Monthly Archives: May, 2021

Let us pray for transparent 2021elections, prods Scientist Innocent Mulenga Kolala

Let us pray for transparent 2021elections, prods Scientist Innocent Mulenga Kolala By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela With barely 96 days before Zambia Votes on Thursday 12th August 2021, Political Scientist Innocent Mulenga Kolala is calling for prayers as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) continues experience Inter-party and intra-party political violence. Mr. Kolala…

Border Closure, worries SACBTA Secretary General Jacob Makambwe

Border Closure, worries SACBTA Secretary General Jacob Makambwe By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela SOUTHERN Africa Cross Border Traders Association (SACBTA) – Zambia Secretary General Jacob Makambwe says the continued closure of borders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region applied to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (Covid 19) is adversely affecting regional…

Newton Samakayi questions Patriotic Front decision to reinstate Jackson Kungo as North-Western provincial chairperson

Newton Samakayi questions Patriotic Front decision to reinstate Jackson Kungo as North-Western provincial chairperson By Derrick Sinjela and Derrick Sinjela Opposition United Party for National Development Mwinilunga Member of Parliament Newton Samakayi has questioned the decision by the ruling Patriotic Front to reinstate Jackson Kungo as North Western Provincial Chairperson. Mr. Samakayi is wondering why…

Guess Nyirenda advises voters to probe political party manifestos

Guess Nyirenda advises vorters to probe political party manifestos By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda OPERATION Young Vote (OYV) Executive Director Guess Nyirenda has advised the Zambian electorate to thoroughly analyse issues raised in all political party manifestos for them make informed choices on Thursday 12th August 2021. Mr. Nyirenda says the electorate needed…

MultiChoice Zambia Donates to the Copper Queen

By Chilufya Mwelwa, Head of Corporate Affairs; Chilufya.Mwelwa@zm.multichoice.com MULTICHOICE has donated 20,000 USD to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Organising Committee meant to support the Zambia Women’s National Footbal Team in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, to be held in Japan. Speaking on Thursday 6Th May 2021 in Lusaka, Zambia, when handing over the…

Rosatom announces winners of the “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition

Rosatom announces winners of the “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition Rosatom announced the winners of the 6th Annual “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition at the special online awards ceremony. During the competition the participants were encouraged to post their videos on Facebook to explore nuclear technologies and how these technologies could be utilized…

30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day

By Mthoniswa Banda AS THE world media celebrates 30 years’ anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration which in 1991 adopted the landmark policy of development of a ‘free, independent and pluralistic media’ in all nations, Zambia which boasts of various media forms, has come a long way in achieving this truly free, independent and pluralistic media.…