Category: Sustainable Development

Let us harness hidden talents in children, prods Mark Chilongu

By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela AFRICA Directions Executive Director Mark Chilongu has appealed to parents in Zambia and globally to help their biological children and young people under their care to juggle school and an extra talent as ‘putting all eggs in one academic basket’ is not good. The Africa Directions Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who  has passion for children’s welfare said though  many children have a good direction and focus on academic and theoretical activities, young people still have the convincing ability to excel and succeed in recreational and vocational use of hands in performing arts and...

‘Education enhances talent in Children,’ prods Zoe Ngwira

By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela UPCOMING Actress Zoe Ngwira says parents must support children who attend to extra activities that are constructive and beneficial to society apart from academic theories as it is would be a pathway to potential leadership in the near future. Zoe Ngwira who is popularly known as Tionangi ‘or Tio’ in short plays daughter to Shupiwe, one of the wives to polygamist, wealthy farmer, Mr.Nguzu, played by Mutale Monde, in Mpali, a Zambian soap opera film that depicts the benefits of agriculture to the economy, has hit international air waves through DSTV. Ngwira says...

Born Short Living Tall Youth Day Friday 12th March, 2021 Press Statement

  Born Short Living Tall Youth Day Friday 12th March, 2021 Press Statement By Ntalasha Chisha Executive Director BSLT Zambia, Lusaka As youths celebrate their day today slated under the theme _*“Enhancing Development through Sustainable Youth Partnerships”,*_ we would like to urge them to work together so as to contribute immensely to the growth of our nation. Our appeal to the government is that it should create a platform on which sustainable youth partnership will be reality. It is sad to note how  each year is celebrated under powerful themes that just remain on paper and not effective on the...

Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 begins

Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 begins Presidents of Russia and Turkey give start to full-scale construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 during a ceremony via videoconference 10 March, 2021, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant Akkuyu. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the ceremony via videoconference. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez, Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Akkuyu Nuclear JSC CEO Anastasia Zoteeva were present at the Akkuyu...

Zambian Philosopher Dr. Edgar Ng’oma’s ‘Wisdom Corner’ “Each Person is Living His or Her Own Script of Life… ‘like each one’s finger prints are totally different the rest”.

A MUST READ ARTICLE ◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ *WISDOM CORNER* *EACH PERSON IS LIVING HIS OWN SCRIPT OF LIFE… *like each one’s finger prints are totally different the rest.* *Author: Dr. Edgar Ng’oma~ Philosopher.* A lot of people are confused and puzzled on how certain things play out in this life sometimes concerning their own life, most times they do not understand why certain things happen the way they do. I have on several times been confronted by friends, close associates of mine , and sometimes ordinary members of public in the capital city of my country Zambia in Lusaka by unsuspecting citizens...

Crown Foods Ingredients Zambia granted import permit …as Kellogs Cornflakes are seized from Lusaka’s Woolworths Supermarket

Crown Foods Ingredients Zambia granted import permit …As Kellogs Cornflakes are seized from Lusaka’s Woolworths Supermarket By Derrick Sinjela The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has granted Crown Foods Ingredients Zambia a permit to import products which may contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), says Communications Officer Ms. Sandra Lombe. And still on NBA’s ‘prevention is better than cure’ aporoach, Ms. Lombe says Kellogs products brought into the country without prior authorization from the NBA have been seized from Woolworths Super markets in Lusaka. In a Wednesday 10th March, 2021 Press Release, Ms. Lombe reported that Crown Foods ingredients Zambia will bring...

Summary Findings and Recommendations of The Human Rights Commission’s Investigations into the killing Of Mr. Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and Mr. Joseph Kaunda Delivered to the Media by the Hyman Rights Commission Chairperson, Mr. Mudford Zacharia Mwandenga At The Commission’s Head Office in Lusaka ON Thursday  4th March 2021

Summary Findings and Recommendations of The Human Rights Commission’s Investigations into the killing Of Mr. Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and Mr. Joseph Kaunda Delivered to the Media by the Hyman Rights Commission Chairperson, Mr. Mudford. Z. Mwandenga At The Commission’s Head Office in Lusaka ON Thursday  4th March 2021 Members of the Press The Commission has invited you to this Press Briefing on the summary findings of its independent investigations to the shooting to death of Mr. Nsama Nsama Chipyoka, former National Prosecution Authority (NPA) Prosecutor and Mr. Joseph Kaunda who was a sympathizer of the opposition United Party for National...

First generation nitride fuel developed for BREST-OD-300 fast reactor

Moscow March 2, 2021 First generation nitride fuel developed for BREST-OD-300 fast reactor Bochvar institute (research facility of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom) has developed fuel rod design based on nitride uranium-plutonium fuel (MNUP-fuel) for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor. This fuel rod project will be applied for commercial manufacturing of nitride fuel to be launched as part of the Pilot Demonstration Energy Complex, which is under construction in Seversk, Tomsk region (the “Proryv”, or “the Breakthrough” strategic project). At the same time, Rosatom’s Nuclear Fuel Division continues development of the second-generation fuel rods for the BREST-OD-300 with a higher...

Ghana’s Melody Millicent Danquah ‘Larteh Akuapem’ became first female pilot on Tuesday 3rd March 1964

Ghana’s Melody Millicent Danquah ‘Larteh Akuapem’ became first female pilot on Tuesday 3rd March 1964 …in 2021, day is a Wednesday Zambia Airports Corporation https://www.facebook.com/1664397083813539/posts/2795448600708376/?app=fbl Melody Millicent Danquah Melody Millicent Danquah (6 January 1937 – 18 March 2016) was a Ghanaian pilot and the first female pilot in Africa.[1][2] Early life Melody Danquah was born in Larteh Akuapem, on 6 January 1937 to Ibinijah Rexford Addo-Danquah, who was the illustrious Court Registrar and Arbitrator of Larteh. Her mother was Selina Gyamfi. Melody was the sixth of 10 siblings. Education Danquah was educated at the Methodist Primary and Middle schools in Larteh and Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast. She...

SEPA trains Small Scale Farmers in Mufumbwe District

  By Derrick Sinjela SEPA trains Small Scale Farmers in Mufumbwe District on the Impact of the Pandemic on Food and Nutrition Security. SAVE the Environment and People Agency (SEPA) says there is need to train farmers on how the impact of Covid-19 could be mitigated in the agricultural sector. SEPA Chief Executive Officer Mailes Zulu Muke said it was important that farmers were equiped on mitigating the impact of the pandemic on food and nutrition security. Mrs Muke said this could be done using the climate Smart Agriculture Technoligies in Zambia. She said the training project is being implemented...

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