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World Tourism Organisation’s Zurab Pololikashvili marketing Zambia’s hospitality Investment By DERRICK SINJELA WORLD Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili is assuring Minister of Tourism Rodney Malindi Sikumba of a pledge to facilitate platforms enabling Zambia to market her key investment areas to drive its hospitality agenda for economic diversification and growth, leading to sustainable jobs and wealth creation. The pronouncement was made when Mr. Sikumba, held high level bilateral talks with the UNWTO SG Pololikashvili on the side-lines of the 118th Executive Council currently underway in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Mr. Pololikashvili reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to support Zambia...

US $25 million Ndola Cancer Treatment Center construction cheers Sylvia Tembo-Masebo …as AVIC International pledges to deliver project within 12 months By DERRICK SINJELA Health Minister Ms. Sylvia Tembo-Masebo is worried that Zambia confirms on an annual basis 13,800 new cancer cases. Speaking in Lusaka on Wednesday, 17th May, 2023 before witnessing the signing of the contract to construct Ndola Cancer Treatment Center (NCTC) in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, granted to AVIC International, Ms. Tembo-Masebo explained that of 13,800 new cancer cases, 3,000 new cases are seen at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) which is the only fourth level, national referral...

  Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya   By Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya Zambia’s burgeoning entertainment industry has hit a major milestone with Zambian actress Zowa Ngwira securing a prominent role in the highly anticipated Netflix teens animated series – Supa Team 4. Created by Zambian writer Mulenga Mulendema, the show is a collaboration between South African production company Triggerfish Animation Studios and British company CAKE. The groundbreaking series is set to make history as the first-ever Netflix animated production to be developed in Africa. Supa Team 4 takes viewers on a thrilling adventure in the neo-futuristic city of Lusaka, Zambia, where four talented...

Xi Focus-Closeup: Preserving “world-class treasure” of Xi’an ancient city wall Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-11 16:28:16 This aerial photo taken on Feb. 26, 2023 shows people watching a lantern show at the south part of the ancient city wall in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Shao Rui) XI’AN, May 11 (Xinhua) — At the heart of northwest China’s Xi’an, a city with over 3,100 years of history, stands the country’s largest and best-preserved ancient city wall, which is deemed a “world-class treasure” by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Stretching over 4 km from east to west and some 2.7 km from...

*NAPSA 20% PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL HAS DEALT A HUGE BLOW ON OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES IN ZAMBIA AS UNZA TOAST BALLY IN FIRST OF ITS KIND CELEBRATION AT THE CAMPUS FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT NEVER SEEN BEFORE*. Author: Dr. Edgar Ng’oma Political Analyst/Philosopher. *Without fear or favour* As much as it is the duty of opposition political parties to offer checks and balance to a sitting government in a democratic space to ensure that such a sitting government performs within the constitution, however, although the new dawn government followed all the dictates of the constitution in the initiation of NAPSA 20% partial...