Maiko Zulu meets Dr. and Mrs Ludwig Sondashi@OR Tambo Airport
Maiko Zulu bumped into Dr. and Mrs Ludwig Sondashi (founder of the Sondashi Formula HIV/AIDS herbal remedy) at OR Tambo Airport. Support your local team
Category: Sustainable Development
Macdonald Chipenzi questions Zambia’s AU bids
By Electoral Expert Macdonald Chipenzi, Greetings! I read with great interest and admiration the desire by Zambian government to get some seats at the AU which has led to the dispatch of close to five cabinet ministers who are currently criss-crossing the African continent lobbying for support from other African countries for support to its candidates Dr. Austin Sichinga and Albert Muchanga . This is a move which is important but perhaps taken at a very very wrong time. Lobbying requires money and enough funds in dollars. Does Zambia have the dollars to embark on a massive campaign and lobby...
Taxing mines is a daunting task, says Albert Halwampa
By Albert Halwampa The Government recently introduced a new mining tax regime in the 2015 national budget and the reverberations of this decision are still being felt as various Taxing mines is a daunting task By Albert Halwampa stakeholders express their reactions. For instance, the Chamber of Mines has warned that the new regime is likely to hit INVESTMENT. One of the major mining companies, Barrick GOLD, has also warned of the possibility of suspending operations if parliament approves the new tax measures. Barrick claims that the $45million tax they currently pay annually will increase to approximately $150 million. In general, it has...
Official Launch of the Lusaka Water Security Initiative (LuWSI) 09 December 2016
PRESS RELEASE LuWSI Officially Launched Private sector, public sector, civil society, academic and international partners urged to synergise interventions and join hands together with Government to find solutions to alleviate the rapid drop of waters levels in Lusaka LuWSI to strengthen multi-stakeholder collaboration to safeguard Lusaka’s water resources while enhancing the sustainable and timely access to water and sanitation for all Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony between 16 partners and LuWSI Lusaka, 09 December 2016 – The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, Bishop Edward Chomba, is pleased that the collaborative nature of the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) appoints MCB Investment Management as Fund Manager for its first Fixed Income Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in Africa
The ETF will be invested in both government and corporate bonds, and will initially be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, December 9, 2016/ — The African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) has appointed MCB Investment Management (MCBIM) (www.MCBCapitalMarkets.mu), a subsidiary of MCB Capital Markets, as Fund Manager for its first multi-jurisdictional Fixed Income Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in Africa. The Board of Directors of the AfDB has also approved a seed equity capital investment of USD 25 million for the ADBF. The primary objective of the African Domestic Bond ETF (ADBF) is to encourage bond issuance...
Journalist Arthur Davies Sikopo@Southern Africa Gender Links Media Awards Mika Hotel – Kabulonga.
Thanks To Gender Links For Having Recognized My Works I Entered In The Southern Africa Gender Links Media Awards Especially A Radio Piece I Did On A Female Bus Conductress (‘Mbesuma’) Of Kitwe. I Entered The Southern Africa Gender Links Media Awards Held In August 2016 And Today I Was Sharing My Experience With Fellow Media Practitioners At ZAMBIA SADC PROTOCOL@WORK SUMMITS AND AWARDS 2016, Mika Hotel. The Story Aired On Zambezi FM Radio in 2015 And Can Be Accessed From This Link. https://soundcloud.com/ournali…/kitwe-female-bus-conductress Pictures (excluding for ‘Mbesuma’ By Mr. Kanchele Raymond #And_DAS1
FISP talk worries ZED Party’s Wesley Miyanda
By Ashton Kelly Bunda ZAMBIANS for Empowerment and Development (ZED) Spokesperson Wesley Miyanda says while he agrees with Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya that Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), Government should find a way how they will empower farmers in the 2016/2017 farming seasons. Mr. Miyanda said in an interview that Siliya should quick up the process of empowering farmers for the 2016-2017 farming season. Miyanda said a number of farmers are waiting for input to kick start farming, expressing worry that as at December 7th 2016 most if not all farming areas in Zambia awaited agricultural imputs. ZAMBIANS for Empowerment...
Unity best way to honour Commander Fidel Castro Ruz
By Derrick Sinjela Just like Che Guevara, with the passing of revolutionary giant one Fidel Castro Ruz, we would like to borrow words used: Ever Onward To Victory. Secondly just as was the case when Ghana became independent in 1957, the founder Pan Africanist, the indefatigable Kwame Nkhrumah build a viewpoint worth consolidating that as long as other parts of Africa remained in colonial bondage, the Gold Coast would never be truly free. Thirdly, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah protestingly insisted that political independence would remain a meaningless virtue beyond the African continent without attainment of socio-economic liberty among previously colonised people....
Green Buffaloes grab 2015 Barclays Cup convincingly beating High Flying Nkwazi Football Club 2-0
By Bunda Ashton Kelly aka (BAK 2 BAK) ZAMBIA Army (ZA) sponsored side Green Buffaloes Football Club (GBFC) scooped the 2015 Barclays Cup convincingly beating High Flying Nkwazi Football Club 2-0 (NFC) with both goals arriving in the first half of an exciting final registering their name as a top notch outfit . President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Youth , Sports and Child Development Minister Vincent Mwale and Football Association Zambia President Kalusha Bwalya graced the memorable Barclays Cup final at Lusaka’s Nkoloma stadium It was the ‘Soldiers’ team led by coach Bilton Musonda that employed war zone attitude using their...
Zambia’s New Music Wiz-Kid Phillimon TypicalPmc dreaming big 2016
By Derrick Sinjela and Maxwell Simbuwa Phillimon TypicalPmc dreaming big By Derrick Sinjela and Maxwell Simbuwa Zambia is currently flooded with budding artists and entertainers, with Philimon Chisanga Mwansa aka Typical PMC being the latest kid on the block, whose compositions is gaining numerous coverage on radio and television. Given the psychological connotation attached to the abbreviation PMC; associated with late guitarist Peter Mpundu Chishala, Philemon Chisanga Mwansa is bound to grow into a national fame. Aside from being a budding musician, the 19-year-old Philimon Chisanga Mwansa is equally involved with television as a presenter on Prime Television’s ZED music...
