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February 18, 2023

IWMI SUPPORTING ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT WITH POST-FLOOD RECOVERY STRATEGY ASSISTANCE

Friday, 17th February, 2023: Pretoria, South Africa IWMI SUPPORTING ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT WITH POST-FLOOD RECOVERY STRATEGY ASSISTANCE PRESS RELEASE The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is working with the Zambian government for improved knowledge generation and effective advisory services following the floods that affected more than 20,000 people in Zambia in 2023. Zambia’s Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has reportedly described the ongoing floods in the Southern and Central Provinces of the  country as “catastrophic”. A rising number of communities are at risk of contaminated flood waters, submerged sanitation, collapsed infrastructure, damaged homes, and imminent waterborne diseases that stem from...

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February 17, 2023

China, Russia and South Africa drills could open a new BRICS facet

THE navies of China, Russia and South Africa are preparing for their first joint drills on the Atlantic-Indian border. The latest Russian frigate, the Admiral Gorshkov, armed with the Zircon hypersonic missile, has arrived in Cape Town to take part in the maneuvers, launched on February 17. In recent years, Russia, China and South Africa have actively developed cooperation in the political, trade and economic spheres based on the BRICS interstate association structure. This organization established back in 2006, bringing together major politico-military and economic powers that did not seek to integrate into Euro-Atlantic blocs and commonwealths. At the first...

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February 6, 2023

Stay Connected to DStv and GOtv for more Great Entertainment with Free Upgrade

  By DERRICK SINJELA DStv and GOtv are giving customers many more reasons to stay glued to their sofas with exciting content and free upgrade. With an ever-expanding bouquet of the latest sport, movies, series, and reality shows available on multiple platforms, it’s never been easier to stay entertained. From the 31st of January 2023 to the 31st of March 2023, DStv and GOtv customers only have to keep their DStv and GOtv subscriptions active and will be upgraded to the next higher package free of charge. A subscription to the DStv Compact Plus package, for example, will be upgraded...

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February 6, 2023

Malawi Tells Farmers Not to Panic Over Armyworms

Malawi Tells Farmers Not to Panic Over Armyworms January 03, 2017 1:13 PM Lameck Masina An agriculture extension worker in Zambia inspects maize fields in the wake of an armyworm invasion. (Courtesy – Derrick Sinjela in Zambia) BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Officials in Malawi say they are on high alert for a possible invasion of armyworms which have attacked crops in neighboring Zambia. The country is spraying pesticides in an effort to halt the spread. Armyworms are caterpillars that feed on green pastures and cereal crops like maize, a staple food in Zambia and Malawi. The worms invaded Zambian maize crops last...

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February 3, 2023

Education is a right in Zambia, Douglas Munsaka Syakalima tells Education Ministers Group of 77 Plus China

Education is a right in Zambia, Douglas Munsaka Syakalima tells Education Ministers Group of 77 Plus China ….“Zambia Promotes Quality Education and Innovation at G77 Meeting.” By DERRICK SINJELA, SAEED SIMON BANDA, HENRY CHUNZA and MALVIN NKHOMA In a Paper virtually presented by the Minister of Education in Zambia Douglas Munsaka Syakalima at the Meeting of the Ministers of Education of the Group of 77 Plus China, Zambia reinforced that access to literacy is a right. Deliberating as an abstract, Syakalima indicated without hesitation that the Government of Zambia recognizes education as a right for all citizens and interprets quality...

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February 3, 2023

“The Nederburg Mastercook Chefs Competition” clocks 10 year

Mastercook Zambia Press Release Thursday, 2nd February, 2023 Launch of Season Five (5) of The Mastercook Zambia Cooking Competition During a Thursday, 2nd February, 2023  media gathering at Lusaka’s The Urban Hotel Crossroads intersection of Leopards Hill Road and Lake Road,  Mastercook Zambia announced the start of the Fifth (5th) Season of the Reality TV Chefs competition which will see the brand partner with Distell Zambia’s Nederburg Wines. The Show will now be referred to as “The Nederburg Mastercook Chefs Competition”. Speaking during the launch, Distell Zambia Head of Trade, Amusaa Zaza, said his beverage firm is proud to be...

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February 2, 2023

MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER EDUCATION, HONOURABLE DOUGLAS SIAKALIMA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1500 BICYCLES PROCURED UNDER THE KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 20TH JANUARY, 2023

Republic of Zambia MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER EDUCATION, HONOURABLE DOUGLAS SIAKALIMA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1500 BICYCLES PROCURED UNDER THE KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 20TH JANUARY, 2023. For Immediate Release The Ministry of Education, through the Keeping Girls in School (KGS) Initiative is distributing 1500 bicycles for the implementation of the Case Management System in KGS districts across the Republic of Zambia. The 1500 bicycles were procured at a total cost of Zambian Kwacha 4 million Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand (K4, 785,000.00). The bicycles are aimed at enhancing outreach activities for...

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January 29, 2023

Professor Fastone Matthew Goma extols MoH’s Sylvia Tembo-Masebo a good health champion

  By DERRICK SINJELA THE Ministry of Health (MOH) joined the First ever ‘Tobacco Control Health Race (Walk) and Aerobics Mania’ organized by the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) Executive Director Isaac Able Mwaipopo and Center for Primary Care Research director, Professor Fastone Matthew Goma on Saturday, 28th January, 2023. The Tobacco Control Health Race and Aerobics Mania at East Piaza, East Park Mall themed: ‘Pass The Tobacco Control Bill & Protect The Present and Future Generation”, choreography by Coach Tiger and the Defined Style Fitness Crew The walk and aerobics were held to promote healthy lifestyles and...

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January 28, 2023

ANTI-TOBACCO CIVIL SOCIETY CELEBRATES A BIG WIN AND URGES ALL GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING ZAMBIA TO REJECT PARTNERSHIPS WITH TOBACCO COMPANIES

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova (Second from Left) welcomed at State House in Lusaka by President Hakainde Sammy Hichilema (far Right). ANTI-TOBACCO CIVIL SOCIETY CELEBRATES A BIG WIN AND URGES ALL GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING ZAMBIA TO REJECT PARTNERSHIPS WITH TOBACCO COMPANIES “Zambia Pass The Tobacco Control Bill” By Saeed Simon Banda in Ndola, Copperbelt Province Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka Province THE Global Tobacco Control Civil Society including Zambia civil societies in tobacco control welcomes the expulsion of tobacco giant Philip Morris from Medicago Inc, the corporation involved in Canada’s major government-backed COVID-19 Vaccine collaboration. In a Saturday,...

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January 26, 2023

“Financial irregularities in Government Institutions need to be addressed and bring ‘Culprits’ to book,” IPPR- Zambia Director for Policy & Research Department- Fidelis Solomon Ngoma

*FINANCIAL irregularities in Government Institutions need to be addressed and bring ‘Culprits’ to book* -IPPR- Zambia By Fidelis Solomon Ngoma Director for Policy & Research Department- IPPR- Zambia In order to maintain a stronger economy, Government will need to continue to dismantle the stock of public expenditure arrears and improve Commitment controls and monitoring with the a view to ensure that there is no uncontrolled build-up of arrears. To augment Public expenditure management further, including cash-flow flow management, Government will need to roll-out the treasury single account to all administrative units under the central government. This entails consolidating several accounts...

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