Category: Education

  By DERRICK SINJELA and SAEED SIMON BANDA THE Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has directed all Local Authorities countrywide to enforce all the necessary laws and By-Laws to ban the sale of ready-to-eat foodstuff on the streets to curb the outbreak of Cholera. MLGRD Permanent Secretary (Administration) Mr. Maambo Haamaundu stated that Local Authorities should further heighten inspection of foodstuff sold in all restaurants, markets and in open areas to ensure compliance to public health guidelines in an effort to curb further spread of Cholera. This is in view of some Districts that include Vubwi in...

  …As Chinsali DC appeals to the World Bank to consider other districts By Rainbow Newspaper Zambia Limited (RNZL) Correspondent in Chinsali District, Muchinga Province THE Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development (TRALARD) Project in Muchinga Province is a game-changer for vulnerable rural communities as it is improving their livelihoods, Chinsali District Commissioner (DC), Samson Muchemwa has said. Mr. Muchemwa has however appealed to the Zambian Government and the World Bank to consider extending the TRALARD to Chinsali, Shiwangandu and Nakonde districts. The northern region of Zambia is well endowed with forests, water bodies and wildlife. Thus subsistence agriculture, fishing,...

THE navies of China, Russia and South Africa are preparing for their first joint drills on the Atlantic-Indian border. The latest Russian frigate, the Admiral Gorshkov, armed with the Zircon hypersonic missile, has arrived in Cape Town to take part in the maneuvers, launched on February 17. In recent years, Russia, China and South Africa have actively developed cooperation in the political, trade and economic spheres based on the BRICS interstate association structure. This organization established back in 2006, bringing together major politico-military and economic powers that did not seek to integrate into Euro-Atlantic blocs and commonwealths. At the first...