Category: Editors Choice

Zambian viewers deserve better, Kennedy Kalunga prods ZNBC team

  DERRICK SINJELA and Muleya Idaho Chongo MINISTRY of Information and Media (MIM) Permanent Secretary (PS) Kennedy Kalunga says Zambia is on a transformative journey seeking to elevate quality of television programmes and content done by Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). Opening a week-long training workshop for programmes, engineering, marketing, and sales directorate at Mass Media Complex, on Alick NKHATA Road, Mr. Kalunga reiterated Government desire to birth a professional public broadcaster. Flanked by ZNBC Board Chairperson, Jack Kalala, Director General, Berry Lwando, Multichoice Zambia Managing Director, Ms. Leah Kooma and Multichoice Zambia Talent Factory Director Christopher Puta, Kalunga appreciated...

ZAMBIA FINALLY REJOINS THE LEAGUE OF BIG BOYS

By Nchimunya Ng’andu Bobby  – Your Girl Friend’s Favourite Journalist QUALIFYING to the Africa Cup of Nations had become a birthright for Zambia. But in the last eight years, the story became different as Zambia failed to make appearances at three consecutive AFCON tournaments. As the saying goes “success has many fathers, failure is an orphan” so was the case with the Chipolopolo Boys during the last three failed attempts to book a spot at an AFCON tournament. The heat would always go to the man at the helm of Zambian football Andrew Kamanga whose administration was yet to see...

MultiChoice Launches South Africa’s Epic Series “SHAKA iLEMBE” Lusaka, Zambia – The wait is over! MultiChoice has launched the much anticipated prime-time drama series SHAKA iLEMBE

By DERRICK SINJELA and THERESA BWALYA KALENGA THE 12-part series tells the story of the famous Zulu King and the events that shaped his remarkable life. Speaking at an intimate premiere in Lusaka, Leah Kooma, Managing Director at MultiChoice Zambia said: “We understand the importance of showcasing the diverse narratives that make Africa so unique. We are committed to bringing you exceptional content that uplifts, educates, and entertains. With shows like “Shaka ilembe,” we aim to provide a platform for our homegrown talent, enabling them to share their stories with the world.” “By joining the DStv and GOtv family, you...

Auditor General Office’s Leadership Vacuum worries CLRI’s Paul Mundia Hakoola

By DERRICK SINJELA Adding a civic voice on alleged missing funds at Anti-Corruption Commission, Continental Leadership Research Institute (CLRI) Executive Director Paul Mundia Hakoola holds a view that institutions of governance and law enforcement must work in harmony and in one accord to achieve maximum results in law enforcement. However, recent happenings were the Auditor General Office (AGO) letting a cat out of a hat that proceeds forfeited in the Faith Musonda case, anger Mr. Hakoola as such insinuations undermine gains in public confidence in the fight against corruption. A perturbed Hakoola laments in a Press Statement that if the...

Xi Focus: Xi urges sustained efforts to curb desertification

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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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