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Compliments from UNZA PR Department

Compliments from UNZA PR Department

Dear Colleagues, Compliments of the season. From the University of Zambia, Public Relations department and indeed the entire University community, we wish to thank you for the support you gave us this year and we are looking forward to even a stronger relationship in 2019. We wish to thank you once again for sharing your contacts with us. The purpose of getting these contacts is to share information with you on what is happening in the university, in case you may be interested to cover. From our side, we shall endeavor to inform you on what is happening, but we...

Who benefits from dual citizenship?

Who benefits from dual citizenship?

By Simon Kabanda – Zambia’s Constitutional Process Making and Development Expert Friday 17th March 2017 published by Rainbow Zambia www.rainbownewszambia.com A person with dual citizenship is a citizen of two countries at the same time. With the 2016 Amended Constitution, Zambia became sixty fifth on the list of countries in the world that allow dual citizenship or double nationality. This provision is new to Zambia. For whose benefit is this provision, Zambians or foreigners? When the Annel Silungwe Technical Committee on Drafting the Zambian Constitution (TCDZC) produced its first draft Constitution and invited comments from the public, the few people who were opposed...

Amazing Beatrice C Phiri and I, Josephine Namakau Pumulo will be spoke at the UNICEF 70th Anniversary at Intercontinental December 13, 2016

Amazing Beatrice C Phiri and I, Josephine Namakau Pumulo will be spoke at the UNICEF 70th Anniversary at Intercontinental December 13, 2016

 December 13, 2016 · Amazing Beatrice C Phiri and I, Josephine Namakau Pumulo will be speaking at the UNICEF 70th Anniversary at Intercontinental Tonight……. We feel excited,honored and lucky to have been accorded such a rare opportunity to celebrate and recognise the work that unicef is doing across the globe!! #Preptime #refelction ……#LesaWabonse and you’ve got to taste Grace to understand

Rural Communities Benefit from U.S.-Zambia partnership for Forest and Wildlife Conservation

Rural Communities Benefit from U.S.-Zambia partnership for Forest and Wildlife Conservation

RUFUNSA — On December 17, the U.S. government, in partnership with the Zambian government’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife, officially launched the refurbished Mukamba Gate Complex at the northern entrance to Lower Zambezi National Park.  The complex benefitted from support of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Community Forests Program. The launch event also included the graduation of 22 Community Scouts, who in collaboration with the local Community Resource Boards, will serve as frontline advocates for forest and wildlife conservation. “If we lose Zambia’s forests and wildlife, we lose a critical driver of economic growth for our local communities,” said U.S....

Ghana’s First Lady Joins Network of African Leaders for Nutrition Champion

Ghana’s First Lady Joins Network of African Leaders for Nutrition Champion

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).   The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) initiative is a platform for high-level advocacy and engagement to advance nutrition in Africa, endorsed by the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union (AU)   ACCRA, Ghana, December 17, 2018/ — The African Leaders for Nutrition on Monday inaugurated Ghana’s first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as a Nutrition Champion, acknowledging her work and commitment to sound nutrition and the wellbeing of mothers and infants.   The ALN initiative is a platform for high-level advocacy and engagement to...

ZANACO headed for greatness with New Boss Marlon Musuku Kananda at the helm, brags Godfrey Chikumbi

ZANACO headed for greatness with New Boss Marlon Musuku Kananda at the helm, brags Godfrey Chikumbi

By Godfrey Chikumbi “… Godfrey, my first business at ZANACO is to grow our fan base then everything else will follow,” Marlon told me as gave me the ZANACO replica I took time to pay a courtesy call on newly appointed ZANACO FC General Manager Marlon Musuka Kananda at his office. With continental and Supersport connections, takes big money to ZANACO. 21st century football is about connections not just noise. Marlon knows how ZANACO will transform and I believe he is the right guy. I have no doubt ZANACO FC is headed for greatness. All the best boss.        ...

Bishop Dr. Alfred Kalembo inducts new Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Executive Board

By Michael Mazakaza THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has inducted its new Executive Board which was elected at the 31st General Conference held in Ndola, Copperbelt Province in September 2018. The induction which took place at Saint Mark’s United Church of Zambia (UCZ) branch in Lusaka’s Chilenje South on Saturday, 15th December 2018, was attended by former CCZ General Secretary Reverend Dr Suzanne M’membe-Matale, former CCZ President Bishop Dr Alfred Kalembo and other Church leaders from among CCZ member Churches. The Council of Churches in Zambia Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service and Commissioning of New CCZ Board Members was convened...

1282 people killed on Zambia’s Roads by September 30th 2018 over 100 every month, let’s be safe this festival season

1282 people killed on Zambia’s Roads by September 30th 2018 over 100 every month, let’s be safe this festival season

By Daniel Mwamba (December 15th, 2018, Lusaka, ZAMBIA) – The latest road safety benchmarking report from the Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) shows there were 127 lives saved in road fatalities in the first nine months of 2018. The report finds that in the year to September 2018, 1,282 lives were lost on our roads, compared to 1,407 in 2017, about 127 fewer during the same period last year. However, it shows that still over 100 people are killed every month, and not enough progress is made to the 2020 target of a 50 per cent reduction in road deaths. ZRST...

Zambia’s  Labour and Social Security Minister  Joyce Nonde-Simukoko launches Vision Zero Campaign to ‘Prevent Occupational Accidents’

Zambia’s Labour and Social Security Minister Joyce Nonde-Simukoko launches Vision Zero Campaign to ‘Prevent Occupational Accidents’

By John Chola ZAMBIA has finally launched the global Vision Zero campaign, a process aimed at building a culture of prevention of occupational accidents, that integrates safety, health and wellness. Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Nonde-Simukoko told hundreds of delegates from around the globe and within Zambia gathered in Livingstone for the official launch that the global Vision Zero campaign was premised on the belief that all occupational accidents and diseases are preventable. Ms. Nonde-Simukoko said the campaign resonates well with the policies of the Government of Zambia that seek to address occupational safety and health at work...

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