Category: Business

President Lungu graces 2017 Kufukwila Ceremony

SPEECH BY, HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES AT THE KUFUKWILA TRADITIONAL CEREMONY OF SENIOR CHIEF MUKUMBI OF THE KAONDE SPEAKING PEOPLE OF KALUMBILA DISTRICT IN NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE SATURDAY, 20TH MAY 2017 YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, SENIOR CHIEF MUKUMBI OF THE KAONDE PEOPLE; YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES PRESENT; HON. RICHARD KAPITA, MP, MINISTER FOR NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE; HON. LAWRENCE SICHALWE, MP. MINISTER OF CHIEFS AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS; CABINET MINISTERS PRESENT;              THE PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP OF THE PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF);              LEADERS OF OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES PRESENT;              CHAIRMAN OF...

ZAMBIAN RESIDENT DIES AT ORTI AIRPORT

By Naomi Nyawali Pretoria- Saturday, 20th May 2017 An Australian National, resident in Zambia died on Friday evening enroute to Zambia. The man identified as Frank John Price, 76yrs old, died of suspected cardiac arrest at Oliver Reginald Tambo International (ORTI) Airport in transit from Australia to Zambia. Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Mwamba confirmed the sad development. Mr. Price was traveling with his spouse, a Zambian national, Mrs. Evelyn Kasonde Mubanga Price The Couple had gone for holiday to his home country. According to Zambian government records, Mr. Price is an Australian national holding...

Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba defends President Lungu

By Fulman Mukobeko, Jessie Zimba and Derrick Sinjela Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba has stepped up the ruling Patriotic Front’s fight back after the powerful European Union parliament rated the country in the same breath with repressive regimes. Mwamba says the arrest of United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema suspected to have broken the law, cannot plunge Zambia into political turmoil as argued and if the argument was true, it would negate the strides that Zambia has made to become a democratic state governed by the sanctity of the rule of law as the...

PAN AFRICAN RADIO 105.1 FM 12:30 HOURS MAIN NEWS THURSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017

By Derrick Sinjela, Jessie Zimba and  Fulman James Mukobeko  HEADLINES ==== – A defence lawyer in the treason charge slapped on Hakainde Hichilema and five others wonders why police made arrests without investigating the offence. – May 11th 1981 is a dead legendary reggae Bob Marley artiste passed away aged 36. -In Foreign news, A proposal to boost NATO forces in Afghanistan will be on the agenda of a meeting between the alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Angela Merkel today. ==== With the main news in detail I am ====== Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) Executive Director Wesley Chibamba...

Continental football galore on SuperSport 

By Marlon Kananda  Marketing Manager – Southern Africa May 11 – Over the next few weeks SuperSport’s football offering will be stacked with club and national continental football. The group stages of the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) premier club competitions, the Champions League and Confederations Cup, get underway this weekend and SuperSport will broadcast live a selection of matches from both. SuperSport’s selection of first-round matches in the group stages features the Champions League defending champions and runners-up, South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns and Zamalek of Egypt, plus league champions from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Egypt, Zanaco, CAPS United and Al Ahly respectively. Also...

ZAMBIAN BREWERIES INTRODUCES 330ML CASTLE LITE RETURNABLE GLASS BOTTLE

Lusaka, Zambia – Zambian Breweries has introduced 330ml returnable glass bottles (RGB) for its Castle Lite lager. Country Director Annabelle Degroot said the introduction of the new returnable glass bottles (RGB) was a direct response to public concerns over the one-way glass with no recycling option. “The returnable bottle will allow us to pass on the packing cost savings to consumers thereby making Castle Lite more affordable while safeguarding its premium taste. We want to assure our customers that it is the same quality refreshing and cold Castle Lite. Nothing has changed apart from packaging it in the returnable bottles,”...

Prospects for SADC Regional Integration through Industrialization and the Role of China

By Ms. Bernadette Deka-PMRC Executive Director Dear Friends and Colleagues, From 19th to 21st April 2017, PMRC was privileged to participate in the research policy seminar discussing Prospects for SADC Regional Integration through Industrialization and the Role of China. The policy seminar was hosted by The University of Johannesburg – Confucius Institute (UJCI), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Southern Africa Office, in collaboration with Oxfam International’s Africa-China Dialogue Platform (ACDP), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) was represented by Mr. Salim Kaunda (Head of Research and Analysis) The main objective of the research...

Emirates Group Announces 2016-17 results

Group records 29th consecutive year of profit of AED 2.5 billion (US$ 670 million)  Steady business growth in line with capacity increases, results show business resilience in a competitive climate and turbulent year Significant investment in the business at AED 13.7 billion (US$ 3.7 billion) Emirates reports a profit of AED 1.3 billion (US$ 340 million) Airline capacity crosses 60 billion ATKM. 35 new aircraft delivered, and 27 older aircraft retired during the year Stable revenue at AED 85.1 billion (US$ 23.2 billion), after a AED 2.1 billion (US$ 572 million) hit due to unfavourable currency exchange dnata makes highest profit ever, at...

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu prods selflessness

By Fulman Mukobeko and Derrick Sinjela President Edgar Lungu has urged Zambians to emulate the spirit of selflessness and unity exhibited by freedom fighters. President Lungu says the young generation should draw lessons from the sacrifices made by the country’s founding fathers in order to make Zambia a better place. The Head of State said this when he made a stopover at Kasama Airport this morning enroute to Chinsali for the burial of former vice president Simon Kapwepwe’s widow Salome. And President Lungu has challenged all Zambians to reflect on their lives and embrace biblical values. He further urged youths...

Catholic Church disowns Hichilema’s Health National Prayers

Rev. Fr. Winfield Kunda ZCCB Communications Director LUSAKA, (SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­—— On behalf of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops in Zambia (ZCCB) and the Secretary General, Rev. Fr. Cleophas Lungu, I want to state clearly that ZCCB has not organized any form of national prayers for the arrested United Party for National Development President Hakainde Hichilema to have him released or whatever. We are not aware of such prayer arrangements either at the Conference level or even within the Archdiocese of Lusaka. We are however perturbed by the message which is being circulated especially on social media...

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