (PS-Admin) Ms. Noriana Muneku expressed a sigh of relief now that the board headed by Professor Levy Siaminwe is inaugurated, after a six (6) year lull, when all matters had to be resolved by MoE technocrats. The full Higher Education Authority Board is: “Chairperson Levy Siaminwe,  Vice Chairperson...

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June 10, 2023

Henry Kyambalesa on Zambia: Agriculture and Food Security


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By Henry Kyambalesa Monday, April 24th, 2023 kyambalesa@gmail.com Meaningful socioeconomic development cannot be attained in any given country where the labour force is composed of starving, sickly and illiterate citizens. In this article, I wish to suggest viable ways and means by which the Zambian government—and any other national government as a matter of fact—can boost agricultural production as well as enhance the country’s food security. I am prompted to share my views on this subject by the current incidence of smuggling and shortages of mealie-meal. According to the resolutions of the World Food Summit held in Italy in November...

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June 10, 2023

UPND Nurtures Zambian Talent


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By Henry Chunza and Derrick Sinjela During the Second Edition of the Pan African Radio 96.1FM Emerging Stars Awards (PARESA) held at the Premium Hotel in Lusaka, Anderson Banda, the UPND Lusaka Province Youth Chairperson, assured the creative and performing artistes that President Hakainde Sammy Hichilema’s United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance New Dawn Administration attaches great importance to nurturing their talents. Banda explained that the involvement of youths in artistic pursuits can distract them from indulging in vices such as alcohol abuse, early marriages, and teenage pregnancies, while also contributing to Zambia’s economic growth agenda articulated in the...

Kapiri Mposhi Police arrest 22-year old woman for ‘killing her newly born baby’

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June 10, 2023

Kapiri Mposhi Police arrest 22-year old woman for ‘killing her newly born baby’


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By Isaac Zulu in Kapiri Mposhi, Central Province, Zambia Central Province Police Commissioner David Chileshe Mukuka confirmed the development in a statement, and identified the woman who has been charged with an offence of infanticide as Queen Mboroma of Ndeke compound in Kapiri Mposhi district. “A report of infanticide was recorded on 28th May 2023 in which the incident occurred at around 14:00 hours in Ndeke ‘A’ Compound. Police received a report from female adult Astridah Mboroma aged 31 years of Ndeke A compound in Kapiri Mposhi district to the effect that her niece female Queen Mboroma aged 22 years...

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June 8, 2023

Xi Focus: Xi urges sustained efforts to curb desertification


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Xi Focus: Xi urges sustained efforts to curb desertification Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-06-07 03:20:15 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presides over a symposium on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of crucial ecological projects, including the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, and delivers an important speech in Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) BAYANNUR, Inner Mongolia, June 6 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)...

Xiconomics: China’s green development philosophy is contributing to global sustainable growth

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June 8, 2023

Xiconomics: China’s green development philosophy is contributing to global sustainable growth


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Xiconomics: China’s green development philosophy is contributing to global sustainable growth Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-06-05 22:58:01 BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) — The life of Maksat Abilgaziev, a resident of Zhanatas, a small town in southern Kazakhstan, has changed immensely since a Chinese company built a wind farm there a few years ago. The 33-year-old was once an electrical engineer at a local phosphate mine company. Believing the future of his homeland and Kazakhstan lies in clean energy, especially wind energy, he quit the job in 2020 and became a wind power engineering trainee at the Zhanatas wind farm. “Our...

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June 8, 2023

CDF must increase pupil access to computers, prods Mayoress Constance Muleabai


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By Chali Mulenga LIVINGSTONE City Mayoress Constance Muleabai has urged schools in her city to apply for the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in order to enhance their digital infrastructure. Ms. Muleabai emphasized that just as schools were encouraged to increase the number of desks, they should equally prioritize increasing the availability of computers in schools. Mayoress Muleabai highlighted the government’s commitment to improving digital infrastructure in schools and expressed concern over the limited number of functioning computers at Mulwani School. Speaking at the launch event held at Mulwani Combined School, Mayoress Muleabai commended Development 360 for their efforts in promoting...

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June 5, 2023

Xi Focus-Closeup: A fresh rendition of an ancient Hezhe ethnic song


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Xi Focus-Closeup: A fresh rendition of an ancient Hezhe ethnic song Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-06-01 18:46:00 This photo taken with a mobile phone shows You Minghao’s grandmother helping him wear a traditional fish-skin hat at a handicraft workshop in Bacha Village of Tongjiang City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, April 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Yue) HARBIN, June 1 (Xinhua) — “The brave and hard-working Hezhe people. In the Three-river Plain, we live and prosper…” Every time You Minghao, 12, performs the mesmerizing Hezhe ballad “Wusuli River,” it stirs memories of the rainy afternoon when his village warmly welcomed a special guest,...

Xi Focus-Closeup: A teenager’s enduring bond with trees

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June 5, 2023

Xi Focus-Closeup: A teenager’s enduring bond with trees


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Xi Focus-Closeup: A teenager’s enduring bond with trees Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-06-01 20:58:45 This video screenshot shows Liu Weiran (R) and her mother looking at a Chinese toon tree near their apartment building in Beijing, capital of China, May 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Peiran) BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) — From a small sapling to a tree, Liu Weiran, a curious 17-year-old, has often pondered how much a tree grows each year. Consequently, the eleventh grader from Tsinghua University High School-Chaoyang acquired a habit of regularly visiting the crabapple tree she planted six years ago. “At that time, I was not...

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June 5, 2023

Xi Focus-Closeup: The growth story of a “dot”


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Xi Focus-Closeup: The growth story of a “dot” Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-06-01 19:48:16 This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows a view of Luotuowan Village, Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (Photo by Bai Xu/Xinhua) SHIJIAZHUANG, June 1 (Xinhua) — The dot Tang Xiaoyi uses as his social media handle is invisible to many. Similarly, his home village Luotuowan, in Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province, may appear as just another dot on the country’s digital map. However, the village’s remarkable strides in poverty reduction cannot be disregarded. Situated less than 40 km from Fuping’s county seat, Luotuowan...

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