Category: Sustainable Development

Statement by His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu President of the Republic of Zambia During the Swearing in Ceremony On Friday, 3rd January, 2020 State House Lusaka

Statement by His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu President of the Republic of Zambia During the Swearing in Ceremony On Friday, 3rd January, 2020 State House Lusaka I wish to congratulate you the three learned counsels on your respective appointments to serve as members of the Judicial Complaints Commission. I also wish to extend my congratulations to you Mr Sastone Silomba on your promotion as Permanent Secretary. Let me start by addressing members of the Judicial Complaints Commission: Mr. William Nyirenda, SC, Chairperson of the Judicial Complaints Commission; Mrs. Irene Mwezi Kunda- Commissioner; and Mr. Andrew Dean Mwansa Mumba- Commissioner:...

Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) – Energy Roadmap Delivering Zambia Energy Needs

Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) – Energy Roadmap Delivering Zambia Energy Needs

Telephone: (260) 211 269 717 PUBLICATIONS PMRC – Energy Roadmap Delivering Zambia Energy Needs – Research Report Zambia faces a challenge to meet rising demand for electricity as the economy, population and electrification continue to grow. Load-shedding in 2015-16 demonstrated just how high the stakes are for meeting this challenge as the economy suffered losses equivalent to 20% of GDP (Samboko et al 2016) and government bore the cost of expensive energy imports. As government undergoes fiscal consolidation in response to high debt levels, it should look to increased investment in Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to develop energy capacity. This approach offers the opportunity to meet...

Is Harry Kalaba’s Democratic Party 2021 key opening Zambia’s prosperity?

Is Harry Kalaba’s Democratic Party 2021 key opening Zambia’s prosperity?

… “Let us believe again”! Fellow Countrywomen and men, By Harry Kalaba – President Democratic Party -Zambia (DP) ON the Tuesday, the 2nd day of January, 2018, exactly two years today, I made a decision that many in my position would not have thought of taking. Which was to resign my position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. While it was not an easy decision to make on account of the animosity and acrimony that was anticipated. Today I can look back with a feeling of nolstalgia and thank God that I made the right decision. It was the right decision...

Bogus investor insults Zambian Judiciary

Bogus investor insults Zambian Judiciary

…serve the summons in my ass, dares Panyam Vikram Deva Reddy of Lusaka By Staff Writers A BOGUS investor – Panyam Vikram Deva Reddy, posing as an influential property buyer has reacted angrily to Court Summons telling a plaintiff- VINOD YADDULA to go to ‘HELL’ or serve the judicial documents into his ‘ass’, in a Whatapp pictorial response sent from India. According to information reaching our News Desk, when the defendant was reached with Court Summons, the bogus investor resorted to sending obscenities in pictorial and word form, protesting that he would use the Court Documents to wipe his (Panyam...

Year reflections the Non-Government Gender Organisations’ Coordonating Council (NGOCC), Tuesday 31st December 2019

Year reflections the Non-Government Gender Organisations’ Coordonating Council (NGOCC), Tuesday 31st December 2019

    YEAR REFLECTIONS BY THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL GENDER ORGANISATIONS’ COORDINATING COUNCIL (NGOCC), 31st DECEMBER 2019 PREAMBLE TODAY 31st December 2019, marks the end of yet another eventful year for the women’s movement. By the grace of God, we once again stand here to testify, the abundance of his mercies, – this far we have come, even as we look forward to the New Year 2020, we remain focused and desirous for gender equality to be attained in Zambia.   The end of year provides the opportunity for us as individuals, organizations and indeed as a nation, to introspect and reflect...

ZRST welcomes the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018

ZRST welcomes the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018

(December Friday 7th, 2018, Lusaka, ZAMBIA) – The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) today welcomed the publication of the World Health Organization’s Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018. This fourth edition of the report calls for governments to commit themselves to policy change that puts road users, especially pedestrians and cyclists, at the center; stronger enforcement of traffic laws; funding that meets the severity of the road crisis; and the involvement of NGOs and other stakeholders in collaborations that harness the unique expertise of different partners. The report suggests that the price paid for mobility is too high, especially because proven...

President Lungu terminates Chanda Kasolo’s contract as  MIBS Permanent Secretary

President Lungu terminates Chanda Kasolo’s contract as MIBS Permanent Secretary

(Monday,30th December, 2019 -Lusaka Zambia) His Excellency, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia has terminated the contract of Mr Chanda Kasolo as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services. “Pursuant to Articles 92 (l), 92(2) (e) and 270 of the Constitution of Zambia, I have decided to terminate your contract as Permanent Secretary with immediate effect, ” the President said. “The President thanked Mr Kasolo for the service he has rendered to the Government of the Republic of Zambia, and also wished him well in his future endeavours,” read a Press Statement issued...

Op-Ed: Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agricultural Practices into Polices and Programmes

Op-Ed: Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agricultural Practices into Polices and Programmes

Dear Friends & Colleagues With over 50% of the population living below  the poverty line, Zambia’s vulnerable communities do not have sufficient capacity to cope with, or adapt to, the impacts of extreme weather events. Zambia’s climate has been highly variable and over the last few decades characterized by a series of climatic extremes, e.g. droughts, seasonal floods and flash floods, extreme temperatures and dry spells, many of these with increased frequency, intensity and magnitude.  Evidence indicates that Zambia has contributed to climate change by her engagement in massive deforestation. Forests are important in absorbing carbon dioxide, which is a product...

Stepping into the unfamiliar

Stepping into the unfamiliar

By Nelson Longesha ‘You will never see a Miracle so long as being Miserable is okay!’ Recently, a good friend of mine visited me all the way from Lusaka west to Libala Stage Four A along Burma Road. It was his first time visiting Libala. Taking into consideration that he had no idea of the area, I told him to get on a bus from town going to Woodlands and disembark at the Traffic lights just opposite Arakan Barracks.  I also told him that when he disembarks at the traffic lights, he should seek for directions going at Kenneth Kaunda...

Jesus’ birth is the solution for all problems, prods Father Kenneth Kasezya

Jesus’ birth is the solution for all problems, prods Father Kenneth Kasezya

The sermon at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross on 22 December 2019 being my last sermon as a priest of the cathedral. Isaiah 7:10-16, Romans 1:1-7, Mathew 1:18-25 I will reflect with you on the theme Jesus’ birth is the solution for all problems. The challenge was not economic problems for God to send Jesus, otherwise he was going to send an economist. The challenge was not health otherwise god was going to send a doctor. Our main problem was salvation. We needed a spiritual savior. For this reason Christmas is a special time for every believer but...

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