Category: Sustainable Development

By Derrick Sinjela “Our Cairo Road hospitality facility will hire more than 100 people for positions in the soon-to-be operational hotel, including in the Housekeeping, Front Office, Food & Beverage Service and Food & Beverage Culinary departments,” pledges Hilton Garden Inn Lusaka Society Business Park General Manager Kudzayi Nheweyembwa. Mr. Nheweyembwa says the recruitment process will start with candidates being invited to apply on Taleo, a cloud based online platform. An optimistic Nheweyembwa  iis encouraging young people with a minimum Grade 12 qualification or equivalent with passes in Mathematics and English to assertively step forward and fill 30% of the...

By Derrick Sinjela LUSAKA, NEW YORK, 4 January 2018 – Henrietta Fore took office 1 January, 2018 as UNICEF’s seventh Executive Director. Ms. Fore brings to the role more than four decades of private and public sector leadership experience. “I am honored to be joining such a remarkable organization, which I have known and admired for many years, and look forward to continuing UNICEF’s work to help save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them realize their potential,” Ms. Fore said in a Media Statement circulated by UNICEF Zambia Senior Communications Assistant Taonga Kangwa. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio...

By Derrick Sinjela – www.derricksinjela.blogspot.com MEDICAL Stores Limited (MSL) Chikuta Mbewe and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director, Ms. Mandisa Mashologu have signed a Cost Sharing Agreement (CSA) worth USD 4,9 Million covering the next step of the expansion of the MSL Central Warehouse in Lusaka. According to a Media Statement circulated by Medical stores Limited Public Relations Manager (PRM) Patricia Ndulinga, the CSA works expected to commence mid of january 2018, will enable UNDP Zambia to implement the phase 2 of the construction of MSL Central warehouse according to international standards for the pharmaceutical supply chain. Speaking at the signing ceremony,...

  LUSAKA, (Wednesday, 27th December, 2017) His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia has terminated the appointment of Hon. Lucky Mulusa as Minister of National Development Planning. The President has also revoked Mr Mulusa’s nomination as Member of Parliament. The decision is pursuant to the powers vested in the President under Article 92 (2)(e)of the Constitution of Zambia read with Section 26 of the Interpretations of the General Provisions Act, Chapter 2 of the Laws of Zambia. The Head of State has thanked Mr Mulusa for the services he rendered to the country and wished him...